America’s SBDC Iowa has announced the winners of the 2023 Special Entrepreneurial Awards. Nannette Griffin, owner of Griffin Muffler and Brake, is the 2023 Deb Dalziel Woman Entrepreneur Achievement Award winner. The Deb Dalziel Woman Entrepreneur of the Year Award honors an Iowa woman entrepreneur who has significantly changed or improved her life and the lives of others. Jorge Villeda, CEO of Villeda Property Management, has been awarded the 2023 Neal Smith Entrepreneur of the Year Award. The Neal Smith Entrepreneur of the Year Award was established with a dual purpose: to honor longtime Iowa Congressman Neal Smith for his years of service to Iowa’s small businesses, and to recognize Iowa’s entrepreneurs, who are the driving force behind Iowa’s economic growth. The two SBDC special entrepreneur awards will be presented at a ceremony on March 28 at 7:30 a.m. in the legislative dining room of the Iowa Capitol.