REPRESENTATIVE
ECONOMIC EQUITY ENGAGEMENTS
| Project | Corporate function | Clients |
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| Supportive Services | Small Business Opportunity and Utilization | Colorado Dept. of Transportation | Operate and maintain local community-based training center for outreach, training and developing MBEs for hwy. construction |
| Benchmarking | Women/Minority Business Development Programs | -Edison Electric Institute
-US WEST Communications |
Benchmarked 25 electric utilities' and 30 corporations' W/MBE programs via questionnaires, interviews, and site visits to document "best practices" |
| Revamp W/MBE Programs | Corporate Services & Purchasing | -Arizona Public Service Co.
-Philadelphia Suburban Water |
Improved program effectiveness including design of computerized W/MBE vendor database |
| Diversity Training | Selected Organizational Staffs | -US Postal Service
-Adams Mark Hotel, Denver |
Management, supervisory and employee diversity training |
| Disparity Study | W/MBE Programs | Colorado Purchasing Department and Department of Transportation | Subcontract, responsible for statewide recruitment, focus groups and public hearings for minority and women-owned firms |
| Mentor-Protege and 2d Tier Programs | MBE Programs | -USWEST Communications
-Rocky Mountain Purchasing Council |
Worked with local corporations interested in creative approaches to improving MBE development |
| Conference Management | Diversity | Colorado Department of Transportation, Denver, CO | Managed diversity conference involving participation of state agencies, community leaders, local and state politicians, large and small vendors and contractors |
| Organizational Capacity Building | Public Health | Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment | Provided capacity building and technical support to community-based grantees |
| Literacy Program | Manufacturing Operations | RM Engineering Products Co., North Charleston, SC | Designed educational and training for textile manufacturer converting to defense related activities; involved shop floor personnel, management and union |