Each year, at their National annual Conference, NMSDC presents its prestigious “Corporation of the Year” Award(s) to recognize a select number of national corporate members and their exemplary achievements in minority supplier inclusion.
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Wells Fargo & NMSDC Partner to Present Four Minority Business Leadership Academies in 2020
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Wells Fargo & NMSDC Partner to Present
Four Minority Business Leadership Academies in 2020
(New York, NY: May 15, 2020): Wells Fargo & Company and the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC) have announced the creation of four Minority Business Leadership Academies. The year-long academy program is designed to enable minority suppliers to expand their business capabilities.
“Minority-owned businesses are critical to America’s supply chain. In today’s times of uncertainty and disruption, it is imperative that we all come together to give diverse businesses across the country access to the resources to retool, restore, and recover so that they can continue to make a meaningful economic impact on their communities,” said Regina Heyward, Senior Vice President and Head of Supplier Diversity for Wells Fargo. “In supplier diversity, our team has been working diligently and collaboratively with our supply chain and capacity-building partners to provide diverse businesses with support, resources and opportunities.”
The Minority Business Leadership Academies will be held live or virtually at four NMSDC regional council locations:
• Washington (DC): hosted by the Capitol Region MSDC;
• Miami (FL): hosted by the Florida State MSDC;
• New York (NY): hosted by the New York-New Jersey MSDC;
• Phoenix (AZ) – San Diego (CA): hosted by the Pacific Southwest MSDC.
NMSDC President and CEO Adrienne Trimble cited the value to minority supplier development and NMSDC’s ability to forge innovative partnerships with its corporate members. “Minority-owned businesses nationwide employ 6.3 million people and generate annual revenue of more than $1.6 trillion,” Trimble said. “Wells Fargo consistently demonstrates its strong commitment to our supplier diversity programs that serve NMSDC-certified minority-owned businesses.”
The Minority Business Leadership Academy program has four basic goals:
• Build the value proposition for each minority business owner;
• Enhance best practices in business development, organizational capabilities and scalability;
• Foster greater readiness to meet industry needs; and
• Increase competitiveness when seeking contracts and opportunities in the global marketplace.
Each of the Minority Business Leadership Academies represents a one-year commitment for a group of 15-20 qualifying applicants. Participants must be certified MBEs with a track record of high performance, offering quality products and services that are needed and used by firms within the financial services industry.
Wells Fargo collaborated with NMSDC and its national affiliate network in 2016 to develop the Minority Business Leadership Academy concept. In 2019, more than 40 minority businesses participated in three Minority Business Leadership Academies within the Capital Region MSDC, Houston MSDC and Southern California MSDC.
Wells Fargo Issues Grants to Six NMSDC Regional Councils
In addition to the four $25,000 grants that will fund the 2020 Minority Business Leadership Academies, as part of the company’s ongoing support of the NMSDC, Wells Fargo will also award six $10,000 grants benefiting the following NMSDC regional councils: Capital Region; Carolinas-Virginia; Georgia; North Central; New York-New Jersey; and Southwest. The funds will be used to support or enhance an existing MBE development program.
NMSDC Adds Extra Support Resources in Response to COVID-19 Emergency
In early March, the dramatic economic and social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic were becoming clear to Adrienne Trimble and her NMSDC team. “We quickly recognized a lot of fear and uncertainty bubbling up in the marketplace,” she said, “specifically within the minority business community.”
NMSDC immediately began to leverage innovation with their communication resources and technology to bolster the organization’s ability to continue providing service and support while protecting health and safety for all. Several significant initiatives resulted, including:
• Virtual Town Hall Series | Weekly Series called “Managing in a National Emergency” features sessions covering timely topics, critical business updates, and expert insights. Town Halls are available in real-time or on demand at NMSDC.com.
• Specialized MBE/Corporate Matchmaking | NMSDC is collecting requests for key PPE and other items needed (i.e. masks and gloves) and sharing out to their MBEs. In some cases, minority businesses have been able to pivot to provide or produce pandemic-related items.
• SBA Collaboration | NMSDC is working with the SBA to identify a process which will enable the organization to aid and train MBEs on how to access and complete loan and grant applications.
• COVID-19 Taskforce | Comprised of our affiliate Presidents and representatives from our Corporate Membership and MBEs, this group is sharing best practices and making recommendations about programming and resources to support MBE viability today and into the future.
The objective, according to Trimble, is to position NMSDC as a one-stop resource for MBE-centric news, resources, and support services.
