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Message from the Chair 3

James Mining

BOARD OF DIRECTORS It is a privilege and ini a ves defined in 2014 to take us to the next
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE an honor to have
been the 2016 level. I am proud to say the Board and various
James Mining, Chairman of the
D/FW MSDC Chair Board of the working groups have moved the needle
Senior Director - Supply Chain Dallas/Fort Worth
ONCOR Minority Supplier forward in order to add value to our
Development
Margo J. Posey Council. The cons tuents.
President Council's mission is to encourage and facilitate
D/FW MSDC procurement and business opportuni es 1. Increase Minority Business Enterprises
between Buying En ty members and cer fied
John Lozano minority-owned business enterprises and to Business Opportuni es
First Vice Chair grow minority business revenues. This Council
Director Supply Chain is about u lizing the ENTIRE talents of our 2. Build MBE Capacity through ered
Management community. It is about engaging MBEs in our
Raytheon Buying En es’ supply chain to help create programming, seminars and tools
innova ve solu ons, reduce costs of delivery,
Rob Simpson expand our customer base and develop the tax 3. Advance Diversity Programs focused on
Second Vice Chair base to improve our community.
Vice President - Worldwide The Council's mission is just as important minority business inclusion
Procurement & Logistics today as it was when the Council was created in
Texas Instruments 1973. The Board of Directors is commi ed to 4. Improve the Council's Infrastructure to meet
the development and implementa on of
Mark Artigues strong and effec ve supplier diversity the needs of today and expecta ons of the
Secretary programs. We understand that begins with a
Executive Director commitment from the top. future
Nokia Corporation Good programs like good inten ons, do not
happen overnight. As one of my mentors 5. Enrich Champions beginning with the Board
Greg Spoon conveyed to me, “This doesn't happen by itself.
Treasurer If it's going to happen, you have to make it of Directors
Vice President Procurement & happen.” We have a number of great
Materials Management corpora ons and public agencies involved in The Council
DFW International Airport the D/FW MSDC. Our role, as the Board of
Directors, is to help others understand the has built a strong “This [Supplier
Betty Manetta Council's value for their company and the financial and Diversity] doesn't
MBEIC Chair impact involvement can have upon our opera onal happen by itself. If it's
CEO communi es. founda on that going to happen, you
Argent Associates/Asociar The year 2016 was a solid year of progress has kept us have to make it happen.”
for the Council. We had consistent consistently
Keith Connolly performance, con nued to deliver services our
Chair Emeritus stakeholders needed and produced excellent ranked as one of
Vice President - Corporate opera onal results. We did this while driving
Supply Chain innova ve and sustainable performance the top- er
AT&T improvements. The Board of Directors
con nued to focus on the key strategic Councils in the Na onal Minority Supplier
Terri Quinton
NMSDC National MBEIC Development Council's na onwide network.
Chair Emeritus
CEO/President The D/FW MSDC 2016 Annual Report
Q2 Marketing Group
showcases our successes and demonstrates
Don McKneely
Chair & CEO the successful partnership of corpora ons,
MBN USA
public sector agencies, cer fied minority-

owned businesses and minority business

advocates in impac ng economic growth. We

will con nue to build upon our excellent

opera onal performance to deliver the

services our cons tuents need and expect now

and into the future. We are confident the

direc on we are headed will con nue to

impact the economic growth of minority-

owned businesses and assist corporate and

public sector agencies in further diversifying

their supply chain.

Sincerely,

James Mining

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