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PromoLinks LLC
Managing Editor/Contributor
(Pictured below)
A Special "Thank You" to:
Jared D. Casey, Jr.
Faison Office Products
2009 Sponsor of the MBE Input Committee Communiqué newsletter
Kathryn Rae
Design to Market
Publisher
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"A Woman for All Seasons"
A Special Tribute to Belinda Hooks
from the Communications Committee of the MBE Input Committee:
Every once in a while in life, you meet someone who gives you a new appreciation for the humankind's
possibilities. Life is generally very fast paced and unforgiving and many times we simply do not have the time or inclination to be kind, helpful, and/or concerned for our fellow human beings. This is not because people are naturally mean-spirited nor do we not want to help but rather, it's just life. Life could be unforgiving and oftentimes we simply do not react well to its challenges.
Ms. Belinda Hooks, Founder and President of PromoLinks, LLC of Denver, Colorado has somehow been able to embrace life, no matter the challenge or circumstance. You can hear that wonderful and enduring laugh a mile in every direction; and, once heard, we smile and know that Belinda is in the house. I've known Belinda for many years now, and over the years, she has been consistently caring, thoughtful, and willing to help. In leading our MBEIC Communications Committee, she constantly seeks ways to show her appreciation and say thanks for the time we put into getting things done.
The entire MBE Input Committee Communications Committee and the Rocky Mountain MSDC would like to "Thank You" Belinda for her continued and tireless work to ensure that this organization remains vibrant, successful, and always moving in a forward direction."
Ellsworth Grant
"She is a mentor to the Committee."
Andra Hargrave
"She has a positively infectious laugh and inspires everyone around her to reach for new heights, both professionally and personally."
Kathryn Rae___________
MBE Input
Committee
Members
Jasmin Espy
(Chair) Summit Staffing
Belinda Hooks (Vice Chair)
PromoLinks LLC
Faison Office Products LLC
Walker Fleming
(MBE Co-Chair of Contracts Committee)
Axxess Connect
Belinda Hooks (Chair of Communications and Outreach Committee)
PromoLinks LLC
Jairo D. Barsallo
Die Cut Technologies
Jeannie Davis
Now Hear This, Inc.
Martinez & Hromada Associates Inc.
Massie Commercial Real Estate Services, Inc.
Kenneth Robbins
WH Pacific, Inc.
Joseph Serna
DAWA Enterprises
Miriam Smith
Paridae Enterprises, LLC
Les Townsend
The Townsend Management Group
The Purpose of the Minority Business Enterprise Input Committee
The Minority Business Enterprise Input Committee (MBE Input Committee) is a group of certified minority business enterprise representatives. The MBE Input Committee works in conjunction with the President, staff and Board of Directors of the Rocky Mountain Minority Supplier Development Council (Rocky Mountain MSDC) to provide advice and input regarding the programs and projects implemented by the Rocky Mountain MSDC so that those programs and projects are relevant and supportive of minority business development, consistent with the 501©(3) tax exempt status of the Rocky Mountain MSDC.
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New Certifications
Nov. - Dec. 2009
W. Garnett & Associates
J.G. Management Systems, Inc.
King Systems, LLC
Alpine Buick Pontiac GMC
Victory Air
Configurations Office Interiors
El-Roi Jewelry Fashion
Recertifications
Nov. - Dec. 2009
Pynergy, LLC
Syntes Language Group, Inc.
Greetings etc! Inc.
Icon Solutions, LLC
Centennial Bolt, Inc.
Softec Solutions
Mindspark International, Inc.
CADDO Solutions
H. Espinoza Distribution, Inc.
ALCAM Metal Distribution, Inc.
Terry & Company, P.C.
Colorado Green Grass, Inc.
Denver Cleaning Services
Steven-Robert Originals, LLC
Quality Office Products
Townsend Management Group
RTL Networks, Inc.
Amplidyne, Inc.
Car-GO Battery Co.
Cordova Public Relations, Inc.
Gonzales Custom Painting, Inc.
L&M Technologies, Inc.
Midway Office Supply Center, Inc.
Istonich, Inc.
Wisdom Medical, Inc.
All Tech Janitorial Services
Safety & Construction Supply, Inc.
PlastiComm Industries, Inc.
Reciprocals
Nov. - Dec. 2009
Entrust One Faciolity Services, Inc.
Uniserve Facilities Services Corp.
The RK Logistics Group, Inc.
Aclipse, LLC
The Bartech Group, Inc.
Southern Film Extruders, Inc.
Redapt Systems, Inc.
WHPacific, Inc.
Managed Business Solutions
A&N Quality Products, LLC
3Li, LLC
DESMAN Inc.
