EWC26 Mart Directory

2012 WOmen’s Business & Buyers Mart

26 th ANNUAL

September 20, 2012 The oldest national conference and business opportunities fair for women business owners in the country.

McCormick Place-West 2301 S. Indiana Avenue Chicago, Illinois

Presented by the Women’s Business Development Center (WBDC)

Together, we can go places.

United is committed to providing a world of opportunity to diverse suppliers.

If you are a certified minority or woman-owned business that has airline or Fortune 500 experience, email us at supplierdiversity@united.com.

United is proud to have received WBENC’s 2011 Top Corporations for Women Owned Business Enterprises Award.

Š2012 United Air Lines, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Women’s Business &

Buyers Mart

Thursday, September 20, 2012 9:30 – 11:45 a.m. & 1:45 – 5:00 p.m.

Skyline Ballroom D & E, McCormick Place-West Sponsored by

Now in its third decade of success, the Women’s Business & Buyers Mart is the oldest business opportunities fair for women business owners in the country.

Featuring over 200 corporate and government entities seeking women as vendors, suppliers or contractors, the Women’s Business & Buyers Mart provides an opportunity for women business owners to enhance the profitability of their business by establishing relationships with corporate and government buyers, and with other women entrepreneurs. The Women’s Business & Buyers Mart also provides women business owners with access to information, resources and contacts to assist with their business needs and boost their bottom line.

We encourage women business owners to display their materials in the popular Resource Center, located inside the exhibit hall.

The WBDC is pleased to offer free WiFi and access to laptop computers during this year’s conference at the Cyber Café, located on the Mart floor, courtesy of CDW and Microsoft Corporation. Stay connected to your important business contacts!

Microsoft Pavilion – Technology Solutions

Resource Center

Microsoft has a network of dedicated partners specializing in small business technology needs. Our small business focused partners are saving business owners from costly and time consuming mistakes, and can help keep everyone in your company connected, so your team can operate more efficiently and stay on top of new business developments. During the 26th Annual Entrepreneurial Woman’s Conference, our WBE Certified Partners will be available for one-on-one technology consultations to discuss new technologies that will make your business more productive and efficient. Please stop by the Microsoft Pavilion at the Women’s Business & Buyers Mart to learn more!

• Display of women business owners’ brochures and business cards*

Located inside the Women’s Business & Buyers Mart

• Display of Partner Organizations’ materials • Free copies of sponsoring publications such as: Black EOE Journal; Chicago Sun-Times; Crain’s Chicago Business; Enterprising Women; Hispanic Network Magazine; MBE; MBE Connect; MBN USA; Professional Woman’s Magazine; Today’s Chicago Woman (TCW); U.S. Veterans Magazine; and Women’s Enterprise USA (WE-USA) * Registrants are encouraged to bring their brochures and business cards for display at the Resource Center

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Floor Plan

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UPS is a proud sponsor of the WBDC. For more information about our supplier diversity program, please visit sustainability.ups.com.

Š 2012 United Parcel Service of America, Inc. UPS, the UPS brandmark, and the color brown are trademarks of United Parcel Service of America, Inc. All rights reserved.

Corporate

Procurement

Booth #222/224 Allstate Insurance 2775 Sanders Road E6 Northbrook, IL 60062 847-402-3943 Fax 847-418-5703 margaret.klinsport@allstate.com Margaret Klinsport Director, Supplier Diversity

Booth #336 Ameren 1901 Chouteau Avenue PO Box 66149, MC 1105 Saint Louis, MO 63103 314-554-3741 jkeating@ameren.com J.P. Keating Supplier Diversity Executive

Booth #439 American Airlines P.O. Box 619616, MD 5223 DFW Airport, TX 75261-9616 817-963-2620 Fax 817-931-6947 linda.misenhimer@aa.com

Booth #331 AT&T 225 W. Randolph Chicago, IL 60606 312-223-7611 www.attsupplierdiversity.com

