Entrepreneur of the Year honor goes to 1997 graduate

Craig Villwock ’97 was named the Alumni Entrepreneur of the Year at the 2023 Westminster Entrepreneurship Center (WEC) Symposium in March.

Villwock and his twin brother, Chris, are the founders, owners and coCEOs of the Warren, Ohio-based TLC Insurance Group & Wealth and TLC Home Healthcare. The Villwocks have grown their businesses to over 1,000 managers and brokers in affiliate locations nationally, with offices in Ohio, Texas, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Florida, Tennessee and North Carolina.

At the symposium, Villwock talked with WEC students about his professional journey, highlighting his experiences and achievements. A business administration major while a student at Westminster, he was also a three-time All-American defensive end and captain of the football team. He was inducted into the Westminster College Titan Sports Hall of Fame in 2007.

Villwock joined the symposium’s entrepreneurial panelist discussion, which featured those who have established their own service-related companies in the areas of leadership training, insurance and accounting. Other panelists included Richard Tice ’83, founding partner and current managing partner of the accounting firm McCall Scanlon & Tice in Pittsburgh, and Curtis Sprouse ’87, founder and president/CEO of the Boston-based EurekaConnect.

The symposium also recognized School of Business scholarship recipients and offered networking opportunities for WEC students.