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A News Publication
Exciting opportunites for growth await you as an MBE Beneficiary/Constituent or Corporate Member of the Rocky Mountain MSDC. Learn about them all at our website: www.rmmsdc.org
Welcome to the December edition of In Touch (formerly the MBE Input Committee Communique) brought to you by the Rocky Mountain Minority Supplier Development Council and the MBE Input Committee of the Rocky Mountain MSDC. We continue to bring you monthly news of events and connections. |
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News Releases
The Rocky Mountain MSDC is proud to sponsor the following American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Seminars and Workshops:
Colorado Minority /Woman business community working with Prime Contractors in anticipation of the Governor's State Economic Recovery Stimulus program . . . The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)
"Getting Ready to be Ready"
For More Information contact:
Belinda Hooks, Coordinating Chair for the Colorado ARRA Stimulus program 303-979-3405 Email: Belinda Hooks
Mike Mora, U.S. Department of Commerce, Minority Business Development Agency, 214-767-8005
Denver, Colorado- Continuing with the Governor's Economic Recovery plan to include all of the State's business community in the recovery program, a series of Business to Business (B2B) networking events will begin in January 2010. Working in concert with prime recipients of stimulus contracts, Federal, state and local government agencies, the Rocky Mountain Minority Supplier Development Council, ethnic minority chambers of commerce and associations, the Governor's Economic Recovery team, led by Maranda Pleau, will conduct its first B2B event on January 20th (Come Meet the Primes). Prime Contractors, who were awarded significant stimulus contracts, will be available to discuss their Recovery awards and contracting opportunities to the minority community. In addition, the Prime Contractors will be presenting additional non-ARRA minority/woman business enterprise (M/WBE) business contracting opportunities with their company. Prime Contractors expected to participate are Denver Housing Authority, Colorado Department of Transportation, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, DPR Construction, Inc., and RTD. Seating will be limited and registration required. Register online at the Rocky Mountain MSDC web site at www.rmmsdc.org. The Business to Business event will be held at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory from 1:30 pm to 5:30pm with registration beginning at 1:30pm.
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Denver, Colorado- Continuing with the Governor's Economic Recovery plan to include all of the State's business community in the recovery program, a series of "How to..." workshops will begin in January 2010. Working in concert with local financial institutions, Federal, state and local government agencies, the Rocky Mountain Minority Supplier Development Council, ethnic minority chambers of commerce and associations, the Governor's Economic Recovery team, led by Maranda Pleau, will conduct a workshop for Capital and Procurement Access on January 21, 2010.
In this workshop, minority and woman business enterprises (M/WBEs) will hear first hand of the complexities in accessing capital and procurement opportunities. Presentations will be made from experts in the financial and procurement fields.
Participants in the workshop will include representatives from the U.S. Small Business Administration's (SBA) Finance Department and Capital Ownership Division (8a, DBE, Hubzone), Solera National Bank (a participating lender for the Rocky Mountain Minority Supplier Development Council's Business Consortium Fund), the Rocky Mountain Minority Supplier Development Council (RMMSDC), the newly established Procurement and Technical Assistance Center (PTAC), Global Sales Advisors (on the pros and cons of certification), and the State of Colorado, Department of Transportation. Register online at the Rocky Mountain MSDC's website at www.rmmsdc.org. The workshop will be held at the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway, from 1:30 pm - 5:30 pm. Registration will begin at 1:30 pm.
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Letter from the Chair
(MBE Input Committee)
J. F. Sato
Minority Business Enterprise Input Committee
The MBE Input Committee has elected a new leadership team for 2010:
- Jasmin Espy - Chair
- Belinda Hooks - Vice-Chair
- Jared Casey - Secretary
These individuals, through their dedication and hard work, have earned the respect of the MBE Input Committee and the Board of Directors of the Rocky Mountain MSDC. The Board has elected new officers for 2010. The officers will also serve on the Executive Committee, including the MBEIC Chair. One of our own, Stan Sena, serves as Rocky Mountain MSDC President & CEO.
2010 may be a year of positive economic changes and opportunity. Many economists believe that the economy will grow at an annual rate of 2.5 to 3 percent in 2010. Job creation through the federal stimuli programs and subsequent private sector spending can create opportunities for MBEs provided we stay engaged and focused on doing business with government agencies and corporate members. The Rocky Mountain MSDC provides the access. Whether access and opportunities can translate into contracts depend on taking initiatives as individuals and as an organization. Please work with the leadership team in making 2010 the year of partnership and growth for MBEs and corporate members. Please provide the MBE Input Committee with your support through participation in Council programs.