Booth #442 Baxter Healthcare Corporation One Baxter Parkway Deerfield, IL 60015 847-948-2000 www.baxter.com Tina M. Bova Manager, Supplier Diversity & Sustainability

Booth #332/334 BMO Harris Bank N.A. 311 West Monroe, Floor 2 Chicago, IL 60606 312-461-7134 KC Mosley Supplier Diversity Specialist

Booth #128 BP America, Inc. 28100 Torch Parkway 5th Floor – North Warrenville, IL 60555 630-836-6187 Fax 630-836-5519 suppdiv@bp.com Debra Jennings-Johnson Director, Supplier Diversity

Booth #516 Cardinal Health

Deborah Fuentes Niziolek Sr. Diversity Sourcing Manager

1450 Waukegan Road McGaw Park, IL 60085 847-578-6799 martha.holmes@cardinalhealth.com

Booth #441 Avis Budget Group, Inc.

Martha Holmes Director, Small Business Development

P.O. Box 4319 Huntington, NY 11743 973-496-2179 Susan.pettit@avisbudget.com Susan Pettit Strategic Business, Diversity Relations

Booth #437 Cargill 15407 McGinty Rd. W. Wayzata, MN 55391 952-742-4096 Fax 952-742-2900 www.cargill.com LeAnn Thompson Supplier Diversity Liaison

Booth #228/230 CDW

Booth #530 Hospira, Inc.

200 N. Milwaukee Avenue Vernon Hills, IL 60061 847-419-6334 markkey@cdw.com

275 North Field Drive Dept. NPUR Bldg. H4 Lake Forest, IL 60045 224-212-6418 Berlon.Hamilton@hospira.com

Mark Key Program Manager, Supplier Diversity

Berlon Hamilton Supplier Diversity Lead, Global Supply Chain

Booth #240/242 CNA Insurance Companies

Booth #321/323 Kraft Foods

333 S. Wabash Avenue, 21st Floor Chicago, IL 60604 312-822-1956 Fax 312-817-3322 Aileen.Velazquez@cna.com

3 Lakes Drive, NF 329 Northfield, IL 60093 847-501-0865 Fax 847-646-6157 vickie.hsi@kraftfoods.com

Aileen Velazquez Manager, Supplier Diversity

Vickie Hsi Supplier Diversity Lead

Booth #210/212 ComEd

Booth #431/433 Macy’s

Exelon BSC Supply, Three Lincoln Center Oak Brook Terrace, IL 60181 630-437-4398 Fax 630-576-6351 emmett.vaughn@exeloncorp.com

2101 East Kemper Road Cincinnati, OH 45241 513-782-1479 james.stocks@macys.com

Emmett Vaughn Exelon Supplier Diversity Manager

Booth #340/342 Deere & Company

James Stocks Sr. Manager, Supplier Diversity & Vendor Development

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One John Deere Place Moline, IL 61265 309-765-5905 CarrollElizabethA@JohnDeere.com Elizabeth Carroll Manager, Supplier Diversity

Booth #519 Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC) 300 E. Randolph Street, 4th Floor Chicago, IL 60601 312-653-8291 Latonya_Fourte-lyles@bcbsil.com LaTonya Fourte’-Lyles Manager, Supplier Diversity

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Corporate

Procurement

Booth #515 McCain Foods

Booth #409/411 Northern Trust

Booth #417/419 PepsiCo, Inc.

