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A Message from HSDA

11 June 2020
HSDA Supports “Black Lives and Businesses”
The Healthcare Supplier Diversity Alliance (HSDA) is in a unique position to host an ongoing forum where all stakeholders can identify business challenges and collaborate on how to solve them.  Deborah Williams, Chair of HSDA, released a sincere and optimistic statement, to encourage participation in these discussions. Dear HSDA Corporate Partners, Diverse (M/WBE), Veteran and Service-Disabled Veterans and Small Business Enterprises, Community Partners and Friends, Over the past 3 months, w...
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Welcome to HSDA

Please welcome the following members to HSDA:

Tactegra, LLC
Ian Canto

Eshai Corporation
Steve Phillips

HSDA Member News

03 November 2020
Owens & Minor Postpones 2020 Earl G. Reubel Awards, Will Return in 2021 to Honor Leaders in Supplier Diversity
Owens & Minor Postpones 2020 Earl G. Reubel Awards, Will Return in 2021 to Honor Leaders in Supplier Diversity
As part of Owens & Minor’s continued efforts to keep our teammates and the communities we serve safe during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Earl G. Reu...
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30 June 2020
NEXT Medical Products Receives Vizient Novaplus Contract for Ultrasound Gel
NEXT Medical Products Receives Vizient Novaplus Contract for Ultrasound Gel
BRANCHBURG, NJ, June 30, 2020 -- NEXT Medical Products Company is pleased to announce its new Novaplus contract with Vizient for Ultrasound Gel effect...
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30 June 2020
Success Story - HPC’s Association and Conference Concierge Program recovers over $68K in registration fees for major mid-west healthcare system
Success Story - HPC’s Association and Conference Concierge Program recovers over $68K in registration fees for major mid-west healthcare system
A major mid-west healthcare system, based in Indiana, has been using HPC’s Association and Conference Concierge Program for over 5 years. This service...
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26 June 2020
ZRG Medical Donates Essential Hospital Furniture and Supplies to MedShare
ZRG Medical Donates Essential Hospital Furniture and Supplies to MedShare
Although we specialize in medical equipment liquidation, we are bound to come across some excess assets from hospitals along with their decommissioned...
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26 June 2020
Black-Owned Marketing Firm Joins PPE Supply Chain To Fight Coronavirus
Black-Owned Marketing Firm Joins PPE Supply Chain To Fight Coronavirus
A Black, female-owned marketing firm has switched gears to help companies and organizations acquire Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to help during...
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19 June 2020
Casco Manufacturing Solutions Creates New, Washable PPE Products During Pandemic-- and Business is Booming
Casco Manufacturing Solutions Creates New, Washable PPE Products During Pandemic-- and Business is Booming
Cincinnati soft goods manufacturer creates booties, masks, gowns during crisis When the coronavirus pandemic took the nation by surprise in mid-March,...
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Diversity News

03 July 2020
The Trump Administration Weighing Rollback of Optional Practical Training (OPT) Program
Foreign nationals who are in the U.S. in F-1 student status are often eligible to engage in employment after completing their academic program in what is referred to as Optional Practical Training (OPT). As a result of the current high unemployment r...
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02 July 2020
Lowe’s Opens Applications for the First Wave of its $25 Million in Minority Small Business Grants
Lowe’s Opens Applications for the First Wave of its $25 Million in Minority Small Business Grants
Discover how Lowe's is helping small businesses reopen and stay open....
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02 July 2020
SBA’s Economic Injury Disaster Loans and Advance Program Reopened to All Eligible Small Businesses and Non-Profits Impacted by COVID-19 Pandemic
SBA’s Economic Injury Disaster Loans and Advance Program Reopened to All Eligible Small Businesses and Non-Profits Impacted by COVID-19 Pandemic
The SBA has reopened the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) and EIDL Advance program portal to all eligible applicants experiencing economic impacts due to COVID19. SBA’s EIDL program offers long-term, low interest assistance for a small business o...
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24 June 2020
Cigna + Oscar Helps Small Business Owners who Recognize that a Healthy Workforce is the Key to a Vibrant Business in COVID-19 Environment
Cigna + Oscar Helps Small Business Owners who Recognize that a Healthy Workforce is the Key to a Vibrant Business in COVID-19 Environment
Approximately two-thirds of small businesses say that providing health insurance to their employees is now a higher priority as a result of COVID-19. In Atlanta, the San Francisco Bay Area and across Tennessee, Cigna + Oscar will offer small business...
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18 June 2020
Department of Commerce Announces New National Director of Minority Business Development Agency
Department of Commerce Announces New National Director of Minority Business Development Agency
WASHINGTON, June 17, 2020 – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that David J. Byrd will be the new National Director of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA). Mr. Byrd will be the 18th Natio...
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12 June 2020
Atlanta MBDA Business Center Launches CARES Act Assistance Program
Atlanta MBDA Business Center Launches CARES Act Assistance Program
ATLANTA– Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Atlanta Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) Centers have responded to hundreds of requests for assistance with funding, opportunities, and disaster recovery and resilience. The staff fiel...
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Board of Directors Listing

Deborah Williams,
Chair,
Premier

Stacey Winston,
Chair Elect,
Intalere

Andrea Reubel-Walker,
Secretary,
Kerma Medical Products

Pending,
Parliamentarian

Robert Gonzalez,
Treasurer,
Print Media Corporation

Richard Manson,
Attorney,
SourceMark

Angela Wilkes,
Emeritus Co-Founder,
AT Wilkes and Associates

Joyce Kershaw,
Emeritus Co-Founder,
Kerma Medical Products

 

Antione Bennett,
Cardinal Health

Becky McKinney,
CommonSpirit Health

Janet McCain,
HealthTrust Purchasing Group

Dr. Hilton Hudson,
Hilton Publishing

Charlene Vickers,
Johnson & Johnson

Todd Gray,
Kaiser Permanente

Donna Ennis,
MBDA Business & Advanced Manufacturing Centers-Georgia Tech

Vicky Lyle,
Owens & Minor

Herschel Walker, Ex-officio
Renaissance Man Food Services