Business Beyond Barriers Conference + Expo 2023

THIS EVENT OCCURRED ON:

Thursday, June 29, 2023
8am - 5pm
SoFi Stadium

It takes a team. It takes mentors. It takes dreamers and doers. Cheerleaders and challengers. Groundbreakers and difference makers. It takes people who are changing more than the game … they’re changing the score. Winning Together.

EVENT SCHEDULE:
7 am: Registration Opens
8 am: Power Breakfast & MBE Fast Pitch
9 am-12 pm: Workshops and Matchmaking
12 pm-2 pm: Supplier of the Year Award Luncheon
2 pm-5 pm: Exhibit Fair

WORKSHOP SCHEDULE:
9:15 am – 10 am — Workshop #1: 
Raising the Game: Corporate Members Leading the Way

Moderator: Memo Kahn, CEO, PromoShop
Panelists: Ken Ashford, Principal Public Affairs Representative, Metropolitan Water District
Holley Joy, Program Manager, Supplier Diversity, Liberty Utilities
Vicky Harper-Hall, Sector Manager, Socio-Economic and Government Relations, Northrop Grumman  

10:15 am – 11 am — Workshop #2: 
Beyond the Portal: Building Successful Corporate/MBE Relationships 

Moderator: Bonnie Nijst, CEO, FIDGET Branding
Panelists: Vanessa Torres, VP, Diverse, Woman & Veteran Owned Businesses, JPMorgan Chase
Flora Mayer, Manager, Supplier Diversity, City of Hope
Daretta Whitfield, Director, Supplier Diversity, Charter Communications

11:15 am – 12  pm — Workshop #3: 
Winning Together: Unleashing the Power of MBE-to-MBE Spend

Moderator: Kirby Hays, CEO, Hal Hays Construction
Anita Ron, CEO, Briteworks
Elizabeth Martinez, Meruelo Enterprises
Fiddy Hakim, CEO, En Pointe IT Solutions

SOTY Nominees and Winners 2023

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SPONSORS

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EXHIBITORS

Asian Business Association of Los Angeles

Asian Business Association of Orange County

Amazon

AmmMmm Inc.

Burns & McDonnell Engineering

City of Hope

Comcast NBCUniversal

DiversityComm

En Pointe IT Solutions

Hal Hays Construction

Healthcare Staffing Professionals

American Honda Motor Company

Innovate Marketing Group

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Mailing Pros Inc.

Meruelo Enterprises

Metropolitan Water District

Northrop Grumman

Philatron

PromoShop

Rocket Science Branding

Small Business Diversity Network

SoCalGas

Southern California Edison

Venturelynk Financial

Veterans in Business Network