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Join DFW International Airport at their headquarters for a disparity study informational meeting. The meeting will introduce the study team, present the study elements and methodology, describe the study process and outline how stakeholders and business owners can participate.

Diverse suppliers, vendors and contractors were honored at DFW Airport’s Champions of Diversity Awards luncheon on May 14, recognizing companies who embrace and exemplify diversity and inclusion in their business relationships.

Hosted by the Trinity River Vision Authority: Federal Certification and System Award Management Profile Enhancement Build and enhance your company profile to be more competitive when bidding on Federal Government project opportunities. Tuesday, March 20, 2018 9:00am to 10:30am TRVA Office - 307 W. 7th Street, Suite 100 in downtown Fort Worth Register online at TrinityRiverVision.org/Contracting Questions? Contact Stacy Beeson at [email protected]

The Women's Business Counci l- Southwest kicked off our 2018 Austin programming with Women Entrepreneur's Exchange. Local business owners gathered at the offices of VMware to hear a panel of Sustaining (Corporate) Members answer questions about their supplier diversity programs and procurement processes. Photo courtesy of Demand Lighting The panel featured supplier diversity professionals from Capital Metro , Dell Technologies , Pearson , and VMware . Some tips from the panel included: Register as a vendor with Capital Metro and become familiar with their DBE program. Learn more here . Stay

The Bank of America Supplier Diversity team is pleased to announce that the online application window for the Bank of America Diverse Business Scholarship is open, and they are now accepting applications. Bank of America sponsors the scholarship, which is managed and administered by Scholarship America. They will award 30 scholarships of up to $10,000 each to qualified business owners of certified small and diverse businesses, for targeted training and development to enhance their business. Based on feedback, they have improved the program: Business owners may now designate an employee of

The Women’s Business Council – Southwest is excited to announce that registration is open for our annual Business Works Expo. If you are a certified Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE), this is THE event you want to attend! Imagine a tradeshow filled with booths that are women-owned companies, or corporations who are looking for women-owned companies as suppliers. The best part is that this event is open to the public. So, even if your women-owned company isn’t certified yet, you can still attend and make great connections! The September 7, 2017 event will feature panel matchmaker sessions

One of our WBEs is doing business with the new kid on the block! Jamie Watson of Toyota Financial Services and Lee Ann Packard of Marfield Corporate Stationery first met at the WBCS big 20 th Anniversary bash, hosted at AT&T Stadium back in 2015. Their connection lead to an introduction into procurement. Marfield Corporate Stationery now provides printing services via e-commerce catalog for Toyota Financial Services, Toyota Motor Insurance Company and Lexus Financial Services. We asked Lee Ann her thoughts, “The Marfield team is excited to support Toyota with printing services and friendly

On June 2, 2017, DFW will be hosting a Business Opportunities Forum , a business outreach collaboration between Infrastructure & Development, Concessions and Procurement & Materials Management. The Forum will be held at the Hyatt Regency DFW (Terminal C) from 12:00 – 5:00 p.m.

2017 Woman Entrepreneur's Exchange Women business owners in the Austin region gathered at the offices of sustaining member, VMware, for the Women's Business Council-Southwest's first Woman Entrepreneur's Exchange. The afternoon kicked off with remarks from Pamela Bryant, Chief Supply Chain Officer of Hanger, Inc. , on how WBEs can get involved with their supplier diversity department and featured a keynote by WBCS member and CEO of Charlie Bravo Aviation , René Banglesdorf. René's presentation, "4 Ways Women Can Rise Above the Status Quo", focused on steps women can take in order to crush

American Airlines Headquarters Construction Kick-off Meeting with Austin Commercial Thursday, January 27, 2017 @ 2:00 p.m. RSVP NOW