Kala Gibson
Chairman
Executive Vice President and Chief Corporate Responsibility Officer
Fifth Third Bank
Board of Directors
For over five decades, NMSDC’s commitment to meeting the procurement needs of America’s leading corporations, universities, hospitals, and government organizations has changed the trajectory of minority suppliers. As a result, minority business is no longer synonymous with small business.
We’re grateful to our officers, executive committee, and board of directors for their thought leadership and support in making a difference toward minority business enterprises’ economic inclusion and parity.
Officers
Susanna Webber
Vice Chairman
Senior Vice President Chief Procurement Officer
Merck & Co., Inc.
George Richter
Secretary
Senior Vice President, Supply Chain Management
Cox Enterprises Inc.
Brian Downer
Treasurer
Executive Vice President and Chief Procurement Officer
Truist
Ying McGuire
Ex-Officio
CEO and President
Board Members
Kendra Burris-Austin
Senior Director Supplier Diversity, Economic Impact and Vendor Sustainability
Centene Corporation
Terrence Clark
President and CEO
New York & New Jersey Minority Supplier Development Council
Maurice Coffey
Senior Director / P&G Executive In Residence
Procter & Gamble Company
Kindle Goodson
Chief Operating and Procurement Officer
TIAA
Rona Fourte
Sr. Director – S2P Policy, ESG, and Supplier Lifecycle Management (SLM) Global Lead Global Business Services, Enterprise Indirect Sourcing
Pfizer
Pam Heminger
Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning & Procurement Division
Caterpillar Inc.
Javette Hines
Director, Global Head of Supply Chain Development
Citigroup
William Kapfer
Global Head of Supplier Diversity
JPMorgan Chase
Barbara Kubicki
Chief Procurement Officer, Supply Chain Management
Wells Fargo
Tarbinlam Lafon
Chief Procurement Officer, Enterprise Procurement and Supplier Management
Humana
Firoz Lalji
Founder and CEO
Zones
Chris Layden
Chief Operating Officer
Prolink Staffing
Shashi Mandapaty
Chief Procurement Officer – Corporate
Johnson & Johnson
Tricia Miller
Chief Procurement Officer
Accenture
Bonnie Nijst
President and CEO
Fidget Branding
Kennedy Oates
Vice President and Head of Global Procurement
Amazon
Carlton L. Oneal
President
LightSpeedEdu, Inc.
Jorge Plasencia
Co-Founder, Chairman, and CEO
Republica Havas
Leon Richardson
President and CEO
The Chemico Group
Regenia R. Sanders
Americas and US Central Region Supply Chain Leader
EY
Anu Saxena
President and Global Head, Hilton Supply Management
Hilton
Phil Seidler
Senior Vice President – Supply Chain
Vistra Corp
Jennifer Shomenta
Senior Vice President, Chief Procurement Officer
Cargill
Pamela Skaufel
Vice President Procurement, Chief Procurement Officer
ExxonMobil
Gerald Youngblood
Chief Marketing Officer, North America
Lenovo