and the Minority Enterprise Coalition of Los Angeles created the Southern California Regional Purchasing Coun- cils, a non-profit public benefit corpo- ration and predecessor to Southern California Minority Business Develop- ment Council.
About SCMBDC
Southern California Minority Busi-
tive Office of Shenzhen, China; Orange County Transportation Authority; Port of Long Beach; Port of Los Angeles; Raytheon Company, Regional Hispan- ic Chamber of Commerce; Robert Half International; San Diego Regional Mi- nority Supplier Development council; Select Source International (SSI); Small Business Administration; Software House International (SHI); Southwest Gas; Staples; State Farm Insurance; Sun Engineering Services, Inc.; The Healthy Bean; Titan Foods; Turner Construc- tion; Tyloon; U.S. Bank; UNCF; Univer- sity of Phoenix; University of Southern California; UPS; Valley Economic De- velopment Center, Wal-Mart Stores; Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. and 1st PMF Bancorp. Later in the day, MBEs who made one-on-one appointments in advance, met with corporate buyers from such companies as Bentley Prince Street, California Water Association, Kaiser Permanente, Metropolitan Water Dis- trict, NBC Universal and The Walt Dis- ney Company. Joe Marquez, who owns Marquez
Cable Systems and met with Disney, says, “I’ve tried to set up appointments with other companies but haven’t had calls returned. Having an appointment doesn’t guarantee anything, but it puts me in front of someone.” Adds Javier Vergara of Perfect
Building Maintenance, “California Wa- ter Association is looking for janitorial
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services so I hope my meeting will pro- vide my business with new opportuni- ties.”
Background on MBOD
The first Minority Business Oppor-
tunity Day was held by the Los Ange- les Chamber of Commerce in 1969 as a way to introduce corporate and gov- ernment purchasing agents to minority business owners who could provide goods and services to the local commu- nity. It soon became an annual event, attracting more corporations and mi- nority businesses. In 1975, the chamber
ness Development Council, the re- gion’s leading minority business ad- vocacy organization, represents the interests of more than 600,000 minority businesses in its 13-county service area in Southern California. In addition to serving certified minority businesses, the council provides its nearly 200 corporate members access to qualified minority suppliers representing highly diverse businesses, both in ethnicity and in products and services. Head- quartered in Los Angeles and one of 37 regional councils in the National Mi- nority Supplier Development Council network, its mission is “to support and develop minority business enterprises to compete and succeed in the open market.” SCMBDC has made a posi- tive impact in the minority business community since its founding in 1975. For more information, visit
www.scmbdc.org
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