Success Stories

Success is a shared effort by certified firms, state agencies, educational institutions, and prime contractors committed to supplier diversity.  Here at OMWBE, we call them all our Certification Celebrities.  

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CERTIFICATION CELEBRITIES

The Northwest Minority Business Council (NMBC) Supplier of the Year Summit Awards honor minority-owned businesses that exemplify excellence.  The following certified firms received awards at this year's Awards Gala on February 29, 2008:

• Adept Mechanical Services, a certified MBE/DBE since 2005, was awarded the Northwest Minority Business Council's Supplier of the Year Summit Award for Class I (sales less than $1 million).
• Dynamic Language Center, a certified MWBE since 1986, was awarded the Northwest Minority Business Council's Supplier of the Year Summit Award for Class II (sales between $1 million and $10 million).
• General Microsystems, Inc., a certified MBE since 1983, was awarded the Northwest Minority Business Council's Supplier of the Year Summit Award for Class III (sales between $10 million and $50 million).

OMWBE's own Vicky Schiantarelli, Manager of our Seattle/King County Office, received the Northwest Minority Business Council's Champion Award.  The award is presented to "... an individual employed within the public sector who has demonstrated an outstanding commitment to create business opportunities for minority-owned firms."

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