AMBASSADORS CHAMPIONING EXCELLENCE
IN MINORITY SUPPLIER DEVELOPMENT
Presenting Sponsors
December 9, 2021
A Virtual Event
The MMSDC's annual A.C.E. Awards celebrates the business relationships between major corporations and minority-owned firms.
Hall of Fame Legends
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We are announcing the following Trailblazers of Economic Change as our 2021 Hall of Fame Class. Stay tuned for more details as we will share how these Supplier Diversity legends were torchbearers in creating the high-growth Minority Business Enterprises we know today in the auto industry.
J. David Allen
Director of Supplier Development
General Motors
John Barth
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Johnson Controls (retired)
Tony Brown
Senior Vice President, Global Purchasing
Ford Motor Company (retired)
Renaldo (Ray) Jensen
Director of Supplier Diversity
Ford Motor Company (retired)
Burt Jordan
Vice President, Global Vehicle and Indirect Purchasing and Supply Chain Sustainability
Ford Motor Company (retired)
Jethro Joseph
Senior Executive, Diversity Supplier Development
Chrysler (now Stellantis) (retired)
Harold Kutner
Group Vice President, Worldwide Purchasing
General Motors (retired)
Carlos Mazzorin
Group Vice President, Global Purchasing, and South American and Asia Pacific Operations
Ford Motor Company (retired)
Robert (Bob) Rossiter
Chairman and CEO
Lear Corporation (posthumous)
Thomas W. Sidlik
Executive Vice President, Global Procurement & Supply
DaimlerChrysler (retired)
Online Auction Now Live!
BOB YOUNG
Incoming MMSDC Board Chair
Group Vice President, Purchasing Supplier Development
Toyota
Bid today on the opportunity to make powerful connections at one of the Executive Lunches available for auction, such as the Executive Luncheon with Bob Young, incoming MMSDC Board Chair and Group Vice President, Purchasing Supplier Development, Toyota NA Inc.
HAU THAI TANG
Chief Product Platform and Operations Officer
Ford Motor Company
Or, if you're up for a cool experience, there are several of those too, like the "All-Electric Ford F150 Lightning Drive and Ride" experience with Hau Thai Tang, Chief Product Platform and Operations Officer, Ford!
Click below for a full list of the exciting auction items and experiences available for bidding - just in time for the holidays!
Scholarship Opportunities
This year, the Michigan Minority Supplier Development Council is excited to announce that deserving scholars will have two scholarship opportunities to compete for! In addition to MMSDC’s traditional $5,000 scholarships, Google has generously partnered with the council to add the Google Scholar opportunity.
These opportunities will award scholarships to minority high school seniors as well as college undergraduate students majoring in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Mathematics and Medicine (STEAM) and Business curriculums. They will assist minority students from Michigan to achieve their academic and professional goals while providing the business community access to a talented pool of students from which to recruit and employ.
Please feel free to review the following guidelines and invite a deserving scholar to apply today! The deadline for scholarship applications has been extended to Friday, October 8th. There will be no further extensions.
Application deadline is October 13th, 2021