Booth #318/320 Target Corporation

2275 Cabot Dr. Lisle, IL 60532 630-857-4390 calvin.eakins@mccain.com

50 South LaSalle, M-11 Chicago, IL 60675 312-444-2323 daf@ntrs.com

1 Pepsi Way New York, NY 10589 914-767-6691 MaryAnne.Finella@pepsico.com

Calvin Eakins Manager Supplier Diversity

Deidra Jenkins Vice President, Supplier Diversity Manager

MaryAnne Finella Global Procurement

1000 Nicollet Mall, TPN-619 Minneapolis, MN 55403 612-761-4171 Fax 612-761-1264 kathy.mazon@target.com

Microsoft Pavilion Microsoft Corporation One Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052 425-421-6455 cahoffman@microsoft.com Fernando Hernandez Supplier Diversity Director

Booth #528 Motorola Solutions Inc. 1301 E. Algonquin Road Schaumburg, IL 60196 847-576-4377 megan.stock@motorolasolutions.com Megan Stock Supplier Diversity Manager

Booth #440 Navistar 2601 Navistar Drive Lisle, IL 60532 331-332-2371 lucille.taylor@navistar.com Lucille Taylor Supplier Diversity Coordinator

Booth #120 The Nielsen Company 200 W. Jackson Blvd.

Chicago, IL 60606 312-583-5583 Shirelle.Magee@nielsen.com Shirelle Magee Supplier Diversity Coordinator

Booth #535 Northstar Lottery Group 180 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 1810 Chicago, IL 60601 312-368-5880 procurements@northstarlottery.net

Booth #335 Novation 125 E. John Carpenter Freeway Irving, TX 75062 972-581-5914 Fax 972-581-5038 lstrong@novation.com LaSheia Strong Supplier Diversity Program Manager

Booth #310/312 Office Depot 6600 N. Military Trail Mail Code: N416T Boca Raton, FL 33469 www.officedepot.com

Booth #218/220 PNC 1900 E. 9th Street Cleveland, OH 44114 216-222-5707 Fax 216-222-0357

Booth #414 Trinal, Inc. – Rush University Medical Center – Capital Projects

Carolyn Lee Vice President, Supplier Diversity and Development

329 W. 18th Street, Suite 401 Chicago, IL 60616 312-738-0500 tdavis@trinalinc.com

Booth #414 Rush University Medical Center

Tammi Davis Chief of Operations

1700 W. Van Buren Chicago, IL 60612 312-942-6703 Fax 312-942-5412 jandrews@rush.edu John Andrews Purchasing Manager/ Business Diversity

Booth #410/412 Southwest Airlines

AnneMarie Richards Assistant Merchant, Supply Chain Diversity

P.O. Box 36611, HDQ-7PD 2702 Love Field Drive Dallas, TX 75235 214-792-6612 http://swa.aecglobal.com

Booth #327/329 OfficeMax

Richard Moore Manager, Supplier Diversity, Purchasing

263 Shuman Boulevard Naperville, IL 60563 www.officemax.com/ supplierdiversity

Booth #531/533 Staples, Inc.

Anthony Billinger Manager, Supplier Diversity

Kathy Mazon Senior Business Development Lead

www.staplessupplierdiversity.com

Booth #236/238 U.S. Bank 3366 W. Century Blvd.

Mail Code: LM-CA-1493 Inglewood, CA 90303 supplier.diversity@usbank.com Robin Billups VP, Corporate Procurement/ Supplier Diversity

Booth #215/217 United Airlines 77 West Wacker Chicago, IL 60601 312-997-8400 supplierdiversity@united.com Ruby McCleary Director, Supplier Diversity

Booth #315 The University of Chicago 6030 S. Ellis Avenue, Room 132 Chicago, IL 60637 773-702-2553 Fax 773-702-5893 nquarles@uchicago.edu Nadia M. Quarles, Esq. Director of Business Diversity

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Booth #317 The University of Chicago Medicine 5841 S. Maryland Avenue Rm. B-140, MC1050 Chicago, IL 60637 773-834-8548 Fax 773-834-7038 www.uchospitals.edu James Williams Manager, Business Diversity

Booth #309/311 University of Illinois 809 S. Marshfield Chicago, IL 60612 312-355-1049 browno@uillinois.edu Omar Brown Senior MAFBE Coordinator

Booth #239/241 UPS 55 Glenlake Parkway, NE Atlanta, GA 30328-3498 404-828-7490 Fax 404-828-8225 khomeyer@ups.com

