When You’reGood & ReadyNMSDC Certification Can Take Your Business To Another Level

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Once certified and part of the NMSDC network, over two-thirds of minority business enterprises (MBEs) confirm business increase due to their partnerships with the Council’s corporate members.

CORPORATEPURCHASES

The largest U.S. corpora-tions purchase more than $100 billion in products, services and solutions supplied by MBEs. Now that sounds pretty good, but we’re ready for a lot more. Given the fact that minorities represent 35% of the population but MBEs represent 21% of all businesses and 3.5% of gross receipts, much more must be done.

PROFIT THROUGH PARTNERSHIP

The National Minority Supplier Development Council is a nonprofit organization that links over 12,000 MBEs with more than 1,750 corpo-rate members, including America’s top publicly-owned, privately-owned and foreign-owned corporations, as well as universities, hospitals and other large purchasing organizations.

We provide certified MBEs the access, techni-cal assistance, training and support they need to expand and market their services to prospective corporate buyers.

NMSDCCERTIFICATION

The NMSDC affiliate council nearest a com-pany’s headquarters con-ducts the annual certifica-tion process to assure that the business is at least 51 percent owned, operated and controlled by minori-ties: Asian, Black, Hispanic and Native American. Our standardized procedures assure consistent, identical review for the certification of each MBE. Wherever your business interests, NMSDC certification guarantees national rec-ognition. Certified MBEs are listed in the NMSDC national database, which is accessible to corporate members 24 hours a day, every day of the year.

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Once certified and part of the NMSDC network, over two-thirds of minority business enterprises (MBEs) confirm business increase due to their partnerships with the Council’s corporate members.

PROGRAMS AND SERVICES

• Advanced Management Education Program (AMEP) – intensive execu-tive training for MBE CEOs at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management

• The Minority Business Executive Program (MBEP) – an accelerated one-week, intensive program for MBE CEOs at the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business

ENTERPRISE LEARNING

• Corporate Plus®– membership program for minority businesses with demonstrated national contract capabilities

• Global-Link – initiative to introduce minority supplier development processes in countries with historically-excluded ethnic groups

• NMSDC Certification – the MBE accreditation most widely recognized by corporate America

• Referrals of certified minority suppliers to corporate customers

• Business Consortium Fund – provides access to working capital funds

• Business Opportunity Fairs – one-stop access for hundreds of buyers and suppliers

• The NMSDC Annual Conference – the premier national event for minority supplier development

• Publications – including newsletters, brochures and reports on minority supplier development

• Minority Business Enterprise Input Committee – leadership group that provides MBE input into NMSDC programs and services

• NMSDC’s national database of more than 12,000 certified minority businesses, a look-up service for corporate buyers

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LOOKING AHEAD

There’s strength in numbers. Demographic trends, globalization and expansion in corporate outreach and outsourcing all bode well for solid, enduring partner-ships and strategic alliances. The future is bright. So, if you’re good and ready, call your NMSDC affiliate council office today.

AFFILIATE COUNCILSFind Our Office In Your State

Capital Region MinoritySupplier Development CouncilServing the District of Columbia, Maryland and Northern Virginia10750 Columbia Pike, Suite 200Silver Spring, MD 20901(301) 593-5860 Main

Carolinas-Virginia MinoritySupplier Development CouncilServing North Carolina, South Carolina and Southern Virginia9115 Harris Corners Parkway, Suite 440Charlotte, NC 28269(704) 549-1000

Central & North FloridaMinority SupplierDevelopment CouncilServing Central and Northern Florida7453 Brokerage DriveOrlando, FL 32809(407) 404-6700 Chicago Minority SupplierDevelopment CouncilServing Metro Chicago and NW Indiana105 West Adams Street, Suite 2300Chicago, IL 60603(312) 755-8880

Dallas/Fort Worth Minority Supplier Development CouncilServing Metro Dallas – Fort Worth8828 N. Stemmons Freeway,Suite 550Dallas, TX 75247(214) 630-0747

