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OLLIE GARRETTPresident of Tabor 100

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Adam Zimmerman is Acting Pres. and CEO

of Craft3

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High Achieving Siblings Give Back

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Remembering Tony Gable

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May 2016

One of our highest priorities for 2016 is to address the detrimental impact of I-200, a ballot measure that has devastated our contracting community.

Our effort to create a more equitable contracting environment must be a “team sport” meaning Tabor alone cannot drive this change, but must seek and leverage the resources of others who share our views. Of course, we also need to shore up our own troops and guarantee that we will be ready to meet with Legislators sometimes in places that are not convenient and show up in Olympia to send the message that this is important to us. Your involvement is essential.

Since beginning this effort we are finding support in many places, for which I am grateful. The Governor has begun moving down the path of completing a disparity study which will show that there is

discrimination that must be remedied. Several individuals and organizations have lent their expertise to the drafting of language to modify I-200 and have endorsed our effort by lending their name to the cause. local and state government officials have pledged, both in the past and more recently, to support this project.

We are in a good place for garnering support from our colleagues, but we must be realistic. There are forces that will not want to see I-200 used a tool for opening up opportunities, wanting it to be maintained “as is.”

The effort that we are embarking on to change I-200 is bigger than anything this organization has ever attempted and more than any other time, we need your help. I ask that you contact me or Jamila Johnson, our Government Affairs Chair, to add your expertise and energy to this effort.

Thank you and I hope to see you all engaged in this very important effort!

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TONY GABLE, MUSICIAN WHO GAVE KENNY G HIS START, DIES

Tony Gable, the percussionist and graphic designer who created both the Tabor 100 logo and the logo for King County, died May 12, 2016, at age 64. He founded bands Cold, Bold and Tony Gale & 206.

“He was a great guy,” said Kenny G. “I don’t remember one time

ever feeling like he had a bad bone in his body. (He was) generous, kind and thoughtful — and talented.”

These statements were echoed by Tabor 100 members who knew Tony and worked with him as he created Tabor 100’s first website, designed its logo and contributed immensely to the organization’s founding and success. “Tony is the kind of member who Tabor needed more than he needed Tabor” said Dan Seydel, a Tabor 100 founding member. “He helped many Tabor 100 members design their websites or create the right logos for their businesses. He helped me and I owe him a great deal.”

Born in 1951 in San Antonio, Texas, Mr. Gable was an Air Force “brat” whose family moved to Tacoma, where he graduated from Stadium High School, in 1970. While studying to become an art teacher at Western Washington University, he started designing T-shirts and posters for a band called Funk Experience, which he eventually joined, playing bongo drums and singing. As a musician, he was entirely self-taught.

After Kenny G became famous in the early ’80s, he hired Mr. Gable to play in his band, which toured all over the world.

While continuing to play music, Mr. Gable got a degree in graphic design at Seattle Central College, working first for Boeing then starting Gable Design Group, in 1985. Gable used his graphic design talent to help members of the minority business community and to give a professional look to a new organization at the time — Tabor 100. In 2005, when the county’s official namesake was changed to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Mr. Gable’s company designed a new logo based on King’s image.

A public memorial gathering is planned but has not been scheduled. Portions of this article were excerpted from the Seattle Times.

WELCOME NEW TABOR MEMBERS!

• Kellen Coleman, Coleman Public Relations & Consulting Firm LLC

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PRESIDENT: OLLIE GARRETT

I joined Tabor 100 in January 2005 as its first female member, the board a year later and chaired the Economic Development Committee. I was voted in as Tabor 100 President in 2008. Since then, I have done my best to ensure that African Americans, women, and all minority businesses are represented and supported in every aspect of government and community. After serving six years in the President’s role, I am excited to work on a succession plan to ensure the sustainability of Tabor 100’s future.

Dear Tabor Members:

All current paid members are eligible to vote. Voting closes midnight June 13th. We have one candidate per position. There are no provisions for write in.

You have two ways to vote: On the ballot attached to the email sent to you or thru the Tabor website. To vote - email the ballot you received to the elections committee at elections@tabor100.org by June 5th at midnight. Your vote will only be seen by the voting committee who will count the ballots and announce the winners June 17th on the website.