Booth #339/341 Walmart Stores, Inc. 702 S.W. 8th Street Bentonville, AR 72716-0350 www.walmartstores.com/suppliers B. John Bisio Director, Community Affairs

Booth #537 Wisconsin Energy Corporation 231 W. Michigan Street, P423 Milwaukee, WI 53203 414-221-2614 Fax 414-221-3289 angela.jamal@we-energies.com Jerry J. Fulmer Director Supplier Diversity

Booth #418/420 Wrigley 600 West Chicago Ave, Suite 500 Chicago, IL 60654 312-212-7428 Aja.Lewis@Wrigley.com Amber Johnson Sr. Director North America Procurement & VPO

Kathy Homeyer Corporate Supplier Diversity Coordinator

Booth #432/434 W.W. Grainger, Inc. 100 Grainger Parkway Lake Forest, IL 60045 847-535-4471 Fax 847-853-9223 conner.n@grainger.com Nancy Conner Supplier Diversity Manager

Booth #233/235 Walgreen Co. 200 Wilmot Road Deerfield, IL 60015 847-315-3325 Carrie.Pecher@walgreens.com Carrie Pecher Supplier Diversity Services

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INSPIRES

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We’re committed to helping the community and everyone who lives here achieve more than ever. That’s why PNC is a proud sponsor of the Women’s Business Development Center.

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©2012 The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. All rights reserved. PNC Bank, National Association. Member FDIC. ACHIEVEMENT is a registered mark of The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

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Business

Resources

Booth #542 Accion Chicago

Booth #138/140 Citibank

1618 W. 18th Street, Suite 200 Chicago, IL 60608 312-275-3000 x116 Fax 312-275-3010 nrivera@accionchicago.org

500 W. Madison Chicago, IL 60661 888-Citibank www.citibank.com

Noemi Rivera Loan Intake Specialist

Booth #438 Fundamental Capital Partners

Booth #532 Charter One Bank 71 South Wacker Drive, 29th Floor Chicago, IL 60606 312-777-3428 jgolden@charteronebank.com

Booth #114/116 Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses 30 East Lake Street Chicago, IL 60601 www.ccc.edu/10KSB Bral M. Spight Executive Director

Booth #609 IRS – Employee Plans, Great Lakes Area

815 Moraga Drive Los Angeles, CA 90049 310-383-6597 tom@fund-cap.com

230 S. Dearborn Street Chicago, IL 60604 312-292-3843 Fax 312-292-3941 wiley.ransom@irs.gov

Tom Straw Founding Partner

John Golden Division Manager-BBO, Business Banking

Wiley Ransom EP CE&O Analyst

Booth #538 SomerCor 504 Inc. 601 South LaSalle, Suite 510 Chicago, IL 60605 312-630-3300 Fax 312-360-3333 dfrank@somercor.com David Frank President

Booth #536 SCORE: For the Life of Your Business 500 W. Madison, Suite 1150 Chicago, IL 60661 312-353-7724 alan_jacobs@alansells.com Alan Jacobs Central Vice Chair

Federal Government

Procurement

Booth #413 Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Booth #413 Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Booth #539/541 Booth #534 U.S. Department of Energy U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) 9800 South Cass Avenue

230 South LaSalle Street Chicago, IL 60604 312-322-2968 Fax 312-322-4412 mark.hands@chi.frb.org

90 Hennepin Avenue P.O. Box 291 Minneapolis, MN 55480 612-204-5044 theresea.hueg@mpls.frb.org

Argonne, IL 60439 630-252-2485 Warren.Riley@ch.doe.gov

Mark J. Hands Supplier Diversity Program Manager

Theresea Hueg Director, Expense Management and Procurement

Booth #413 Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City

Booth #413 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

1 Memorial Drive Kansas City, MO 64198 816-881-2334 Sarah.Crumley@kc.frb.org

P.O. Box 662 St. Louis, MO 63166 314-444-8404 rachel.e.walker@stls.frb.org

Sarah Crumley Financial Management

Rachel Walker Manager, Financial Management

Warren Riley Contract Specialist, Office of Acquisition

500 West Madison, Suite 1150 Chicago, IL 60661 312-353-5430 mark.ferguson@sba.gov Mark Ferguson Public Information Officer

