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Pictured is the Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center in Winston Salem, North Carolina. Novant Health is a fourstate integrated network of physician clinics, outpatient centers and hospitals. Its network consists of over 1,600 physicians and 28,000 employees at more than 630 locations, including 15 medical centers and hundreds of outpatient facilities and physician clinics. (By David Bjorgen - Own work)
$5 Million Loan Program TO HELP DIVERSE FIRMS BUILD CAPACITY By American DBE Staff
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any diverse firms have the capabilities needed to grow a company to scale, but often struggle when seeking capital to reach their full potential. Novant Health Senior Director of Supplier Diversity & Performance Kevin Price had first-hand experience with this challenge when he joined the company after a career in the banking industry. Novant recruited Price to become its first supplier diversity manager in 2006, and he hoped one day to have the
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opportunity help firms address the challenge of finding capital to grow a successful company. Although it took a while to bring his vision to reality, Price was able to help Novant create a program to help businesses get access to working capital in 2018. Novant Health is a $4.6 billion, four-state integrated network of physician clinics, outpatient centers and hospitals based