Important: You must be a paid member to vote. Signature Required to be counted as valid.

Officers will be sworn in at the June 25th General Membership meeting. Please send questions to the elections committee at elections@tabor100.org.

Warm regards,

Tabor100 2016 Election Committee

Regina Glenn, Election Committee Chair Joseph Small and Dee Riley, Election Committee Members

► ► How Tabor Members Can Vote in the Upcoming Board Election

MEET THE CANDIDATES

VICE-PRESIDENT: BRIAN SIMS

As a local business owner, with more than 20 consecutive years in business, I plan to draw upon my strategic and successful business experience to assist Tabor 100 with reaching it goals. My attributes of being honest, trustworthy, and accountable have served me well in business and in my community.

I plan to leverage my business acumen in my role as Vice President of Tabor 100 to provide the leadership and strategic vision required of my new role.

SECRETARY: SHERLITA KENNEDY

As a business advocate within the Walmart community for 17 years I have been exposed to a myriad of individuals in an array of social circumstances. This has given me insight into the economic, educational, and social struggles and concerns of the African- American community.

I am so empowered to be in a group of such driven individuals, and it is my goal to provide an outlet into the Walmart community for those in need, as well as serve as a role model for those in the situation I was once in. Everyone deserves a chance to achieve greatness.

TREASURER: AUNDREA JACKSON

Aundrea has more than 20 years of experience in Customer Support and Call Center Operations. She has served as Director of Customer Service for Puget Sound Energy in Seattle, Washington. Under her leadership, Puget Sound was awarded Utility of the Year for exemplary delivery and installation of SAP’s CR&B customer information system. Over the course of her career Aundrea has set the standards for leadership in customer care. She is on the Advisory Board for SAP for Utilities; AGA/EEI; and AEIC for Customer Service Activities and is an active member of Tabor 100.

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BY LORNET TURNBULL POSTED ON THE SEATTLE MEDIUM

When Rachel Bervell graduated from Georgetown University last year with a master’s degree in physiology and biophysics, her little brother, Michael, tweeted: “You are one of my biggest inspirations.”

The Bervells are brainy and driven — their standout service and academic accomplishments borne out in awards and recognitions so numerous, “reading off the lists almost makes you tired and want to take a nap,” quipped Seattle-area education advocate Kevin Washington, who knows the family.

At the time, Michael was about to graduate from Kamiak High School in Mukilteo and mulling acceptance offers from Harvard University, where his sister had gotten her undergraduate degree; Yale University, where his big brother, Joel, was pursuing a degree in molecular biology; Princeton University, Wharton and several other schools.

A Kamiak High webpage on the school-rating site, Niche.com, lists Joel, Michael and Rachel — in that order — as the three most notable alumni from the school.

They use friendly competition – at least the brothers do — to motivate and spur each other on. The siblings all are on the board of the student-led organization, Hugs for Ghana, which Rachel started at Kamiak nearly a decade ago to distribute supplies to needy children in schools and clinics in their parents’ home country.

Since its founding, the organization has raised over $75,000 and broadened its scope to include elementary school tutoring and performances at retirement homes.

Yet, the Bervells, are humble and grounded, achieving their goals by leveraging resources wherever they find them, accepting help where offered, building strong social connections and gaining inspiration and support from peers, mentors, their parents and each other.

“They are a family success story,” said Washington, who met the family through the Portfolio Project, a partnership of the YMCA Black Achievers Program and the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) that helps

poor and minority kids prepare for college.

“It will be exciting to watch and see what each of them goes out and becomes,” Washington said. “They have the ability to do some great things.”

All three sit on the board of Hugs for Ghana, which Rachel, it’s CEO, formed after learning how much a stuffed toy her grandmother had taken back to Ghana meant to the child receiving it.

Joel, the group’s Chief Operating Officer, later used his position as student government president to again rally students, who donated over 6,000 items of school supplies that he personally delivered to orphanages and remote villages.

At Kamiak, Michael extended the group’s reach to provide tutoring for area elementary students and entertainment at retirement homes. He installed a group of student leaders at Kamiak to continue the organization’s work after he graduated last year. Their first fundraiser without the direct involvement of a Bervell raised $6,000.

