2025 Business Opportunity Conference & Awards Celebration
From Adversity to Opportunity: 50 Years of Driving Change
REGISTRATION HAS CLOSED
The 2025 GNEMSDC Annual Awards Celebration & 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.
2025 GNEMSDC Awards
MBE Supplier of the Year
Advocate of the Year
Buyer of the Year
Local Corporation of the Year
National Corporation of the Year
Institution of Higher Learning of the Year
MBE to MBE Empowerment Award
Firecracker Award
Innovate and Elevate Award
Sustainable Supplier Award
Shining Star Awards
50th Anniversary GNEMSDC Legacy Awards
Thursday, November 13
8am – 4pm
Providence Marriott
1 Orms St, Providence, RI
8:00 – 9:00am BREAKFAST & REGISTRATION
9:00 – 10:30am GNEMSDC AWARDS CEREMONY
10:30am – 12:00pm REVERSE MATCHMAKING SESSION
12PM – 1:15pm CONFERENCE LUNCHEON
Featuring Keynote speaker: Don Cravins, NMSDC President & CEO
1:15PM – 1:30PM BREAK
1:30 – 2:30pm CONCURRENT PANELS
- Reimagining Supplier Diversity
- Doris De Los Santos, BCBSRI
- Jerry Epps, Babson College
- Chris Stanley, State Street Corp
- Moderator: Lawrence Wooten, Synchrony
- Inorganic Growth Strategies
- Bobby Jackson, Rejigg
- Devin Fitzgerald, RMS
- Josh Wally Addie, M&T Bank
- Moderator: Gary Stiffler, GNEMSDC
2:30 – 2:45pm BREAK
2:45 – 4:00pm CONCURRENT SESSIONS
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- Corporate Roundtable
- Facilitated by Dominic Ferrari, Alkermes
- MBE Townhall
- Corporate Roundtable
4:00pm EVENT CONCLUDES