SBA Winners Awarded

The U.S. SBA awarded its 2012 Small Business Award Winners and Champions at last Thursday's awards luncheon.

Small Business Person of the Year: Abhijit (Nannu) Nobis, CEO, Nobis Engineering, Inc., Concord

NH & New England Exporter of the Year: Skelley Medical, LLC, William R. Skelley, President, Hollis

Financial Services Champion of the Year: Laurel J. Bistany, Executive Director, Regional Economic Development Center, Exeter

Jeffrey H. Butland Family Owner Business of the Year: Design Standards Corporation, Eric Crainich, President, Charlestown

NH & New England Minority Small Business Person of the Year: Peter A. Nieves, Esq., Dunbarton

New England Subcontractor of the Year: Richardson Electrical Company, Inc., Linda S. Richardson, President, Seabrook

SCORE Counselors of the Year: Richard G. Kuhl, Merrimack Valley SCORE; Bedford John M. Roy, Upper Valley SCORE Chapter, Vershire, VT

Veteran Small Business Champion: Suzanne M. Delaney, Nashua

Women in Business Champion of the Year: Barbara J. Tremlett, Nashua

Women Owned Business of the Year: Linda A. Fanaras, President, Millennium Integrated Marketing, Manchester

Young Entrepreneur of the Year: Michael J. Turcotte, Founder, Turn Cycle Solutions, LLC, Nashua