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USF Official Invites Community To Attend Supplier Diversity Day
BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor
On Friday, October 6th, the University of South Florida will host its Supplier Diversity Day. The univer- sity’s newly appointed Assis- tant Vice President of Supplier Diversity is inviting members of the community to attend the event.
Ms. Terrie Daniel, who was chosen as the inaugural appointee of Assistant Vice President of Supplier Diver- sity said, “I hope to increase the utilization of diversity suppliers by creating a plat- form of economic develop- ment in the Tampa Bay Area.
“We will host USF’s Di- versity Day on October 6th and I am looking forward to hosting at least 100 suppliers from throughout the com- munity. It will be a really great opportunity to meet with the business commu- nity.”
In her current role, Ms. Daniel is responsible for the development, direction and management of the Univer- sity’s Supplier Diversity Pro- gram. Her duties include the development of a strategic plan to support the founda- tional structure for the pro- gram, building a support team of professionals and di- verse supply chain manage- ment, spend analysis and forecasting for diverse sup- plier participating within the USF System. The system in- cludes the main campus in Tampa as well as 2 satellite campuses in Sarasota and St. Petersburg, she said.
Ms. Daniel brings a wealth of experience to the position. She comes to the university having served as Deputy Commissioner of the State of Indiana Department of Administration, in the ad- ministration of former Gov- ernor Mike Pence.
Prior to joining the State
MS. TERRIE DANIEL Assistant Vice President of Supplier Diversity, USF
of Indiana, Ms. Daniel was the Deputy Director for the Department of Minority & Women’s Business Develop- ment for the Office of the Mayor, City of Indianapolis, Indiana. In this role, she di- rected the day-to-day opera- tions of the division where the main focus was minority, women, and veteran busi- ness enterprise certification, contract compliance, and business development solu- tions.
A native of Grand Blanc, Michigan, Ms. Daniel began her role at the Univer- sity of South Florida in April 2017. She earned her B. S. Degree in Marketing and Computer Information Sys- tems from Ferris State Uni- versity, and a Master’s in Contract Compliance from Morgan State University. She is currently pursuing her Bachelor’s Degree in Reli- gious Studies from Aenon Bible College.
In August 2008, Ms. Daniel was ordained as a minister by the New Wine- skin Ministries International School of Ministry. She is a member of several organiza- tions, including the Ameri- can Contract Compliance Association and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
She is married and the mother of two children.
Community Activist Angered By Political Blog’s Misquotes
BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor
Ms. Dianne Hart said she was recently contacted by a reporter and asked questions about her political future. However, Ms. Hart said when she saw the arti- cle, she became angry be- cause she was misquoted, her comments were taken out of context, and she never made a statement attributed to her in the article.
The article stated in part, that State Representa- tive Sean Shaw would face Ms. Hart again when he seeks re-election.
In a written response to the author, Mitch Perry, of FloridaPolitics.com, Ms. Hart said, “I am not a candidate, I am a private cit- izen at this point. What you wrote in your article is not what we discussed. I do not appreciate you lumping two stories together. You never asked me about the removal of the monument.”
Ms. Hart told the Sen- tinel, “At no time did we ever discuss the monument. It does matter to me as an
MS. DIANNE HART ... Community Activist
Black woman. What’s hurt- ful to me about that Confed- erate monument is that as African American child, I lived through that ugly part of our history. I know what it was like going in back- doors and colored rest- rooms.
“I stand beside Com- missioner Les Miller, Jr., State Rep. Sean Shaw, and any other leader who wants to remove such monuments as this one.”
During the last election, Rep. Shaw defeated Ms. Hart, a first-time candi- date, by 101 votes. However,
she disputes claims that she plans on challenging Rep. Shaw next year.
Ms. Hart said, “Though I thank the reporter, Mitch Perry and publisher Peter Schorsch for their thor- ough correction, I am still deeply disappointed with the original coverage re- garding the non-existent issue of my criticism of Rep. Sean Shaw's in- volvement in the ongoing ef- fort to remove Confederate iconography from public land in Hillsborough County.
“As a Black woman who lived through Jim Crow and the Civil Rights movement, and who has fought for so- cial progress all my life, I strongly agree with his opin- ion on that issue.
“Mr. Perry called to ask me about my views about Rep. Shaw's record in of- fice, with which I respect- fully disagree with on some significant points. But he did not ask me about his work on the Confederate monument issue, or any- thing about that issue in general. Yet, the ensuing headline strongly implied I expressed I was "not im- pressed" with Rep. Shaw's actions in that area.
“This manufactured con- troversy was a transparent attempt from outside our community to sow seeds of division and discord within the proud Black community in Tampa. At a time when white supremacists are demonstrating in the streets, these cheap tabloid tactics are reckless and irre- sponsible. Unity is urgent during this time in our his- tory, and we will not tolerate sleazy attempts to divide us to score political points.
“Though the term has unfortunately garnered some right-wing connota- tions within the current ad- ministration, this is 'fake news' at its very worst.”
She further said that after she contacted the au- thor of the article, the title on the article was changed and a correction was placed at the end of an updated ar- ticle.
“My phone has been con- stantly ringing because of that article and I resent being misquoted,” she said.
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