Winter 2016

Office of Supplier Diversity Development

The Catalyst MESSER CONSTRUCTION AND QUEST SAFETY

PRODUCTS RECEIVE HANDSHAKE AWARDS

At it’s 11th Annual Relationships to Partnerships Sessions, the Supplier Diversity Devel-

opment Coalition of Greater Lafayette presented Messer Construction with the Corporate

Handshake award and Quest Safety Products, LLC. with the Diverse Business Handshake

Award.

Jim Glasener, Senior Project Executive for Messer Construction accepted the Corporate

Handshake award. Messer Construction, in partnership with Powers & Sons Construction

Co., are currently constructing the Purdue Honors College and Residences. Messer is an

employee owned company with a strong commitment to economic inclusion.

The Diverse Business Handshake award was present to Sam Yadav, President of Quest

Safety Products, LLC. Quest is an Indianapolis-based diverse distribution partner for

pharmaceutical, food, utility and construction industries. Sam Yadav also shared valuable

insights with the event’s attendees during the plenary session.

The awards luncheon celebrated supplier diversity in Tippecanoe County and hosted

representatives from over 100 diverse businesses, business resources organizations and

large firms from central Indiana.

PURDUE BECOMES NEW HOME FOR

NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR DOCTORAL

STUDIES IN THE MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., - Purdue University will serve as the new home for a national

mathematics organization that strives to increase underrepresented minorities earning

doctoral degrees in mathematics and related fields.

The Purdue math department will house the National Alliance for Doctoral Studies in the

Mathematical Sciences beginning in March. This organization, currently based at the

University of Iowa, brings together hundreds of faculty members and students from nu­

merous universities and colleges in a shared passion for increasing the number of doctor­

al degrees in the mathematical sciences among groups that have been traditionally un­

derrepresented in those fields.

CONTINUED ON PAGE 5—See NATIONAL MATH ALLIANCE

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Build Your Future Indiana ......2

Purdue Supplier Diversity .......3

US Census SBO Results ...........4

IN Firm Expands w/MBDA....6

Supplier Diversity Institute .....6

SPECIAL POINTS OF INTEREST

Upcoming Business

Resources Events

MBE’s Importance in Gulf

Economic Growth

SBA Blog—Mentoring Builds

Diverse Workforce

Build Your Future Indiana

For more information visit :

http://indiana.byf.org/

BUILD YOUR FUTURE INDIANA

ENCOURAGES RESIDENTS TO LEARN ABOUT

CONSTRUCTION CAREERS

Construction companies will hire more than 61,000 workers in Indiana through 2017. Employers need boiler­makers, glaziers, electricians, plumb­ers, carpenters and many other craft professionals. With several weeks of training, you can qualify for trade craft jobs and start earning great wages and benefits and gain the chance to prosper in a promising ca­reer.

Build Your Future Indiana is a unique collaboration of employers, state agencies and industry associations. Our goal is to encourage Indiana resi­dents to learn about construction craft careers and training opportuni­ties now emerging in our state, and to qualify for and get jobs in these high-demand occupations.

The Indiana Workforce Commission is committed to matching employers with qualified workers so their busi­nesses grow and prosper, and to help­ing individuals achieve their career goals.

The goals of Build Your Future Indi­ana are :

Make career and technical edu­cation a priority in secondaryschools

Shift the public’s perceptionabout careers in the constructionindustry to reflect the wide rangeof professions available

Provide a path from ambition, totraining, to job placement as acraft professional

“Make career and technical education a priority in secondary schools.”

ABOUT THE SUPPLIER

DIVERSITY DEVELOP­

MENT COALITION OF

GREATER LAFAYETTE

Mission Statement: The Greater

Lafayette Supplier Diversity Coalition

encourages diversity and creative

solutions that result in long term

partnerships between small diverse

businesses and larger members of

the Greater Lafayette business com-

munity

Vision Statement: The Greater Lafa-

yette Supplier Diversity Development

Coalition will enhance opportunities

for minority and women-owned firms

to conduct business with the Greater

Lafayette business community.

