The 2024 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 – 9:00              Breakfast & Registration

9:00 – 9:15am                 Conference Welcome

 9:15 – 10:15am         MBDA Showcase

• Anthony Richardson, Spelman Logistics
• Kevin Porter, KT&T Distributors
• Devin Fitzgerald, RML
• Rafey Zaheer, Medzah
• Moderated by Kidane Frezgi, MA MBDA Business Center

 10:15 – 10:30am           Break  

 10:30 – 11:30am           Concurrent Panels

MBE Panel: Access to Capital

• Karl Duguerre, Citizens Bank
• Stephanie Martin, Bank of America
• Brandon Pettagrue, Stonehenge Capital
• Moderated by Gary Stiffler, GNEMSDC

Corporate Member Panel: Leveraging ERGs to Champion Supplier Diversity

• April Cimorelli, MassMutual
• Dominic Ferrari, Alkermes
• Monette Knapik, CVS Health
• Moderated by Edwin Alvarez, CVS Health

11:30am – 1:00pm             Lunch  & Fireside Chat with Harriet Michel, President & CEO of the New York Urban League & previous NMSDC President & Shining Star Awards Ceremony 

1:00 – 1:15pm                       Break  

1:15 – 2:15pm                      Concurrent Sessions

Corporate Member Roundtable                                                MBEIC Town Hall

2:15 – 2:30pm                       Break  

2:30 – 4:00pm                      Corporate Member & MBE                                                                Networking