Eastern Minority SupplierDevelopment CouncilServing Pennsylvania, SouthernNew Jersey and DelawareThe Bourse Building111 S. Independence Mall East, Suite 630Philadelphia, PA 19106(215) 569-1005

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Georgia Minority SupplierDevelopment CouncilServing Georgia759 W. Peachtree Street NE,Suite 107Atlanta, GA 30308(404) 589-4929

Greater New England Minority Supplier Development CouncilServing Connecticut, Maine,Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont333 State StreetBridgeport, CT 06004(203) 288-9744

Houston Minority SupplierDevelopment CouncilServing Metro HoustonThree Riverway, Suite 555Houston, TX 77056(713) 271-7805

Michigan Minority SupplierDevelopment CouncilServing Michigan100 River Place, Suite 300Detroit, MI 48207(313) 873-3201

Mid-States Minority SupplierDevelopment CouncilServing Indiana (except NW IN), Central Illinois & Eastern Missouri2126 North Meridian StreetIndianapolis, IN 46202(317) 921-2675

Mountain Plains MinoritySupplier Development Council

Serving Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska and Western Missouri

6025 S. Quebec St, Suite 135Centennial, CO 80111(303) 623-3037

New York & New Jersey MinoritySupplier Development CouncilServing New York and Northern New Jersey485 7th Avenue, Suite 1600New York, NY 10018(212) 502-5663

North Central MinoritySupplier Development CouncilServing Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, N.Dakota and S.Dakota111 3rd Avenue South, Suite 240Minneapolis, MN 55401(612) 465-8881

Northwest Mountain MinoritySupplier Development CouncilServing Washington, Alaska,Oregon, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho and Utah320 Andover Park East, Suite 205Tukwila, WA 98188(206) 575-7543

Ohio Minority SupplierDevelopment CouncilServing Ohio100 East Broad Street, Suite 2460Columbus, OH 43215(614) 225-1565

Pacific Southwest MinoritySupplier Development CouncilServing Arizona and Metro San Diego6340 East Thomas Road, #220Scottsdale, AZ 85251(602) 495-9950

Puerto Rico Minority SupplierDevelopment CouncilServing Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands1225 Ponce de León AvenueLobby 2, Suite FSan Juan, PR 00907-3921(787) 627-7268

Southern California MinoritySupplier Development CouncilServing Metro Los Angeles andSouthern California (except Metro San Diego)800 West 6th Street, Suite 850Los Angeles, CA 90017(213) 689-6965

Southern Florida Minority Supplier Development CouncilServing Southern Florida9499 NE 2nd Avenue, Suite 201Miami, FL 33138(305) 762-6151

Southern Region Minority Supplier Development CouncilServing Alabama, Arkansas, Louisi-ana and Mississippi400 Poydras Street, #1960New Orleans, LA 70130(504) 293-0402

Southwest Minority Supplier Development CouncilServing New Mexico, Oklahoma and Southwestern Texas912 Bastrop Highway, Suite 101Austin, TX 78741(512) 386-8766

TriState Minority Supplier Development CouncilServing Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia220 Athens Way, Suite 105Plaza 1 Building, Metro CenterNashville, TN 37228(615) 259-4699

Western Regional MinoritySupplier Development CouncilServing Hawaii, Nevada and Northern California460 Hegenberger Road, Suite 730Oakland, CA 94621(510) 686-2555

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NATIONAL CORPORATE MEMBERS

AARPAbbott Laboratories, Inc.Abt Associates Inc.Accenture LLPActavis, Inc.Adecco USA, Inc.Aetna, Inc.Aflac U.S.AGL Resources, Inc.Ahold USA, Inc.Aisin World CorporationAK Steel Holding CorporationAkebono Brake CorporationAlcatel-LucentAlcoa, Inc.AllstateAlstom Power Inc.Altec Industries, Inc.Altria Client Services, Inc.Amdocs Inc.American Airlines, Inc.American Cancer SocietyAmerican Express CompanyAmerican International Group, Inc.American Red CrossAmerican Water Works Company, Inc.Amgen Inc.ANN Inc.Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG)Aon Service CorporationApple, Inc.Applied Communication SciencesARAMARK CorporationARCADIS U.S., Inc.ArcelorMittal USA Inc.Archer Daniels Midland CompanyAREVA, Inc.Arizona Public Service CompanyARRIS Group, Inc.Ascension Health

