1. 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

2. 2014 Supply Chain Track Chair
Ronnette Smith
Developmental Club Manager North Division - Market 20 ~ Upstate New York – Sam’s Club

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

4. “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

5. 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.

6. Disability Supplier Diversity Program® (DSDP) – Founding Partners

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

12. 2014 Entrepreneurial Idol Finalists
Damon Brooks & Associates – Marc Goldman
ProveThemWrong – Nancy Shugart
CityMouse, Inc. – John Kirkwood
Hosted by

13. 2014 Entrepreneurial Idol Winner
To Be Announced Hosted by

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

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