Beverly HillSr. Program Manager

(Former Director, Procurement & Statutory ProgramsMaryland Transportation Authority)

Panel Members• Rev. Douglas Sands, Pastor / Activist

Rev. Douglas B. Sands, Jr. is one of the nation’s leading authorities on socioeconomic policies that promote the use of minority-owned, businesses in government contracting. Rev. Sands is one of the architects for the Maryland MBE Program and the first Director of the Governor’s Office of Minority Affairs.

• Franklin M. Lee, Partner, Tydings & Rosenberg Law Firm

Franklin M. Lee is one of the country’s leading authorities on socio-economic policies that promote the use of small, minority-owned, and woman-owned businesses in government contracting.

• Wayne R. Frazier, Sr., President, Maryland Washington Minority Companies Association

With 39 years of experience in the fields of business development, finance, banking, and marketing, the expertise of Wayne R. Frazier, Sr. combined with his strong leadership in project financing and public/private development contracts has been instrumental in garnering new business and growth for numerous small and minority business contractors in Maryland and the Mid-Atlantic region.

MBE HISERSTORY

As with any reflection, there is not enough time to recall all of the heroes and sheroes who worked to develop, sustain and move the needle further on Maryland’s Minority Business Enterprise Program. This panel will fill in some of the gaps that you may not know.

Thank you to all who worked hard to make the MBE Program successful. Please forgive us for the

names we forget to mention.

VANGUARDS

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•the foremost division or the front part of an army; advance guard; van.

•the forefront in any movement, field, activity, or the like.

•the leaders of any intellectual or politicalmovement.

U.S. Congressman Parren James Mitchell(April 29, 1922 – May 28, 2007)

Representing Maryland’s 7th

District and as Chairman of the Small Business Committee, Mitchell attached an amendment to a $4 billion public works bill that compelled state and local governments, seeking federal grants, to set aside 10% of the funds to retain minority firms as contractors and subcontractors.

Senator Decatur "Bucky" Trotter

(January 8, 1932 – May 3, 2004)

Trotter first served in the Maryland House of Delegates, representing Prince George's County from 1975 to 1979. He was a member of the Ways and Means Committee and sponsored Maryland's first minority business enterprise act.

Arnold Jolivet“Economic Freedom is not Free!”

1942 - 2014If you don’t know this man, you do not know the Maryland MBE Program!

"Mr. Jolivet was a consistent, devoted and vocal champion for minority businesses," Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said in a statement. "His unapologetic approach to overcoming obstacles will always be his legacy. He understood, as I do, that progress cannot be achieved without economic parity for minority-owned businesses."

First there was Maryland’s Federal Transportation MBE & Certification Program

Because of Parren Mitchell’s efforts in congress with the 10% set asides on Federal Transportation funding, Maryland’s Department of Transportation (MDOT) had the first program – that “preceded” the State’s MBE Program. The fact that it still stands is a testament to many dedicated people. Two names that should not be over looked were the prime architects of the program.

David Watts, then Director of the State MBE & Certification Program for Transportation projects, was the icon of MBE Programs across the country. The MDOT Program WAS THE NATIONAL MODEL.

Scott Livingston, Esq., was the Assistant States Attorney assigned to MDOT and helped develop a legally sufficient program to meet the Federal requirements.

SOME OTHERS THAT SHOULD NOT BE FORGOTTEN• Hank Arrington, first State Director of the Office of Minority Business

Enterprises• Avon Evans is the real keeper of the early history of the State’s MBE Program –

from the very beginning.• Angela Hawkins was the EEO Director at SHA and was the lead on several

statewide efforts that became the precursor for outreach initiatives and Procurement Review Groups.

• Luwanda Jenkins was the Executive Director of the Governor’s Office of Minority Affairs who lead the “New Day in MBE” movement, which galvanized all of the departments into state-wide outreach efforts.

Unsung MDOT He/Sheroes

Angela Hawkins/SHA Michael Skinner/MAA Katie Knowlin/MDOTMaxine Powell/MVA Frank Bowles/MDTA Ben Clyburn/AAG@MDOTJohn Holt/MPA Sam Glasco/MTA John Petty/MDOT Beverly Spence/MDOT Normetha Goodrum/SHA John Covert/MDOTTom Osborne/MDTA Ron Freeland/MTA Helen Dale/MDOT

Maryland Governors’ Office of Minority Affairs2007 Maryland Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) Report

• Figure 1: Comparison of MBE Programs by State State MBE Goal Voluntary Legally Mandated Misc. Details

• Arizona 8% X Requires M/WBE on small contracts >$50k

• Connecticut 14% X Encourages M/WBE via state’s supplier diversity effort

• Florida 10% X “One Florida” supplier diversity program generated 8.5% in M/WBE participation in state procurement in 2005.

• Illinois 18% X MBE participation drops drastically, despite state’s aggressive DBE program for federal transportation.

• Indiana 5-9% X MBE law requiring each state agency to strive to meet goal, which are relatively low and varies by procurementcategory.

• Maryland 25% X Highest goals in the nation for both MBE and DBE Oldest, legally mandated MBE program. Focus on reporting of MBE activity and payments is unique.

• Massachusetts Annual goals set: 2007 - 8% MBE, 4%WBE X X Law requires MBE and compliance monitoring on Construction contracts only. Non-construction procurements operate under a voluntary effort.

• Minnesota DBE goal varies project by project X MBE program is rebounding from a legal challenge in 2003 which curtailed the program. MBE gains are being made on the DBE (Federal Transportation side)

• Missouri 10%MBE 5%WBE X Ended mandatory state MBE program after a legal challenge in 2005. The state now operates a voluntary MBE goal program which is gaining momentum.

• Oregon 7% WBE 5% MBE X Operates both a M/WBE and DBE program for Dept. of Transportation only.

• Rhode Island 10% X MBE/DBE program applies to transportation only.

• S. Carolina 10% X Overhauls M/WBE program to include monitoring

• Tennessee 8-12% X Requires all state agencies to comply w/MBE

• Texas 12% X State agencies - required to make good faith MBE efforts

• Virginia 10-15% X Voluntary MBE goals for all agencies via Exec. Order

• Washington 12-18% X Multiple legal challenges cause volatility in both MBE and DBE program, which are showing signs of recovery

APOLOGIES TO THE

MANY NOT MENTIONED