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Copper Globe Awards 2026
1.
Citizen of the Year:
Honors an individual who has made a significant and lasting impact on the community through service, leadership and dedication.
2.
In one paragraph or less please tell us why this person deserves the
Citizen of the Year Award?
3.
Non-profit of the Year:
This award honors a non-profit that has made a meaningful impact through service, dedication, and positive change in the Globe-Miami area. Your vote helps shine a spotlight on those making a difference where it matters most.
Amistades
Arizona Youth Partnership
Bullion Plaza Cultural Center
Citizens For A Better Community
Cobre Valley Center for the Arts
Cobre Valley Youth Club
Discover Gila County
Holy Angels Catholic Church
First Things First Gila Region
Friends of the Globe Public Library
Friends of the Miami Memorial Library
Gila County Cattle Growers
Gila County Gem & Mineral Society
Gila County Historical Society
Gila County Public Safety Memorial Association
Gila House Inc
Gila Monster Raceway
Globe Miami Centennial Band
Globe Miami Farmers Market
Globe-Miami Elks #489
Kismet Foundation
Monsoon Youth
Monte Dei
Pentecostals of Globe
Sara K Foundation
SCATUI
United Fund of Globe-Miami
Veterans Affinity
4.
Large Business of the Year:
Recognizes a business with 25+ employees that demonstrates excellence in growth, community involvement and overall business practices.
5D Mining
Air Evac Services
Apache Gold Casino
Arizona Public Service
Arizona Water Company
B.J. Cecil Trucking
BHP
Big O' Tire
CAL Ranch
Capstone
Carlota Copper Company
Cobre Valley Regional Medical Center
Dalmolin Excavating
Denny's
Freeport McMoRan
Gila Community College
Horne Motors Company
Legacy Beverage
Little Caesars
McDonald's
Oddonetto Construction
Pizza Hut
Resolution Copper
Salt River Project
Southeastern Bottling Co
Southwest Gas Corporation
Sparklight
T-Mobile
Tractor Supply
Waste Connection of AZ
Westland Resources
5.
Small Business of the Year:
Celebrates a small business (fewer than 25 employees) that stands out for its innovation, customer service and local contributions.
AAA Locksmith
Advanced Air Systems
All Purpose Plumbing LLC
All World Notary
Allegiance Builders
American Family Insurance- Matt Storms
Animal Magnetism
Anna's Petals
Apache Sheds Plus
Aravaipa Cafe
Arizona Silverbelt
AZ Ghost Adventures
AZ Ghost Tours
AZ Steamboat Cruises
Azteca Glass East
B&A Electric LLC
Bento Guy
Best Western Copper Hills
Billet Home Health and Hospice
Bloom-An Asian Concept
Blooming Grace
Bravo Americano Moderno
Brew 66 Coffee & Crumb Co.
Bruzzi Vineyard
Bulman Miles-Globe
Burger House
C&M Service Center
Canyonlands Community Health Care
Central Arizona Aging
Chrysocolla Inn
Clements Water/Sparkletts
Cobre Valley Institute of Technology
Community Bridges
Complete Vision Care, PLLC
Connie's Store
Copper Bean Coffee
Copper Cities Coffee
Copper Country News
Copper Fox Metals
Copper Mountain Transit
Copper Planet Improv
Copper Roots Family Care
Copper State HR Solutions & Consulting
Copper State Sanitation
Cornwell Copper Company
Cowboy Kettle Corn
Crown Glass Solutions
D.J.'s Companies Inc.
Days Inn
DeMarco's Italian Restaurant
Dominion Firearms
Drift Inn Saloon
Earth Mover Tires Globe
Earth Quest Plumbing
East Valley Family Therapy
Edward Jones Financial- Gregg Parisoff
El Ranchito Mexican Restaurant
Elevate Financial Services
Enterprise Bank & Trust
Farm Bureau Financial Services-Globe
Farm Bureau Financial Services-Miami
First Choice Lumber
Gallery Gwendolyn
Gila County Div of Community Services
Gila County RV Park & Batting Range
Gila Hogs BBQ
Gila Sweeping
Globe Antique Mall
Globe Gym Fitness Center
Globe Miami Times
Globe Unified School District
Golden Captures Photography
Golden Hills Nursery
Guayo's El Rey Cafe
Guayo's on the Trail
Haven of Globe
HealthMarkets - Erica Huffstetler
Heritage Health Care Center
High Desert Humane Society
His X Hers Salon
Hollis Theatre
Hunter & Hunter Construction
InstaSoft
Irenes Mexican Food
J&B Trucking
Jackson Hewitt Tax Service
Jet Cleaning
JLB Design Build
Jonovich Plumbing
JP Motel Apartments
JP Technology & Design, LLC
Judy's Cookhouse
Julie's Sewing Corner
Just In Time Heating & Cooling
Kachina Realty
Kino Floors & Interiors
Kismet
KRDE-94.1 FM
La Luz Del Dia
Lamont Mortuary of Globe
Land of Wild Designs Photography
Life Vantage
M.V. Enterprises Inc.
