JOHNSON CITY - Elisa Comer, founder and chief executive officer of ELTS, has been named the 2005 Tennessee Small Business Person of the Year by the U.S. Small Business Administration.

Comer was nominated by the Tennessee Small Business Development Center at East Tennessee State University.

Comer will now represent Tennessee at the SBA Expo '05 from April 26-28 in Washington, D.C., where the National Small Business Person of the Year will be announced.