{"id":2424,"date":"2025-06-30T11:06:55","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T15:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/certapro.com\/durham\/?post_type=community&#038;p=2424"},"modified":"2026-02-17T14:32:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T19:32:54","slug":"winner-vetrepreneur-of-the-year-for-north-carolina-2025","status":"publish","type":"community","link":"https:\/\/certapro.com\/durham\/community\/winner-vetrepreneur-of-the-year-for-north-carolina-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Winner! Vetrepreneur Of The Year for North Carolina 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/certapro.com\/durham\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1560\/2022\/07\/Kevin-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1569 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/pub-9fc1f065f07e441b8f35365c774f09ae.r2.dev\/uploads\/sites\/1560\/2022\/07\/Kevin-1.jpg\" alt=\"Kevin Dougherty - Owner\" width=\"248\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pub-9fc1f065f07e441b8f35365c774f09ae.r2.dev\/uploads\/sites\/1560\/2022\/07\/Kevin-1-248x300.jpg 248w, https:\/\/pub-9fc1f065f07e441b8f35365c774f09ae.r2.dev\/uploads\/sites\/1560\/2022\/07\/Kevin-1-848x1024.jpg 848w, https:\/\/pub-9fc1f065f07e441b8f35365c774f09ae.r2.dev\/uploads\/sites\/1560\/2022\/07\/Kevin-1-768x928.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pub-9fc1f065f07e441b8f35365c774f09ae.r2.dev\/uploads\/sites\/1560\/2022\/07\/Kevin-1-1272x1536.jpg 1272w, https:\/\/pub-9fc1f065f07e441b8f35365c774f09ae.r2.dev\/uploads\/sites\/1560\/2022\/07\/Kevin-1-1696x2048.jpg 1696w, https:\/\/pub-9fc1f065f07e441b8f35365c774f09ae.r2.dev\/uploads\/sites\/1560\/2022\/07\/Kevin-1-1920x2319.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/pub-9fc1f065f07e441b8f35365c774f09ae.r2.dev\/uploads\/sites\/1560\/2022\/07\/Kevin-1-1440x1739.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/pub-9fc1f065f07e441b8f35365c774f09ae.r2.dev\/uploads\/sites\/1560\/2022\/07\/Kevin-1-960x1159.jpg 960w, https:\/\/pub-9fc1f065f07e441b8f35365c774f09ae.r2.dev\/uploads\/sites\/1560\/2022\/07\/Kevin-1-720x870.jpg 720w, https:\/\/pub-9fc1f065f07e441b8f35365c774f09ae.r2.dev\/uploads\/sites\/1560\/2022\/07\/Kevin-1-480x580.jpg 480w, https:\/\/pub-9fc1f065f07e441b8f35365c774f09ae.r2.dev\/uploads\/sites\/1560\/2022\/07\/Kevin-1-360x435.jpg 360w, https:\/\/pub-9fc1f065f07e441b8f35365c774f09ae.r2.dev\/uploads\/sites\/1560\/2022\/07\/Kevin-1-240x290.jpg 240w, https:\/\/pub-9fc1f065f07e441b8f35365c774f09ae.r2.dev\/uploads\/sites\/1560\/2022\/07\/Kevin-1-333x402.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 248px) 100vw, 248px\" \/><\/a>We at CertaPro Painters\u00ae of Durham, NC are proud to announce that our very own, Kevin Dougherty, has been named the 2025 Vetrepreneur\u00ae of the Year for North Carolina! The Vetrepreneur\u00ae of the Year Award recognizes veterans across the country of strong character who currently own and operate successful businesses in their communities. Kevin&#8217;s journey is rooted in service. From serving in the US. Marine Corps as an Artillery Officer in Panama, Okinawa, and Somalia, to earning his MBA from Wake Forest and leading his CertaPro business with heart and integrity, Kevin is the definition of service-driven leadership.<\/p>\n<p>Join us in congratulating Kevin on this incredible achievement, and thank you for continuing to trust our team with your painting needs. It\u2019s our honor to <a href=\"#estimate\">serve<\/a> this community on every level.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We at CertaPro Painters\u00ae of Durham, NC are proud to announce that our very own, Kevin Dougherty, has been named the 2025 Vetrepreneur\u00ae of the Year for North Carolina! The Vetrepreneur\u00ae of the Year Award recognizes veterans across the country of strong character who currently own and operate successful businesses in their communities. Kevin&#8217;s journey<a class=\"read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/certapro.com\/durham\/community\/winner-vetrepreneur-of-the-year-for-north-carolina-2025\/\">Read the full article <em class=\"fa fa-angle-double-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2424","community","type-community","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/certapro.com\/durham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/community\/2424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/certapro.com\/durham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/community"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/certapro.com\/durham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/community"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/certapro.com\/durham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/certapro.com\/durham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/certapro.com\/durham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/community\/2424\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/certapro.com\/durham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/certapro.com\/durham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/certapro.com\/durham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}