Have a safe and happy holiday season.
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Upcoming Events: Let the Opportunities Begin in Twenty-Ten!
 We're kicking off the New Year! Come join us for a Recognition and Celebration event. Great food! Great networking! Great news! Great people!! 2010 Celebration and Recognition of Jim Sato and Larry Duran January 7, 2010
Location: Cilantro Fusion Restaurant, Downtown Denver
Registration Deadline:
Jan. 5, 2010
 ARRA Workshop, Part 2 January 20, 2010: Come Meet the Primes! Location: National Renewable Energy Laboratory
(including Denver Housing Authority, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Colorado Department of Transportation, DPR Construction, Inc., and RTD)
Registration Deadline:
Jan. 15, 2010
This event is free to RMMSDC-Certified MBEs and RMMSDC corporate members (prospective MBEs and others pay $15 at the door)
 ARRA Workshop, Part 3 January 21, 2010
Location: The U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration
12300 West Dakota Ave.
Lakewood, CO 80228
Registration Deadline:
Jan. 19, 2010
This event is free to RMMSDC-Certified MBEs and RMMSDC corporate members (prospective MBEs and others pay $15 at the door)
Growth Through Partnership
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Location: The Colorado Convention Center (Denver)
Golf Outing
Friday, June 18, 2010
Location: Arrowhead
Business Opportunity Fair
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Location: The Colorado Convention Center (Denver)
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Corporate Spotlight:
MassMutual Financial Group
Regina Edmondson
From the Managing Editor: Last month, we featured our new corporate
member, Regina Edmondson of Wealth Concepts, LLC/Mass Mutual. Due to
the incredible opportunity that is offered in one of their unique
programs, Life Bridge, we are featuring this article again. To find
out more about Life Bridge, please contact Regina directly.
 Regina Edmondson (pictured at right) helps business owners and individuals plan and meet their financial objectives. Affiliated with Wealth Concepts, LLC/MassMutual Financial Group as a Financial Representative, Ms. Edmondson brings a team approach to her practice.
Working with minority business owners on financial topics such as structuring appropriate retirement plans, ways to retain key employees, and allowing the business to remain viable in the event of disability or death of an owner, are all topics Ms. Edmondson and her group work with on a daily basis. "Particularly with many minority-owned businesses, owners have not been exposed to the type of work and strategies that can have a huge impact on their business and their families", she says.
There is an exciting new philanthropic program being made available by Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual) to individual employees who qualify.
The LifeBridgeSM Free Life Insurance Program is a free 10-year term life insurance policy designed to help parents or legal guardians who qualify protect their eligible children's education. To be eligible, the proposed insured must be between the ages of 19 and 42, be employed full or part time, have a household income between $10,000 and $40,000, have a dependent under the age of 18, be a permanent legal United States resident, and be in reasonably good health (as determined by MassMutual's underwriting guidelines). If the insured dies within the 10-year term of the policy, MassMutual will put $50,000 in trust, administered by The MassMutual Trust Company, FSB, to apply to the educational expenses of those dependent children.
Please join in the effort to bring this important program to those who qualify.
Regina E. Edmondson
Wealth Concepts, LLC
4600 South Ulster Street Suite #1200
Denver, Colorado 80237
(303) 300-4316
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Current Activities of the Rocky Mountain MSDC's Standing Committees
The MBEIC currently has two standing committees. They are the Contracts Committee and the Communications and Outreach Committee. Other committees are formed on an as needed basis.
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The purpose of the Contracts Committee is to facilitate mutually beneficial contractual relationships between certified MBEs and corporate members of the Council. The Contracts Committee continues to identify and work on various goals. The committee has outlined the following five goals. They are as follows:
1) Complete work on a database matrix that captures information supplied to the Council regarding corporations, MBEs, current and potential customers to identify contract, RFP's, and other growth opportunities;
2) Work to ensure that the Access Opportunity Meetings have key decision makers from "hosting" corporation. Develop guidelines for the meetings to allow great participation and produce end results;
3) Identify MBEs (per industry or service group) who will be attending Access Opportunity meetings;
4) Utilize the MBE Communique to identify potential contract opportunities;
5) Distribute and include Capability Statement document to MBEs during the recertification, reciprocal or new certification process. Capability Statement will be made available on on-line and can be easily updated accordingly.
Further information about the Contracts Committee can be obtained from or directed to its MBE Co-Chairperson, Walker Fleming of Axxess Connect who can be reached at 866.820.5151.