AT&T Inc.The Auto Club GroupAutomatic Data Processing, Inc.Automotive Rentals, Inc.Avis Budget Group, Inc.Baker HughesBall CorporationBank of America CorporationBarry Callebaut U.S.A. LLCBASF CorporationBattelle Memorial InstituteBausch & Lomb IncorporatedBaxter International Inc.Bayer CorporationBB&T CorporationBBDO New YorkBBVA CompassBehr America, Inc.Belk, Inc.Black & Veatch CorporationBlackBerry LimitedBlue Cross and Blue Shield AssociationBMC Software, Inc.BMO Financial GroupBMW North American, LLCBNSF Railway CompanyBNY Mellon CorporationBoehringer Ingelheim PharmaceuticalsThe Boeing CompanyBon Secours Health System, Inc.

Border States ElectricBorgWarner Inc.Bostik, Inc.Boston Scientific CorporationBP America, Inc.Brasfield & Gorrie, LLCBridgestone Americas Holding, Inc.Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc.Bristol-Myers Squibb CompanyBrocade Communications Systems, Inc.Brookfield Global Relocation Services, LLCBT AmericasBurger King CorporationBurlington Industries, LLCC.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.Caesars Entertainment CorporationCampbell Soup CompanyCapgemini USACapital OneCardinal Health, Inc.Cargill, Inc.Cartus CorporationCaterpillar Inc.Catholic Health InitiativesCBRE Group, Inc.CBS CorporationCDW CorporationCenterPoint Energy, Inc.CenturyLink

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CHEP International, Inc.Chevron Services CompanyChrysler Group LLCChubb & SonCiena CorporationCIGNACintas CorporationCisco Systems, Inc.CITGO Petroleum CorporationCitigroup Inc.The Clorox CompanyClosure Systems International Inc.CNA Financial CorporationThe Coca-Cola CompanyColgate-Palmolive CompanyComcast CorporationComerica BankCommunications Test Design, Inc.Compass Group, North America DivisionComputer Sciences CorporationComputer Task Group, Inc.ConAgra Foods, Inc.ConocoPhillipsContinental AGCore Label LLCCoreLogicCorizon Health, Inc.Corning Cable SystemsCovidien Ltd.Cox Communications, Inc.

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.Creative Artists Agency, LLCCrown Cork & Seal USA, Inc.CSX Transportation Inc.Cummins Inc.Cushman & Wakefield, Inc.CVS HealthDarden Restaurants, Inc.DDB USDeere & CompanyDel Monte Foods CompanyDell Inc.Deloitte Services LPDelphi Automotive, LLPDelta Air Lines, Inc.Denny’s CorporationDENSO International America, Inc.Diageo North America, Inc.DIRECTV, Inc.Dresser-RandDTE Energy CompanyDuke EnergyThe Dun & Bradstreet CorporationDuPontEaton CorporationEcolab, Inc.Education Corporation of AmericaEducational Testing ServiceEli Lilly and CompanyEMC CorporationEMCOR Government Services

Energy Future HoldingsEntergy CorporationEnterprise HoldingsEQT CorporationEricsson Inc.Ernst & Young LLPExelon CorporationExide Technologies, Inc.Exxon Mobil CorporationFannie MaeFarmers Insurance Group, Inc.Faurecia North AmericaFederal Home Loan Bank of ChicagoFederal Reserve Bank of RichmondFederal-Mogul CorporationFedEx CorporationFifth Third BancorpFirmenich, Inc.Fiserv, Inc.Fluor CorporationFord Motor CompanyForest City Enterprises Inc.GCA Services Group Inc.GENCO ATCGenentech, Inc.General Dynamics NASSCOGeneral Electric HealthcareGeneral Mills, Inc.General Motors Company, LLCGfK, Growth from KnowledgeGlaxoSmithKline

