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Board of Directors
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Bonnie Clinton, Chair
Vice President & CPO, Indirect Dallas/Fort Worth
Procurement Shared Services Minority Supplier
Toyota Motors North America Development Council, Inc.
Margo J. Posey, President and CEO
DFW MSDC
Kallie Malmgren, 1st Vice Chair, Welcome to the
Senior Director Supply Chain
Oncor
Rob Simpson, 2nd Vice Chair, 2020 Virtual E Awards
Vice President World Wide
Procurement & Logistics We are so glad to have you join us to celebrate
Texas Instruments excellence in minority business inclusion. We know it
Monica Menzel, Secretary is not quite the same as previous years. But we are
Senior Vice President still recognizing excellence, highlighting MEGA
Comerica Bank Awards, cheering supply chain and supplier diversity
Eric Imrie, Treasurer champions and applauding innovative minority
Vice President - Strategic Sourcing
Ericsson North America entrepreneurs. Our nominees and winners all display
Betty Manetta, MBEIC Chair the steadfast creativity and persistence that makes business inclusion work.
CEO, Argent Associates We understand much has occurred in 2020 and navigating in this new NOW
Terri Quinton, can be traumatic. That makes what we do more critical than ever. Inequality,
NMSDC MBEIC Chair Emeritus
CEO & President disparity and outright systematic racism infusing our world must not win. Our
Q2 Marketing Group LLC mission is to facilitate connections between certified minority-owned
Don McKneely, Publisher businesses and our Buying Entity Partners. The people associated with the
MBN USA Council who keep minority business inclusion at the forefront of their business
BOARD MEMBERS strategies can help reverse disparity, uplift our communities and build
Neena Biswas, CEO sustainable minority business wealth. We know this and so do you. This
B12 Consulting evening, we are focused on what we do right.
T’Wana Brown
V.P. Divisional Merchandising In 2019, 889 DFW headquartered certified minority-owned businesses
Manager - Men’s realized more than $6.9 billion in spend with our 86 regional Buying Entity
JCPenney Partners. That made possible the creation and maintenance of 31,377 jobs of
Thomas Crowther, CEO which 19,994 were held by ethnic minorities.
The Crowther Group We celebrate the resilience of companies and organizations to build
Lisa Hanlon, CEO
Teltech Group sustainable solutions, deliver excellent service, implement creative thinking
Heather Herndon Wright and provide game-changing leadership. We congratulate each of our
Director of Supplier Diversity nominees and winners for persevering and building a legacy of inclusion.
Vistra Energy
Rachel Kutz In addition, we are spotlighting 10 MEGA Awards. These awards represent
Vice President Strategic Initiatives, transactions worth more than $25 million annually between our Buying Entity
Global Supply Chain Partners and certified MBEs. Since 2008 DFW MSDC has documented 134
AT&T MEGA Awards. This demonstrates the power of MBEs to handle large
Suzanne Maddux contracts and BIG thinking by Buying Entities in utilizing minority-owned
Supply Chain Director, Space and businesses to fulfill their purchasing needs.
Airborne Systems
Raytheon Company Thanks go out to our sponsors and supporters who helped make the 2020 E
Kent McNorton Awards happen. A special thank you to Toyota, Buying Entity Signature
Sr. Vice President Pre Construction Sponsor, and Themesoft, MBE Signature Sponsor, for your continued
Austin Commercial Inc.
Clifton Miller, Managing Principal support. Thank you to Letisha Brandon, our emcee and chair of the E Awards
Cemetrics Planning Committee. Your fresh ideas and leadership along with the
Evelyn Molina, CEO/President volunteers and planning committee members was amazing!
All Janitorial Professional Services Thank you to the Board of Directors, who have continued to participate, lead
Jeni Rajbhandari
Head of Services Procurement and deliver during this turbulent 2020. Your steadfast dedication of resources,
N.A. Global Operations time and thought leadership moves the needle.
Nokia Finally, thank you to my wonderful and amazing lean staff. When we decided
Scott Richardson
Chief Financial Officer to move E Awards and go virtual, you stepped up with solutions and hard work
Celanese to make this evening one to remember for all involved.
Silvana Rosero, CEO Please enjoy the E Awards Gala. Stay with us for dance music to cap off the
Laguna Media Group evening! We appreciate your support and participation! See you in 2021!
David Sanchez
Senior Director Global Procurement Yours truly,
PepsiCo
Lori Sinn
Managing Director, Corporate
Procurement
American Airlines Margo J. Posey
Greg Spoon President/CEO
Vice President Procurement
DFW International Airport Meaningful Connections. Impactful Growth.
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