About NMSDC
The NMSDC advances business opportunities for certified minority business enterprises (MBEs) and connects them to corporate members. One of the country’s leading corporate membership organizations, NMSDC was chartered in 1972 to provide increased procurement and business opportunities for minority businesses of all sizes. The NMSDC network includes a national office in New York and 23 affiliate regional councils across the country. The network also includes five international partner organizations located in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, China and South Africa.
To meet the growing need for supplier diversity, NMSDC matches its more than 12,000 certified minority-owned businesses to a network of more than 1,750 corporate members who wish to purchase their products, services and solutions. NMSDC, a unique and specialized player in the field of minority business enterprise, is proud of its unwavering commitment to advance Asian, Black, Hispanic and Native American suppliers in a globalized corporate supply chain.
About Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) is a diversified, community-based financial services company with $1.98 trillion in assets. Wells Fargo’s vision is to satisfy our customers’ financial needs and help them succeed financially. Founded in 1852 and headquartered in San Francisco, Wells Fargo provides banking, investment and mortgage products and services, as well as consumer and commercial finance, through 7,400 locations, more than 13,000 ATMs, the internet (wellsfargo.com) and mobile banking, and has offices in 31 countries and territories to support customers who conduct business in the global economy. With approximately 263,000 team members, Wells Fargo serves one in three households in the United States. Wells Fargo & Company was ranked No. 29 on Fortune’s 2019 rankings of America’s largest corporations. News, insights and perspectives from Wells Fargo are also available at Wells Fargo Stories.
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NMSDC Supports NAIC Initiative to Facilitate the Raise of $1 Billion of Growth Equity Capital for MWBEs
We are excited to announce that the Minority Business Development Agency and the National Association of Investment Companies have teamed to identify and facilitate the raise of $1 billion of growth equity capital for minority and women businesses.
National Media Personality Roland S. Martin to Moderate NMSDC 2020 Policy and Issues Forum
National Media Personality Roland S. Martin to Moderate NMSDC 2020 Policy and Issues Forum
National Minority Supplier Development Council Announces 2020 Policy and Issues Forum
The National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC) announced that it would host its first policy and issues forum because economic inclusion for all Americans is one of the most critical issues of our time.
NMSDC SETS THE STAGE FOR SUCCESS FOR MBEs WITH DYNAMIC NEW TRAINING PROGRAM
Competition, Collaboration, The Value of Relationships Drive New Center of Excellence Certification Program
Building minority entrepreneur competitiveness through relationship building and collaboration – these are the goals of a game-changing new Center of Excellence Certificate Program (COECP), to prepare emerging minority businesses for greater success in the corporate world, launched in May by the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC).
Partnering with the Center for Urban Entrepreneurship & Economic Development (CUEED) at Rutgers University and Covenant Business Concepts (CBC), NMSDC will work through three of its regional affiliate councils to manage their pilot COECP.
The year-long program will train individual council cohorts of 15-20 Class II (annual sales of $1-$10 million) minority business enterprises (MBEs). Also participating in each cohort will be eight-10 NMSDC corporate members and facilitators/trainers provided by (CBC), a certified MWBE.
Qualified candidates are NMSDC-certified Class II businesses with a minimum of five employees. Participating MBEs must demonstrate the ability to meet the business-critical needs of NMSDC’s corporate members.
COECP is designed to develop and grow certified diverse businesses to compete and be better prepared for the more rigorous vendor requirements currently in use by NMSDC member corporations.
From NMSDC’s perspective, the immediate goal of COECP is to fortify and strengthen the supply chain for its corporate members. Other benefits include:
- Supporting the growth of NMSDC-certified Class II MBEs;
- Enhancing opportunities for NMSDC-certified diverse suppliers;
- Developing a results-focused coaching and mentoring relationship between NMSDC Class II-certified diverse suppliers, corporate members and Corporate Plusâ MBEs;
In the coming year, participants will meet monthly and chart their development through monthly progress and strategic growth plans. They will identify barriers to growth, best practices, and solutions for minority inclusion in the corporate (Fortune 1000) supplier chain, specifically at a regional level.
Subject-matter experts, including Rutgers University professors and NMSDC corporate members, will lead live blended learning classroom instruction via virtual links to remote participants at designated “learning hubs”.
For more information about COECP, contact David.Hamlin@NMSDC.org.
