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LOUIS GREEN

CEO
SUPPLIER SUCCESS LLC

Green is a nationally known expert in procurement, supply chain management and supplier diversity. His 25-plus years of experience have made him an industry leader in small and medium-sized enterprise growth and development. As CEO of Supplier Success LLC, Green focuses on unlocking cash flow in the supply chain, delivering financial benefits to major corporations and their suppliers, with a particular focus on diverse businesses. Supplier Success offers a suite of corporate supplier finance tools and services, including supply chain finance and virtual credit card solutions, as well as various lending products for suppliers themselves. In addition to Supplier Success’ product offerings, Green offers consulting focused on private equity funding, diverse joint ventures and supplier diversity best practices. Prior to founding Supplier Success, Green served as the president and CEO of the Michigan Minority Supplier Development Council (MMSDC) for nine years. 

DEBRA JENNINGS-JOHNSON

FORMER SENIOR DIRECTOR OF SUPPLIER DIVERSITY
BP AMERICA INC. 

Jennings-Johnson, before retiring from BP in late 2020, reported directly to the chief diversity officer and president of the BP Foundation.  She worked to maximize the inclusion of diverse business enterprises into BP’s supply chain. She is chairman of the board of directors for the Women’s Business Development Center in Chicago, Illinois, and is a former board member of the National Minority Supplier Development Council Inc. (NMSDC), Women’s Business Enterprise National Council and South Side Community Art Center. Jennings-Johnson was named "Best of the Decade" in supplier diversity by Minority Business News in 2018, and she led efforts in achieving top corporation recognitions from a number of organizations. 

JAMES H. LOWRY

SENIOR ADVISOR, BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP
PRESIDENT, JAMES H. LOWRY & ASSOCIATES 

Lowry is a business icon, sought after speaker, teacher, mentor, strategic advisor and nationally recognized workforce and supplier diversity expert and pioneer. Lowry was the first African American consultant for global consulting firm McKinsey & Company in 1968. Later, he became the first African American senior partner at the prestigious Boston Consulting Group, where he led the firm’s workforce diversity, ethnic marketing minority business development consulting practice. Lowry continues to serve as a senior advisor to BCG, while heading his own private consulting firm, James H. Lowry & Associates. Lowry is the recipient of many iconic awards. He encapsulated his 30-plus years of experience in the field of minority business development in the book he co- authored in 2011, “Minority Business Success: Refocusing on the American Dream.” His new book is a game changer.  It is called “Change Agent: A Life Dedicated to Creating Wealth for Minorities.”

HARRIET R. MICHEL

FORMER PRESIDENT AND CEO

NATIONAL MINORITY SUPPLIER DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL INC.

Michel retired as president and CEO of the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC) in 2010, after 22 years of service. She is now the principal of HR Michel, LLC, a business advisory firm providing services to small businesses, minority businesses and large corporations. NMSDC matches minority businesses with corporate procurement opportunities. During her NMSDC tenure, Michel built the organization to include 28 U.S. affiliate councils and 6 international affiliate councils in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, South Africa and the United Kingdom.  Its membership included over 500 major corporations and more than 7,000 minority enterprises of all sizes.  At the time of her retirement, NMSDC’s corporate members were purchasing over $110 billion annually from minority suppliers.

RALPH MOORE, CPA

PRESIDENT
RALPH G. MOORE & ASSOCIATES (RGMA)

Moore is recognized as one of the world’s foremost thought leaders in the area of supplier diversity and minority business development. After leaving Arthur Andersen & Co. in 1974, he joined a Chicago, Illinois-based Minority Enterprise Small Business Investment Corporation (MESBIC) made possible by President Richard Nixon’s Black Capitalism Program.  Inspired by the interaction with businessman Reginald F. Lewis and Maryland Congressman Parren Mitchell, Moore established RGMA in 1979. He was the lead trainer for the National Minority Supplier Development Council Inc. for 24 years, which has positioned RGMA to have trained more supplier diversity professionals than any other firm worldwide. Current and former RGMA clients include DuPont, Dow, United Airlines, McDonald’s, Walmart, Food Marketing Institute and Major League Baseball.