Event Program
9:30 to 10:00??? Attendees check-in
10:00 to 10:30? Welcome
Major conference sponsors NYS DOT Commissioner Joan McDonald; Michael Fleischer, Executive Director of NYS Thruway Authority; and Joseph Ruggiero, Executive Director of the NYS Bridge Authority join conference host Enrique Rob Lunski of GET to officially open the Hudson Valley D/M/WBE conference-meet the state agencies that are working to proactively identify regional D/M/WBE?s with the potential to compete for contracts in the Hudson Valley including building construction, road construction, office maintenance, commodities, financials, etc.
0:30 to 11:00?? Plenary Session
Mary T. McGinty, Director of Contracts, Procurement, Equal Opportunities and Diversity Development Services, for New York State?CIO OFT.?One State Agency said: "Git er done!" -?How CIO OFT went from under 2% to over 20% MWBE Contracts!?
11:00 to 12:00? Concurrent Breakout Sessions
Room A ? How to become a certified MWBE with New York State: Hear from the experts on how to navigate the application process and become a NYS?Certified MWBE business, presented by Scott Munson, Deputy Director of Certification, Division of Minority and Women Business Development, NYS ESDC.
Room B - Already Certified: Moving Forward: Now that you are certified, how can you use it to get more business with NYS? Need some help bidding, back-office and other guidance? Presented by Scott Clay, Deputy Director for Agency Compliance, NYS Empire State Development Corporation (ESDC).
12:00 to 1:00?? Attendees Visit Exhibits and Networking
1:00 to 2:30?? Main Hall - Lunch and Keynote Address, and Plenary Sessions
Host Presentation from Gateway to Entrepreneurial Tomorrows, Inc. (GET), a regional non-profit organization helping minorities and low income people start new businesses in the Hudson Valley.
Keynote Address:?Das Elius Velez, Executive Director of Division of Minority & Women Business Development for New York State. "How New York State is Proactively Creating Important MWBE Support Mechanisms and Streamlining the Certification Process."
Break through Strategies to Resolve the MWBE Disparity in the Hudson Valley with?William Clay, Michael Clay and Scott Clay (a family and two generations of expertise on MWBE issues).
2:30 to 3:30??? Main Hall - Plenary Panel Discussion with State Agencies: What We Are Doing To Further Our MWBE State Goals and our D/M/WBE Federal Goals, And What We Need From Firms Ready To Do Business
New York State Thruway Authority ? Lawrence Norville, Chief Compliance Officer
Metropolitan Transportation Authority - Danny Camacho, Manager, Certification Unit, Department of Diversity and Civil Rights
Port Authority of NY/NJ - Lash Green, Director, Office of Business and Job Opportunity
Empire State Development Corporation - Scott W. Clay, Deputy Director for Agency Compliance
NYS Department of Transportation - Warren Whitlock, Director, Office of Civil Rights?
NYS Office of the State Comptroller - Bruce Girigorie, MWBE Specialist
NY Department of State - Teneka Frost-Amusa, Esq., Director Affirmative Action and Training Programs
NYS Office of General Services - William Clay, Assistant Commissioner, Minority-Women Owned Business and Community Relations
NYS Dormitory Authority - Michael M. Clay, Director, OPG Construction & Commodity Services
NYS Environmental Facilities Corporation ? Fred Testa, Acting Community Assistant Manager & Funding Coordinator
US Small Business Administration - Pravina Raghavan, NY District Director
3:30??? Closing Remarks - Questions / Networking
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