MBEIC Awards Prgm 2019

MBEIC SUCCESS AWARDS PROGRAM

CBOF.CHICAGOMSDC.ORG @CHICAGOMSDC

MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISE INPUT COMMITTEE/CHICAGOMSDC
SUCCESS AWARDS PROGRAM

OPENING NBC 5

WELCOME LaTonya Fourte’-Lyles Vice-Chairman of the ChicagoMSDC Board of Directors
Sr. Manager, Supplier Diversity, Health Care Service Corporation
Shelia Morgan, President & CEO, ChicagoMSDC, Inc.

Presented at the Sponsors Breakfast
CORPORATION OF THE YEAR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Charles Matthews, President & CEO Emmett Vaughn

Peoples Energy Exelon

DOLORES SAXTON WALKER SCHOLARSHIP PRESENTED AT MBEIC AWARDEE LUNCH

PRESENTATION OF OUTSTANDING CONTRACTING EXECUTIVES AWARDS
Jimmy Akintonde, Chairperson, CBOF 52 MBEIC Awards Reception/Dinner

Michael Cabrera Michael Landers
Manager, Diverse Business Empowerment Vice President

EXELON SODEXOMAGIC

PRESENTATION OF OUTSTANDING BUYER OF THE YEAR AWARDS
Jimmy Akintonde, Chairperson, CBOF 52 MBEIC Awards Reception/Dinner

Darryl Daisey Mark Fehlberg Jon Maples Charles Mayfield
EXELON U OF CHGO SCHOOLS CHGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS CHGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

MINORITY SUPPLIER OF THE YEAR CLASS I MINORITY BUSINESS IMPACT AWARD
Marcelo Oliver - President Senator Martin Sandoval - State Senator 11th Senate

Body Scientific International District
State of Illinois
MINORITY SUPPLIER OF THE YEAR CLASS II
Greg Bush - President and CEO ANDERS C. RASMUSSEN, JR. AWARD
Kristine Fallon Assoc. - KFA, Inc. Shondra Watson Wilson - Manager, Diversity Programs

MINORITY SUPPLIER OF THE YEAR CLASS III Chicago Transit Authority
Brian Ortiz - Founder & President
Trinidad Construction “Maye Foster Thompson”
MINORITY BUSINESS ADVOCATE AWARD
MINORITY SUPPLIER OF THE YEAR CLASS IV
Jimmy Akintonde - President & CEO Michelle Flagg - President
UJAMAA Construction Redacre Solutions

KEYNOTE Henry Childs, II Nationl Director, MBDA

CLOSING Shelia Morgan President & CEO, ChicagoMSDC

Corporation Lifetime
of the Year Achievement
Award
Charles Matthews
Emmett Vaughn
President
Exelon
PEOPLES ENERGY

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52nd ANNUAL CHICAGO BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY FAIR SPONSORS

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Speaker
Henry Childs, II

National Director
MBDA

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2019 MBEIC SHARING SUCCESS AWARDEES

Corporation of the Year The SUCCESS AWARD was created to honor the Chief Executive Officer
Charles Matthews of a major buying organization who has made extraordinary strides in
championing supplier diversity within their corporations or government
President agencies. We are pleased to bestow this year’s honor upon Charles
Matthews, President and Chief Executive Officer of Peoples Energy. In
PEOPLES ENERGY this role, Matthews oversees the daily operations, strategy, growth and
administrative activities of WEC Energy Group’s two Illinois utilities that
collectively provide natural gas service to nearly one million customers
in the city of Chicago and 54 communities within the northern suburbs.

Matthews possesses more than thirty years of energy industry experience
in operations,finance, marketing, risk management and mergers and
acquisitions. Prior to taking the helm at Peoples Energy, Matthews spent
nine years in executive and leadership positions at WE Energies and
served as Senior Vice President - Wholesale Energy and Fuels and
Customer Solutions. While at WE Energies, Matthews was responsible
for procurement of natural gas, coal and other commodities uses in
electric generation, long-term wholesale marketing activities, and the
management of the relationships with the company’s largest commercial
and industrial customers.

The 2019 SUCCESS AWARD recipient is committed to community service.
He is a member of the Board of Directors of Chicago Urban League,
Economic Club of Chicago, Chicago United and the Civic Committee of
the Commercial Club of Chicago and other leadership organizations in
Chicago and nationally.

