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U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood to Kick Off Two-Day Summit for Small and Disadvantaged Businesses
By HE&IT
Mar 19, 2010, 19:15

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood will deliver opening remarks at “The Road to Recovery,” a two-day summit for small and disadvantaged businesses at the Renaissance Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC on March 24 – 25. 

Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, the two-day forum will highlight programs available to help small firms owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals compete for DOT contracts. 
     
Day One (March 24) will feature opening remarks by Secretary LaHood and a roundtable on “Leadership for the Global Business Community” moderated by John Rogers, Chairman of Ariel Capital Investments, and featuring Sheila Johnson, the co-founder of BET.  The keynote luncheon speaker will be Roland Martin, a political commentator and CNN contributor, and panels will continue throughout the day.

Day Two (March 25) will be devoted to helping small businesses understand the resources available to them at the federal level and introducing them to larger firms that already service DOT to facilitate potential subcontracting.