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About MBDA

The Minority Business Development Agency’s (MBDA) mission is to promote the growth and global competitiveness of Minority Business Enterprises (MBE) in order to unlock the country’s full economic potential.

Minority Business Enterprises Advisory Council

The Minority Business Enterprises (MBE) Advisory Council (Council) is a critical lever of MBDA’s role as a leading authority for minority business enterprises. The Council consists of 19 leaders from the public and private sector with proven experience—advancing opportunities for the businesses MBDA serves. The Council is composed of nine private sector members and one representative from each of ten Federal agencies that support business formation, including labor development, monetary policy, national security, energy, agriculture, transportation, and housing.

The Council will advise the leadership of MBDA by serving as a source of knowledge and information on developments in areas of economic and social life of the United States that affect socially or economically disadvantaged business concerns. The Council will also provide leadership with information regarding plans, programs, and activities in the public and private sectors related to socially or economically disadvantaged business concerns.

View MBEs Advisory Council Charter

  • Eric Morrissette is the Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Minority Business Development, performing the delegated duties of the Under Secretary
  • Roosevelt Holmes, Secondary Designated Federal Officer
  • Joann J. Hill, Primary Designated Federal Officer
Minority Business Enterprises Advisory Council Meeting

Minority Business Enterprises Advisory Council Meeting

Open Meeting

October 29, 2024 | 9:00AM-3:00PM

The Minority Business Enterprises Advisory Council (MBEAC) will hold a meeting to discuss the work of its four subcommittees as well as to have a topical discussion on issues pertinent to the MBEAC’s mission.

 

This meeting will be held at the Herbert Clark Hoover Building of the U.S. Department of Commerce, located at 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230. Advanced registration is required.


Federal Register Notice for MBEAC Meeting

 

For further information, contact Joann J. Hill, Primary Designated Federal Officer (DFO), Minority Business Development Agency, U.S. Department of Commerce at (202) 482-4826; e-mail: [email protected]
 

View Meeting Agenda

Previous Minority Business Enterprises Advisory Council Meetings

Private Sector Members

  • Harry E. Johnson, Sr.

    President and CEO

    The Memorial Foundation Inc.

    MBEAC Chair

    Sub-Committee:

    • Chair of Access to Capital

  • Ron Busby

    President and CEO

    U.S. Black Chambers, Inc. (USBC)

    Sub-Committee:

    • Chair, Access to Contracts

  • Janice Howroyd

    Founder and CEO

    ActOne Group

    Sub-Committee:

    • Sub-Chair, Access to Contracts

  • Ying McGuire

    CEO and President

    National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC)

    Sub-Committee:

    • Chair, Global Markets

  • Frances Perez-Wilhite

    Program Manager

    Veteran-Owned Business Development, North Carolina Military Business Center

    Sub-Committee:

    • Access to Contracts

  • Kip Ritchie

    Chief Executive Officer

    Potawatomi Business Development Corp

  • Rosa Santana

    Founder and Chief Executive Officer

    Santana Group

    Sub-Committee:

    • Access to Contracts
    • Global Markets
       

  • David Steward

    Founder and Chairman

    Worldwide Technology

    Sub-Committee:

    • Data Repository

  • Melanie Welsh

    Founder and Executive Director

    Alaska Unlimited, Alaska’s Economic Development Organization

    Sub-Committee:

    • Chair, Data Repository

Federal Agency Members

  • Carolyn Angus-Hornbuckle

    Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management

    U.S. Department of Labor

    Sub-Committee(s):

    • Access to Contracts

  • Elizabeth de León Bhargava

    Assistant Secretary for Administration

    U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

    Sub-Committee:

    • Access to Contracts

  • Mehul Parekh

    Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Government-Wide Policy

    U.S. General Services Administration

    Sub-Committee:

    • Access to Contracts
    • Data Repository

  • Mike Gibson

    Director for Supervision and Regulation

    Federal Reserve

    Sub-Committee:

    • Access to Capital
    • Data Repository

  • Isabella Guzman

    Administrator, Small Business Administration

    U.S. Small Business Administration

    Sub-Committee:

    • Access to Contracts
    • Access to Capital

  • William LaPlante

    Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment

    U.S. Department of Defense

    Sub-Committee:

    • Access to Contracts

  • Nellie Liang

    Under Secretary for Domestic Finance

    U.S. Department of Treasury

    Sub-Committee:

    • Access to Capital
    • Data Repository

  • Christopher Coes

    Acting, Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy in the Office of the Secretary

    U.S. Department of Transportation

    Sub-Committee:

    • Access to Contracts
    • Access to Capital

  • Geri Richmond

    Under Secretary for Science and Innovation

    U.S. Department of Energy

    Sub-Committee:

    • Global Markets
    • Data Repository

  • Malcom Shorter

    Assistant Secretary for Administration

    U.S. Department of Agriculture

    Sub-Committee:

    • Access to Contracts
    • Global Markets
    • Access to Capital