Melinda Garcia Receives 2016 Advocacy Award
December 05, 2016
OAKLAND, Calif. -- The Western Regional Minority Supplier Development Council (WRMSDC), a local non-profit dedicated to promoting minority owned businesses, announced the winners of its 2016 Advocacy Awards on December 2, 2016 at The Blackhawk Automotive Museum in Danville. Present to celebrate the ten award winners were over 250 guests from major Fortune 500 corporations, Minority-owned Business Enterprises (MBEs), and strategic alliance partners.
Corporate Members and certified MBEs competed for the ten distinguished awards celebrating individual and corporate advocacy, development, and partnership with WRMSDC. A list of 2016 Advocacy Award winners follows:
Paragon Award: Scott Vowels, Apple Inc.
Guardian Award: Melinda Garcia, Garcia & Gurney ALC
Nevada Engagement Award: Oscar Aliaga, Codale Energy Services & Supply, LLC
Collaborator Award: Union Bank
Development Award: Sonu Ratra, Akraya
Rising Star Award: Shiloh Event Management
WRMSDC Support Award: Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Exemplar Award: Madison H. Gunter, III, Cisco Systems, Inc.
Advocacy Award: Lisa Castillo, AT&T
Partner Award: Tanya Nixon, Kaiser Permanente
About the Western Regional Minority Supplier Development Council:
The Western Regional Minority Supplier Development Council (WRMSDC) supports the growth and welfare of minority communities by championing the use of minority-owned businesses in Northern California, Nevada, and Hawai‘i.
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