The 2023 GNEMSDC Business Opportunity Conference will bring together existing and prospective corporate members, certified MBEs, business leaders, owners, community leaders, supplier diversity teams, and purchasing professionals to re-energize their collective efforts to Certify > Develop > Connect > and Advocate for minority firms in the global corporate supply chain. Our goal is to continue to deliver impactful sessions and networking opportunities that prepare, position, and propel you to the next level.

AGENDA 

 8:00 – 9:00am                 Meet & Greet Breakfast, sponsored by CVS Health

  9:00 – 9:15am                 Conference Welcome

  9:15 – 10:15am              Bear’s Den Competition

Contestants: 

• Carl Hill, Golden Technology Services
• Shonte Davidson, BT2 Consortium, Impact Energy
• Mark Robinson, Baitco Arvarden, LLC

 Judges: 

• Edwin Alvarez, CVS Health
• Joyce Erickson Eggers, Takeda Pharmaceuticals
• Amy Walsh, JPMorgan Chase

 10:15 – 10:30am           Break  

 10:30 – 11:30am           Concurrent Panels

 MBE Panel: Succession & Exit Strategy Planning Panel

• Sean Cogdell, The Panther Group

• Devin Fitzgerald, RML Service Group, Inc.

• Darryl Lindie, New Majority Capital
• Moderated by Gary Stiffler, GNEMSDC

Corporate Member Panel: ESG 101

• April Cimorelli, MassMutual
• Andrea Desaulniers, RTX
• Monette Knapik, CVS Health
• Saken Khokhar, National Grid 

11:35 – 12:15pm              Lunch & Shining Star Awards Ceremony honoring Jerry Epps of Babson College, Kate Weaver of GE Appliances, and Carolyn Ball & Eric Hardy of w3r

12:15 – 1:00pm          Fireside Chat: Legal Attacks on Minority Business Development featuring Judge Joseph A. Greenaway of Arnold & Porter & Tanya N. Blocker of National Grid

1:00 – 1:15pm                   Break  

1:15 – 4:00pm                   Buzz & Biz Corporate Member & MBE                                         Networking