MAM Resources
Matlock's Gas & Equipment
Meading of the Minds
Miami Arts Commission
Miami Flats Lounge
Miami Unified School District
Motel 6
Mountain View Dentistry
Multitech Security
New York Life- Laura MacDonnell
Nugget
Nurture Needles LLC
Oak Realty
Our Lady Blessed Sacrament
Pacific Standard Specialties
Patsy's Hi-Tyme Appliance Center
Pickle Barrel Trading Post
Pin Drop Travel Trailers
Pinal Pressure Washing
Pioneer Title Company
Pretty Kind Boutique
Radanovich Construction
RAM Specialists
Red Dirt Construction
RHHS and Construction
Round Mountain Baking Co
Ryleigh's Ridge Mobile Home & RV
San Carlos Apache Forest Production Co
San Carlos Apache Tribe WIOA
San Carlos Equipment Rental
Sanford Marketing
Santiago Copper Country MHP & RV
SCATUI
Service First Realty
Shear Beauty Hair & More PLLC
Shining Times Carwash
Silver Tap .928
Sky Rise Solution General Contracting, LLC
Stallings & Long Realty
State Farm Insurance-Cami Lucero
State Farm Insurance-Fernando Shipley
Stewarts Antique Nook
Studio312 Art
Sun American Mortgage
Taqueria La Familia
The Law Office of Adriana M Orman PLLC
Thema Health Services
Thrive Center
Topo Joes
Town of Miami
Travelodge by Wyndham
Triplet Mountain Communications
United Rentals
Upton's Event Center
Vamp Salon
WaFd Bank
Western Reprographics
Wilds of Arizona
Wilton Lounge
Yevette Vargas Photography
6.
Female Entrepreneur of the Year:
Acknowledges a woman business owner or founder who has shown outstanding leadership, creativity and success in her entrepreneurial journey.
Adriana Orman, The Law Office of Adriana M Orman PLLC
Adrianne Villalobos, La Casita Cafe
Amanda Haas, Animal Magnetism
Anna Bejarano, Anna's Petals
Becca Mathews, Land of Wild Designs Photography
Brenda Tyler, Globe Antique Mall
Cecilie Hudson, Round Mountain Baking Co.
Christa Lindblad, Meading of the Minds
Christine Ching, Lucky Duck Antiques & Vintage
Crystal Lopez, Crystal Glam Studio
Darlene Jonovich, D.J.'s Companies Inc.
Dawn Caldera, Silver Tap .928
Debbie Cox, Service First Realty
Erika Flores|Sarah Alexander, Pretty Kind Boutique
Gwendolyn Kammerzell, Gallery Gwendolyn
Erica Huffstetler, Erica HuffstetlerHealthMarkets
Heather Pennucci, Copper State HR Solutions & Consulting
Jade Bolinger, The Turquoise Barn
Janet Cline, DC Life Vantage
Jennier Navarro, Nurture Needles LLC
Joanna 23, Miami Arts Commission
Judith Tavison, Irenes Mexican Food
Sarah Alexander, Kismet
Juliana Powers, JP Technology & Design, LLC
Julie Reiman, Julie's Sewing Corner
Kari Settlemires, Copper Bistro
Katelyn Harris Lange, JP Motel Apartments
Kelly Moss, Pickle Barrel Trading Post
Kimberly Henry, Thrive Center
Kristen Walker, East Valley Family Therapy
Libby Rooney, Chrysocolla Inn
Linda Gross, Globe Miami Times
Lisa King, Studio312 Art
Lisa Remos, My Mom House Dyznes
Lois Monarrez, Gila County RV Park & Batting Range
Lorna Franco, Golden Captures Photography
Lyda Sanders, B.J. Cecil Trucking
Lydia Miles, Aravaipa Café
Makena Dzera, Brew 66 Coffee & Crumb Co.