EXPLORE OPPORTUNITY @

L!F!YETTESDCO!LITION;ORG

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SUPPLIER DIVERSITY COALITION OF

GREATER LAFAYETTE UPDATE:

Coalition members congratulate Messer Construction Company and Quest

Safety Products, LLC. on being awarded the Corporate Handshake Award and

Diverse Business handshake Award, respectfully, at the 11th Annual

Relationships to Partnerships Sessions.

Coalition members encourage businesses and supporters to visit

LafayetteSDCoalition.org for upcoming opportunities and business

development events.

JanuarySupplierDiversity CoalitionofGreaterLafayettespeaker:

FINELINE PRINTING GROUP with Rafael Sanchez and Beth Coleman Valdettaro

FebruarySupplierDiversity CoalitionofGreaterLafayettespeakers:

ACORN DISTRIBUTERS with Bobby Delamater

TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION GROUP with Joe Ignatius

Interested in Presenting Your Business to the Supplier Diversity

Development Coalition of Greater Lafayette?

Contact Marta Foth at marta@purdue.edu to get details and learn requirements

necessary to present your diverse enterprise to the Supplier Diversity Develop­

ment Coalition of Greater Lafayette.

Boilermaker Statue

SUPPLIER DIVERSITY @ PURDUE

Purdue OSDD and Turner Construction Host Supplier Diversity

Networking Event

On January 13th, Turner Construction and Purdue’s Office of Supplier Diversity

Development hosted a supplier diversity networking event to share information

with diverse firms concerning the Creighton Hall of Animal Science and the

Land O’ Lakes Center for Experiential Learning project. This project will con-

solidate the Department of Animal Sciences into a 124,150 GSF unified com­

plex, fostering greater collaboration among faculty, staff and students in the

department and across the university and providing contemporary spaces for

teaching, research and Extension activities.

For further information on pre-qualifications and bid dates please contact

Tiffiny Summers at 317.829.7628 or tsummers@tcco.com.

2015 Disparity Study

Purdue University is participating in the 2015 State of Indiana Disparity Study.

The study includes analyses of the participation of minority- and women-owned

businesses in prime contracts and subcontracts that state institutions awarded

during the study period (July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2013). The final report

is expected to be released March 2016.

For information on the State of Indiana Disparity Study visit: www.in.gov/idoa/

mwbe/

Looking Ahead— Upcoming Business Development Events

~ Flex Lab Pre-Pre Bid with Pepper Construction and Davis & Associates

~ 10th Annual Construction Connection

Access Purdue Supplier Diversity at purdue.edu/supplierdiversity

OFFICE OF

SUPPLIER DIVERSITY

DEVELOPMENT—

ENGAGEMENTS

Pre-Pre Bid with TurnerConstruction—Creighton Hall ofAnimal Sciences andthe Land O’ LakesCenter for ExperientialLearning

Indiana Dept. of Admin.Division of SupplierDiversity in Partnershipwith Elite SDVOB ­Certify Your VeteranOwned Business Withthe State

Spring AdvocacyMeeting

Pre-Pre Bid with PepperConstruction, Davis &Assoc.— Flex Lab

10th Annual Construc­tion Connection

ACCESS OPPORTUNITY

@ PURDUE

Procurement Services

Open Bid Opportunities:

www.purdue.edu/business/

procurement/audience/

suppliers

Energy & Construction

Bid Information:

www.purdue.edu/

physicalfacilities/energy-and­

construction/construction/bid­

reports/

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UPCOMING BUSINESS NUMBER OF MINORITY- AND WOMEN­

OWNED FIRMS EACH INCREASE BY MORE

THAN 2 MILLION NATIONALLY

DEVELOPMENT EVENTS

Indiana Dept. of Administration

Division of Supplier Diversity in

Partnership with Elite SDVOB

Certify Your Veteran Owned

Business With the State

February 10, 2016

Indiana Government Center

South, 302 W. Washington Street

Indianapolis, IN

Mid-States Minority Supplier

Development Council

Ask a Lawyer Series

February 18, 2016

11 South Meridian Street

Indianapolis, IN

Indiana Subcontractors

Association

Construction Networking

Event of the Year

The Survey of Business Owners is a

sample survey that provides the only

comprehensive, regularly collected

source of information on selected

economic and demographic charac­

teristics for businesses and business

owners by gender, ethnicity, race and

veteran status. Today’s release pro-

vides data at detailed geographic

(nation, state, metropolitan area,

county and economic place) and in­

dustry levels (two-digit through six-

digit industry coding level). In Au­

gust, preliminary data were published

for these groups at the national, state

and two-digit sector levels.