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Global Experience Specialists, Inc.Goldman, Sachs & CompanyThe Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyGoogle, Inc.Graphic Packaging International, Inc.GSD&MGuidant GroupGXS, Inc.Hagemeyer North America, Inc.Hallmark Cards, Inc.Harley-Davidson Motor CompanyHavas North America, Inc.Haworth, Inc.Health Care Service CorporationHealthTrust Purchasing GroupThe Hearst CorporationHenkel of America, Inc.Herman Miller, Inc.The Hershey CompanyThe Hertz CorporationHewlett-Packard CompanyHillshire Brands CompanyHilton WorldwideThe Home Depot, Inc.Honda of America Manufacturing, Inc.Hospira, Inc.Houston Independent School DistrictHumana, Inc.Huntington National BankHyatt Hotels CorporationHyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama, LLCIberdrola USAIllinois Tool Works, Inc.Indiana UniversityING AmericasIngersoll Rand CompanyIntel CorporationInterContinental Hotels Group Americas

Interface Inc.International Business Machines CorporationInternational Paper CompanyThe Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc.ITA Group, Inc.J. C. Penney Company, Inc.JM Family Enterprises, Inc.Johnson & JohnsonJohnson Controls, Inc.Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.JPMorgan Chase & Co.K2 Logistics LLCKaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc.The Kantar Group, North AmericaKellogg CompanyKelly Services, Inc.KeyBank National AssociationThe Kantar Group, North AmericaKimberly-Clark CorporationKohl’s Department StoresKPMG LLPThe Kroger CompanyLas Vegas Sands CorporationLear CorporationLeggett & Platt IncorporatedLenovo (United States) Inc.Liberty Mutual InsuranceLimited BrandsLinamar Corporation

Lockheed Martin CorporationL’Oreal USA, Inc.Lowe’s Companies, Inc.Mack Trucks, Inc.MacLean-Fogg Component SolutionsMacy’s, Inc.Major League BaseballManpowerGroupMarathon Petroleum Corporation, LPMarriott International, Inc.Mars Chocolate North AmericaMarsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.Mashantucket Pequot Tribal NationMcCain Foods USA, Inc.McCormick & Company, Inc.McGraw-Hill EducationMcGraw-Hill FinancialMeadWestvaco CorporationMedAssets Supply Chain SystemsMedtronic, Inc.Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer CenterMercedes-Benz U.S. International, Inc.Merck & Co., Inc.Meridian Medical Technologies, Inc.Meritor, Inc.Messer Construction CompanyMetLife, Inc.MGM Resorts InternationalMichelin North America, Inc.Microsoft Corporation

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MillerCoors LLCMine Safety Appliances CompanyMitsubishi Power Systems Americas, Inc.mktg, inc.Mondelez International, Inc.Monsanto CompanyMorgan StanleyMotion Industries, Inc.Motorola Solutions, Inc.National Grid USANational Railroad Passenger Corporation (AMTRAK)Nationwide InsuranceNavistar, Inc.NCR CorporationNestlé USA, Inc.New York Life Insurance CompanyNewell Rubbermaid, Inc.Newmark Grubb Knight FrankThe Nielsen CompanyNike, Inc.NiSource Inc.Nissan North America, Inc.Nokia, Inc.Nordstrom, Inc.Northern Trust CompanyNorthrop Grumman CorporationNovartis Pharmaceuticals CorporationNovationNovo Nordisk, Inc.

NRG Energy, Inc.O.C. Tanner CompanyOakwood Home ServicesOffice Depot, Inc.OfficeMax, Inc.OhioHealthOracle CorporationPacific Gas and Electric CompanyPenske Truck Leasing Co., L.P.Pepco Holdings, Inc.PepsiCo, Inc.Pfizer IncPhilip Services CorporationPhillips 66Pitney Bowes Inc.The PNC Financial Services GroupPremier, Inc.PricewaterhouseCoopers LLPPrincipal Financial GroupThe Procter & Gamble CompanyProfessional Golfers’ Association of AmericaProskauer Rose LLPPrudential FinancialPVH CorporationQuest Diagnostics Inc.R. J. Reynolds Tobacco CompanyR. R. Donnelley & Sons CompanyRandstad USARaytheon CompanyRBS Citizens