Maria Curiel, El Ranchito Mexican Restaurant
Megan Anaya|Nicole Hart|Erika Sislo, Copper Cities Coffee
Megan Crawford, Drift Inn Saloon
Molly Cornwell, Cornwell Copper Company
Onalysia Talamantes, Blooming Grace
Patsy Martinez, Patsy's Hi-Tyme Appliance Center
Phyllis Haddon, All World Notary
Rebecca Matthews, Land of Wild Designs
Rita Olsen, AZ Ghost Adventures
Robin Wilson, Miami Flats Lounge
Shawna Fierro, Vamp Salon
Stacey Murry, Copper Bean|Globe Gym|Kachina Properties
Steffani Mink-Moreno, Taqueria La Familia
Ashley Bravo|Susan Robertson, Copper Roots Family Care
7.
Male Entrepreneur of the Year:
Highlights a male business owner or founder who has exhibited strong leadership, business growth, and community support.
Aaron Franklin, Jr Apache Sheds Plus
Al Marin, Cowboy Kettle Corn
Andrew Colburn, Wilds of Arizona
Anthony Davis, Bulman Miles-Globe
Anthony Jonovich, Jonovich Plumbing
Anthony Puskaric, Gila Hogs BBQ
Bebe Rivera, Earth Mover Tires Globe
Ben DalMolin, 5D Mining
Bob Casillas, Burger House
Brandon Norcross, B&A Electric LLC
Casey Marshall, Matlock's Gas & Equipment
Chad Bonfanti, Upton's Event Center
Chris Yerkovich, C&M Service Center
David Salinas, Salinas Smoke St
Denton Cline, Shining Times Carwash
Dustin Byers, First Choice Lumber
Eddie Esparza, Guayo's on the Trail
Eric DuFriend, Oak Realty
Evodio Barrientos, DeMarco's Italian Restaurant
Frankie DalMolin, Dalmolin Excavating
Gabriel Lopez, Crown Glass Solutions
Greg Esparza, Guayo's El Rey- Miami
Ivan Moreno, Taqueria La Familia
James Bruzzi, Bruzzi Vineyard
James Carnes, Nugget
Jared Brown, JLB Design Build
Javier Gilmore, Copper Planet Improv
Javier Membrilla, His X Hers Salon
Jerry Alexander, InstaSoft
Jesse Leetham, Shear Beauty Hair & More PLLC
Jim Moss, Pickle Barrel Trading Post
Joseph Castaneda, Elevate Financial Services
John Wong, Bravo Americano Moderno|Bloom-An Asian Concept
Justin Henderson, Just In Time Heating & Cooling
Kelly Riggs, Triplet Mountain Communications
Kenneth Brown, Bento Guy
Kyle Mayer, Red Dirt Construction
Lee Kinnard, Dominion Firearms
Leonard Paul Burkland, Leonard Paul's Pizza Inc
Lucas Mancinas, Sky Rise Solution General Contracting, LLC
Lyle Wyatt, Allegiance Builders
Lynn Ball, Copper Fox Metals
Matthew Kannegaard, RAM Specialists
Matthew Vasquez, All Purpose Plumbing LLC
Michael Oddonetto, Oddonetto Construction
Michael Thetford, Pacific Standard Specialties
Mike Levin, Gila Sweeping
Mike Radanovich, Radanovich Construction
Mike Shirley, Golden Hills Nursery
Oscar Serrano, La Luz Del Dia
Phil Stewart, Stewarts Antique Nook
Robert Hollis, Hollis Theatre
Ryan Murry, Globe Gym Fitness Center|Copper Bean Coffee
Scott Bowler, Lamont Mortuary of Globe
Steve Noriega, Pinal Pressure Washing
Tanner Hunsaker, Topo Joes|Western Reprographics
Thomas Lopez, Wilton Lounge
Tim Elinski, Pin Drop Travel Trailers
Tim Haas, Earth Quest Plumbing
Tracy Wolfe, RHHS and Construction
Ty Sanford, Sanford Marketing
8.
Customer Service Excellence Award:
Honors an individual known for making every customer feel welcomed, heard and valued.
9.
In one paragraph or less please tell us why this person deserves the
Customer Service Excellence Award?
10.
Public Servant of the Year Award:
recognizes an outstanding individual dedicated to serving our community with integrity, commitment, and impact through their role in Public Service.
11.
In one paragraph or less please tell us why this person deserves the
Public Servant of the Year Award?