Nationally, today’s findings show the

number of minority-owned firms in

the U.S. rose from 5.8 million in 2007

to 8.0 million in 2012. This includes a

46.3 percent increase in the number

of Hispanic-owned firms over the

period, from 2.3 million to 3.3 mil­

lion, and a 34.5 percent rise in the

number of black or African American

-owned firms, from 1.9 million to 2.6

million. Additionally, the number of

Asian-owned firms climbed from 1.5

million to 1.9 million, an increase of

23.8 percent. For added context, total

U.S. firms increased 2.0 percent dur­

ing the same period, from 27.1 mil­

lion in 2007 to 27.6 million in 2012.

The 9.9 million women-owned firms

in 2012 were up more than 2 million

from five years earlier when there

were 7.8 million women-owned busi­

nesses, a 26.8 percent increase. As a

comparison, male-owned firms in­

creased 6.8 percent from 13.9 million

to 14.8 million during the same peri­

od.

Other highlights from the final 2012

Survey of Business Owners data:

Women

There were 9.9 million women-

owned firms nationally in 2012,

up from 7.8 million or 26.8 per­

cent from 2007.

Nearly 90 percent (89.5 percent)

of women-owned firms were non

-employer firms (businesses with

no paid employees). This is high­

er than the total proportion of

non-employer firms, which is

80.4 percent (22.2 million non-

employer firms).

Receipts for women-owned firms

rose 18.7 percent, from $1.2 tril­

lion in 2007 to $1.4 trillion in

2012.

Minorities

There were 8.0 million minority-

owned firms nationally in 2012,

up from 5.8 million, or 38.1 per­

cent, from 2007.

Receipts for minority-owned

firms climbed from $1.0 trillion

to $1.4 trillion over the 2007­

2012 period (34.7 percent).

All but 908,800, or 11.4 percent,

minority-owned firms in 2012

were non-employers.

Source: United States Census Bu­

reau—Press Release Number: CB15­

209. For more information on the

2012 Survey of Business Owners visit:

http://www.census.gov/econ/sbo/

February 25, 2016

JW Marriott

10 South West Street

Indianapolis, IN

Indiana Small Business

Development Center

Marketing to the Federal

Government

March 8, 2016

Webinar presented by South

Central Indiana PTAC

National Association of

Educational Procurement

Supplier Diversity Institute

July 31, 2016

Embassy Suites

220 West 43rd St.

Kansas City, Missouri

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About The National Alliance for Doctoral Studies in the Mathematical Sciences

Our goal is simple: we want to be sure that every un­derrepresented or under-served American student with the talent and the ambi­tion has the opportunity to earn a doctoral degree in a mathematical science.

Our commitment is to build a national community of students, faculty, and staff who will work together to transform our departments, colleges, and universities into institutions where all students are welcome. Our mentors come from a variety of schools all over the coun­try. What they all have in common is a commitment to our Alliance Scholars

For more information visit: http://mathalliance.org/

NATIONAL MATH ALLIANCE

Continued from page 1.

Since its inception in 2001, the Alliance has grown to play a vital role nationally in diversifying graduate programs in mathematics and related fields. Over the past five years, Alliance-affiliated doctoral programs accounted for roughly one-third of all Ph.D.’s awarded in the mathematical sciences to students from un-derrepresented backgrounds. Beyond increasing the numbers, the Alliance also fosters the growth of a community of mathematical scientists that promotes a diverse workforce.

