Presenters:  ​

Carlos Guierrez, Outreach Manager Business Enterprise Program, State of Illinois  will speak on  "How to become certified as MBE/WBE with the State of Illinois and accessing Procurement contracts and other resources."

Tammi Davis, Central Region Regional Coordinator for the American Contract Compliance Association (ACCA, www.acca298.org)

As the Regional Coordinator, Tammi Davis is making it her personal challenge to connect with people in the Diversity and Compliance Industry, primarily in the public sector, and act as a conduit through which information pertinent to their programs can be relayed to and from the association.
 

Tammi Davis, was recently appointed as the Central Region Regional Coordinator for the American Contract Compliance Association, a national organization which trains Compliance and Diversity professionals in the areas of Affirmative Action, Contract Compliance, Minority/Women/Disadvantaged/Small/Emerging Business Enterprise, Labor Compliance, Economic & Business Development, and Equal Employment Opportunity for both public and private agencies.Davis’ area covers Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota,Oklahoma, Texas and Wisconsin. She also serves as Editor of the association’s national newsletter.
 
Davis is the Chief of Operations for Trinal, Inc. of Chicago and was the former Compliance Officer for the City of Gary/Gary Sanitary District.

Monthly Membership Meeting held by Chatham Business Association, Small Business Development Inc. are held to inform current members and prospective members about issues and activities going on in Chatham and the City of Chicago.  You do not need to be a member to attend.  Breakfast is provided for a small fee.