Last month, 网曝门 Director of DEI and Supplier Diversity Stephanie Pennington and Business Development Manager Travis L. Miller participated in the first Upstate NY MWBE Conference. The three-day event brought MWBE (minority and women-owned business enterprises) firms together from four major upstate regions: The Finger Lakes, Western NY, Central NY and The Southern Tier.
Each day of the conference focused on one of three main topics: community, growth and opportunity.
Miller facilitated an interactive seminar on the strategic planning and production of responses to an RFP, as part of the conference鈥檚 鈥渢raining tracks鈥� for construction and non-construction firms. 聽Pennington also co-facilitated a session as part of the series. This straight-talk session with Luis Rodriguez 鈥� 鈥淭he Business of Construction鈥� 鈥� dove into the do鈥檚 and don鈥檛s of running a small MWBE in construction.
Pennington also moderated a panel discussion and Q&A entitled 鈥淟eveling Up鈥�, featuring many seasoned MWBE and SDVOB (service-disabled veteran-owned business) firms from the Upstate NY area discussing their personal paths to success.
The conference ended with an expo where MWBEs and SDVOBs met with agencies and primes for opportunities. Angela Wiesmore and Harriette Taylor staffed the 网曝门 table.