NMSDC advances business opportunities for certified minority business enterprises and connects them to corporate members. To meet the growing need for supplier diversity, NMSDC matches its more than 12,000 certified minority-owned businesses to our network of more than 1,750 corporate members who wish to purchase their products, services and solutions. NMSDC, a unique and specialized player in the field of minority business enterprise, is proud of its unwavering commitment to advance Asian, Black, Hispanic and Native American suppliers in a globalized corporate supply chain.
NATIONAL MINORITY SUPPLIER DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL NAMES NEW CHAIRMAN, DR. FREDA LEWIS-HALL
NATIONAL MINORITY SUPPLIER DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL NAMES NEW CHAIRMAN, DR. FREDA LEWIS-HALL
Dr. Freda Lewis-Hall has been elected Chair of the Board of Directors for the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC). She was elected to a new two-year term during the board’s spring meeting in New York on May 17.
Lewis-Hall is currently Chief Patient Officer and Executive Vice President of Pfizer, Inc.
“It’s an honor to be elected Chair of the Board of Directors for the National Minority Supplier Development Council. I’ve long admired NMSDC’s work to certify, develop, connect, and advocate for minority businesses, and I look forward to continuing its mission supporting industries and corporations to embrace diversity,” said Dr. Freda Lewis-Hall.
During her 35-year career in medicine, Lewis-Hall has been on the frontlines of health care as a clinician, a researcher, and a leader in the biopharmaceuticals and life sciences industries. The common thread throughout has been her passion to advocate for health equity and improved outcomes for all patients.
“I am thrilled to welcome Dr. Freda Lewis-Hall as our board chair,” Adrienne Trimble, President and CEO of NMSDC, said. “She brings extensive experience developing programs and initiatives to address barriers in communities of color. I’m sure she will bring that same passion to advance the inclusion of entrepreneurs of color in the corporate supply chain. I look forward to her leadership in steering the NMSDC Board of Directors in supporting the mission and strategic direction of our organization.”
Before joining Pfizer in 2009, Lewis-Hall held senior leadership positions with Vertex, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Pharmacia, and Eli Lilly and Company. Prior to joining the biopharmaceuticals and life sciences industries, she served as Vice Chairperson and Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Howard University College of Medicine and was an advisor to the National Institute of Mental Health. Lewis-Hall graduated from Johns Hopkins University and earned her medical doctorate at Howard University College of Medicine.
Dr. Freda Lewis-Hall appears regularly on health-related television programs in major global markets, including The Doctors and Dr. Phil. She also shares health and medical information through GetHealthyStayHealthy.com. She currently serves on numerous boards including SpringWorks Therapeutics, Dell Medical School, Harvard Medical School, FasterCures, the Foundation for the NIH, and the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute.
NMSDC advances business opportunities for certified minority business enterprises and connects them to corporate members. To meet the growing need for supplier diversity, NMSDC matches its more than 12,000 certified minority-owned businesses to our network of more than 1,750 corporate members who wish to purchase their products, services and solutions. NMSDC, a unique and specialized player in the field of minority business enterprise, is proud of its unwavering commitment to advance Asian, Black, Hispanic, and Native American suppliers in a globalized corporate supply chain.
WELLS FARGO, NMSDC ANNOUNCE ‘MINORITY BUSINESS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY’S COLLABORATION TO EXPAND CAPABILITIES OF MINORITY SUPPLY EXECUTIVES
In 2019, Wells Fargo and the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC) will collaborate in three “Minority Business Leadership Academies,” to train minority suppliers on how to expand their capabilities. These Minority Business Leadership Academies will be hosted in Washington, D.C. by the Capitol Region MSDC, Los Angeles by the Southern California MSDC, and Houston by the Houston MSDC.
“Wells Fargo is committed to supplier diversity and developing diverse suppliers across the country. In 2018, Wells Fargo spent $1.36 billion with diverse suppliers. We’ve invested in nine capacity building programs across the country, which will help more than 500 diverse suppliers in the upcoming year,” said Regina Heyward, head of Supplier Diversity for Wells Fargo.
“NMSDC is able to extend its support of minority supplier development through innovative partnerships with our corporate members,” said NMSDC President and CEO Adrienne Trimble. “Minority-owned businesses nationwide employ 6.3 million people and generate annual revenue of more than $1.6 trillion. Wells Fargo consistently demonstrates its strong commitment to our supplier diversity programs that serve NMSDC-certified minority-owned businesses.”
