SBA Office Salutes 3 Business Owners

The Santa Ana district office of the U.S. Small Business Administration has picked three winners as part of its annual Small Business Week celebration this month.

They are Christi Lyn Cristich, 30, owner of Cristek Interconnects, who was selected as small-business person of the year; Stephen Stulz(, owner of Stulz Financial of Newport Beach, who was declared this year’s financial advocate; and Sheila Ivary, owner of a Newport Beach accounting firm, Sheila C. Ivary Inc., the year’s women in business advocate.