The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Minority Enterprise Development Agency (MBDA) has announced the winners of the 2024 Minority Enterprise Development (MED) Week Awards. The National MED Week Awards are the highest level of national recognition that U.S. minority businesses can receive from the Department of Commerce. These prestigious awards celebrate the outstanding achievements of ethnic minority businesses, as well as individuals and organizations committed to the development of minority businesses.
The annual national MED Week conference kicks off this week (October 20-26) in Atlanta, where policymakers, MBEs, and their advocates collaborate on strategies for economic empowerment and long-term wealth creation .
“The Minority Business Development Agency and I are thrilled to be in Atlanta to celebrate both the minority businesses and individuals that make up this great national community,” said Eric Morissette, deputy assistant secretary for Minority Business Development. said.
“With continued and broad support from our partners at the White House and NMSDC, and expanded resources, including the latest series of incubators and accelerators in the Capital Reserve Program, we will increase the returns and capabilities of underrepresented businesses, We are committed to securing a strong return and are well-equipped to succeed in our country’s economy.”
National MED Week serves as a springboard for hundreds of local MED Week meetings across the country. These local and regional conferences are sponsored by state and local governments, for-profit organizations, and nonprofit organizations. Today, National MED Week is widely accepted and synonymous with quality and support for the recognition and growth of minority businesses.
The 2024 National MED Week Award category winners are:
Minority Company of the Year
• Minority Construction Company of the Year Award: Guiomar Obregon, President
Precision 2000 (P2k)
• Minority Export Company of the Year: Viance Rose, President, Knight Aerospace Medical Systems, Inc.
• Minority Manufacturing Company of the Year: Antoine Hutchinson, President, FabPro Technologies
• Minority Emerging Technology and Industrial Enterprise Award: Eric Trevan, President, aLocal
• Minority Health Products and Services Company of the Year: Dr. Roy Rivera, President of Elation Physical Therapy
• Minority Marketing and Communications Firm of the Year: Daniel Ceniceros, Connect Creative
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• Minority E-Commerce Company of the Year: Pamela Ramos-Brown, Be Wealthy with Pamela, LLC
• Minority Veteran-Owned Business of the Year: Zeferino Banda Jr., President, Banda Group International LLC
• Robert J. Brown Minority Business of the Year Award: Daren Masten, President, Clear Cloud Solutions, LLC.
Champion of Minority Business Development
• Advocate of the Year Award: Minority Business Legal Defense and Education Fund
personal recognition
• Abe Venable Legacy Award Lifetime Achievement Award: Donata Russell Ross
• Ronald H. Brown Leadership Award: Necole Eran
Winners will be recognized at this year’s National MED Week. The 2024 National MED Week is hosted by the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC) in partnership with the annual conference and exchange and will be held from October 20-26 in Atlanta, Georgia.
For more information about this year’s National MED Week, visit www.mbda.gov.
About the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA):
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Minority Business Development Agency is the only federal agency dedicated to the growth and global competitiveness of U.S. minority business enterprises (MBEs). For more than 50 years, MBDA’s programs and services have better equipped MBEs to create jobs, build scale and capacity, increase revenue, and expand regionally, nationally, and internationally. .
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