About SCMSDC

Overview

Southern California Minority Supplier Development Council (SCMSDC) is the largest nonprofit minority business advocacy organization in the region, representing the interests of more than 600,000 Minority Business Enterprises (MBEs), serving 1,500 SCMSDC-Certified MBEs and 300 corporate members throughout a 13-county service area.

SCMSDC is one of 37 regional councils in the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC) network.

Mission

SCMSDC's mission is "to be the premiere organization strengthening economic ties between large, public-, private- and foreign-owned corporations and minority men- and women-owned business enterprises.”
The council aims to achieve this by providing:

• Nationally recognized certification
• Strategic networking between corporate member procurement professionals and certified minority women and men entrepreneurs
• Enhanced capacity of minority-owned businesses through education, information, and skills development, and
• Recognition of outstanding commitment and performance in purchasing goods and services from diverse businesses by corporate members and certified minority-owned businesses

Primary Services

• Ethnic minority business certification
• Database referrals of minority suppliers
• MBE to Corporate and MBE to MBE networking opportunities
• Professional development/educational programs
• MBE access to corporate member database
• MBE Health Insurance Program

Organizational Overview

SCMSDC consists of:

• President / Council Staff
• Chairperson / Board of Directors
• Minority Business Enterprise Input Committee / MBEs at large

HISTORY

1969	Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce organizes the first “Minority Business Opportunity Day” (MBOD) Trade Fair. A “handful” of representatives from major corporations/government agencies and a small group of minority entrepreneurs attended.
1975	Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce and the Minority Enterprise Coalition of Los Angeles creates the Southern California Regional Purchasing Councils (SCRPC), the only multi ethnic minority advocacy group
1980	Orange County Purchasing Council established
1999	SCRPC forms the Central Valley Business Development Council to carry out its mission in the five-county area of Fresno, Kings, Kern, Tulare and Inyo
2003	SCRPC name change to the Southern California Minority Business Development Council (SCMBDC)."Our organization has evolved from one that focused almost solely on helping to increase corporate purchases from minority businesses to one that still embraces its founding purpose but now more broadly helps minority businesses grow and prosper,” he said.