Booth #637 U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), Office of Small Business Utilization 230 S. Dearborn Street, Room 3280 Chicago, IL 60604 312-353-5384 Fax 312-886-3827 maureen.cruz@gsa.gov Maureen Cruz Business Services Specialist

Business Resources & Federal Government Procurement | 11

Walgreens is proud to support this special event.

For the Walgreens location nearest you, call 1-800-WALGREENS (1-800-925-4733) or visit .

Local Government

Procurement

Booth #634 Chicago Housing Authority (CHA)

Booth #626 City of Chicago, Department of Aviation

60 East Van Buren, 13th Floor Chicago, IL 60605 312-913-7486 logden@thecha.org

O’Hare International Airport T2 E/F Mezz.

Chicago, IL 60666 773-462-7320 Fax 773-686-6235

Lauri Ogden-Powell Special Projects Coordinator

Booth #635 Chicago Park District 541 N. Fairbanks Ct. Chicago, IL 60611 312-742-4436 Fax 312-742-5326 luetha.aytch@chicagoparkdistrict.com Luetha Aytch Compliance Officer

Booth #633 Chicago Public Schools – Office of Business Diversity 125 S. Clark Street, 10 Floor Chicago, IL 60603 773-553-2991 pharitos@cps.edu www.cps.k12.il.us th

Poly Haritos-Makris Manager

Booth #619 Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) 567 W. Lake Street Chicago, IL 60661 312-681-2620 eorozco@transitchicago.com Enrique Orozco, Jr. Acting General Manager – P&SBCP Dept.

Booth #511 City Colleges of Chicago 226 W. Jackson Chicago, IL 60606 312-553-3232 hneely@ccc.edu Harriet Neely

catherine.kwiatkowski@cityofchicago.org

Catherine Kwiatkowski O’Hare Modernization Program

Booth #636

Illinois Department of Central Management Services (CMS) – Business Enterprise Program 100 W. Randolph St., Suite 4-402 Chicago, IL 60601 312-814-3281 Carlos.gutierrez@Illinois.gov Carlos Gutierrez Outreach Manager

Booth #620

Booth #628

Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Development, Illinois Entrepreneurship Network, SBDC

City Hall, 121 N. LaSalle Room 805 Chicago, IL 60602 312-74-GOBIZ Fax 312-744-0246 www.cityofchicago.org/businessaffairs

James R. Thompson Center 100 W Randolph Chicago, IL 60601 800-252-2923 www.ienconnect.com

City of Chicago, Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection (BACP)

Booth #624 City of Chicago, Department of Procurement Services

Mark Petrilli State Director, IL Small Business Devlopment Center

Booth #617 Illinois Tollway

121 N. LaSalle Chicago, IL 60602 312-744-8980 Fax 312-744-0010 shannon.andrews@cityofchicago.org

2700 Ogden Avenue Downers Grove, IL 60515 630-241-6800, ext. 3227 Fax 630-505-9270 lreitz@getipass.com

Shannon E. Andrews Director of Outreach

Linda Reitz

Booth #627 City of Chicago, Office of the Treasurer 121 N. LaSalle Street Room 106 Chicago, IL 60602 312-744-5195 lparedes@cityofchicago.org Lilia Paredes Mr. Thomas Johnson

Booth #629 Cook County 118 N. Clark Street, Room 1020 Chicago, IL 60628 312-603-5502 www.cookcountygov.com LaVerne Hall Director, Contract Compliance

Booth #631 McCormick Place 301 East Cermak Road Chicago, IL 60616 312-791-6177 npedraza@mccormickplace.com Natalie T. Pedraza Purchasing Manager

Booth #639 Metra 547 W. Jackson Blvd.

