The New York & New Jersey Minority Supplier Development Council Presents 2009 Partnership Awards

Dec. 3, 2009 - PRLog -- NEW YORK, NY --The New York & New Jersey Minority Supplier Development Council (The Council) honored outstanding business partnerships between minority entrepreneurs, Fortune 500 companies and government agencies at the Partnership Awards Gala on November 13 at the New York Marriott Marquis.

The “National Corporation of the Year Award” was presented to Turner Construction Corporation. Bank of New York Mellon was honored with the “Regional Corporation of the Year Award.” Susan Hogan, manager, Supplier Diversity, Public Service Enterprise Group Inc (PSEG) received the “Coordinator of the Year Award.” The Council’s first “Agency of the Year Award” went to The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey.  Jonah Cooper, Jr., president, Worldwide Virtual Academy Inc and director, Business Development, Rutgers University, earned the first “Chairman’s Award.”

“We at Turner are tremendously blessed and honored to receive ‘The National Corporation Of Year Award.’ We accept the award not for personal aggrandizement, but as a vote of confidence to expand our Minority Women Business Enterprise program to higher heights,” said Hilton O. Smith, senior vice president, Corporate and Community Affairs, Turner Construction Company, and The Council’s chairman.  

“Although we are now living in a challenging economic period, there are opportunities for small business to excel and grow—as witnessed by our minority business winners,” said Lynda Ireland, president and CEO, The Council. “We would like to congratulate all our corporate members.  Even in this difficult economy, they understand the bottom line value and quality of utilizing minority businesses.”

The “Supplier of the Year” awards went to two accomplished New Jersey minority women-owned businesses. The “Class II” winner was Beverly White, founder and president, BKW Transformation Group, a management-consulting firm. The “Class IV” winner was Ranjini Poddar, co-founder and president, Artech Information Systems, the nation’s second largest minority-owned IT staffing company.  

DeMarco Morgan, anchor/reporter, WNBC-TV New York hosted the gala.  The corporate chair was Tina Motley, manager, Purchasing and Supplier Diversity, Bloomingdale’s and the MBE chair was Daniel Sung Park, president and CEO, eclaro International Inc. and chairman of The Council’s Minority Business Enterprise Input Committee. Gold sponsors were Con Edison, PepsiCo, Prudential and Public Service Enterprise Group.

The New York & New Jersey Minority Supplier Development Council, the National Minority Supplier Development Council’s 2008 “Council of the Year,” has approximately 200 corporate members and 1,300 certified minority businesses. Its jurisdiction spans from Albany, New York to Trenton, New Jersey.
            
For more information on the New York & New Jersey Minority Supplier Development Council, please call 212-502-5663 or visit the website at www.nynjmsdc.org.


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Corporate winners of NY & NJ Minority Supplier Development Council 2009 Partnership Awards

(L-R) Gala corporate chair Tina Motley, Bloomingdale’s; Lynda Ireland, president/CEO The Council; Susan Hogan, Public Service Enterprise Group Inc (PSEG); MBE chair Daniel Sung Park, eclaro; Lash Green, Port Authority of New York & New Jersey; Hilton Smith, Turner Construction; Jonah Cooper, Jr., Worldwide Virtual Academy Inc/Rutgers;  DeMarco Morgan, anchor/ reporter, WNBC-TV New York (MC); Jack Lane,  Bank of New York Mellon

PHOTO CREDIT:  Tyrone Rasheed

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About New York & New Jersey Minority Supplier Development Council: The rich ethnic diversity of the New York – New Jersey region is reflected in the 1,300 minority entrepreneurs certified by the New York & New Jersey Minority Supplier Development Council. This includes African-American, Asian Indian-American, Asian Pacific-American, Hispanic-American and Native-American businesses with annual revenues ranging from $100,000 to $3 billion. The Council has approximately 200 corporate members, which comprise some of America’s largest and influential Fortune 500 corporations, government agencies and educational institutions. Its jurisdiction encompasses the New York City metro area, Downstate New York (Albany and below) and Northern and Central New Jersey including Trenton. The Council, which has headquarters in Manhattan and an office in Newark, NJ, is an affiliate of the National Minority Supplier Development Council.