Established 02/14/2019; Disbanded 06/09/2022; Reestablished 04/13/2023
Upcoming meetings
November 15, 2023
1:30pm-3:00pm
December 20, 2023
1:30pm-3:00pm
Committee members
Co-Chairs: Lekha Fernandes, Santosh Kuruvilla, Irene Reyes
Jackie Baine (WSDOT); Stephanie Caldwell (Absher Construction); Charles Wilson (DES); Shelly Henderson (Mukilteo SD); Aleanna Kondelis (private industry/disadvantaged business); Keith Michael (Forma Construction); Brenda Nnambi (Sound Transit); Irene Reyes (Private Industry); ___ (Architects); Young-Sang Song (Song Consulting); Cheryl Stewart (Contractors - AGC Inland NW from Eastern WA); Chip Tull (Contractors - Hoffman Construction from Eastern WA); Lekha Fernandes (OMWBE); Frank Boykin (MBDA); Olivia Yang (Higher Ed); Janice Zahn (Ports); Santosh Kuruvilla (Engineers); Robin Strom (Anderson Construction); Updated 09/26/2023
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.
2022 BE/DBI Report to the Legislature
- 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 4/1/2021
- 7.2 BE/DBI Committee Minutes 5/28/2021
- 7.3 BE/DBI Committee Minutes 6/25/2021
- 7.4 BE/DBI Committee Minutes 7/23/2021
- 7.5 BE/DBI Committee Minutes 8/27/2021
- 7.6 BE/DBI Committee Minutes 9/24/2021
- 7.7 BE/DBI Committee Minutes 10/22/2021
- 7.8 BE/DBI Committee Minutes 10/29/2021
- 7.9 BE/DBI Committee Minutes 11/19/2021
- 7.10 BE/DBI Committee Minutes 12/17/2021
- 7.11 BE/DBI Committee Minutes 1/28/2022
- 7.12 BE/DBI Committee Minutes 2/25/2022
- 7.13 BE/DBI Committee Minutes 3/4/2022
- 7.14 BE/DBI Committee Minutes 3/25/2022
- 7.15 BE/DBI Committee Minutes 4/1/2022
- 7.16 BE/DBI Committee Minutes 4/22/2022
- 7.17 BE/DBI Committee Minutes 5/6/2022
- 7.18 BE/DBI Committee Minutes 5/27/2022
- 7.19 BE/DBI Committee Minutes 6/3/2022
- 8.0 Compiled BE/DBI Report Feedback
- 14.4 PEAR One-Pager 3/21/22
- 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