Congratulations to the winners of this year’s U.S. Small Business Administration’s Delaware Small Business Awards.

The winners will be celebrated on May 9 at an event at DuPont Country Club.

Small Business Person of the Year: Donald Chupp, Fireside Partners Inc., Dover

Entrepreneurial Success Award: Frank Montisano, Excel Business Systems, Newark

Minority-Owned Business of the Year: Patricia Rivera, Hook PR & Marketing, Milton

Woman-Owned Business of the Year: Christina Stanberry, Beyond Fifty Fitness Center, Wilmington and Hockessin

Veteran-Owned Business of the Year: Cindy Collins, Euphoric Herbals, Milford

Lifetime Achievement Award: Judy Diogo, Central Delaware Chamber of Commerce, Dover

Financial Services Champion: Linda Price, Fulton Bank, Georgetown

Frank H. Masley Champion Award: Michael Bowman, Delaware Small Business Development Center, Newark

Top Delaware SBA 7(a) Program Lender: (Number of Loans): M&T Bank

Top Delaware SBA 7(a) Program Lender (Dollar Amount): WSFS Bank

Top Delaware 504 Program Lender: Delaware Community Development Corp.

Top Delaware 504 Program Third Party Lender (tie): Fulton Bank and M&T Bank

Mid-Atlantic Region SBDC of the Year: Delaware Small Business Development Center

At the Delaware Division of Small Business, we want to help you start and grow your business in Delaware.

Contact us to see how we can help you.