IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday June 21, 2011
 
MBRT Presents Fortune 500 Corporate Leadership Award to Bill Weldon, CEO Johnson & Johnson and Special Supplier Diversity Leadership Recognition to Ruben Taborda VP Procurement/Supplier Diversity at CEO Summit & Annual Meeting for Small and Minority Businesses -June 21-22, 2011

• Over 180 CEO’s representing small, minority, women, veteran, HUBZone, and veteran disabled business owners attended the CEO Summit to discuss accessing federal contracts with officials from top procurement agencies-DOD, VA, HHS, NASA, DOE, and DHS
• Bill Weldon, CEO Johnson & Johnson accepted the Fortune 500 Corporate Leadership Award on behalf of the Johnson & Johnson team and commended Ruben Taborda
• Other Keynote Speakers included Cabinet Members Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health & Human Services and Hilda Solis, Secretary of Labor
• Special Award recognition was given to Ruben Taborda VP Medical Device Procurement Officer/Supplier Diversity Johnson & Johnson for his leadership for achieving over $1 billion in contracts with small, minority and women owned businesses
• Top Presidential Advisors from the White House discussed Administration priorities to increase federal contracts
• Policy & Politics Business Forum hosted by Senator Mary Landrieu Chairman Senate Small Business Committee featured presentations from Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Chief Counsel’s from House and Senate Small Business Committee Chairmen

Washington, D.C. –This year MBRT presented its Fortune 500 Corporate Leadership Award to Bill Weldon Chairman & CEO, Johnson & Johnson for their outstanding milestone of achieving over $1 Billion in contracts with small, minority and women owned businesses at its luncheon on June 21, 2011. Also receiving special recognition was Ruben Taborda for leading the Johnson & Johnson procurement and supplier diversity team. “This is a remarkable achievement and Johnson & Johnson should be commended for their outstanding hard work to incorporate small, minority and women owned companies in their business solutions”, said Roger A. Campos, President & CEO. “They are now a significant supplier diversity leader in the healthcare industry serving America’s underserved communities through job creation.”  

“Small businesses are central to America’s economic future.  With joblessness at an all time high, Congress should provide these job creators and entrepreneurs with every tool available to help them grow their businesses and get people back to work.  The Minority Business Round Table is a key organization that supports small business activity in this country and I look forward to working with them in the future.”....House Republican Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA)

“We need to expand opportunities for minority business owners. As a member of the Senate Small Business Committee, I am committed to working with the members of the Minority Business RoundTable to ensure minority businesses have the opportunities to succeed and grow.”….Senator  Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD)

About the Minority Business RoundTable:

The Minority Business RoundTable is the only national non-profit organization for CEOs of the nation's leading African-American, Asian-American, Hispanic-American, Native-American and other minority-owned businesses. Its members analyze and help formulate effective public policies that impact minority-owned business.  Our corporate members work to create sustainable communities and national economic viability through successful partnerships.
 
The Minority Business RoundTable is proud to have Johnson & Johnson, Glaxco Smith Kline, National Cable & Telecommunications Association, Equifax, the Allegis Group and Aerotek, Inc., IMPAC Real Estate Holdings, the Business Roundtable, an association of chief executive officers of the country’s leading corporations, U.S. Small Business Administration, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Department of Commerce, Minority Business Development Agency and other federal agencies, corporations and business trade groups as strategic partners.  For more information on the Minority Business RoundTable, please visit www.mbrt.net.
 
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