About Us
| In 1987, few municipalities had legally established programs that featured the notion of inclusion for commodity purchases or construction projects. In that same year, the North Carolina Minority and Women Business Enterprise Coordinators’ Network (NC M/WBE Coordinators’ Network) was established with seven members as a “think tank” to share strategies and ideas on administering minority business programs.
Over the past twenty years, the members of the NC M/WBE Coordinators’ Network have been committed to ensuring that all segments of the community have an equitable opportunity to participate in professional service contracts, procurement contracts, and construction projects in both public and private sectors.
Today, the Network has increased its membership to more than 100 participants from state agencies, universities, community colleges, municipalities, and private organizations throughout North Carolina.
Mission Statement:
To educate, support, and provide resources to our members and business communities.
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| Tammie Hall
President
Hall is the Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprise (MWBE) Administrator at Guilford County Schools (GCS), the 3rd largest school district in the State. At GCS, she is responsible for outreach, communication, program development and contract compliance in adherence to the Board of Education policies and procedures regarding the MWBE program. GCS $400 million school bond program currently has 27.94 percent participation for design and 29.13 percent for construction. Hall previously served as the Senior Administrator for Municipal and MWBE Relations at Wake County Public School System (WCPSS), where she developed the district’s first supplier diversity program for construction. Under her leadership, approximately 22 percent of the total construction contracts were awarded to minority and women contractors. The economic impact in revenue to the MWBE community was more than $71 million. WCPSS attained record participation with the completion of River Bend Elementary School with the MWBE participation in excess of 39 percent of the total project of $21.7 million. Hall, an Arkansas native, began her career as a finance specialist with Arthur Anderson/Anderson Consulting in Las Colinas, Texas, has served as a higher education administrator and as a congressional staff member for members of the U.S. House and Senate. Hall is a business graduate of The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) with post doctoral studies at Louisiana Tech University. Hall has been a member of the North Carolina MWBE Coordinator Network since 2003 where she serves as Chair of the Legislative Committee and served as Chair of the Greater Triangle Minority Enterprise Development (MED) Week Celebration. She is the President of the NC UAPB Alumni Chapter and an Alumni Board Member. | Back to Top
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|  Denisha Harris
Vice President
Denisha Harris serves as the Minority and/or Women Business Enterprise (M/WBE) Coordinator for the City of Greenville, NC and the Greenville Utilities Commission. In her role as M/WBE Coordinator, Denisha liaisons with the M/WBE community and enterprise professionals in various capacities as business developer, technical resource provider, compliance officer, and diversity specialist. In 2008, the NC MWBE Coordinators' Network awarded Denisha the "Rising Star Award," given to the Coordinator who has taken his/her program to the next level of excellence. In two years, Denisha soared from a "Rising Star" to "Coordinator of the Year" as recipient of the "President's Award," an honor bestowed upon a Coordinator in recognition of his/her superior performance and continuing commitment to the mission of the NC MWBE Coordinators' Network. With the Network, she has served in various capacities including member of the Professional Development Committee and Chair of the Scholarship Committee. Denisha is a graduate of East Carolina University with a degree in Sociology (concentration in Public Policy) and a Masters in Public Administration. | | Back to Top |
|  Amy Goudy
Secretary
With 20 years professional procurement experience and a recognized expertise in the area of diversity supplier development, Amy Goudy brings the thought leadership needed to assess and develop supply chain processes to optimize opportunities for diversity inclusion.
As a part of the Solectron, now Flextronics, team for eight years, Amy received five “Contribution to Business” Awards. She served as the Manager of Diversity Supplier Development with the responsibilities including: • Formation and Deployment of Corporate program to support spending with women owned, minority owned, disabled veteran owned, and HUBZone business enterprises to include the implementation of the vision, strategy and corporate policy. • Identified, developed and maintained communication strategies and processes to promote business opportunities with diverse suppliers. • Created supplier diversity projects including planning, training, customer relations, and extensive development around reporting metrics processes.
Goudy attended California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. An active member of many organizations, she is a former ISM member, served as the EMS Forum Chair for TIG (Telecommunications Industry Group of NMSDC) and as a Director on the Carolinas MSDC Board as Chair of the Metrolinas RAC and well as the Membership committee chair.