Chicago, IL 60661 312-322-6823 Fax 312-322-4077 jrthomas@metrarr.com Janice R. Thomas Director

Booth #611 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago 111 East Erie Sreet, 6th Floor Chicago, IL 60611 312-751-4040 Fax 312-751-4440 regina.berry@mwrd.org Regina D. Berry Compliance Officer

Booth #613 Navy Pier Chicago 600 E. Grand Avenue Chicago, IL 60611 www.navypier.com Marilynn Kelly Gardner President & CEO

Booth #623 Office of Illinois State Treasurer Dan Rutherford 100 West Randolph Street Suite 15-600 Chicago, IL 60601 312-814-1247 BZak@treasurer.state.il.us Benson Zak Program Manager, Invest in Illinois

Booth #630 Public Building Commission of Chicago 50 W. Washington, Suite 200 Chicago, IL 60466 312-744-9679 Fax 312-744-3572 ckelly@cityofchicago.org Chuck Kelly Deputy Director of Diversity and Compliance

Booth #621 Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) 175 West Jackson Blvd.

Suite 1650 Chicago, IL 60604 312-913-3213 wallacel@rtachicago.org Lillian Evan-Wallace Regulatory Compliance Officer

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WBE

Companies

Booth #435 The Bureau of Engraving, Inc. 3400 Technology Drive Minneapolis, MN 55418 612-782-8063 Fax 612-362-5089 patrick.stuart@thebureau.com Patrick Stuart VP of Marketing

Booth #319 Cedar Concepts Corporation 4342 S. Wolcott Avenue Chicago, IL 60609 773-890-5790 Fax 773-890-1606 linda.boasmond@cedarconcepts.net Linda Boasmond President

Booth #415 Consolidated Printing

Booth #337 Global Capital Ltd.

Booth #211/213 Kayhan International

200 W. Superior, Suite 303 Chicago, IL 60654 312-846-6918 Fax 312-846-4258 tmcnally@globalcapitalltd.com

1475 E. Woodfield Road, Suite 104 Schaumburg, IL 60173 847-843-5090 pat.turnbull@kayhan.com

Terri McNally President

Booth #316 Grandview Group LLC W233 N6696 Nancy Sr. Susex, WI 53089 262-337-2736 Fax 262-806-0031 lpalav@grandview-group.com Leena Palav Owner

Booth #314 Ideal System Solutions, Inc.

5942 North Northwest Highway Chicago, IL 60631 773-631-2800 www.consolidatedprinting.net

P.O. Box 399 Pequot Lakes, MN 56472 763-255-1876 Fax 218-568-7781 carol.irish@idealssi.com

Marilyn Jones President

Carol Irish Marketing Director

Booth #338 Evergreen Supply Company

Booth #214/216 INTREN, Inc.

9901 S. Torrence Ave Chicago, IL 60617 773-375-4750 ckramer@evergreensupply.com Colleen Kramer President

Booth #338 EverLights 9901 S. Torrence Avenue Chicago, IL 60617 773-734-9873 kgallagher@everlights.com Kelly Gallagher President

WBE Companies | 14

18202 W. Union Road Union, IL 60180 815-923-2300 Fax 815-923-2300 jbalchunas@intren.com Loretta Rosenmayer CEO

Booth #518 J&J Exhibitors Service, Inc. 2338 S. Indiana Avenue Chicago, IL 60616 312-225-3323 Fax 312-225-9873 Cathy@jjexhibitors.com Nancy Murphy President

Pat Turnbull President & COO

Booth #142 KellyMitchell Group 101 S. Hanley Road, Suite 1100 Clayton, MO 63105 314-727-1700 Fax 314-727-0107 cassandra.sanford@kellymitchell.com Cassandra Sanford CEO

