DOT 97-02
Monday, October 28, 2002
Contact: Bill Mosley
Tel.: (202) 366-5571
Minority and Women Entrepreneurs Honored During DOT
Awards Ceremony
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta today presented awards to 23 minority and women entrepreneurs and ten U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) employees who have made significant contributions to the transportation industry and the nation=s economy.
“The Bush administration believes that minority business entrepreneurs represent the best of the American spirit in their determination to overcome obstacles and in their striving for better lives for themselves and for their families,” said Secretary Mineta. “As we celebrate their success, we will continue to expand opportunities for these and other entrepreneurs in all transportation fields.”
“Secretary Mineta’s leadership creates the right climate for women, small and minority owned firms to compete and succeed at DOT,” said Sean Moss, director of DOT’s Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization. “The contributions of small business have become our most valued assets – without them we would not be able to meet our mission.”
Secretary Mineta presented the awards at a ceremony, sponsored by OSDBU, following the 20th annual national observance of Minority Enterprise Development (MED) Week, which was celebrated Sept. 24 - 27. The theme for this year’s MED Week was “Strategies for Growth in the American Economy, Part II: The Entrepreneurial Economy.” Created in 1983, MED Week celebrates the achievements of exemplary minority entrepreneurs and the contributions of outstanding advocates on behalf of small, women-owned and disadvantaged businesses.
OSDBU seeks to promote customer satisfaction through successful partnerships that result in an inclusive and effective small business procurement process. To accomplish its mission, OSDBU has organized its responsibilities, programs and activities under four lines of business: Advocacy, Outreach, Financial Services and Organizational Excellence. The results achieved under all four lines of business support the accomplishment of one of the components of DOT’s strategic plan – to expand opportunities for all businesses, especially small, women-owned and disadvantaged businesses in DOT programs.
Minority and women entrepreneurs receiving awards were:
A.R. Char Tanya Walker
Rainbow Technology, Inc. TW & Company, Inc.
Olney, MD Silver Spring, MD
C.S. Veazey & W.I. Miller Rodney P. Hunt
GIGA, Inc. RS Information Systems, Inc.
Macon, GA McLean, VA
Shiv Krishnan Vance Hum
INDUS Corporation I.M. Systems Group, Inc. Kensington, MD
Vienna, VA
Angela
Mason
Joseph H. Brevard &
ITS
Services, Inc.
Edward Shoucair
Springfield,
VA
Planners Collaborative Inc.
Boston, MA
Carol
D. Allin
Steve Ozuna
Supplies Express, Inc. (SEI) New Bedford Panoramex
Centreville, VA Corporation
Upland, CA
Brenda
Boone
Anita M. Talwar
Human Solutions, Inc. Advance Management Technology,
Palm Coast, FL Inc. (AMTI)
Arlington, VA
Elizabeth Lyall Abulkhair Islam
Research Integrations, Inc. AI Engineers, Inc.
Tempe, AZ Middletown, CT
Beverly A. Lousignont C. Nasser Ahmad
Certified Personnel Service Agency AZIZIA International
Island City, OR Manassas, VA
Karla Lynn Williams Kija Kim
FOCUS AMC, Inc. Harvard Design and Mapping Alexandria, VA Co., Inc.
Cambridge, MA
Bill Breighner Ava Savadow
Bowhead Support Services SAG
Anchorage, AK Washington, DC
Leon
Snead
Martha Beltran
Leon Snead and Company, P.C. ALLTECH International
Rockville, MD Vienna, VA
Frank
Islam
QSS Group, Inc.
Lanham, MD
Additionally, the department recognized one person from its prime contractors to receive the department’s minority business enterprise award for significant contributions to and promotion of DOT’s subcontracting program for small and disadvantaged businesses. The recipient was:
Linda G. Curbo
The Boeing Company
Richardson, TX 75081
Departmental officials recognized for their outstanding contributions to the department in the area of minority and women-owned business enterprises were:
Dr. Shashi Kuppa Robert Carpenter
National Highway Safety Administration Federal Railroad Administration
Rita Thomas Lisa M. Wilusz
Maritime Administration Research and Special Programs
Administration
Viola Underdue-Mitchell Carmen Molina
Federal Aviation Administration Federal Aviation Administration
Carolyn Engelke Charles E. Ford, J.D.
Federal Aviation Administration Federal Highway Administration
Oklahoma City, OK Lansing, MI
William L. Parsons Mike Derrios
Federal Highway Administration Transportation Security
Vancouver, WA Administration
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