AAAA Awards

Anna R. Cablik was born and raised in the Republic of Panama, where she obtained a degree in Medical Technology from the Canal Zone College. After finishing her studies, she got married to Jerry C. Cablik and together they came to Atlanta in 1974. She started out working at Piedmont Hospital, after two years, she had an opportunity to change jobs and in 1976 she started working with a construction materials company. She stayed there for seven years, progressing from clerk to Vice President of the Company.. In 1982 she left her position to start her first company: ANATEK, INC., a contracting company that specialize in highway bridges.

After leading ANATEK, Inc. to become one of the largest Hispanic owned firms in Georgia, Ms. Cablik started ANASTEEL & Supply Company, LLC in 1994. ANASTEEL is the only Hispanic/female owned reinforcing steel fabricator in the Southeast, and possibly the United States.

Despite her busy schedule, being businesswoman, mother (Ms. Cablik has three sons: Alan a Graduate from Georgia Tech, Kevin a sophomore at Georgia Tech, and Ryan in fifth grade at Mt. Bethel Elementary School) and wife, Ms. Cablik makes time for extensive community involvement. She is on the Board of Directors of Georgia Power Company and a member of the Georgia Advisory Board of Branch Banking and Trust. She is a member of the fundraising committee of the Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, and a member of the Board of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce. She also serves on the Board of Counselors for the Carter Center and the Board of the Greater Atlanta Economic Alliance. She has served on the Board of United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta, the Latin American Association, Saint Joseph's Mercy Care, The Fulton Atlanta Community Action Authority, The Advisory Board of "211", Woman Looking Ahead, and the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.

Ms. Cablik has received numerous awards and recognitions:

1. Hispanic Businesswoman of the year - Atlanta Hispanic Chamber of Commerce - 1989
2. Finalist Entrepreneur of the Year - Construction Category - Inc. Magazine - 1989
3. Atlanta Minority Construction Firm of the Year - Atlanta Minority Development Center - 1993
4. Minority Construction Firm of the Year - U. S. Department of Commerce and Minority Business Development Agency - Atlanta Region - 1993
5. Pacesetter Award - National Association of Minority Contractors - Atlanta 1997
6. Hispanic Businesswoman of the Year - Region IV - United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce - 1997
7. National Hispanic Businesswoman of the Year - United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce - 1997
8. 1997 Adelante Award - Nations Bank and Hispanic Magazine
9. International Business of the Year (ANASTEEL & Supply Company, LLC) - Clayton County Chamber of Commerce - 2001
10. ANATEK, INC. and ANASTEEL & Supply Company, LLC. were listed on the Top 25 Minority Owned Firms by the Atlanta Business Chronicle in 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998.
11. ANATEK, INC. and ANASTEEL & Supply Company, LLC were listed on the Top 500 Hispanic owned businesses by Hispanic Business Magazine in 1996 - 2001

Ms. Cablik not only works diligently to keep her two companies thriving; she also gets involved in helping other starting entrepreneurs, both with financial support and advice. She has worked with six other Hispanic Entrepreneurs to assist them in starting businesses.