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Message from the President 5

Margo J. Posey

BOARD OF DIRECTORS The mission of the building capacity awards to MBEs totaling
Dallas/Fort Worth
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Minority Supplier $42,000.
James Mining Development Council is to
ONCOR encourage and facilitate The Supplier Diversity Professionals
procurement and business
Margo J. Posey opportuni es between championed a Board Recep on to introduce
D/FW MSDC our Buying En ty Partners
(corpora ons and public current and poten al new members to the
John Lozano sector agencies) and cer fied Minority Business
Raytheon Enterprises (MBEs). In 2016, we con nued to Council and the importance of supplier diversity
focus on the four main pillars that drive our
Rob Simpson mission – cer fica on, connec ons, programs.
Texas Instruments development, and advocacy. We remained one
of the top five Councils (out of 23) in the The U.S. Department of Commerce Minority
Mark Artigues Na onal Minority Supplier Development
Nokia Corporation Council's network and had a solid year of Business Development Agency Business Center
progress.
Greg Spoon Despite the overall economic and poli cal - Dallas/Fort Worth, operated by the Council,
DFW International Airport environment in 2016, companies con nued to
support Council ac vi es including had an impac ul year. This center was
Betty Manetta development sessions, sourcing events and
Argent Associates/Asociar cer fica on. We realized a record $14.6 billion recognized as an Outstanding Center in 2016
in minority spend reported by our Buying En ty
Keith Connolly Partners. The Doing Business Texas Style Spot and has been so recognized every year since
AT&T Bid Fair, sponsored by State Senator Royce West
and the State HUB Coordinators, boasted $2.6 2012. It created/maintained 237 jobs, closed
Terri Quinton million in contracts awarded at the day and a
Q2 Marketing Group half long event. The Council's trademarked BUY $114,292,156 in
THOSE THAT BUY US ini a ve had 37 Buying
Don McKneely En es par cipate with a recorded $3.1 billion contract and We realized a record
MBN USA in spend with D/FW MSDC cer fied MBEs. The procurement $14.6 billion in
Council reported its spend with MBEs for the opportuni es and minority spend
BOARD MEMBERS first me – $239,318 (35%) with 41 cer fied provided minority reported by our
MBEs along with $104,279 in-kind contribu ons businesses access to Buying En ty
Garry Castro from Buying En ty members and MBEs. financing Partners.
LogistiCorp D/FW MSDC con nued to lead with purpose ($24,580,089).
Bonnie Clinton and intensity by preparing its cons tuents for a
Toyota Motor North America technology-driven environment. The Emerging The Council
Ronda England Markets and Trends series covered
JCPenney Smart/Resilient Ci es and Internet of Things maintained a strong financial founda on, as we
Lisa Hanlon (IoT). We hosted our first MBE Innova on
Teltech Communications Showcase highligh ng crea ve products for sought to consistently improve and deliver
Heather Herndon Wright business and consumers. We recognized 13
Energy Future Holdings Mega Awards (contracts over $25 million posi ve outcomes for our cons tuents. We
Eric Imrie annually) and provided scholarships and
Ericsson inten onally concentrated on developing
Cynthia Joseph-Keller
Dex Media, Inc. leaders in this space, crea ng value for our
Kent McNorton
Austin Commercial, Inc. stakeholders and expanding the capabili es of
Monica Menzel
Comerica Bank MBEs, staff and supplier diversity professionals.
Clifton Miller
Cemetrics Our success could not have occurred without
Royalyn B. Reid
Consumer and Market Insights the support of our Buying En ty members,
Silvana Rosero
Small Pond Video Productions cer fied MBEs, Supplier Diversity Professionals,
David Sanchez
PepsiCo volunteer Cer fica on Commi ee, Council
Cathy Schillinger
American Airlines staff, volunteers and subject ma er experts. We
Stanley Tee
TKC Enterprises thank you for allowing us to u lize your talents
Andrea Mercado-Pelt
Fujitsu Network Communications and resources to increase minority business

inclusion and expand the possibili es in

sourcing supply chains. We look forward to

improving outcomes for minority business

inclusion in North Texas in 2017.

Respec ully,

Margo J. Posey