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"Participation in SCMBDC has allowed me to meet key personnel from major corporations with whom we have been trying to reach. Involvement in trade fairs, dinners and seminars has allowed me to mingle in a casual manner with corporate diversity managers whose jobs are to assist MBEs do business with their companies."
Leonard Ortiz,
Novacoat

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SCMBDC President John W. Murray Jr. featured in the LA Times
Southern California Minority Business Development Council exists to help minority-owned firms grow and prosper by offering minority business certification, opportunities to network and gain contracts with major corporations, access to loans and health insurance and more, according to a June 23, 2008 article in the Los Angeles Times. Read the article featuring an interview with Council President John W. Murray Jr. <

NMSDC President To Retire In 2009
NEW YORK, New York – May 21, 2008 – Harriet R. Michel, president of the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC), today announced that she will retire after 20 years of service effective January 31, 2009. Ms. Michel was named president of NMSDC in September 1988.<

Aeronet Logistics Focuses on Client Solutions
LOS ANGELES, April 17, 2008 – In the three years that Aeronet Logistics, Inc. (ALI) has been in existence, the Santa Ana, Calif.-based company has faced some tough challenges: a 2006 fire from a nearby warehouse torched Aeronet’s roof, causing damage to the alarm and electrical wiring system, and heavy winds in 2007 resulted in extensive building repairs. <

SCMBDC Announces 2008 Seminars for Minority Entrepreneurs
LOS ANGELES, February 12, 2008
Southern California Minority Business Development Council (SCMBDC), the region’s largest minority business advocacy organization, will be holding a number of workshops and seminars aimed at helping minority entrepreneurs manage and grow their businesses.

SCMBDC to Hold Minority Business Opportunity Day on Feb. 21 in Industry Hills
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 30, 2008 – Southern California Minority Business Development Council, the region’s largest nonprofit minority business advocacy organization, will hold its 39th annual Minority Business Opportunity Day (MBOD) on February 21 at the Pacific Palms Conference Resort, One Industry Hills Parkway in Industry Hills. <

RMI Offers Customer-Focused Security Services
With operations in 15 states and more than $20 million in annual sales, RMI International is far from a mom-and-pop operation. But CEO and President Rick Rodriguez Sr. likes to maintain a small business, family atmosphere for his fast-growing security services company.<

SCMBDC Offers a Rare Opportunity to Get In with Advertising, Marketing and PR Agencies
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 5, 2007
“How do we get more advertising, marketing, and PR agencies to talk to minority suppliers?”

SCMBDC Celebrates Top-performing Suppliers
LOS ANGELES, August 8, 2007 – Southern California Minority Business Development Council honored top-performing minority entrepreneurs before a sell-out crowd at its 23rd Annual Supplier of the Year Awards luncheon on July 13 at the Omni Los Angeles Hotel.<

 
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