Booth #436 My Health and Money LLC 4433 N Ravenswood, Suite 210 Chicago, IL 60640 773-275-8000 Fax 773-275-8102 eengert@myhealthandmoney.com Evelyn Engert CFO & Co-Founder

Booth #232/234 National Van Lines, Inc. 2800 W. Roosevelt Road Broadview, IL 60155 708-450-2900 www.nationalvanlines.com Maureen Beal CEO

Booth #237 Overture LLC 595 N. Lakeview Parkway Vernon Hills, IL 60061 847-573-6087 Fax 847-680-0114 heathers@overturepromo.com Heather Sanderson CEO

Booth #112 Smead Manufacturing Company 600 Smead Blvd.

Hastings, MN 55033 651-438-2076 www.smead.com Sharon Avent President & CEO

Booth #520 Stovell Marketing and Public Relations, Inc. 700 12th Street, NW Suite 700 Washington, DC 20005 202–588-9875 denise@stovellmarketingpr.com E. Denise Stovell President

Booth #416 Technology Partners, Inc. 707 Spirit 40 Park Drive, Suite 120 Chesterfield, MO 63005 636-590-5980 Fax 636-519-1421 abrown@technologypartners.net Allie Brown Integrated Marketing Communications Assistant

Booth #333 VIVA USA, Inc. 3601 Algonquin Road, Suite 425 Rolling Meadows, IL 60008 847-368-0860 x 235 Fax 847-368-0864 ssundaram@viva-it.com Sumalya Sundaram Sr. Public Relations Manager

Resource

Organizations

Booth #513 Booth #510 Chicago Minority Supplier MGPG Events Inc. – Development Council, Inc. (CMSDC) The Black Women’s Expo One East Wacker Drive

Booth #512 Women Presidents’ Organization (WPO) 155 E. 55th Street, Suite 4H New York, NY 10022 212-688-4114 Fax 212-688-4766 camille@womenpresidentsorg.com

Suite 1200 Chicago, IL 60601 312-755-8880 Fax 312-755-8890 www.cmbdc.org

700 W. Van Buren, Suite 100 Chicago, IL 60607 312-454-6100 Fax 312-454-6101 merrygreen@mgpgevents.com

Shelia Hill Executive Director

Merry Green President

Booth #615 HACIA

Booth #509 National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO Chicago)

901 W. Jackson Blvd., Suite 205 Chicago, IL 60607 312-666-5910 www.haciaworks.org Jorge Perez Executive Director

Booth #540 The Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce 855 W. Adams, Suite 100 Chicago, IL 60607 312-425-9500 Fax 312-666-5545 KSheehan@ihccbusiness.net Kelley Sheehan Event Manager

35 E. Wacker Dr., Suite 850 Chicago, IL 60601 312-224-2605 www.nawbochicago.org Charisse Witherspoon President

Booth #514 Vistage 708-386-7766 Gil@ManagingHorizons.com www.Vistage.com Gil Herman Group Chair, Vistage International

Camille Burns VP of Operations

Booth #522/524 Women’s Business Development Center (WBDC) 8 South Michigan Avenue, 4th Floor Chicago, IL 60603 312-853-3477 Fax 312-853-0145 wbdc@wbdc.org Cynthia Johnson SBDC Director

Booth #520 Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) 1120 Connecticut Avenue NW Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20036 202-872-5516 Fax 202-872-5505 www.WBENC.org Pamela Prince-Eason President & CEO

media Booth #134 Chicago Sun-Times www.suntimes.com

Booth #517 Crain’s Chicago Business www.chicagobusiness.com

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Exhibitor Booth

Index

CORPORATE PROCUREMENT

BUSINESS RESOURCES

WBE COMPANIES

Allstate Insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #222/224

Accion Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #542

The Bureau of Engraving, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #435

Ameren. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #336

Charter One Bank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #532

Cedar Concepts Corporation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #319

