1996 – HARD HAT Construction Expo becomes a staple. The Hard Hat Construction Expo became a staple for the Metroplex in the 90s, offering construction connections between Corporations, Public Sector Agencies and General Contractors with MBEs. It would become the...
Formalized voices added to the Council structure. In 1995, the Minority Business Enterprise Input Committee (MBEIC) and Corporate Coordinators Committee (now Supplier Diversity Professionals Working Group) provide voice and input for MBEs and Supplier Diversity...
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...
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...
Committed to the construction industry, the Council creates a Construction Plan Room. Always committed to the construction industry, the Council created a Construction Assistance Center and Plan Room in 1985. In 1986 the Business Advisory Construction Group (BAC) was...