MBN USA

October 25, 2021

UnFollow View Profile Send Message Copy Link

UnFollow View Profile Send Message Copy Link

Milestones in the Billion Dollar Roundtable's history

Billion Dollar Roundtable Timeline

2001

• Co-founders Sharon Patterson, who retired from Kraft Foods; Don McKneely, publisher of MBN USA; and Shirley Harrison, who retired from Altria Group, establish the Billion Dollar Roundtable Inc. to promote and share best practices incorporate supply chain diversity excellence.
  
• These charter companies join BDR at its founding: AT&T, Daimler Chrysler (now Stellantis), Ford, General Motors, IBM, Verizon and Walmart.

2004

• Sharon Patterson becomes president and CEO.
  
• Don McKneely becomes founding chairman.

2005

• The Procter & Gamble Co. and Toyota Motor North America Inc. join BDR.

2006

• Holds Annual Summit in New York City, hosted by Altria
  
• Group, examining supplier diversity best practices in advertising/marketing.

2007

• Holds Annual Summit in New York City, examining business case for international supplier diversity.
  
• The Boeing Co. and The Kroger Co. join BDR.

2008

• Holds “Supplier Diversity Showcase Executive Leadership (C-Suite) Summit,” a corporate and procurement exchange of supplier diversity best practices, hosted by Johnson Controls Inc. at its Milwaukee, Wisconsin, headquarters.
  
• Elects Don McKneely BDR chairman emeritus after seven years of service.
  
• Elects William “Bill” J. Moon, retired vice president of global sourcing for UPS Inc., as BDR chair, succeeding interim Chairman Jethro Joseph, who retired from Chrysler.
  
• Honda North America Inc. and Dell Inc. join BDR.
  
• Holds Annual Summit in New York City, as a follow-up to 2006 summit on supplier diversity best practices in advertising/marketing.

2009

• Avis Budget Group Inc. and Microsoft Corp. join BDR.
  
• Holds Annual Summit in Arlington, Virginia, hosted by
  
• Verizon and Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College. Karen Mills, head of U.S. Small Business Administration, is among featured speakers.

2010

• Holds Annual Summit in Washington, D.C., on Capitol Hill, examining supplier diversity best practices.

2011

• Johnson & Johnson joins BDR.
  
• Holds Annual Summit in Seattle, Washington, hosted by Microsoft, examining the building of diverse companies’ capacity through strategic partnerships.

2012

• Publishes “Supplier Diversity Best Practices: Building Excellence to Improve the Supply-Chain Matrix,” book examining best-practice areas for operating viable and successful supplier diversity programs.
  
• Holds Annual Summit in New Brunswick, New Jersey, hosted by Johnson & Johnson.

2013

• Establishes Capital Connector for Growth initiative, or BDR Triad, for connecting corporations and investors with diverse business owners to drive diverse company growth.
  
• Holds Annual Summit in Detroit, Michigan, hosted by Big 3 automakers — Chrysler, Ford, General Motors. Dr. Thierry Malleret, French writer, economist, corporate adviser and author of “Disequilibrium: A World Out of Kilter,” is featured speaker via Skype.

2014

• BDR member-companies’ representatives and BDR officers participate in global supplier diversity conference in London, sponsored by Minority Supplier Development UK Ltd., to examine global supplier-diversity trends.
  
• Holds Annual Summit in Cincinnati, Ohio, hosted by Procter & Gamble, exploring the topic of innovation.
  
• Kaiser Permanente and Bank of America Corp. join BDR.
  
• Elects Rick Hughes, retired Procter & Gamble Co. chief procurement officer, as BDR chair.

2014-2015

• Participates in an annual symposium hosted by the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, highlighting the viability of HBCUs and their students.

2015

• Comcast/NBCUniversal joins BDR.
  
• Holds Annual Summit in Dallas, Texas, hosted by AT&T and Toyota Motor North America, examining technologies and their impacts on corporate supply chains. Dr. Mae C. Jemison, physician and astronaut, is featured speaker.

2016

• Cummins Inc. joins BDR.
  
• Holds Annual Summit in Atlanta, Georgia, hosted by
  
• Kaiser Permanente. Then-Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed is featured speaker.

2017

• Adient PLC joins BDR.
  
• Apple, CVS Health, Merck and Exelon join BDR.
  
• Holds Annual Summit in Oakland, California, hosted by Kaiser Permanente. Billionaire Robert F. Smith, founder, chairman and CEO of Vista Equity Partners, addresses the fireside chat with Kaiser Permanente Chairman and CEO Bernard J. Tyson, who died in 2019.

2018

• Recognizes certifications from disability-, LGBT- and
  
• veteran-owned enterprises, in addition to minority- and women-owned firms, effective Jan. 1.
  
• Pacific Gas and Electric Co. joins BDR.
  
• Holds Annual Summit in Providence, Rhode Island, hosted by CVS Health, examining economic impact of supplier diversity.

2019

• Elects Shelley Stewart Jr., retired chief procurement officer,
  
• E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., as BDR chair.
  
• JPMorgan Chase & Co. and CDW Corp. join BDR.
  
• Holds annual summit in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, hosted by Verizon Communications. Former U.S. Cabinet Secretaries Robert Reich (Labor) and Rodney Slater (Transportation); Hans Vestberg, Verizon chairman and CEO; Wes Moore, author and social entrepreneur; Henry Childs II, National Director, U.S. Minority Business Development Agency, are featured speakers.

2020

• Launches “BDR Connects” program to examine topics in supplier diversity across multiple platforms.
  
• Postpones Annual Summit due to COVID-19 pandemic.

 2021

• Holds Virtual Summit with Mellody Hobson, president and co-CEO, Ariel Investments LLC, as featured speaker.
  
• Celebrates 20th anniversary of organization founding.