Disability-Owned and Service-Disabled Veteran- Owned Businesses: Meeting and Exceeding Customer Expectations Supply Chain Plenary Wednesday, October 1 Special Feature: Entrepreneurial Idol - Hosted by

2014 Supply Chain Track Chair Ronnette Smith Developmental Club Manager North Division - Market 20 ~ Upstate New York – Sam’s Club

“Why Disability Supplier Inclusion” Strengthen supply chains Customer compliance Capability and agility Buying power Brand loyalty Talent attraction

“Meeting and Exceeding Customer Expectations ” Speakers: Ronnette Smith, Developmental Club Manager, Sam’s Club Patricia Richards, Director, DSDP Jill Houghton, Executive Director, USBLN MC: Philip DeVliegher, Managing Director, pdevl Consulting Host Moderator: Joyce Bender, President, Bender Consulting Services, LLC. Business Interviews: Public and Private Sector Procurement; Connecting with SDVOBs; Educational Institutions – Influencing DOBE/SDVOB Growth and Development

The Disability Supplier Diversity Program The USBLN’s Disability Supplier Diversity Program® (DSDP) offers corporations and government agencies a reliable certifying source for certified disability-owned business enterprises and service-disabled veteran-owned businesses.

Disability Supplier Diversity Program® (DSDP) – Founding Partners

Disability Supplier Diversity Program® (DSDP) Corporate Partners 3M Cigna HESS Corporation ACS Comcast Highmark AIG CVS Health Humana AMC CSX IBM Applied Materials Deque Systems Kaiser Permanente AT&T EY, LLP KPMG Axiom Fannie Mae Lockheed Martin Barnes & Thornburg Florida Blue Lowe’s Companies BC BS Association Fannie Mae Manpower Boston Scientific Genetech McKesson Boehringer Ingelheim General Motors Marriott Canyon Creative GlaxoSmithKline MassMutual Grainger

Disability Supplier Diversity Program® (DSDP) Corporate Partners McDonalds Qualcomm TJX Companies McKesson Raytheon UPS Merck Sanofi Verizon Motorola Solutions Sodexo Walgreens Nielsen Southwest Airlines Walmart Nordstrom Sprint Walt Disney World Northrop Grumman SSB Bart Group WellPoint Novartis Starbucks Wells Fargo Office Max/Office Depot Takeda Pharmaceuticals PNC Bank TD Bank PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP The Dow Chemical Co. Prudential Time Warner

2014 DOBE® Host Committee Joyce Bender, President, Bender Consulting Services, LLC., Chair Cindy Ulven, CEO & President, Accelerated Engraving & Signage Patricia Graves, President & Founder, Caption First, Inc. Jack Smith, President & Founder, Charlotte International Partners Andy Houghton, President, Integrated Global Services

Business Interviews Public and Private Sector Procurement Tim A. Ruddell, Manager, Sustainable Procurement, Firmwide Procurement, KPMG, LLP, DSDP Founding Member Eric Howard, Strategic Consultant for Diversity & Inclusion, Federal Housing and Finance Agency (FHFA) Connecting with SDVOBs Roxanne Wilson, Manager, Corporate Procurement, Supplier Diversity & Sustainability, Fannie Mae, DSDP Founding Member Mark R. Ellson, CEO, JEMNI, Inc., DOBE® and SDVOSB Educational Institutions: Influencing DOBE/SDVOB Growth and Development CaSondra Devine, Sr. VP and Sr. Business Manager, Wells Fargo, DSDP Founding Member Paula Graves, Senior Minority Programs Development Manager, Dartmouth School of Business (MBEP) Cindy Ulven, President, Accelerated Engraving & Signage, DOBE® Host Committee Member

2014 Entrepreneurial Idol Finalists Damon Brooks & Associates – Marc Goldman ProveThemWrong – Nancy Shugart CityMouse, Inc. – John Kirkwood Hosted by

2014 Entrepreneurial Idol Winner To Be Announced Hosted by

Senior Manager, Corporate Affairs, Issue Management & Strategic Outreach Russell Shaffer .

Disability-Owned and Service-Disabled Veteran- Owned Businesses: Meeting and Exceeding Customer Expectations Supply Chain Plenary Wednesday, October 1 Special Feature: Entrepreneurial Idol - Hosted by