2019 LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

With a career spanning 30 years, Emmett Vaughn’s outstanding body
of work, significant contracting accomplishments, substantial real
community and civic impact with his enduring influence make him a
champion for diverse business empowerment and supplier diversity.
We are proud to honor Emmett with the Chicago Minority Supplier
Development Council Lifetime Achievement Award.

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Emmett Vaughn

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State Senator Martin A. Sandoval of the 11th District is a long-time advocate for
education, public safety and the Hispanic community. He began his public service
career with appointed positions at the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S.
Department of Veterans Affairs and ten years at the United States Environmental
Protection Agency. He also served as a leader in various labor unions. He was the
first Latino appointed to the position of the Commissioner of the Water Reclamation
District of Greater Chicago through a bipartisan appointment between then-
Republican Governor George Ryan and then-Mayor Richard M. Daley.

Sandoval was elected to the Illinois State Senate in 2003. He has supported
important causes such as local schools funding, supplier diversity, and funding
for breast cancer detection. Now serving his 6th term as Senate Majority Caucus
Whip, Sandoval is also Chairman of the Illinois Senate Transportation Committee
and Subcommittee on Capital, Chairman of the Special Committee on Supplier
Minority Business Impact Award Diversity. As chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee, Sandoval provides
Senator Martin Sandoval leadership for the improvement of Illinois’ multifaceted transportation system in
State Senator 11th Senate District coordination with other state and federal agencies.

State of Illinois

The Anders Rasmussen, Jr. Award was named in honor of the late Anders
Rasmussen, Jr., a former AT&T executive who “set the standards” for effective
minority business utilization programs for Fortune 500 corporations and public-
sector buying organizations. Shondra Watson-Wilson has nearly twenty years of
experience as a dedicated business diversity professional.

Prior to her current position at the Chicago Transit Authority, she worked for
the Minority Business Development Agency of the United States Department of
Commerce and was the Director of Certification for the Chicago Minority Supplier
Development Council, Inc. Shondra exemplifies the high standards for supplier
diversity advocacy and utilization that were set by Rasmussen and other diverse
business champions.

Anders C. Rasmussen Jr., Award

Shondra Watson Wilson

Manager, Diversity Programs
Chicago Transit Authority

The Minority Business Advocate Award was named in recognition of Maye Foster-
Thompson, a former Executive Director of CMBDC (now ChicagoMSDC) and a
champion of business diversity. Michelle D. Flagg exemplifies the rationale for
which this award was created. She is dedicated to doing the research, advocacy
and coaching required to ensure diverse business participation on projects in
which she is involved.

Flagg is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), complemented with
ten years of real estate law and relevant real estate industry experience. Her
commitment to diversity dates back to her college days and has grown with her
professional experience and knowledge.

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Minority Business Advocate Award

Michelle Flagg

President
Redacre Solutions

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MINORITY SUPPLIERS OF THE YEAR

Minority-owned businesses are integral to the growth and development of the American
economy. They provide exemplary goods and services, create and stimulate meaningful
employment and contribute exponentially to America’s tax base. Their educational
backgrounds, mastery of technology and their practical experience make for the most
qualified and diverse business community in America’s history. Today, we recognize
their extraordinary strides and, at the same time, salute them for their tremendous role in
promoting business diversity as an integral part of the American economy.

Marcelo V. Oliver is Owner and Manager of Body Scientific International, a medical
illustration and education design firm for Medical Publishing, Anatomical Model
Development, International Business Development, Tissue Procurement for BioSkills,
Project Management and Implementation. He is an expert in medical and patient
education and an expert in managing production in China (ten years of experience).
Oliver said, “We provide the strategic direction and management for the company.
We currently provide medical illustration services for the largest medical publishers
and pharmaceutical companies in the United States. Our patient education products
are sold in over 30 countries.”

Oliver is directly responsible for international business development and maintenance
in Asia, the Middle East and South America.

Class I

Marcelo Oliver

President
Body Scientific International

Gregory A Bush Jr is president and chief executive officer of Kristine Fallon
Associates Inc. Bush has more than 20 years of experience in computer software
and support services, in addition to WEB-BASE PROGRAM MANAGEMENT and
PROJECT MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM implementations for large
capital improvement program and project management expertise. Bush has hands
on experience managing large scales information technology systems and big
data collaborations and delivery solutions.