“It is especially fitting that we make this announcement during the week that we celebrate the contributions of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with a keynote speech by nationally recognized expert on science and math education, Free­man A. Hrawbowski III,” said Deba Dutta, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs and diversity. “We are proud of Purdue’s Mathematics De-partment as an outstanding center for mathematical education, scholarship and research, and we look forward to working with the Alliance to contribute to a more diverse national profile of PhD’s.”

"[W]e look forward to working with the Alliance to contribute to a more diverse national profile of PhD’s."

Purdue Mathematics professor David Goldberg will serve as the Alliance’s new executive director while fellow Purdue Mathematics faculty members Edray Goins and Rodrigo Bañuelos will take on the roles of associate director and program adviser, respectively. The trio has worked for decades at Purdue to help attract and mentor students from underrepresented groups.

“Purdue’s math department has a long-standing commitment to promoting diversity, with exceptional efforts on this front by former department heads Rodrigo Bañuelos and Leonard Lipshitz, among many others,” said current mathematics department head Greg Buzzard. “This evident commitment, along with greater participation in many Alliance activities, the enthusiastic support of Purdue’s provost and the deans of the College of Science and the Graduate School, and the strong new leadership team, led to Purdue as the clear choice for the next Alliance home.“

The Alliance was founded by Phil Kutzko at the University of Iowa and has grown to national visibility in a short time. With retirement approaching, Kutz­ko and the Alliance board solicited proposals to house the Alliance at another institution. Purdue Mathematics will be the Alliance’s home at least until 2020.

“Ensuring the continued success of the Alliance is a huge responsibility and we do not take it lightly,” said Bañuelos, a longtime champion for diversity in mathematics. “It represents an enormous opportunity for us - the mathematics department, the College of Science and the university as a whole - to play a na­tional role in increasing diversity in mathematical sciences and related fields.”

“We look forward to building on the many successes of the Alliance and to deepening ties with the entire Alliance community,” Buzzard said.

Writer: Tim Brouk tbrouk@purdue.edu Sources: David Goldberg, Greg Buzzard, Edray Goins, Rodrigo Banuelos, Phil Kutzko

INDIANAPOLIS

MANUFACTURER

EXPANDS WITH HELP OF

MINORITY BUSINESS

DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

Minority businesses are playing an integral part in keeping the ‘Made in America’ product strong as the U.S. manufacturing sector continues to rise. Minority-owned manufacturing firms employ 342,000 workers and have recently grown faster than their non-minority counterparts in three areas—number of firms, employees and gross receipts.

The Minority Business Development Agency’s (MBDA) increased focus on manufacturers over the past few years is producing results. Just in the last three years, MBDA has facilitat-ed more than $3.3 billion in contracts for minority-owned manufacturing firms, making manufacturing one of the top industries for MBDA clients.

One example of this success is Hanzo Logistics, LLC in Indianapolis, Indiana. Hanzo Logistics operates a state-of-the-art warehouse and provides fulfillment management, distribution, and transportation ser-vices. Nate Ghaim, President and CEO of Hanzo Logistics, attributes the success of the manufacturing company to the collaboration with the MBDA Indianapolis Business Center.

For example, through the help from MBDA Business Center in Indianap-olis, Hanzo Logistics has been able to expand their operations. Last year, James Knight, director of the Indianapolis MBDA Business Center, facilitated a $600,000 operating line of credit as well as a $200,000 equipment line of credit to grow the business. In June 2015, Knight also facilitated a $12.5 million capital investment from Cabot Investment Group. These investments resulted in a 25% increase in revenue and enabled Hanzo to retain 69 employ-ees and hire an additional 55 new workers.

By working with the MBDA business center in Indianapolis, Hanzo Logis-tics has been able to access strate-gic business consulting and has been helped in finding secure financ-ing that allowed the company to grow in size and scale. Today, Hanzo is one of the most well-managed and tech savvy companies in Indianapolis.

