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Henry Childs II, national
director, U.S. Commerce
Department’s Minority
Business Development
Agency, was one of
several guest speakers
who participated in the
annual event.
Moore recounted a story about being a young boy watching
his father die from an illness and how that tragedy impacted his
future. His life is one of surviving between a thin line of success
or hard times, he told the summit.
He praised the work of BDR member companies and urged
corporations to accept a more significant role in promoting social
justice by understanding that their stakeholders should not
be only those who own stock in companies.
“Stakeholders are our communities. Stakeholders are our society
,” Moore said. “We must push, and we must fight. We must
advocate for others.”
Seat at the table
In addition to speakers, the 2019 Basking Ridge Summit featured
panel discussions and video and interactive presentations
that examined:
• Trends in global procurement and sourcing.
• Impact of technological advances on global procurement.
• Emerging and innovative supplier-diversity best practices,
such as “ideation” events, hackathons and social media opportunities
to support diverse suppliers.
BDR also updated attendees on the organization’s various initiatives
:
• Economic impact study — see related article on Page 100
— which is examining how supplier-diversity spend dollars
positively affect communities in which BDR member companies
operate.
• Triad, an ongoing initiative for connecting corporations,
investors and diverse suppliers to help fuel the growth of
diverse suppliers via corporate supply chains.
• Update of the BDR book project studying best practices and
why they are vital to supplier-diversity success.
Helena Hutton, director, global diversity procurement for
BDR member company Cummins Inc. and BDR corporate secretary
, was the summit opening day mistress of ceremonies. She
reminded Basking Ridge participants that the BDR summit experience
is about engagement and participation.
“Today we are all given a seat at the table,” she said. “We have
senior leaders here to listen and share their experiences. And,
we have people here that have the voice of leaders not only in
this room, but [also] in the world.”
Craig Silliman, executive vice president and chief
administrative, legal and public policy officer, Verizon,
addresses the audience.
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