Upcoming meetings
Committee members
Co-Chairs: Olivia Yang, Santosh Kuruvilla, Irene Reyes
- Robert Blain, Benton County
- Vacant, formally held by MBDA
- Lekha Fernandes, OMWBE
- Bobby Forch, CPARB DBE Representative
- Diane Gard, WSDOT OEO
- Shelly Henderson, Mukilteo School Dist. (K-12 Schools)
- Aleanna Kondelis, Hill International
- Santosh Kuruvilla, Exeltech (Engineers), Co-Chair
- Marissa Woodard-Nave, Forma Construction (GC)
- Brenda Nnambi, Sound Transit
- Irene Reyes, Excel Supply Company, Co-Chair
- Cathy Robinson, University of WA (was City Rep)
- John Salinas II, Specialty Contractors
- Young Sang Song, Song Consulting
- Chip Tull, Hoffman Construction
- Jerry Vanderwood, AGC
- Olivia Yang, WA State University
- Heather Munden, Port of Seattle
- Bob Armstead, Minority Business Representative
- Frank Lemos, Minority Business Representative
- Vacant, DES
- Vacant, general contractor
Updated Dec. 23, 2025
Purpose:
Focus efforts around the following:
- Utilize strategies from the BE/DBI report to inform potential legislative changes.
- Create consistency in contract language to reduce barriers in policy and eventually statute.
- Evaluate and advocate to bring forth opportunities for firms to successfully compete and build capacity.
- Identify metrics for measuring accountability.
Committee resources:
Upcoming meetings
Meetings to occur the third Wednesday of every month from 1:30 - 3 p.m.
- Feb. 18, 2026
- March 18, 2026
- April 15, 2026
- May 20, 2026
- June 17, 2026
Prompt Pay partner survey
The CPARB BE/DBI Committee, through OMWBE, has developed two Prompt Pay partner surveys to collect feedback and lived experiences. Feedback is needed from public entities, primes, subcontractors, support organizations, and advocates. Each survey takes 5-10 minutes and provides space to add additional feedback and testimony you find critical to these important topics.
Please take the surveys and forward the links to others. The more responses and testimony we receive, the better.
Both surveys close at 11:45 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026.
Thank you for your help and dedication to improving prompt payment in Washington state.
BE/DBI reports to the legislature
2024
2022
- BE/DBI report reference material
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- 4.1 BEDBI matrix 8/23/2021
- 4.2 DBDEI barrier statements compiled (Rev3)
- 5.0 BE/DBI survey results 3/3/2022
- 7.1 BE/DBI committee minutes April 1, 2021
- 7.2 BE/DBI committee minutes May 28, 2021
- 7.3 BE/DBI committee minutes June 25,2021
- 7.4 BE/DBI committee minutes July 23, 2021
- 7.5 BE/DBI committee minutes Aug. 27,2021
- 7.6 BE/DBI committee minutes Sept. 24, 2021
- 7.7 BE/DBI committee minutes Oct. 22, 2021
- 7.8 BE/DBI committee minutes Oct. 29, 2021
- 7.9 BE/DBI committee minutes Nov. 19, 2021
- 7.10 BE/DBI committee minutes Dec. 17, 2021
- 7.11 BE/DBI committee minutes Jan. 28, 2022
- 7.12 BE/DBI committee minutes Feb. 25, 2022
- 7.13 BE/DBI committee minutes March 4, 2022
- 7.14 BE/DBI committee minutes March 25, 2022
- 7.15 BE/DBI committee minutes April 1, 2022
- 7.16 BE/DBI committee minutes April 22, 2022
- 7.17 BE/DBI committee minutes May 6, 2022
- 7.18 BE/DBI committee minutes May 27, 2022
- 7.19 BE/DBI committee minutes June 3, 2022
- 8.0 Compiled BE/DBI report feedback
- 14.4 PEAR one-pager March 21, 2022
- 16.2 Mentor-Protege capacity building mentorship program (CBMP) best practices 10.4 MBDA
- 16.3 CBMP C3-C4 survey report 2021-2022
- 16.4 WA small business resource guide