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The Delaware State Chamber of Commerce awarded its prestigious Josiah Marvel Cup Award to the Honorable Joshua W. Martin III, Esq., and Cynthia Primo Martin on Monday, January 7, 2019. The award was given at the Chamber’s 182nd Annual Dinner. The event, held at the Chase Center on the Riverfront, attracted nearly 1,000 business leaders, elected officials and state dignitaries. As a tradition, recipients of the Marvel Cup are kept secret until the night of the dinner. Established in 1951, the Marvel Cup honors a Delawarean who has made an outstanding contribution to the state, community, or society. The State Chamber’s highest honor is named in memory of the Hon. Josiah Marvel, who reorganized, and was the first president of, the State Chamber in 1913. Joshua Martin is a senior partner Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, concentrating on mediation and arbitration, and business counseling. Prior to joining the firm, he was President, General Counsel and Secretary for Bell Atlantic, after serving as a Delaware Superior Court Judge for eight years. Martin has played many valuable roles in other organizations as a well-known leader in the business, nonprofit and legal communities. Cynthia Martin is a retired nonprofit executive specializing in agency management, fund development and marketing. She is the founder of Trustees of Color, a nonprofit focused on board diversity through recruitment, training and organizational and candidate support. She has personally exhibited board leadership and a passion for community causes for various organizations throughout the years, and is the organizer and chair of the Quintin E. Primo Jr. Lecture Series, established in memory of her father.