Industry Council for Small Business Development (ICSBD)
Silicon Valley, CA

Scott is currently the Supplier Diversity Lead for Apple and is widely known within the supplier diversity network for successfully leading both the Northern California and Alabama Minority Supplier Development Councils to national prominence as President & CEO.Vowels is a recognized thought leader and expert in the field of supplier diversity.

G.H. Swaleh is Director of Global Category Centers and Supplier Diversity for Hewlett-Packard. He is responsible for leading HP's Global Procurement organization's sourcing, negotiating and contracting centers of expertise located in Mexico, Romania and Malaysia. In addition, he heads HP's industry-leading Supplier Diversity Program.

Tom currently heads the Supplier Diversity program for Roche/Genentech Pharma. His responsibilities include creating/aligning strategies, building partnerships with strategic sourcing/business partners/suppliers to increase innovation and inclusion opportunities through qualified small and diverse owned businesses.

Jenti is the Purchasing Agent and Chief Procurement Officer of the County of Santa Clara, the 6thlargest County in California with an annual spend of over $2.3 billion.

Timothy has extensive experience in the diversity supplier management and champion in helping minority and small business enterprises.

Associate Director Lisa Castillo is responsible for fostering key stakeholder relationships between AT&T Supplier Diversity and the minority owned business communities across the west coast.

Diversity Supplier Manager Melissa has been at Northrop Grumman for 14 years. Northrop Grumman is a leading global security company providing innovative systems, products and solutions in cyber, autonomous systems, strike and logistics and modernization to government and commercial customers worldwide. Northrop Grumman has net sales of $23.5 billion in FY 2015.

Supplier Diversity Senior Manager Bob is a legend in diversity supplier management and has a wealth of experience facilitating and supporting small diversified business enterprises.

Tim is responsible for developing, maintaining and administering San Jose Water Company’s Utility Supplier Diversity Program (USDP) and represents San Jose Water Company as Manager of Community Involvement. Tim has wealth of experience working in supplier management including with PG&E, Boeing Company, Edison International and AT&T / Lucent Technologies / Alcatel-Lucent.

Lana Gosnell is a Vice President and Suppler Diversity Manager of Supplier Diversity & Development for MUFG Union Bank, N.A. She is responsible for providing diverse business enterprises with the maximum practicable opportunity to participate in the Bank’s procurement of goods and services throughout the MUFG Union Bank, N.A. enterprise. She has been with Supplier Diversity & Development since 2012. Ms. Gosnell is a part of the driving force in the bank’s commitment to increase diverse business supplier spend.