usc small business diversity office

91st Annual Meeting & ExpositionApril 1 – 4, 2012

Anaheim, California


Anaheim, California

USC SMALL BUSINESS DIVERSITY OFFICE An inner-city model for small minority women veteran local, diversity & inclusion

Social Responsibility to Social Media

LOCAL | DIVERSE | GOVERNMENTPROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Division of Financial and Business Services

RHONDA THORNTON, DIRECTOR | SBLO


Anaheim, California


Anaheim, California

USC SMALL BUSINESS DIVERSITY OFFICE


Division of Financial and Business ServicesMission Value StatementThe Department of Supplier Diversity Services' mission is to provide professional, responsive, and quality services

to support the University of Southern California's (USC) academic, research, social and economic goals. Supplier Diversity Services vision is to surpass the USC goal to procure 15% of all purchases, regardless of source of funds from diverse and USC local community suppliers. Supplier Diversity Services values the quality of our suppliers and the strength of our collaborative partnerships.

Director's Reflections FY 10-11 Diverse Spend

Organizational StructureSupplier Diversity Services is a department within Business Services. Business Services is a department within Financial and Business Services.



Anaheim, California


Anaheim, California

USC SMALL BUSINESS DIVERSITY OFFICELOCAL | DIVERSE | GOVERNMENT

PROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Division of Financial and Business Services

USC Government Subcontract Plans

Federal | State | Local small business diversity subcontract plans [$650,000.00 above | 23% or designated SBC

goal]

Tier I & II Tracking of spend.

Federal Acquisition and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations FARS | DFARS

Corporate SBC goals developed from federal small business Social Responsibility not just “good faith”.


Anaheim, California


Anaheim, California


PROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITIESDivision of Financial and Business Services

Social Responsibility to Social MediaUSC Supplier Diversity and Local Vendor Program The Department of Supplier Diversity Services fosters economic growth in California through campus use of businesses owned by minorities, women, and veterans, and small local businesses in the communities surrounding USC's campuses.

USC has a goal to procure 15% of all purchases, regardless of source of funds, from Diverse Suppliers. To reach this goal, Supplier Diversity Services:

Pre-qualifies, recruits, and trains Diverse Suppliers Provides orientation for improved accessibility to and awareness of Diverse Suppliers throughout USC for USC students, staff, and suppliers on "How to do Business with USC" Acknowledges and Recognizes USC departments for outstanding use of Diverse Suppliers

USC SBDO Face book - http://www.facebook.com/pages/USC-Supplier-Diversity-Services/151967238169149

USC Leimert Park Beat -http://www.universityparkfamily.com/profile/RhondaThornton

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE * MINORITY BUSINESS * HUBZONE * VETREPRENEUR * DIVERSITY FIRST


Anaheim, California


Anaheim, California



Division of Financial and Business Services USC Local Vendor Program

Targeted Zip Codes

The University promotes the use of small businesses located in one of the 26 targeted zip codes surrounding the University Park Campus, Health Sciences, Alhambra Campus and Marina del Rey Campus.

Use of these small local suppliers contributes to:

USC’s goal of spending 15% of the University's purchasing dollar volume with Diverse Suppliers.

Economic development in the USC local business communities.


Anaheim, California


Anaheim, California


USC LVP - Small Business, Big Plans

Carmen Rad started her business, CRA Custom Banner, out of her home in 1993. By 2009, her banner printing enterprise had grown enough for her move into a 25,000-square-feet building not far from the USC University Park campus.Rad attributes part of her company’s success to the USC local vendor program.

• http://search.usc.edu/?cx=017196764489587948961%3A0uzwqg1rcr4&ie=utf8&oe=utf8&q=SMALL+BUSINESS

Social Responsibility - /WHO IS IN YOUR BUSINESS COMMERCE COMMUNITY?/


Anaheim, California


Anaheim, California



USC SBDO : Advocacy for diversity & inclusion = economic growthUSC CAPITAL PROJECTION – 35 YEAR GROWTHUSC MARSHALL SCHOOL – USC ALUMNI ENTREPRENEURSUSC LOCAL CITY AND COMMUNITY – 10 | 30USC RESEARCH | HOSPITALS | SCHOOLS

• USC Supplier Diversity ServicesUSC BUSINESS DIVERSITY EXPO 2011 January 27, 2011 SMALL LOCAL | SUSTAINABLE | DIVERSE | PROCUREMENT

• USC BUSINESS DIVERSITY EXPO 2011 | January 27, 2011

BD EXPO VIDEO Length: 11:46


Anaheim, California


Anaheim, California

USC SMALL BUSINESS DIVERSITY OFFICE

STAKEHOLDERS | PARTNERS | RESOURCES


Division of Financial and Business Serviceswww.usc.edu/supplierdiversity


usc small business diversity office

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