honoring 2026 small business champions

Larkin Jones

Alabama

KellyAnn Cavaretta

Alaska

Dr. Shanette Catan

American Samoa

Crystal Mendoza

Arizona

Ryan Cole

Arkansas

Maisie Silva

California: Central

Ramin Ramhormozi

California: Los Angeles

Eric Mikolai

California: Northern

Hailey Jacobsen

California: Orange Co / Inland Empire

Marisa Castañeda

California: San Diego

Jaydon Rice

Colorado

Angela Rodriguez

Connecticut

Troy Farmer

Delaware

Carolina Gomez

District of Columbia

Trecia Arrington

Florida

Alyssa Foskey

Georgia

Ken Hoyle

Hawai'i

Justin Bergman

Illinois

Bryan Magleby

Idaho

Joe Linne

Indiana

Alicia Smith

Iowa

Valerie Reese

Kansas

Kayla Keeton

Kentucky

Dean Day

Louisiana

Christina Oddleifson

Maine

Alvin L. Brown, Jr.

Maryland

Julia Dvorko

Massachusetts

Daniel Yoder

Michigan

Christopher Henagin

Minnesota

Flint Brent

Mississippi

Joel Barrett

Missouri

Steve Clairmont

Montana

Benjamin Benton

Nebraska

Madison Shirley

Nevada

Amy Sterndale

New Hampshire

Melissa Rosario

New Jersey

Christopher Garcia

New Mexico

Abigail Bree Bacon

New York

Gloria Monroe

North Carolina

Danielle Jones

North Dakota

Nadine Rose Deleon Guerrero Kintol

Northern Mariana Islands

James D. Buckner

Ohio

Ed Dyer

Oklahoma

Estella Woodley

Oregon

Faith Antol

Pacific Islands

Lynne Nincke

Pennsylvania

Armando Zayas

Puerto Rico

Yashwant Meghare

Rhode Island

Sonya Caldwell

South Carolina

Robin Rowe

South Dakota

Galen Longo

Tennessee

Lisa Boenker

Texas: Gulf Coast

Ken Mullins

Texas: North

Ray Laurent

Texas: Northwest

Lisha Garcia

Texas: South-West / Border

Bryce Hansen

Utah

Rick Daniell

Vermont

Elizabeth Reddick

Virgin Islands

Dana Knott

Virginia

Phon Sivongxay

Washington State

Frank Goldsborough

West Virginia

Ray York

Wisconsin

Sarah Mikesell Growney

Wyoming