D/FW MSDC helps form the Women’s Business Council The D/FW MBDC would also have an enormous impact upon the creation of the North Texas Women’s Council (now known as Women’s Business Council – Southwest). Around 1998, the National Minority Supplier Development...
Margo J. Posey is hired as President of the Council Bringing fund-raising prowess, stability and professional managerial skills to the Council, Margo J. Posey is hired as the President. Bringing both corporate and MBE experience to her role, Posey pledged to “continue...
More corporations join the Council. The 1990s opened with a faltering economy and challenges to minority inclusion programs. That did not deter the Council. It would continue to grow and thrive into the 90s with leadership from Phil Steinmetz (JCPenney), Joe Zimmerman...
First to conduct trade mission aboard. The Council was the first advocacy organization in the region to host a trade mission focused on minority business opportunities. Representatives of the Dallas/Fort Worth Minority Business Development Council and the Dallas...
James (Jim) O’Neal, CEO of Frito-Lay International, becomes Chair of the Board of Directors for the Council. Frito-Lay provides a one-time grant (largest in Council history) to the Council. The Dallas Regional Minority Purchasing Council and Fort Worth Regional...