The goals of the Minority Business Leadership Academy are to build the value proposition for each minority business owner; to enhance best practices in business development, organizational capabilities and scalability; to foster greater readiness to meet industry needs; and to increase competitiveness when seeking contracts and opportunities in the global marketplace.
Beginning in the first quarter of 2019, Wells Fargo Supplier Diversity will sponsor three Minority Business Leadership Academies in collaboration with NMSDC. Through a grant from the Wells Fargo Foundation, NMSDC will administer the Minority Business Leadership Academy program and be responsible for selecting three grantees from its regional Minority Supplier Development Councils to run each year-long academy. NMSDC will ensure this program is fully vetted with developed plans of action for each of the funded Minority Business Leadership Academies.
In 2016, Wells Fargo in collaboration with NMSDC’s regional Supplier Diversity Development Councils, piloted the Minority Business Leadership Academy project to help grow certified MBEs. In 2017, more than 80 minority business CEOs graduated from five Minority Business Leadership Academies.
The Minority Business Leadership Academy is a one-year commitment, in one of three regional classes, comprised of 15-20 qualifying applicants. At the end of the 12-month training process, each participant will deliver an end-of-year report that tracks growth and success of the program.
In the Minority Business Leadership Academy’s business development training, attendees will have:
- Quarterly sessions (half-day in-person training sessions)
- Bi-monthly group sessions
- Corporate mentoring
- 1:1 executive coaching
- Peer-to-peer mentoring
- A suite of program action items and timelines (i.e., documented milestones and accomplishments)
- Tools and resources
- The opportunity to obtain NMSDC certification
To qualify for consideration, MBEs must represent a mid- to large-size business (with at least $3 million in annual revenues). They must have a track record of high performance, offering quality products and services at market-competitive pricing. Each applicant’s business plan will be considered, to confirm financial solvency and positioning for growth. Preference will be given to current Wells Fargo suppliers and NMSDC-certified MBEs.
About NMSDC
The NMSDC advances business opportunities for certified minority business enterprises (MBEs) and connects them to corporate members. One of the country’s leading corporate membership organizations, NMSDC was chartered in 1972 to provide increased procurement and business opportunities for minority businesses of all sizes. The NMSDC network includes a National Office in New York and 23 affiliate regional councils across the country. The network also includes five international partner organizations located in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, China and South Africa.
To meet the growing need for supplier diversity, NMSDC matches its more than 12,000 certified minority-owned businesses to our network of more than 1,750 corporate members who wish to purchase their products, services and solutions. NMSDC, a unique and specialized player in the field of minority business enterprise, is proud of its unwavering commitment to advance Asian, Black, Hispanic and Native American suppliers in a globalized corporate supply chain. For more information, visit www.NMSDC.org.
About Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) is a diversified, community-based financial services company with $1.9 trillion in assets. Wells Fargo’s vision is to satisfy our customers’ financial needs and help them succeed financially. Founded in 1852 and headquartered in San Francisco, Wells Fargo provides banking, investment and mortgage products and services, as well as consumer and commercial finance, through 7,800 locations, 13,000 ATMs, the internet (wellsfargo.com) and mobile banking, and has offices in 37 countries and territories to support customers who conduct business in the global economy. With approximately 262,000 team members, Wells Fargo serves one in three households in the United States. Wells Fargo & Company was ranked No. 26 on Fortune’s 2018 rankings of America’s largest corporations. News, insights and perspectives from Wells Fargo are also available at Wells Fargo Stories.
Spanish Broadcasting System Provides WC3 International With $50,000 In Advertising During The National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC) Conference & Business Opportunity Exchange
NEW YORK, Feb. 5, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc. (SBS) (OTCQX: SBSAA) since it was officially certified as a Minority Business Enterprise (MBE), participated in various events coordinated by the National Minority Development Council (NMSDC). At the annual Conference and Business Opportunity Exchange, held in Austin, Texas, Spanish Broadcasting System conducted a promotional contest at their participating booth where Minority Business Enterprises registered for a prize of $50,000 in advertising that will run across its radio, television, and digital divisions in the first quarter of 2019.
The winner of the $50,000.00 in advertising was randomly drawn at the NMSDC headquarters in New York by the President and CEO of the NMSDC Adrienne Trimble with executives representing Spanish Broadcasting System.
NMSDC President and CEO Adrienne Trimble commented “Spanish Broadcasting System lent key support to our 2018 Conference in Austin, Texas. Welcoming SBS as a certified MBE was exciting news for NMSDC in 2018, and this great relationship will only grow in the New Year. SBS is a fantastic new partner for us. We look forward to an even stronger collaboration going forward.”
