Speakers & Presenters

Mario Crescenzo
Director of Purchasing
The City College of New York

Philip Berry
Vice Chairperson, CUNY Board of Trustees; Acting Chairperson,
CUCF Board of Trustees; President, Philip Berry Associates, LLC

Roberta Washington
FAIA, Principal, Roberta Washington Architects, PC

Leroy A. Johnson
President/CEO, Symphony Printing

Sharon Luckie
Director of Purchasing, Bronx Community College

Workshop B: How to Become a New York State & New York City
Certified M/WBE Vendor

Lora Trimingham
Associate Certification Analyst, Empire State Development Corporation

Walter Maxwell
Director for External Affairs, Division of Economic and
Financial Opportunity, NYC Department of Small Business Services

Scott Munson
Associate Certification Specialist, Empire State Development

Workshop C: Life after M/WBE Certification – Panel Discussion

Elizabeth Kennedy
RLA, Principal, Elizabeth Kennedy Landscape Architects

Joe Corchado
President, JFD Sales & Consulting Firm

Workshop D: New York City and New York State Procurement
Opportunities Panel

Michael Clay
Director, Office of Opportunity Programs, DASNY

Gregory Glasgow
Director of Operations, Business Development Division, NYC SCA

William Clay
Assistant Commissioner of the M/WBE and Community Relations Office, NYS OGS

Corrine Campbell
Assistant Commissioner and Agency Chief Contracting Officer, NYC DCAS

Roxanne K. Mutchler
Government Contractor Coordinator, New York State, SBDC

Workshop B: Green Purchasing

Neil Richardson
Project Manager, CUNY Sustainability Project

Workshop C: Green Building Design

Deborah F. Taylor
AIA, LEED AP Chief Sustainability Officer, NYC Department of Buildings
Workshop D: Prime Contracting & Subcontracting Opportunities in
Design & Construction

Jeffrey Weinstein
Director of Procurement Services, CUNY Office of Facilities Planning, Construction and Management

Workshop E: How to Get Bonding, Insurance and Financing

Timothy Marshall
President & CEO,Jamaica Business Resource Center

Sandra Wilkin
President Bradford Construction & President of Women Builders Council