Recall CorporationReed Elsevier, Inc. (aka Lexis Nexis)Regions Financial CorporationRobert Bosch LLCRobert Half International, Inc.Rock-Tenn CompanyRockwell AutomationRoss Stores, Inc.Ryder System, Inc.Saatchi & SaatchiSallie MaeSamsung Telecommunications America LLCSanofi CompanySAS Institute Inc.Savannah River Nuclear Solutions LLCSchneider Electric USA, Inc.Scientific Games CorporationScripps Networks Interactive, Inc.Sealed Air CorporationSecuritas Security Services USA, Inc.Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc.SGS International, Inc.SH Group, Inc.Shell Oil CompanySkanska USA BuildingSodexo, Inc.Sonoco Products CompanySouthern California Edison CompanySouthern California Gas Company

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Southern CompanySouthwest Airlines CompanySouthwest Gas CorporationSprint CorporationSt. Jude Medical, Inc.Staff ManagementThe Standard Register CompanyStaples Inc.Starbucks Coffee CompanyStarwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.State Compensation Insurance FundState Farm InsuranceState Street CorporationSteelcase Inc.Sunbelt Rentals, Inc.Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.SunTrust Banks, Inc.SUPERVALU, Inc.Symantec CorporationTarget CorporationTBWA\Chiat\DayTD Bank GroupTEKsystems, Inc.Tenneco Inc.Terex CorporationThermo Fisher Scientific Inc.TIAA-CREFTime Warner Inc.Title Source, Inc.The TJX Companies, Inc.T-Mobile USA, Inc.Towers Watson & Co.Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America, Inc.Toyota Boshoku America, Inc.TransCanada CorporationTurner Construction CompanyTyco International

Tyson Foods, Inc.U.S. BankUnion Pacific RailroadUnited Airlines, Inc.United Parcel Service, Inc.United Rentals, Inc.United States Cellular CorporationUnited States Postal ServiceUnited States Steel CorporationUnited States Tennis AssociationUnited Stationers, Inc.United Technologies CorporationUnitedHealth Group Inc.University of Chicago MedicineUniversity of Pittsburgh Medical CenterUniversity of VirginiaUnum GroupURS CorporationUS Foods, Inc.USM, Inc.UST-Global, Inc.Valassis Communications, Inc.Vanguard Health Systems, Inc.Veolia Water North AmericaVerizon Communications, Inc.Visa U.S.A.Visteon CorporationVolkswagen Group of America, Inc.Volvo Trucks North America, Inc.VWR International, LLCW.W. Grainger, Inc.WABCO Freight ProductsWalgreen Co.Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.The Walt Disney CompanyWashington Gas Light CompanyWaste Management, Inc.WellPoint, Inc.Wells Fargo & CompanyWieden + Kennedy, Inc.Windstream Communications, Inc.Wisconsin Energy Corporation/We EnergiesThe World Bank GroupWyndham Worldwide Corporation

Xcel Energy, Inc.Xerox CorporationYazaki North America, Inc.Yum! Brands, Inc.

Corporate members as of October 2014

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ABOUT NMSDC

The National Minority Supplier Development Council is the global leader in advancing business opportunities for its certified Asian, Black, Hispanic and Native American business enterprises and connecting them to member corporations. NMSDC was chartered in 1972 to provide increased procurement and business opportunities for minority businesses of all sizes.

The NMSDC Network includes a national office in New York and 24 affiliate councils across the country. There are 1,750 corporate members throughout the network, including most of America’s largest publicly-owned, privately-owned and foreign-owned companies, as well as universities, hospitals and other buying institutions. The affiliate councils certify and match more than 12,000 minority-owned businesses with member corpora-tions that want to purchase their products, services and solutions.

National Minority Supplier Development Council1359 BroadwaySuite 1000New York, NY 10018Telephone: 212-944-2430Fax: 212-719-9611www.NMSDC.org