The winner drawn was WC3 International.
“We are honored to win the advertising promotion from such a prestigious organization as Spanish Broadcasting System. We plan to utilize this promotion as a means to fuel the growth of our business within the Hispanic community,” stated Leon Woolford, Owner and Partner of WC3 International.
WC3 International is an information technology solutions partner providing top IT talent, along with hardware, software, cloud and IT security solutions that helps drive business success. WC3 utilizes innovative and proven approaches to help organizations discover, evaluate, architect and implement advanced technology solutions. WC3 International key areas of expertise include hardware, software, cloud services, cyber security, internet, unified communications, mobility, systems integration, and custom application development solutions.
During the four days of the convention, more than 6,000 corporate CEO’s, procurement executives and supplier diversity professionals from the top multinational companies, as well as leading Asian, Black, Hispanic and Native American business owners and international organizations, convened in Austin, Texas to re-energize their collectives efforts for solid minority firms in the global corporate supply chain. SBS Executives, talents and staff members participated with an exhibit booth that highlighted Spanish Broadcasting System’s MBE status and showcased its leading multi-media products, services and solutions.
Spanish Broadcasting System serves as the leading multimedia entertainment enterprise with owned and operated heritage radio stations in the largest U.S. markets (including the most-listened-to Hispanic station in the nation, WSKQ-FM in New York City), the MegaTV network, a staple of digital properties including LaMusica and Hitzmaker mobile apps, as well as the nation’s largest independent Hispanic concert and events promoter, SBS Entertainment.
Albert Rodriguez, Chief Operating Officer of SBS, commented, “Leaders such as Leon Woolford and the WC3 International embody the overall mission of the MBE’S and NMSDC. We honor those leaders that advocate for the value that minority businesses bring to the global corporate supply chain, and for the vital role they play in our nation’s economic growth today and in the future.”
The MBE certification places SBS on an exclusive list of verified minority-owned firms offering their respective services to corporate, governmental, educational and charitable entities throughout the country.
About Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc.:
Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc. (SBS) owns and operates radio stations located in the top U.S. Hispanic markets of New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Chicago, San Francisco and Puerto Rico, airing the Tropical, Regional Mexican, Spanish Adult Contemporary, Top 40 and Urbano format genres. SBS also operates AIRE Radio Networks, a national radio platform of over 250 affiliated stations reaching 94% of the U.S. Hispanic audience. SBS also owns MegaTV, a network television operation with over-the-air, cable and satellite distribution and affiliates throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico, produces a nationwide roster of live concerts and events, and owns a stable of digital properties, including LaMusica, a mobile app providing Latino-focused audio and video streaming content and HitzMaker, a new-talent destination for aspiring artists. For more information, visit us online at www.spanishbroadcasting.com.
About NMSDC
The NMSDC advances business opportunities for certified minority business enterprises (MBEs) and connects them to corporate members. One of the country’s leading corporate membership organizations, NMSDC was chartered in 1972 to provide increased procurement and business opportunities for minority businesses of all sizes. The NMSDC network includes a National Office in New York and 23 affiliate regional councils across the country. The network also includes five international partner organizations located in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, China and South Africa.
To meet the growing need for supplier diversity, NMSDC matches its 12,000 certified minority-owned businesses to our network of approximately 1,450 corporate members who wish to purchase their products, services and solutions. NMSDC, a unique and specialized player in the field of minority business enterprise, is proud of its unwavering commitment to advance Asian, Black, Hispanic and Native American suppliers in a globalized corporate supply chain. For more information, visit www.NMSDC.org.
MEDIA CONTACT SBS:
Vladimir Gomez
VP, Corporate Communications
vgomez@sbscorporate.com
(786) 394-9000 Ext. 1144
FOR MORE INFO CONTACT:
Juan Almanzar
VP Supplier Diversity & Business Development
JAlmanzar@sbsnewyork.com
646-710-2613
SOURCE Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc. (SBS)
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National Minority Supplier Development Council Presents Annual Accolades at Gala in Austin NMSDC Corporate Members, Certified Minority Business Enterprises and Georgia Council are Recognized for Outstanding Achievements
NATIONAL MINORITY SUPPLIER DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL PRESENTS ANNUAL ACCOLADES AT GALA IN AUSTIN NMSDC CORPORATE MEMBERS, CERTIFIED MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISES AND GEORGIA COUNCIL ARE RECOGNIZED FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS
Austin, TX – On Wednesday evening, October 17, the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC.org) hosted a black-tie banquet to honor its corporate members, certified minority business enterprises (MBEs), and network leaders for exceptional accomplishments in promoting minority supplier development.