Class II As CEO, Bush seeks to pursue innovative uses of information systems. Additionally,
he thrives on being an information technologist and has a passion for the power
Greg Bush of data. According to Bush, “The ability to analyze and take action on data is
increasingly important to KFA’s clients. Data, its visualization to provide performance
President and CEO feedback and decision support and its re-purposing for downstream use are the
Kristine Fallon Assoc. - KFA, Inc. future.” Bush plans to raise KFA to the next level by being an innovator of new
uses and delivery methods of data for A/E/C and other types of industries seeking
innovative technology solutions.

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MINORITY SUPPLIERS OF THE YEAR

Based on sales, the firms were selected according to the following categories:

Class I Sales – Up to $1 Million Class II Sales - $1 Million to $10 Million

Class III Sales – $10 Million to $50 Million Class IV Sales – Over $50 Million

Supplier Diversity means one thing to me – opportunity,” said Ortiz. “The event is not
called the Chicago Business Set-Aside Fair or the Chicago Business Requirement
Fair. The Chicago Business Opportunity Fair (CBOF), CMSDC and NMSDC are about
creating Opportunity. I started the business in 2011 with the goal of becoming a
Tier 1 general contractor to large corporate clients.

In each case, supplier diversity was the door opener that allowed us to have a
conversation - an opportunity we would not have received without clients that
believe in supplier diversity. In the eight plus years we have built an impressive list
of corporate clients including ComEd, NICOR Gas, Walgreens, Mondelez, Macy’s,
Peoples Gas, Chick-Fil-A, McDonald’s, Harrah’s, DaVita Health Care, JP Morgan
Chase and many other major clients.

Class III

Brian Ortiz

Founder & President
Trinidad Construction

Class IV As President and Chief Executive Officer of Ujamaa Construction, Akintonde leads
a team of construction professionals, consultants and business partners who
Jimmy Akintonde successfully operate UJAMAA Construction, a fast-growing general contracting
and construction management firm. Since the firm’s inception in 2002, he has
President & CEO diversified the business operations to serve the healthcare, institutional, retail,
UJAMAA Construction commercial and multi-family construction markets. Akintonde’s vision for the firm
is to provide exceptional construction services in a socially-responsible manner.
This community-based, client-focused approach has earned the firm the respect,
trust and business from clients in varying markets across the Midwest.

Currently, more than two-thirds of the firm’s business is attributed to repeat clients.
Akintonde grew the business from a single employee to over sixty people with
over $65 million in collective revenue in 2017. The company is currently part of
the Lakeside Alliance, builders of the Barack Obama Library.

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OUTSTANDING CONTRACTING EXECUTIVES

Michael Landers Michael J. Landers is Vice President for SodexoMagic Schools, North America.
With his deep industry expertise in hospitality and construction management,
Vice President he provides best-in-class integrated facilities management solutions to support
SODEXOMAGIC student achievement at over 300 Chicago Public Schools. With his team of 85
diverse facilities management professionals, he oversees the complete building
operations and activities of over 2,500 employees, maintaining more than 34
million square feet of Chicago Public Schools sites. Management services include
engineering, custodial, pest control, landscaping, snow-ice removal, fire and life
safety, grounds keeping, elevator and other vertical transportation, water treatment,
small construction and energy and utility expense management.

With his “grow local business” approach, Landers cultivates strong supplier
relationships with small, women- and minority-owned facilities management firms
located in Chicago. These relationships represent over 85% of Sodexo’s vendor
spend on facilities services provided at Chicago Public Schools. Prior to joining
SodexoMAGIC, Landers served as Director of Global Catering Operations and
Logistics for United Airlines in Chicago, Illinois.

Michael J. Cabrera is Manager, Diverse Business Empowerment for Exelon
Corporation. In this role, Cabrera serves as the lead for ComEd’s Supplier Diversity
Program with internal and external stakeholders such as business unit stakeholders,
supply leadership and key management, legislative and regulatory agencies and
supplier diversity advocacy groups. He provides governance and oversight of a
Supplier Diversity Process that reflects Exelon’s diverse customer base and the
communities they serve while ensuring the compliance with Federal, State and
City requirements. Cabrera’s leadership and direction has resulted in $718 million
in diverse spend in 2018 and year-over-year growth from 36% in 2017 to 39%
in 2018.

