State Offices for
Minority And Women Business Enterprises

State agencies provides technical and financial assistance to minority business enterprise so that they can compete more successfully for federal, state, local government and commercial contracts. State agencies also serve as advocates for minority business enterprise to enhance economic development. Certification opens the door to targeted government contracting opportunities. Learn how to become a certified minority business enterprise.
 
 
Alabama

Department of Economic and Community Affairs

Office of Minority Business Enterprise

Clarence Mann

(334) 353 5680

California

Department of General Services (SB/DVBE Only)

Business Development Program

Tanya Little

(916) 375-4936

Connecticut

Department of Administrative Services

Supplier Diversity Program

Meg Yetishefsky

(860) 713 5228

Delaware

Office of Supplier Diversity

Office of Supplier Diversity

Michelle N. Morin

(302) 857 4554

Florida

Department of Service Management

Office of Supplier Diversity

Thad Fortune

(850) 487 9863

Illinois

Department of Transportation

Business Enterprise Program

Frank McNeil

(312) 814 4190

Indiana

Department of Administration

Minority Business Development Program

Felicia Roseburgh

(317) 232 3061

Iowa

Department of Inspections and Appeals

Targeted Small Business Certification Program

Mann Montgomery

(515) 281 5796

Kansas

Department of Commerce

Women’s and Minority Business Development

Rhonda Harris

(785) 296 3425

Maryland

Department of Transportation

Office of Minority Business Enterprise Program

(410) 865-1269

Massachusetts

Department of Business and Technology

State Office of Minority and Women Business Assistance

Nedra White

Reggie Nunnally

(617) 502 8852

Mississippi

Mississippi Development Authority

Minority and Small Business Development Division

Bob Covington

(601) 359 3448

Missouri

Office of Administration

Office of Supplier and Workforce Diversity

Celeste Metcalf

(573) 751 8130

New York

Empire State Development

Division of Minority and Women-owned Business Development

Lourdes Zapata

(212) 803 2412

North Carolina

Department of Administration

Office for Historically Underutilized Businesses

Dennis M. English, Jr.

(919) 807 2330

Ohio

Department of Administrative Services, Equal Opportunity Division

Minority Business Enterprise Unit

Todd McGonigle

(614) 466 8380

Oregon

Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services

Office of Minority, Women and Emerging Small Business

Raleigh Lewis

(503) 986 0063

Pennsylvania

Department of General Services

The Bureau of Small Business Opportunities

Curtis Burwell

(717) 783 3119

Rhode Island

Department of Administration

Rhode Island Minority Business Enterprise Compliance Office

Charles Newton

(401) 574 8670

South Carolina

Governor’s Office of Small and Minority Business Assistance

Office of Small and Minority Business Assistance

Christine Glover

(803) 734 5010

Texas

Texas Building and Procurement Commission

Historically Underutilized Business Program

Rachel Snell

(512) 463 6958

Virginia

Department of Minority Business Enterprise

Department of Minority Business Enterprise

Ida O. McPherson

(804) 786 6585

Washington

Office of Minority and Women’s Business Enterprise

Office of Minority and Women’s Business Enterprise

Lisa van der Lugt

(360) 664 9750

West Virginia

West Virginia Development Office

Small Business Development Center

Kristina Oliver

(304) 558 2960

Wisconsin

Wisconsin Supplier Diversity Program

Wisconsin Supplier Diversity Program

(608) 267-9550

Department of Administration

Minority Business Enterprise Certification (MBE)