1445 MARKET STREET, SUITE 310 :: DENVER, CO 80202 :: Phone 303.623.3037 :: Fax (303) 595-0027
Belinda Hooks
Director of Operations
Tanya Perea
Certification Coordinator
The article below is reprinted from the Summer 2011 edition of InTouch, the RMMSDC's monthly ezine.
Serving Since 1974
Message from Stan Sena, President & CEO
The Rocky Mountain Minority Supplier Development Council
The Rocky Mountain MSDC now operates a MBDA Minority Business Center
Denver, Colorado - April 29, 2011
Spring connections continue in abundance. If you were with us on April 20, 2011 at the Business Opportunity Fair, you know how excited we are to continue this abundance that The Rocky Mountain MSDC shares with its corporate members and Minority Business Enterprise constituents that now includes funding for a Minority Business Development Administration-sponsored Minority Business Center (MBDA MBC) This exciting new opportunity arrives not only with the promise of minority small business abundance but also with the assurance of the ability of the Rocky Mountain MSDC to expand its services to minority businesses in Colorado and throughout the Rocky Mountain region.
"The Rocky Mountain MSDC is committed to creating opportunities for companies, large or small, to meet and work together toward their mutual success and economic growth. This is in sync with our mission to drive the growth of minority business enterprises through business relationships with corporations, government, academic entities, and others." Stan Sena
With our heritage as a catalyst for economic growth during the past 37 years, the Rocky Mountain MSDC continues to offer new and innovative events, services, programs and information that support the success of our certified minority-owned businesses and corporate members. For example, the Rocky Mountain MSDC is increasing its corporate membership across all industries and for all sizes of businesses. We are leveraging marketing and communications more fully to help our certified MBEs and corporate members take advantage of the myriad benefits of our programs and services.
The backbone of such initiatives and growth is an impressive and cohesive Board of Directors comprised of twenty (21) leaders representing every industry and size of business in the metro Denver area and Colorado. Please meet our dynamic Board of Directors here.
We are already poised for optimal and self sustainable organization, which means that we are equipped to provide the services and achieve the mission of MBDA funded centers.
Our services will include (but not be limited to):
Client Consulting
Training
Financial Packaging
Certification Assistance
Market Opportunity Reserarch
MBE Advocacy
Connecting with the MBE community at large
Financing
Bonding Assistance
Procurement and Contracting Assistance
Business to Business Matchmakers
Access Opportunity Meeting with Corporate Members
Mini trade fair
Annual Business Opportunity Fair and Trade Show
"The approach of the Rocky Mountain MSDC to brokering contract opportunities rests in the consistency and frequency in which we bring buyers and suppliers in direct contact. Our value to our clients lies in our ability to broker relationships over time that lead to trust-based, respectiful and mutually beneficial business arrangements." Stan Sena
Finally, with the new opportunities available to the Rocky Mountain MSDC as an MBDA Minority Business Center, I encourage you to keep apace with the Rocky Mountain MSDC as we increase the opportunities that we bring to you.
Stan Sena
Stan Sena
Brenda Lucero
Special Projects Coordinator & Administrative Assistant
