A historical show filled with crucial data for government contracting. This show provides the strategies and collective information used to ensure successful Black prime and subprime contractors. James Posey as host and Amber simplifying a trove of information and Ed providing significant solutions and ways to work as a collective.
FULL SHOW FREE 4th Day of Kwanzaa Only
SHOW CLIPS
The Full Show Building Black Wealth and Success in Government Contracting December 29th, the 4th Day of Kwanzaa - Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics).
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This is the most important show on the internet on the topic of Building Black Wealth and Success in Government Contracting...
A historical show filled with crucial data for government contracting. This show provides the strategies and collective information used to ensure successful Black prime and subprime contractors. James Posey as host and Amber simplifying a trove of information and Ed providing significant solutions and ways to work as a collective.
SEGMENTS
You know our show - everything is broken down by the usual segments:.
Business, Education, Culture, Entertainment.
TOPICS COVERED ON THE FULL SHOW
-Diversity Program Innovations
-Building Capacity within DBE Programming
-Workforce
-Strategies on Getting Bonded
-DBE Programs
-What is a Diversity Coordinator?
-The I-5 Rose Quarter Improvement Project
-Raimore Construction an Example of Quality Success
-Doing Great Work and Getting Bigger Steady Work
-Black Companies Building Relationships
-Prime and Subprime Company Opportunities
-Successful Strategies
-Working Together Across the Country
-Making Our Communities Economically Wealthy
Expert Guests:
Amber Ontiveros is president of Ontiveros and Associates, LLC., a woman and minority-owned small business headquartered in Portland, OR. Amber’s training and experience spans two decades working with public agencies to improve their civil rights programs. Prior to creating the Ontiveros firm, Amber served as senior policy advisor to the Obama Administration at the US Department of Transportation on civil rights matters. She and her team rewrote federal laws pertaining to Title VI, Equal Employment Opportunity, Environmental Justice, and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise contracting programs. She is also the main author of guidance and national training on how to measure Title VI disparate impact discrimination in transportation. She has investigated several notable civil rights cases across the country and brought agencies into compliance with federal law. Nationally she is considered an expert in Title VI, Title VII, and DBE regulations.
Edward Gaston is the Founder & Chief Operating Officer at Wealth Watchers based in Jacksonville, Florida. The mission of Wealth Watchers Inc. is to build viable communities by expanding the knowledge of low-to-moderate income individuals for the purpose of understanding the importance of basic finance and the accumulation of wealth. Ed's experience in finance and wealth is vast. Some of the positions he has held are as follows: Community Development Florida Officer (North) Wachovia Securities, First Union National Bank Community Development Florida Officer (North), Microsoft Community Lending Specialist, Bank of America Community Lending Specialist. Also was a U.S. Department of Energy Presidential Management Fellow.
