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Delaware Division of Small Business Named SBA Delaware 2022 'Frank J. Masley Small Business Champion Award Winner SBA Delaware awarded its ‘Frank J. Masley Small Business Champion Award’ to the Delaware Division of Small Business, lauding its tireless support to the Delaware small business community as it navigated COVID-19’s impact. “SBA Delaware’s ‘Frank J. Masley Small Business Champion Award’ was created in honor of the late Delawarean Frank J. Masley, an entrepreneur, community advocate, and former Olympian,” explained SBA Delaware Director Michelle Harris. “Each year, SBA Delaware’s Masley Award winner exemplifies the commitment, heart, and drive that Frank Masley brought to his work and the positive impact that he had on Delaware’s small business community.” SBA Delaware staff nominates and finally selects ‘Frank J. Masley Small Business Champion Award’ honorees. The award is presented annually during SBA Delaware’s Small Business Awards celebration in May, in conjunction with National Small Business Week. Previous Masley Award winners were: Robert O’Brien, Delaware SCORE counselor; Michelle Morin, Delaware Office of Supplier Diversity Executive Director; and Michael J. Bowman, Delaware Small Business Development Center State Director. Frank Masley, three-time Olympic athlete and ten-time National Champion in the sport of Luge, founded specialty glove manufacturer Masley Enterprises with his wife, Donna Masley, in 2000 in Wilmington, Delaware,. Masley Enterprises produces gloves suited for military, law enforcement and police use, as well as recreation snow and ski sports, hunting and motorcycling. Today, Masley Glove is located in the Wilmington, Del.’s Eastside community, and employs those with challenged backgrounds. Frank Masley was recognized as SBA Delaware’s 2010 ‘Small Business Person of the Year. In 2014, the firm was recognized by President Obama’s Champion of Change awards for providing employment opportunities to those with challenged backgrounds. In his lifetime, Frank Masley supported efforts like the Community Benefits Agreement for Eastside Wilmington, the Made in America Act, the Delaware Greenway through Wilmington, and local park clean-ups.
SBA Delaware awarded its ‘Frank J. Masley Small Business Champion Award’ to the Delaware Division of Small Business, lauding its tireless support to the Delaware small business community as it navigated COVID-19’s impact.
“SBA Delaware’s ‘Frank J. Masley Small Business Champion Award’ was created in honor of the late Delawarean Frank J. Masley, an entrepreneur, community advocate, and former Olympian,” explained SBA Delaware Director Michelle Harris. “Each year, SBA Delaware’s Masley Award winner exemplifies the commitment, heart, and drive that Frank Masley brought to his work and the positive impact that he had on Delaware’s small business community.”
SBA Delaware staff nominates and finally selects ‘Frank J. Masley Small Business Champion Award’ honorees. The award is presented annually during SBA Delaware’s Small Business Awards celebration in May, in conjunction with National Small Business Week. Previous Masley Award winners were: Robert O’Brien, Delaware SCORE counselor; Michelle Morin, Delaware Office of Supplier Diversity Executive Director; and Michael J. Bowman, Delaware Small Business Development Center State Director.
Frank Masley, three-time Olympic athlete and ten-time National Champion in the sport of Luge, founded specialty glove manufacturer Masley Enterprises with his wife, Donna Masley, in 2000 in Wilmington, Delaware,. Masley Enterprises produces gloves suited for military, law enforcement and police use, as well as recreation snow and ski sports, hunting and motorcycling. Today, Masley Glove is located in the Wilmington, Del.’s Eastside community, and employs those with challenged backgrounds. Frank Masley was recognized as SBA Delaware’s 2010 ‘Small Business Person of the Year. In 2014, the firm was recognized by President Obama’s Champion of Change awards for providing employment opportunities to those with challenged backgrounds. In his lifetime, Frank Masley supported efforts like the Community Benefits Agreement for Eastside Wilmington, the Made in America Act, the Delaware Greenway through Wilmington, and local park clean-ups.