Now, as executive director and CFO, he’s working to expand Hugs to other countries (there’s already a Hugs for Tanzania) other high schools and to encompass other causes.

Like his siblings, Michael is interested in medicine, but also has a passion for technology. He said he finds inspiration in a quote by the late Apple Founder Steve Jobs.

“Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you and you can change it, you can influence it, you can build your own things that other people can use.”

Looking at it objectively, he said, “I have the same capacity to succeed as these amazing people.”

Read the full article here.

► ► High Achieving Siblings Give Back In Many Ways

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► ► Meet Adam Zimmerman, Acting President and CEO of Craft3

PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT FROM CRAFT3

Dear Stakeholders, Partners and Friends of Craft3,

It saddens me deeply to share with you that Craft3’s President and CEO, John Berdes, has been diagnosed with lung cancer. John learned of the issue last month through a routine x-ray related to pneumonia. He is in the process of undergoing additional tests which will help determine his treatment options.

Many of you know John and will want to reach out to him in support. For the moment, please continue to use jberdes@craft3.org for communications with him. That email address is managed by Crystal Green, John’s Assistant, and she will forward communications to John.

As for Craft3, we are fortunate to have a strong Management Team and Board of Directors to steward the organization. Both groups average more than 10 years of service with Craft3. The Board has asked me to continue to serve as Acting President, as well as CEO. President is the role that I have filled during John’s sabbatical over the first quarter of this year. For those of you whom I have not had the chance to meet, a bit more about my background is below. I am honored to have the opportunity to lead a team of such integrity, grace and intellect. I will do my best to support them as we move forward. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to me with questions and concerns, as well as offers of support.

Adam Zimmerman Acting President and CEO

Adam Zimmerman has worked at Craft3 for 14 years. Most recently he served as Executive Vice President guiding organizational growth, consumer lending and brand management. Adam started with Craft3 in 2002. At that time the organization managed $8 million with a staff of 10.

In 2006, with support from the Ford Foundation, Adam worked with nine other CDFIs to develop

the Triple Bottom Line Collaborative and Scorecard. The elements of the Scorecard have been widely praised across the CDFI industry as a way to gauge the rich economic, social and environmental impacts resulting from individual CDFI investments in private business, affordable housing and non-profits.

In 2009 Adam launched Craft3’s energy efficiency lending program. In conjunction with the Cities of Portland and Seattle, this program has financed over 3,000 home upgrades, and provided over $40 million in financing using on-bill repayment to service most loans. In 2010 Craft3’s energy efficiency loan program was recognized with the Wells Fargo NEXT Award for Opportunity Finance. The program has been touted as a model for energy efficiency finance, and has been promoted both domestically and internationally as a promising method for creating economic opportunity, promoting energy independence and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Adam has been a featured speaker for C-40 Cities, the National Governor’s Association, Net Impact, Opportunity Finance Network, Climate and Energy Funders Group, Oregon BEST, and the California Public Utilities Commission. In 2012 he was appointed by the Governor of Oregon to serve on the Oregon Growth Board. In 2013 Adam was recognized by the Portland Business Journal as one of the region’s “40 under 40” business leaders. He is also past President of Oregon Tilth, one of the largest organic product certifiers in the United States. Adam earned his Master of Community and Regional Planning from the University of Oregon in 2002. He is an Eastern Oregon native and currently lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife and two children.

Creating Opportunitities for YOU!

Together, Tabor 100 and the Minority Business Advisory Council will be:

Learn more about MBAC by visiting www.MBAC-WA.org.

• Creating opportunities for minority-owned businesses

• Promoting initiatives that impact economic development

• Building a stronger minority community with more opportunities

BY HENRY YATES, Public Affairs Chair

The University of Washington’s Department of Communication announced that Nate Miles (B.A. 1982) will be the 2016 Distinguished Alumnus. Miles will deliver the keynote

speech at the Communication Graduation Celebration on June 9, 2016, in the Quad. He is a longtime active and passionate Tabor 100 member and has made many significant contributions to communities of color both locally and on the national stage.

