2019 Workforce & Supplier Diversity Business Summit Schedule

This event will benefit minority owned enterprises, supplier diversity professionals, supplier diversity champions/ambassadors and corporate supply management professionals seeking to increase his/her knowledge about supplier diversity.

Agenda

9:00-9:30AM | Registration/Breakfast

9:30-9:45AM | Welcome

• SDG&E Energy Innovation Center Staff and SDG&E Manager of Supplier Diversity, Sydney Furbush
• Rainey Alben, Pacific Southwest MSDC, President & CEO
• Patti Pyle, Salt River Project, Pacific Southwest MSDC Interim Board Chair, Corporate Presenting/Title Sponsor
• D. Arnold, World Wide Technology, MBE Gold Sponsor

9:45-10:45AM | The Next Wave of Disruption – Will Your Business Survive?

Moderator: Rainey Alben, Pacific Southwest MSDC, President & CEO

Panelists:
• Lisa Castillo, AT&T, Senior Supplier Diversity Manager – West Coast
• Sydney Furbush, SDG&E, Manager of Supplier Diversity
• Frank Robinson, Union Bank, Managing Director, Community Initiatives Manager
• Adebayo Adeleke, Former Chief, Contracting Support Operations and Deputy Chief, U.S. Army Mission & Installation Contracting Commander, FCIPS, CPSM, SCMP, CFCM

10:45-10:50AM | Break

10:50-11:50AM | How to make the most of your NMDSDC MBE Certification

Moderator: Heather Cox, Co-Founder and President, Certify My Company

Speakers:
• Panel discussion with PSWMSDC MBE Input Committee

11:50-12:30PM | Networking Lunch

12:30-1:30PM | Working Together for Greater Impact: Supplier and HR/Workforce Diversity

Speaker:
• Lynnise Smith, OhioHealth, Supplier Diversity Manager
• Frantz Tiffeau Jr., Nationwide, Director of Supplier Diversity
• Lisa Castillo, AT&T, Senior Supplier Diversity Manager – West Coast
• Patricia Crenshaw, Harvard Group International, Managing Director

1:30-2:30PM | Consciously Unbiased – Conscious Conversations

Speaker:
• Ashish Kaushal, CEO/Founder, HireTalent

2:30-2:45PM Break

2:45-3:30PM | Effective Strategies for Doing Business with Utility Organizations in California

Speaker:
• Drisha Melton, Supplier Diversity Liaison, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC)

3:30-4:30PM | “Mocktail” Networking Mixer*
*No alcoholic beverages will be served at this event/venue

4:30PM | Closing Remarks

2019 Workforce & Supplier Diversity Business Summit Pricing

Pricing includes full registration to event. Pricing also includes breakfast, lunch and afternoon snack.

REGISTRATION AVAILABLE ONSITE. Please let PSWMSDC know if you are planning to register on-site.

For general questions or questions about sponsorship packages, please contact Salessia McGowan at smcgowan@pswmsdc.org

Leadership Committee Members

Adebayo Adeleke, FCIPS
President & CEO
Pantote Solutions