MBDA is very proud of the tremen-dous achievements of minority-owned manufacturing businesses like Hanzo Logistics that help grow the national economy

Source: http://www.mbda.gov/ pressroom/success-stories/ indianapolis-manufacturer-expands-help-mdba

U.S. SECRETARY OF COMMERCE PENNY

PRITZKER HIGHLIGHTS IMPORTANCE OF

MINORITY-OWNED BUSINESSES TO

REGIONAL ECONOMIC GROWTH AND

RESTORATION IN THE GULF COAST

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker and Minority Business Develop­ment Agency (MBDA) Director Alejandra Y. Castillo hosted a roundtable with local minority business leaders in New Orleans to discuss the tremendous growth of minority-owned businesses and their impact on the local and nation­al economy. The roundtable also addressed the challenges and opportunities of doing business in the Gulf Coast as the region continues to rebuild from Hurri­canes Katrina and Rita, and the effects of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.

Last month, the Commerce Department shared the final results of the U.S. Cen­sus Bureau’s 2012 Survey of Business Owners (SBO), which found that our na-tion’s 8 million minority-owned firms are now the fastest-growing segment of our country’s business community, and contribute more than $ 1.4 trillion to our economy. In Louisiana, the 126,000 minority firms contribute more than $12 billion to the U.S. economy.

During the roundtable, Secretary Pritzker and Director Castillo heard directly from local minority business leaders about the challenges they face and how the MBDA can help firms compete, succeed, and grow. Some of the business leaders discussed the need to help new minority firms become sustainable once they initially get off the ground. Issues including access to capital, capacity building, and the opportuni­ties presented by technology were also discussed.

“As the only federal agency focused on strengthening the economic contribu-tion of our nation’s minority-owned businesses, MBDA works each day to en­sure that minority-owned businesses grow in size and scale through our 44 business centers across the nation,” said Director Castillo. “Minority businesses are a key part of the recovery and restoration in the Gulf Coast, and the New Orleans MBDA Center has greatly impacted local businesses and workers by opening doors for contracts and procurements, facilitating financial transac­tions, and helping create new jobs.”

In addition to impacting the national economy, local minority business leaders are also a critical component of ensuring the Gulf Coast comes back stronger and more vibrant than ever before. Chaired by Secretary Pritzker, the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council voted last month to adopt the final rule, which allocates funding between the five Gulf Coast States through the Spill Impact Component of the Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tour­ist Opportunities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act (RESTORE Act). These funds will support investments in actions and projects to ensure the long-term environmental health and economic prosperity of the Gulf Coast region. The RESTORE Act provides greater opportunity for minority businesses in Louisiana to aid in the repair of the ecosystem and build a strong­er economy.

NAEP— 2016 SUPPLIER DIVERSITY INSTITUTE

Supplier Diversity programs have clearly demonstrated that they build resili­ence in those institutions that have embraced the principals of inclusion. NAEP Institutes explore strategies and opportunities to engage your campus commu­nity in Supplier Diversity, and we look for holistic and integrated approaches to combine Supplier Diversity into the campus framework.

Register at: http://www.naepnet.org/?page=SuppDivInstitute 6

MENTORING: A PROVEN TOOL FOR BUILDING A MORE DYNAMIC AND DIVERSE WORKFORCE

Throughout my career, mentors changed my trajectory. Through them I met successful people who were willing to listen to my ideas— and give their advice on how to turn them into great opportunities.

Every year, my primary resolution has been to “give forward” what they gave to me, and to be a mentor. You might be pleased to know that Janu­ary is National Mentoring Month—a great reminder to all of us to reach out to someone early in his or her career.

This month reminds us of presidents past, of Dr. Martin Luther King, of service to others and the lasting im­pact we all have a chance to make in our lifetimes. And while mentoring isn’t the only solution, it is one way to build a team of fund managers and portfolio companies in the alternative investment industry that is strong and robust because of its diversity.

Take a look at this evidence:

Diverse funds out performed non-diverse competitors. Small private equity funds managed by diverse and minority investment professionals in the middle market and U.S. emerging domestic market produced better returns than the U.S. Private Equity benchmarks and Buy-Out subset from 1998-2011 according to KPMG.

Diverse teams out-innovated their peers. Companies with diversity, including inherent and acquired di­versity, were 70% likelier to report that the firm captured a new market, according to the Harvard Business Review. A team with a member who shares a client’s ethnicity was 152% likelier than another team to under­stand that client.

