MBRT Announces Partnership With National Congress of American Indians
October 8, 2003
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Minority Business Roundtable (MBRT), a national membership organization for chief executive officers (CEOs) of African-American-, Hispanic-American-, Asian-American-, Native-American- and other minority-owned top-tier businesses, yesterday announced a strategic partnership with the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI), the oldest and largest tribal government organization in the United States.
"The MBRT is pleased to partner with the National Congress of American Indians," said Roger A. Campos, president and chief executive officer, MBRT. "This relationship will allow the MBRT to better address the issues facing Native-American businesses, and is critical to the MBRT's success as it represents all minority businesses in America today."
The MBRT – whose members represent a variety of trades and industries – analyzes and helps formulate effective public policies that impact minority-owned businesses.
The NCAI serves as a forum for consensus-based policy development among its membership of more than 250 tribal governments from every region of the country.
"The NCAI is excited about this strategic partnership, as it will provide for the development of vital information for the sustained economic growth of American Indian-owned business ventures," said Jacqueline Johnson, executive director, NCAI.
The NCAI and the MBRT will work together to survey Native-American businesses, in support of job creation, homeland security and business development, and economic growth in historically under-utilized business zones (HUB zones).
A database for federal agencies will be compiled, which will categorize Native-American businesses by sales, geographic regions, industry, North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code, ethnic groups, chief executive officer contact information, government certifications, capabilities and personnel requirements.
The organizations also will nurture mentor-protégé relationships between MBRT member firms and Native-American businesses, and the NCAI and the MBRT will conduct workshops to address how Native-American businesses can participate in the federal marketplace.
In the coming months and in addition to the planned research with the NCAI, the MBRT will survey the nation's large minority-business enterprises (MBEs) -- those companies with revenues in excess of $1 million -- for their experiences and recommendations for policy improvement. These large MBEs account for 54 percent of all MBE employees and 66 percent of MBE revenues in the country.
Source: MBRT
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