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|  Luther Williams
Treasurer
Luther R Williams, Business Assistance Program Manager for the City of Raleigh. He has been working with Minority and Women Owned Businesses for the past 22 years and prior to that he was employed by Peoples Bank as Branch Manager for the Falls of the Neuse Rd. Branch. Prior to working at Peoples Bank , he was employed with First Citizen Bank for 7 years as a Branch Manager at Oak Park and North Hills branches. He has a BA in Economic s from NC Wesleyan College and MPA from North Carolina Central University. Additionally, he has served 31 years in the North Carolina National Guard as a member of the 130th Finance Battalion.
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|  Chiquitha Lloyd
At Large
Chiquitha Lloyd has been with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools since 2002 and currently serves as the Administrator of the Minority, Women, and Small Business Enterprise (MWSBE) Program. Her responsibilities include developing/implementing MWSBE program initiatives, supplier development, system-wide compliance, and community outreach. She has over 15 years of research, facilitation and project management experience.
As a graduate of both the University of Oklahoma with a major in Psychology (Political Science and Human Development minors) and the University of Phoenix School of Business with a Master of Business Administration, Chiquitha has continued to influence the business community on the importance of inclusive procurement practices. Under her leadership, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools' MWSBE utilization has grown from $14M to $98M in procurement transactions. Currently, 27 percent of eligible expenditures are spent with MWSBE firms. Honors include 2009 Carolinas Minority Supplier Development Council Public/Private Corporation of the year, 2009 North Carolina MWBE Coordinators' Network President Award, 2010 Pride Magazine 51 Most-Powerful Women and 2010 Charlotte Business Journal Women in Business Honoree. Chiquitha serves or has served on the board of directors of the North Carolina M/WBE Coordinator's Network, Charlotte Chamber of Commerce Diversity Business Council, Carolinas Minority Supplier Development Council Metrolina Regional Advisory Council Vice Chair and ProForum Steering Committee Co-Chair, Small Business Resource Roundtable, The Diversity Forum, and United Way of Central Carolinas Community Building Council.
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Renee Jones
At Large In her role as Subcontractor Program Manager, Renee is responsible for the coordination of Skanska's outreach efforts to the MWBE community. Under her leadership, Skanska has rolled out a series of highly innovative initiatives designed to educate, inform and engage the traditionally under-utilized subcontractor community. Her programs have been incredibly well received and have been recognized for their effectiveness with honors such as the US Dept of Commerce Minority Business Development Agency Corporation of the Year Award; NC HUB Office Good Faith Effort Corporate Award; Durham Chamber of Commerce's Circle of of Influence Corporate Diversity Award and Duke University's Supplier Diversity Award.
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|  Annette Stevenson
At Large
Annette is a graduate of Methodist College with a degree in Business Administration and a minor in Military Science. She has over 27 years of professional work experience in the personnel/administrative management and procurement profession. Anette joined SAS Institute Inc. in September 1999. During her career at SAS she has been responsible for producing various commodities and earned the designation of Certified Purchasing Manager (C.P.M.).
Annette currently serves as the Supplier Diversity Manager at SAS. As part of the Corporate Services Division, she has been responsible for advancing the goals and objectives of the company's supplier diversity initiatives. Under Annette's leadership, SAS' supplier diversity program has been credited with several accolades and service awards. Most recently she was selected as a 2009 recipient of SAS' CEO Award of Excellence and 2009 MBE Advocate of the Year for the Carolinas Minority Supplier Development Council.
She presently serves in the following positions: Board member of the Carolinas Minority Supplier Development Councils (Chair, Piedmont Region), Executive Board Member for the N.C. Indian Economic Development Initiative, Executive Board (At-Large Board Member), N.C. Minority Business/Women Coordinators Network, Board member of the Triangle Chapter, Institute of Supply Management-Carolinas Virginia Region, Scholarchip Committee (Member) U.S. Pacific Asian-American chamber of Commerce and Member of the State of North Carolina's Diversity Advocacy partnership Council.
Her responsibilities with the Network include developing strategic Partner Relationships. The goal is to develop strategic relationships with numerous minority/women business development/resource organizations throughout North Carolina and keep NCCN members aware of relevant upcoming events and topics of interest.
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