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The purpose of the Communications and Outreach Committee is to develop, recommend and help implement strategies, programs, professional development workshops and seminars, MBE Survey, monthly MBE Communique and procedures to maintain effective communications with the Rocky Mountain MSDC's MBEs and corporate members. The committee is responsible for developing strategies to increase MBE certification and participation in the Rocky Mountain MSDC. Members to the committee are: Lily Poon (AdvenTech); Andra Hargrave (Global Sales Advisors); Ron Hunter (TypeEtc); Ellsworth Grant (EnviroFriendly Printing); and Kathryn Rae (Design to Market). Further information regarding the Communications and Outreach Committee, may be obtained from or directed to its Chairperson, Belinda Hooks of PromoLinks, LLC who can be reached at 303.979.3405.
The Communications and Outreach Committee has produced a unique and picturesque Rocky Mountain MSDC 12-month calendar, a brochure, and a Save the Date postcard to be distributed in January 2010. The committee is also working on the following deliverables: Run list for In Touch; MBE orientation, professional development topics, speakers, webinars, and community outreach efforts.
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Events Committee Formed:
The newly formed Rocky
Mountain MSDC Events Committee met on December 10, 2009.
Co-Chairpersons of the Events Committee will be Laurie Billeter of
Denver Water and Tami Young of Adven-Tech. The committee will be
responsible for three major events of the Rocky Mountain MSDC: Growth Through
Partnership, the Golf Tournament and the Business Opportunity Fair.
The next committee meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, December 30,
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Meet the 2010 Rocky Mountain MSDC
Board of Directors
Tamela Lee (Chair)
Director
Small Business Opportunity Division
City and County of Denver
Denver, CO
Murugan Palani (Vice Chair)
Manager, Supplier Diversity
Xcel Energy
Denver, CO
Robert Gonzales (Treasurer)
Plant Engineering Manager
United Parcel Services
Commerce City, CO
Nancy Gardner (Secretary)
Small Business Development Liaison
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Golden, CO
Laurie Billeter
Supplier Diversity Administrator
Denver Water
Denver, CO
Jared Casey
President Faison Office Products, LLC Aurora, CO
Denise Coley
Director Global Supplier Diversity Business Development Cisco Systems, Inc. San Jose, CA
Bill Dempsey
Director, Strategic Sourcing
MillerCoors
Golden, CO
Warren Elbeck
Supplier Diversity Program Manager
Raytheon
Aurora, CO
Jasmin Espy (MBEIC Chair)
President & CEO
Summit Staffing
Denver, CO
Belinda Hooks (MBEIC Vice Chair)
President
PromoLinks, LLC
Littleton, CO
Loretta Lovell
Director of Procurement Services & Special Projects
Denver Housing Authority
Denver, CO
Randy McCall
Community Development Banking Manager
Key Bank
Denver, CO
John McGuire
VP, Chief Procurement Officer
Qwest Communications
Denver, CO
Pat Roybal
Supplier Diversity Administrator
Lockheed Martin Space Systems
Littleton, CO
Ken Robbins
Sr. Vice President / Operations Manager
W H Pacific, Inc.
Denver, CO
James F. Sato (MBEIC Past Chair)
President J.F. Sato & Associates, Inc. Littleton, CO
Faye Tate
Vice President Diversity CH2MHill Companies Englewood, CO | |
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Our Mission
The mission of The Rocky Mountain Minority Supplier Development Council is to drive the growth of Minority Business Enterprises through business relationships with corporations, government entities, academic institutions, and others.
In alignment with our mission, The Rocky Mountain MSDC provides corporate America, government entities , academic institutions and others with greater access to the goods and services of minority-owned businesses, helping them develop lasting and mutually beneficial business relationships. The RMMSDC supports and develops minority-owned business enterprises in Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, and New Mexico.
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If you're a minority business enterprise, you'll have the opportunity to expand your business prospects. By becoming a corporate member, you'll have access to the most diverse minority businesses, both in products and services provided. It's a win-win for everyone.
Whether you're a minority business enterprise (MBE) or a corporation, there are several reasons for joining our organization:
- Expanded business opportunities. Our minority businesses have secured billions of dollars in contracts from our member corporations. In fact, more than two-thirds of MBEs confirm an increase in revenues as a result of partnerships with corporate members.
- Local, regional and national referrals of minority businesses to member corporations.
- Exposure to leading national companies, and The Council corporate members throughout Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, and New Mexico.
- Participation in education programs and workshops.
- Opportunities to network with corporate members at various RMMSDC events and activities.
- Scholarship awards for CEOs of minority businesses to prestigious business schools in the country.
- Access to working capital loans.
- Opportunity to showcase or exhibit your products and services at RMMSDC's annual Minority Business Opportunity Day.
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