Miles received a surprise Crystal Eagle Award at Tabor’s 2015 Gala. He was recognized for his outstanding commitment to bettering the lives of the minority community and his dedication to Tabor 100

and its mission. Miles serves as Vice President for Strategic Initiatives for Eli Lilly and Company, one of the nation’s top pharmaceutical firms. Among many roles in the community, he is also an elected UW Foundation Board trustee representing the Office of Minority Affairs and Diversity.

Miles adds the Distinguished Alumnus Award to his long list of honors and recognition including the “Eddie” Carlson Award for Seattle’s Leadership Tomorrow Program, Lifetime Achievement Award from the Central Area Motivation Program, Friends of the Japanese American Citizens League Award and being selected as one of “30 Leaders of the Future” by Ebony Magazine.” He joins individuals such as former Seattle Mayor Norm Rice, former Governor Christine Gregoire, Assunta Ng, Ron Chew, Micki Flowers, former Seattle City Councilmember Dolores Sibonga and current UW Board of Regents member Joanne Harrell in receiving the prestigious Distinguished Alumnus title.

► ► Tabor Member, Nate Miles to Deliver University of Washington Keynote

Your First Step Toward Success

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Contact:Office of Social Responsibilityosr@portseattle.org

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New Tabor 100 member DHD Trucking, is a minority owned and operated firm in business since 2006, providing dump trucking and street sweeping services throughout the

northwest. Owner and Partner Kelly Jefferson and his team boast more than 50 years of combined experience and a proven track record that promotes the highest standard of skill and professionalism and long-term results.

“We are both a certified federal Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) and a Certified State Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) that has performed trucking and street sweeping services on some of the region’s biggest projects” exclaimed Jefferson. “We have worked with the largest contractors in the city and done jobs for the Boeing Company, City of Seattle, Seattle Housing Authority, Sound Transit and the state Department of

Transportation (Seattle Tunnel Partners and others). Jefferson points out that the firm is a Section 3 Certified Construction support company providing job training, employment and contracting opportunities for low-or very-low income residents in connection with projects and activities in their neighborhoods. The firm also holds an SCS (Small Contractors and Suppliers) certificate that is recognized by several local government entities designating small business status.

DHD is available for large and small jobs, many times partnering with other minority trucking firms to provide greater capacity for larger projects. In addition, DHD has the capability of bringing in other services that might be needed in addition to its own dump trucking and street sweeping expertise.

We welcome DHD Trucking, LLC to Tabor 100!

DHD Trucking, LLC’s Jefferson can be reached at kellyj@dhdtrucking.com or 206-909-0870. CEO Shawn Vinson is available at shawnvinson@dhdtrucking.com or 206-290-8298. The firm is located at 5573 23rd Avenue South in Seattle (206-535-6881).

► ► Meet Tabor Member DHD Trucking, LLC

THE TABOR 100 BOARD

President: Ollie Garrett President@Tabor100.org

Vice President: Brian Sims VP@Tabor100.org

Treasurer: Anita DeMahy Treasurer@Tabor100.org

Secretary: Sherlita Kennedy Secretary@Tabor100.org

Membership: Sharlene Spencer Membership@Tabor100.org

Education: Kevin C. Washington Education@Tabor100.org

Public Affairs: Henry Yates PublicAffairs@Tabor100.org

Economic Development: Edson Zavala EconomicDevelopment@Tabor100.org

Government Affairs: Jamila Johnson GovernmentAffairs@Tabor100.org

Fund Development: John Berdes FundDevelopment@Tabor100.org

Business Development: Anthony Burnett BusinessDev@Tabor100.org

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UPCOMING MEETINGS

Jun 7: PCL Construction Semi-Annual SBE / DBE Outreach Event from 4:30 - 7 p.m. at PCL Construction.

Jun 8: Seattle Business Tradeshow Exhibitor from 3 - 7p.m. at the Washington State Convention Center.

Jun 8: Sound Transit Northgate Link Outreach from 5 -7 p.m.

Jun 25: Tabor General Meeting from 10 a.m. until noon at The Central.

Jun 30: Alaska Airlines’ The Business Community’s Salute to Boeing from 10 a.m. until noon at the Museum of Flight.

COMMITTEE MEETINGS

Education Committee meets after the Tabor General Meeting, the last Saturday of the month from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. at The Central.

Please contact any of the Chair’s for more information about their committee.