Support Awards

These are the Gold, Silver, and Bronze, Stevie® Award-winning nominations in The 2025 American Business Awards®. The winners were determined by the average scores of more than 250 professionals worldwide in the three-month judging process. Learn about the judging and awards process here.

Winners will be celebrated at the 23rd ABA awards banquet in New York on Tuesday, June 10.  Learn more.

Support Department of the Year
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
BDS Connected Solutions, Irvine, California, United States: BDS Connected Solutions' Client Service Department
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
Worldpay Cincinnati OH, Symmes Twp, Ohio, United States: SMB Learning and Development Team
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
Fidelity Investments, Westlake, Texas, United States: Fidelity Investments Support Department
IBM, Armonk, New York, United States: Devices Shared Services Team
Professional Software for Nurses Inc., Amherst, New Hampshire, United States: PSNI, LLC.

Support Staffer of the Year
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Collaborative Support Programs of New Jersey, Freehold, New Jersey, United States: Ginny Chan, Chief of Staff
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
Associated Students UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States: Felicia Gonzalez, a ASUCLA Security and Loss Prevention employee
Buy From A Black Woman, Atlanta, Georgia, United States: Sasha Reinoso, Digital Project Manager
Rieke Interiors, Elgin, Illinois, United States: Laura Klingberg, Office Manager
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
Kampgrounds of America, Inc., Billings, Montana, United States: Ericka Garcia-Travis, Workforce Development Manager

Support Team of the Year
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Worldpay Cincinnati OH, Symmes Twp, Ohio, United States: Continuous Improvement (CI) Squad
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
BDS Connected Solutions, Irvine, California, United States: BDS Connected Solutions’ Talent Acquisition Team
Humana, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky, United States: Acquisition team produces materials, streamlines processes, and nurtures relationships to support Marketing
Product Connections (PC), Bentonville, Arkansas, United States: Product Connections Compliance Team
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
DocuWare Corporation, Beacon, New York, United States: Committed to doing quality work