The fastest growing sectors are wom­en- and minority-owned business­es. New census data show that the rate of growth for women-owned em­ployer firms is three times that of men-owned employer firms and the rate of growth for total women-owned businesses is almost four times the rate of men-owned busi­ness. Similarly, between 2007-2012,

the number of minority-owned busi­nesses increased by 2.2 million, whereas the number of non-minority­owned businesses declined by 1.1 million.

Funds led by women are more likely to invest in women. Venture capital firms with female partners were 2.5 times more likely to invest in compa­nies with women on the management team according to Babson College's Diana Project.

Younger generations recognize the value of diversity. Younger genera­tions of venture capital investors, CFOs and administrators are increas­ingly more diverse than previous gen­erations (National Venture Capital Association).

It’s up to you and me to build the team. Talented women and minori­ties are there to be found in less sen­ior positions. Consider reaching out and mentoring them, and you will help improve diversity and competi­tiveness in 2016. You can:

Reverse the trend for women. Fe­male partners in venture capital firms actually declined in the last 15 years, from 10% in 1999 to just 6% in 2014 according to Babson College.

Use diversity to increase the overall success of investment funds. Just 13% of venture capital partners self-identified as minorities, and of those only 1% African American and less than 1% Latino, according to the National Venture Capital Associa­tion .

Use private organizations that have built a pipeline of qualified and diver­sified talent. This is a cost effective way to counteract a lack of diversi­ty: Toigo Fellows, SEO Alternative Investment Fellows, Gateway to Leadership Interns, Management Leadership for Tomorrow Fellows, and Kauffman Fellows.

I look forward to making new ac­quaintances in 2016 as I mentor young professionals. My colleagues, new and old, do the same. I hope you’ll join us as a mentor.

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Michele Schimpp is the Office

of Investment and Innovation's

new Deputy AA and has over 20

years of experience managing U.S.

government organizations and

start-up operations related to

global job creation, competitive­

ness and economic growth.

For more information please

visit : www.sba.gov/content/

michele-schimpp

BY: Michele Schimpp

Published: January 21, 2016

Updated: January 21, 2016

Source: https://www.sba.gov/

blogs/mentoring-proven-tool­

building-more-dynamic-and­

diverse-workforce

Business Resources

Indiana Department of

Administration—Division of

Supplier Diversity

402 W. Washington St. Rm W479

Indianapolis, IN 46204

Phone: 317-232-3061

E-mail: mwbe@idoa.in.gov

Indianapolis Department of

Minority & Women

Business Development

200 E. Washington St.

Indianapolis, IN 46204

Phone: 317-327-5262

E-mail: DMWBD@indy.gov

Indiana Department of

Transportation— Division of

Economic Opportunity

100 N. Senate Av., IGCN 750

Indianapolis, IN 46204

Phone: 317-232-5180

E-mail: indot@indot.in.gov

Indiana Small Business

Development Center—

Hoosier Heartland

Morgan Ctr. For Entrepreneurship

1201 West State Street

West Lafayette, IN 47907

Phone: 765-496-6491

E-mail: hoosierheartland@isbdc.org

Mid-States Minority Supplier

Development Council

2126 North Meridian Street

Indianapolis, IN 46202

Phone: 317-923-2110

E-mail: info@midstatesmsdc.org

National Association of

Women Business Owners—

Indianapolis

310 N. Alabama St. Suite 330

Indianapolis, IN 46204

Phone: 317-608-0250

E-mail: info@nawboindy.org

U.S. Small Business

Administration—Indiana

District Office

8500 Keystone Crossing Suite 400

Indianapolis, IN 46240

Phone: 317-226-7272

Website: www.sba.gov/in

Office of Supplier Diversity Development 401 S. Grant Street

West Lafayette, IN 47907

(765)494-3739

http://www.purdue.edu/supplierdiversity

Jesse L. Moore, Director/Catalyst Editor-in-Chief Marta Foth, Administrative Assistant

Daniel Martinez, Supplier Diversity Specialist