September 6, 2024

Headed to Nationals!

Regional Pitch Winners Will Compete for WBENC Prizes

Thank you to all the members who entered your videos for the WBENC 2024 Regional Pitch Competition. The entries were amazing again this year! During a live competition today, the judges decided who is going to the national WBENC Pitch Competition!

We captured their smiling faces from the Zoom presentation. They are:

Top row: The panel of judges included Allen Hall, Florida Blue and WBDC of Florida Board of Directors; Carmen Deale, The ODP Corporation (Office Depot), and Jessica McMahan, Brasfield & Gorrie

Middle row: WBEC Florida President and CEO Nancy Allen and two of the pitch finalists, Ana Carolina Salazar, Bold Hispanic Marketing; Wendy Roundtree, Jarel Communications

Third row: Pitch finalist Amanda Mihnovich, Private Label Staff.

National finalists will compete for a $25,000 national grand prize or a $15,000 runner-up in one of two categories: products or services.

Well done, everyone! Good luck at the National level!

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Supplier Diversity Roundtables

Forge powerful business-to-business connections in dynamic small groups! Meet and collaborate with corporate and government supplier diversity champions, visionary women business owners and inspiring nonprofit leaders to collaborate and elevate together. The roundtables will also include Go for the Greens mentorship program participants who are young women in high school and college.

Thursday, Sept. 26, and Friday, Sept. 27, at Disney's BoardWalk Conference Center

Desiree Hanson

Moffitt Cancer Center

Clayton Judge

AbbVie

Traneice Mills

Amazon

Carla Toles McKinney

Walt Disney Company

Alysia Haygood

Walt Disney Company

Tonja Graham

Duke Energy

Steve Hewitt

UPS

Natalie Colvin

KSC/NASA

Johanna De La Cadena Bratslavsky

CHEP

Oswaldo Soto

Travel + Leisure

Itu Otu

Logitech

Iranetta Dennis

GOAA

Here's Who You Can Meet

AbbVie

Amazon

CHEP

Duke Energy

Greater Orlando Aviation Authority

Kaman Precision Products

Kennedy Space Center / NASA

Logitech

Moffitt Cancer Center

Orange County Public Schools

Travel + Leisure

UPS

Walt Disney Company

... and more!

Opportunities

Allstate Business Diversity Summit

Oct. 7 - 10, 2024, in Chicago - Sign Up Today!

Meet Allstate sourcing, procurement, supplier diversity and sustainability leaders at the 2024 Allstate Business Diversity Summit. The theme this year is Stakeholder Collaboration: United to Drive Economic Equity and Sustainability.

The event will be hybrid (virtual and in person),Oct. 7-10, 2024. The event brings together industry thought leaders to discuss making an impact by:

Collaborating to empower diverse businesses to succeed.
Reducing greenhouse gasses and emissions in communities.
Raising awareness of relationship abuse.

Allstate has been at the forefront of advancing equity through its support and partnerships with diverse suppliers for more than 56 years. The company held its first Minority and Women’s Supplier Fair in 1967. In 1973, after formalizing its Diversity Supplier Program, Allstate began hosting an annual Business Development Day. Last year, the company went bigger and bolder and launched a week-long Business Diversity Summit that brought together corporate executives, government officials, business development council leaders and diverse business owners to drive minority supplier success!

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