Emily Yang
August 03, 2022
Reginald Williams of Procurement Resources, Inc to Receive the GMSDC’s Blue Legend Award
The
Georgia Minority Supplier Development Council (GMSDC) will honor Reginald
Williams, the Chief Executive Officer of Procurement
Resources, Inc. (PRI), with the
2022 Spirit of Alliance Blue Legend Award on Thursday, August 18, 2022. The
Spirit of Alliance Awards event recognizes excellence in supplier diversity
across the state of Georgia, honoring the many achievements of the State of
Georgia’s top corporations, small business owners and supplier diversity champions.
The Blue Legend Award is the top
individual honor presented at the Spirit of Alliance Awards. It is presented to
a visionary leader who has demonstrated extraordinary courage, overcome a
variety of challenging obstacles, and remained steadfast in the pursuit of
equal opportunity for minority business owners in Georgia and elsewhere. Mr. Williams, a lifelong advocate for supply chain
diversity and inclusive procurement practices who is the principal of one of
the most influential consulting firms in the nation, will join an
exclusive circle of distinguished past recipients of the Blue Legend Award,
including Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson, Senator Sam Nunn, Congressman John
Lewis, Ambassador Andrew Young, Hispanic business leader Sara Gonzalez, and
business icons Herman J. Russell and Gregory Baranco.
A veteran of nearly 50 years in the
supply chain arena, Williams began his career as a purchasing agent at
Westinghouse Aerospace, eventually rising to the level of Chief Procurement
officer. He served in the non-profit sector as an advocate for affirmative
action and as a long-time faculty member at several higher education institutions
alongside running his company, which he launched in 1976. His client list reads like a Who’s Who of
America’s largest and most prestigious Fortune 500 brands, including IBM, the
Coca-Cola Company, Delta Air Lines, Kaiser Permanente and American Electric
Power. It is no accident that many of PRI’s clients are members of the Billion
Dollar Roundtable, an exclusive organization of companies that spend at least a
billion dollars per year with diverse suppliers. A consultant, speaker, author,
subject matter expert and trusted advisor to many, Reginald Williams is one of
the true pillars of the diverse supplier engagement community.
The 2022 Spirit of Alliance Awards Luncheon
will take place on Thursday, August 18, 2022 hosted by The Coca-Cola Company. For
more information, visit gmsdc.org.
About
the GMSDC
The Georgia Minority Supplier Development Council, Inc. (GMSDC), is a
47-year-old not-for-profit organization that fosters value-driven partnerships
that may otherwise not be possible between corporate entities, ethnic
minority-owned businesses and government entities in the state of Georgia. With
over 400 national and local corporate members and more than 900 certified
minority business enterprises, the GMSDC is the leader in supplier diversity
and minority business development in Georgia. The GMSDC is headquartered in
Atlanta and is an affiliate of National Minority Supplier Development Council.
For more information, call 404-589-4929 or visit www.gmsdc.org.
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