The Gala, sponsored by Northrop Grumman, marked the culmination of NMSDC’s annual Conference and Business Opportunity Exchange, held this year at the Austin Convention Center in Texas. The Conference’s Corporate Co-Chairs were Dell, Toyota and Wells Fargo; the first-ever Corporate Plus® Co-Chair was ACRO Service Corporation; the MBE Co-Chair was Ongweoweh; and the Platinum Sponsor was Vista Equity Partners.
At the start of the Gala, the Georgia Minority Supplier Development Council, one of 23 regional councils of the NMSDC, was honored as Regional Council of the Year. The Harriet R. Michel Chairman’s Awards, recognizing outstanding contributions to the work and progress of NMSDC in the past year, went to Casilda Del Valle, NMSDC’s Vice President for Finance and Administration, who has worked at NMSDC for 40 years; and to Louis Green, outgoing Interim President of NMSDC.
Supplier of the Year awards were presented in four classes. In Class I, for businesses with up to $1 million annual revenue, Stellar Consulting Solutions was recognized. Supplier of the Year for Class II, with $1 million to $5 million in annual revenue, was Athena Engineering. Recognized in Class III ($5 million to $10 million annual revenue) was Premiere Building Maintenance Corporation. And the honoree for Class IV ($10 million and above in annual revenue) was Hal Hays Construction.
Corporations of the Year honors were also presented, in five classes. The Class I honoree ($1 billion to $10 billion in revenue) was EQT. In Class II ($11 billion to $50 billion revenue), Merck was recognized, and the Class III award ($50 billion to $100 billion revenue) went to Comcast NBCUniversal. There was no award in Class IV this year, but for Class V ($151 billion and above in revenue) the Corporation of the Year honor was presented to AT&T.
Corporations honored as Top Category Performers were: Bank of America (Financial); Walmart and FCA (Tier II); Toyota (Development); and CVS Health and The Coca-Cola Company (Innovation).
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At the end of the presentations, Master of Ceremonies Chuck Nice introduced the final speaker of the evening, NMSDC President and CEO Adrienne Trimble, who reflected on the nearly 50 years of achievement by the NMSDC, transforming the relationship between minority suppliers and corporate America. She revealed that for next year, the NMSDC’s annual Conference and Business Opportunity Exchange would be held in Atlanta, with newly-announced Corporate Co-Chairs AT&T, Coca-Cola and UPS. In wrapping up, Ms. Trimble acknowledged the efforts of the NMSDC national staff, and thanked NMSDC Chair Joe Hinrichs and the Board members for entrusting to her the leadership of NMSDC.
Conference highlights included:
- MetLife-supported Emerging Young Entrepreneurs program’s intensive workshop;
- U.S. Department of Commerce’s Minority Business Development Agency, kicking off its annual National Minority Enterprise Development Week;
- NFL star and real estate entrepreneur Emmitt Smith speaking at the Conference’s Opening Breakfast;
- Wells Fargo’s announcement of its sponsorship of NMSDC’s CEO Academy program;
- The Business Opportunity Exchange, a unique, national trade fair with more than 700 booths showcasing corporations and minority business enterprises looking to connect and extend their business dealings with one another;
- NMSDC’s Corporate Plus® program featuring some of its most successful corporate members, including Fortune 500 MasTec and the nation’s largest producer of natural gas, EQT.
About NMSDC
The NMSDC advances business opportunities for certified minority business enterprises (MBEs) and connects them to corporate members. One of the country’s leading corporate membership organizations, NMSDC was chartered in 1972 to provide increased procurement and business opportunities for minority businesses of all sizes. The NMSDC network includes a National Office in New York and 23 affiliate regional councils across the country. The network also includes five international partner organizations located in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, China and South Africa.
To meet the growing need for supplier diversity, NMSDC matches its more than 12,000 certified minority-owned businesses to our network of more than 1,750 corporate members who wish to purchase their products, services and solutions. NMSDC, a unique and specialized player in the field of minority business enterprise, is proud of its unwavering commitment to advance Asian, Black, Hispanic and Native American suppliers in a globalized corporate supply chain. For more information, visit www.NMSDC.org.
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