1. July 29, 2015

2. Mission “Increase the pool of small businesses participating in transportation projects” **Introduced through Executive Order S-11-06**

3. Goals & Objectives Establish a mentoring program that pairs small businesses with large firms. Enhance small business operations to achieve their potential. Create more small business opportunities. Provide more meaningful participation on transportation projects. Establish an entry point for small firms who desire to do business with Caltrans, SANDAG and other public agencies. Foster new opportunities for both large and small firms.

4. Background San Diego Calmentor Program was initiated in May 2007 Sixth cycle of the San Diego Calmentor Program Fifth cycle of the program has been completed and an awards event was held March 2015 Program Committee has developed networking and learning events, such as the Calmentor mixer and the “Learn 2 Earn” workshop 5 th Cycle Program: 21 Mentors and 23 Protégés 94 firms have completed the program since its inception

5. Steering Committee Caltrans Karen Young, Vice-Chair America Hernandez Carol Jeffries Loi Tran ACEC - CA Clark Fernon, T.Y. Lin, Co-chair Hany Haroun, CH2M, Co-chair Kai Ramer, Rick Engineering Michael Palacios, HNTB Dennis La Salle, La Salle Solutions, LLC SANDAG Elaine Richardson Alexia Spivey Caltrans District 11 Small Business Council La Sonja Peisker, Caltrans Sharon Van Buren, Caltrans Bill Ulmer, SCST City of San Diego Henry Foster Claudia Abarca

6. Schedule for Implementation Conduct Caltrans & SANDAG Mentor and Protégé Workshop July 29, 2015 October 1, 2015 LAUNCH CALTRANS & SANDAG 2015-2016 CALMENTOR PROGRAM Facilitate: >Mentor and Protégé Pairings >Development of MOU MOUs Due November 30, 2015 Mentor-Protégé Relationship Begins Facilitator and Pairing Kickoff Meeting by December 31, 2015 Provide for: >Status Reports >Program Feedback from Mentors & Protégés >Status Reports to Caltrans and SANDAG Management 2015-2016 Mentor-Protégé Program Plan Applications Due August 31, 2015

7. The Process Steering Committee launches 6 th Cycle of the Program Kickoff Workshop to be held July 29 th in the Garcia Conference Room Mentor/protégé applications due by August 31, 2015 Voluntary pairing of mentors and protégés with assistance from the Steering Committee

8. The Process MOUs due by November 30, 2015 Steering Committee Facilitator assigned to each pairing Status Reports (progress reports using Survey Monkey) Each program cycle - review and awards program Submit all program documents to Karen Young 1)Office location in San Diego/Imperial County is required for participation in the Program 2)The mentor and protégé firms are to be setup to provide architectural and engineering services 3)Protégé firm needs to have been in business a minimum of 1 year as of the start of the program cycle 4)The Calmentor program is a mentoring program not intended to obligate the mentor to provide work to the protégé.

9. Applications Mentor and Protégé will submit Applications Due August 31, 2015

10. Partnerships Steering Committee will facilitate pairings and partnerships

11. Interviews Mentor and Protégé interview each other

12. Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Due November 30th

13. Progress Reports Progress Reports sent electronically by Caltrans to Mentors and Protégés using the on-line Survey Monkey tool Mentor and Protégé review milestones in the MOU Review metrics that measure growth and development of Protégé and recognize contributions of mentors

14. Mentor-Protégé Testimonials Mentor-Protégé Teams TBD

15. Thank You