American Airlines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #439

Citibank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #138/140

Consolidated Printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #415

AT&T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #331

Fundamental Capital Partners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #438

Evergreen Supply Company. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #338

Avis Budget Group, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #441

Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses. . . . #114/116

EverLights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #338

Baxter Healthcare Corporation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #442

IRS – Employee Plans, Great Lakes Area. . . . . . . . #609

Global Capital Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #337

BMO Harris Bank N.A.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #332/334

SCORE: For the Life of Your Business . . . . . . . . . . #536

Grandview Group LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #316

BP America, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #128

SomerCor 504 Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #538

Ideal System Solutions, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #314

Cardinal Health. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #516 Cargill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #437 CDW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #228/230 CNA Insurance Companies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . #240/242 ComEd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #210/212 Deere & Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #340/342 Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC) . . . . . . . . #519 Hospira, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #530

INTREN, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #214/216

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. . . . . . . . . . . . . . #413 Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. . . . . . . . . . . #413 Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. . . . . . . . . . . #413 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis . . . . . . . . . . . . . #413

J&J Exhibitors Service, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #518 Kayhan International. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #211/213 KellyMitchell Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #142 My Health and Money LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #436 National Van Lines, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #232/234 Overture LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #237

U.S. Department of Energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #539/541

Smead Manufacturing Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #112 Stovell Marketing and Public Relations, Inc. . . . . . . #520

McCain Foods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #515

U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), Office of Small Business Utilization. . . . . . . . . . . #637

Technology Partners, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #416

Macy’s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #431/433

U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). . . . . . . . #534

VIVA USA, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #333

Navistar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #440

LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT

RESOURCE ORGANIZATIONS

The Nielsen Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #120

Chicago Housing Authority (CHA). . . . . . . . . . . . . . #634

Chicago Minority Supplier Development Council, Inc. (CMSDC). . . . . . . . . . #513

Northern Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #409/411

Chicago Park District . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #635

HACIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #615

Northstar Lottery Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #535

Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. . . . . . . . . #540

Novation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #335

Chicago Public Schools – Office of Business Diversity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #633

Office Depot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #310/312

Chicago Transit Authority (CTA). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #619

OfficeMax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #327/329

City Colleges of Chicago. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #511

National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO Chicago). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #509

PepsiCo, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #417/419

City of Chicago, Department of Aviation. . . . . . . . . #626

Vistage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #514

PNC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #218/220

City of Chicago, Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection (BACP) . . . . . . . . . . . #628

Women Presidents’ Organization (WPO). . . . . . . . . . #512

Kraft Foods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #321/323

Microsoft Corporation. . . . . . . . . . . . Microsoft Pavilion Motorola Solutions Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #528

Rush University Medical Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #414 Southwest Airlines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #410/412 Staples, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #531/533 Target Corporation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #318/320 Trinal, Inc./Rush University Medical Center – Capital Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #414 U.S. Bank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #236/238

City of Chicago, Department of Procurement Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #624 City of Chicago, Office of the Treasurer. . . . . . . . . . #627 Illinois Department of Central Management Services (CMS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #636

The University of Chicago. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #315 The University of Chicago Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . #317

Illinois Tollway. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #617

University of Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #309/311

McCormick Place. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #631

UPS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #239/241

Metra. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #639

W.W. Grainger, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #432/434

Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #611

Walgreen Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #233/235 Walmart Stores, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #339/341

Navy Pier Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #613

Wisconsin Energy Corporation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #537

Office of Illinois State Treasurer Dan Rutherford. . . . #623

Wrigley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #418/420

Public Building Commission of Chicago. . . . . . . . . #630 Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) . . . . . . . . . #621

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Women’s Business Development Center (WBDC). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .#522/524 Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #520

Cook County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #629

Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Development, Illinois Entrepreneurship Network. . . . . . . . . . . . #620

United Airlines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #215/217

MGPG Events Inc. – The Black Women’s Expo. . . . #510

MEDIA Chicago Sun-Times. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #134 Crain’s Chicago Business. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #517

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