13 companies receive the award for the development of minority entrepreneurship

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) has announced the winners of its 2024 Minority Business Development (MED) Week Awards. The National MED Week Awards are the highest national honor a U.S. minority business can receive from the Department of Commerce. These prestigious awards honor the outstanding achievements of minority businesses, in addition to individuals and organizations which have demonstrated their commitment to the advancement of minority businesses.

The annual National MED Week conference kicked off this week (October 20-26) in Atlanta, where policymakers, MBEs and their supporters collaborate on strategies for economic empowerment and long-term wealth creation. ​

“The Minority Business Development Agency and I are very excited to come to Atlanta to celebrate both minority-owned businesses and the individuals who make up this incredible nationwide community,” said Deputy Under Secretary for Minority Business Development Eric Morrissette.

“With the continued and broad support of the White House and our partners at NMSDC, and expanded resources with our newest series of Capital Readiness Program incubators and accelerators, we are fully committed to increasing the revenues and opportunities of minority-owned businesses, ensuring they are well-prepared to excel in the economy our nation and achieve just success.”

National MED Week serves as a catalyst for tons of of local MED Week conferences across the country. These local and regional conferences are sponsored by state and native governments, for-profit entities, and nonprofit organizations. Today, National MED Week is widely accepted and synonymous with quality and support for the recognition and development of minority businesses.

The 2024 National MED Week award winners by category are:

Minority Businesses of the Year

• Minority Construction Company of the Year Award: Guiomar Obregon, President

Precyzja 2000 (P2k)

• Minority Export Company of the Year: Bianca Rhodes, president, Knight Aerospace Medical Systems, LLC

• Minority Manufacturing Company of the Year: Antoine Hutchinson, CEO of Fabpro Technologies,

• Emerging Technology and Industry Minority Business of the Year Award: Eric Trevan, president of aLocal

• Minority Health Services and Products Company Award: Dr. Roy Rivera, president of Elation Physical Therapy

• Minority Marketing and Communications Company of the Year: Daniel Ceniceros, Connect Creative

• Minority E-Commerce Business of the Year: Pamela Ramos-Brown, Be Wealthy with Pamela, LLC

• Veteran Minority Owned Company of the Year: Zeferino Banda, Jr., President of Banda Group International, LLC

• Robert J. Brown Minority Enterprise of the Year Award: Daren Masten, President, Clear Cloud Solutions, LLC

Minority Business Development Champions

• Advocate of the Year Award: Minority Business Legal Defense and Education Fund

Individual recognition

• Abe Venable Legacy Lifetime Achievement Award: Donata Russell Ross

• Leadership Award Ronald H. Brown: Necole Elan

Award winners will likely be honored during this 12 months’s National MED Week. National MED Week 2024 will likely be held along side the National Minority Supplier Development Council’s (NMSDC) annual conference and exchange in Atlanta on October 20-26.

More details about this 12 months’s National MED Week might be found here www.mbda.gov.

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Minority Business Development Agency is the only federal agency focused on the growth and global competitiveness of U.S. minority-owned businesses (MBEs). For greater than 50 years, MBDA programs and services have higher equipped MBEs to create jobs, construct scale and capability, increase revenues, and expand regionally, nationally and internationally.

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