Michael Cabrera In 2018, ComEd and Exelon received the SUCCESS AWARD from the Minority
Business Committee of ChicagoMSDC. It was the first time that two corporations
Manager, received the award which recognized ComEd and Exelon’s history of successfully
Diverse Business Empowerment partnering with diverse businesses. Cabrera is a member of the Board of Directors
of ChicagoMSDC, Catholic Education Foundation, St. John the Baptist School
EXELON and U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.

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Daryl Daisey has been a Principal Category Manager for Exelon in Philadelphia
since 2015. Exelon is the Fortune 100 parent company for ComEd, PECO, Delmarva
Power, PECO, Baltimore Gas and Electric and Atlantic City Electric, among other
energy-related companies. While at Dade Bearing and American Water, he created
the business case, formalized and managed supplier diversity programs for two
organizations.

At Exelon, he manages the enterprise-wide supplemental labor category, which
includes the Management Services Program (MSP) for staff augmentation resources.
Over the last three years, he has assisted in the leadership of the program that has
resulted in a significant increase in Tier II diverse spending for the entire program.

Darryl Daisey

Principal Category Manager
EXELON

Mark Fehlberg is the Executive Director for Procurement Services at the University
of Chicago. Fehlberg joined the University in 2010 and is responsible for overseeing
all aspects of the procurement function for the university. Prior to arriving at the
University, he served 20 years in a variety of roles in supply chain management with
Motorola, Pfizer and Monsanto. Fehlberg earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Business
Administration from Valparaiso University and an MBA from Northwestern University.

In his current role, Fehlberg is actively involved in setting policy and goals for the
University’s procurement function including the engagement of diverse, local and
small businesses. Through the unique leadership role that the University has as an
anchor institution on the mid-South Side of Chicago, Fehlberg is able to participate
in and contribute to a substantial number of initiatives that help strengthen the
University’s relationship with diverse suppliers.

Mark Fehlberg

Executive Director, Procurement Services
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO SCHOOLS

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Maples said, “Chicago Public Schools educates 361,000 students. Eighty
percent are economically disadvantaged and ninety percent are ethnic minority.
A stable and supportive home environment is key to our students’ success. If
their parents are unemployed or underemployed, there are fewer resources in
their homes to support their educational needs. Moreover, if jobs are scarce
in the students’ communities, they could see less benefit in excelling in their
studies and working toward their diplomas.

Our goal at Chicago Public Schools is seeking to increase diverse business
participation is a matter of economic equity. The talent is everywhere. The
opportunity is not. Our work at CPS is to ensure that ALL our students attain
their full potential.”

Jon Maples

Chief Procurement Officer
CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Charles Mayfield is a dynamic professional with extensive experience in
Procurement and Supply Chain Operations. He is a proven leader in spend
management up to $5 billion, 6,000 suppliers and fifty buyers. In his role as
Director of Procurement, Mayfield oversees $2 billion in contracting spend
compliance for 600+ schools, Chicago Public Schools headquarters and satellite
offices. He successfully manages the top 200+ suppliers in the “Keep Improving
District Services” (KIDS) Program, and identified and executed $22MM+ in
savings, rebates, internships and philanthropic services.

Mayfield works closely with the Diversity Office to match minority- and women-
owned businesses to prime supplier contracting opportunities to increase
overall diversity participation. He maximized productivity by restructuring the
Procurement Department, adding 10 positions to meet sourcing needs, increase
productivity, morale and customer satisfaction.

Charles Mayfield

Procurement Director
CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

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THE 2019 DOLORES SAXTON-WALKER SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS

The late Dolores Saxton-Walker was a successful entrepreneur who worked diligently on
behalf of the mission of ChicagoMSDC. She understood the importance of developing
future entrepreneurs by supporting students with the potential to join the entrepreneurial
ranks. MBEIC established the Dolores Saxton-Walker Scholarship Fund in honor of her
commitment to develop future business and government leaders.

The 2019 recipients epitomize the talents that are critical to successful entrepreneurship
and citizenship. Following are the 2019 Dolores Saxton-Walker Scholarship Recipients:

Emily Aguado Gabrielle Calderon Caleb Joshua Cecil

Senior - John Hancock College Senior - Kenwood High School Senior - Marian High School
Preparatory High School

Jada Daniel Dominique Ewing Daniel Gay

Senior - Gwendolyn Brooks High School Senior - Kenwood High School Senior - Lindblom Math & Science Academy

Jonathan Lee Makahi Hubbard-Munir Gabriel Tejeda

Senior - Northside Preparatory High School Senior - Morgan Park High School Senior - Hubbard High School

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