Minority, Women and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise

M/W/DBE Related Links

The Allegheny County Department of M/W/DBE
is Raising the Bar in the 21st Century

Allegheny County Purchasing & Contract-Related Links
	Allegheny County Professional Services Review Committee
	Commodity Contract Search
	Expired Contracts
	Purchasing Partners
	Purchasing Staff

General Resources
	Pennsylvania Small Business Development Centers (SBDC)
	Unified Certification Program (UCP)
	Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization & Minority Resource Center (OSDBU/MRC)

Professional Resources
	African American Chamber of Commerce of Western Pennsylvania Regional Enterprise Tower 425 Sixth Avenue, Suite 1330 Pittsburgh, PA 15219 Doris Carson-Williams, President Phone: (412) 392-0610 Fax: (412) 392-0612 information@aaccwp.com
	Allegheny County Bar Association Diversity Committee 400 Koppers Building 436 Seventh Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15219 Eugene Harris, Diversity Coordinator Phone: (412) 402-6674
	Allegheny County Bar Association Women in the Law Division 400 Koppers Building 436 Seventh Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15219 David Blaner, ACBA Liaison Phone: (412) 402-6601
	American Association of Blacks in Energy - Pittsburgh Chapter
	American Psychiatric Association 1000 Wilson Boulevard Suite 1825 Arlington, VA 22209-3901 Phone: (703) 907-7300 apa@psych.org
	APA Dept. of Minority and National Affairs Alison Bondurant Phone: (703) 907-8639 abondurant@psych.org
	The Association of Black Psychologists P.O. Box 55999 Washington, D.C. 20040-5999 Phone: (202) 722-0808 Regional Representative - Delaware Valley Judith Grey, Ph.D. Phone: (215) 715-8355 - wk Regional Representative - Cleveland Dr. Willie Williams Phone: (216) 491-9405 - wk
	Black Contractors Association 7249 Frankstown Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15208 Earl Brooks, Executive Director Phone: (412) 726-3341
	Diversity Business Resource Center Riverside Center for Innovation 700 River Avenue, Suite 231 Pittsburgh, PA 15212 Christina Damiano, Director Phone: (412) 322-3272
	Governor’s Advisory Commission on African American Affairs (GACAAA) Room 506 Finance Building Harrisburg, PA 17120 Sonya M. Toler, Executive Director Phone: 1-877-374-0222 gacaaa@state.pa.us
	Hispanic National Bar Association 815 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 500 Washington, DC 20006 Carmen Feliciano, Esq. Phone: (202) 223-4777 Fax: (202) 223-2324
	Hispanics Impacting Public Policy (HIPP)
	Homer S. Brown Law Association P.O. Box 31 Pittsburgh, PA 15230
	Minority Corporate Counsel Association
	Minority Professional Network, Inc. (MPN) P.O. Box 55399 Atlanta, GA 30308-5399 Phone: (888) 676-6389
	National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) NAWBO Pittsburgh Joanne Quinn Smith, President, Pittsburgh Chapter 700 River Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15212 nawbo@nawbopittsburgh.org
	National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) 327 South Adams Street Fort Worth, TX 76104 1-800-552-3506 nawic@nawic.org Local contact: Mary Ann Scott Phone: (412) 261-1500
	National Association of Women Law Enforcement Executives 3 Dunham Street Carver, MA 02330
	National Bar Association 1225 11th Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 Phone: (202) 842-3900 Fax: (202) 289-6170
	National Black MBA Association, Inc. Pittsburgh Chapter P.O. Box 3502 Pittsburgh, PA 15230
	National Society of Black Engineers World Headquarters 1454 Duke Street Alexandria, VA 22314 Phone: (703) 549-2207 Fax: (703) 683-5312
	Network of Minority Research Investigators (NMRI) (Biomedical research investigators and technical personnel) Communication Network sponsored by National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) National Institutes of Health Building 31, Room 9A04 Center Drive, MSC 2560 Bethesda, MD 20892-2560
	Pittsburgh Metropolitan Area Hispanic Chamber of Commerce 1536 Beechview Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15216-3336 Lourdes Sanchez-Ridge, President (412) 628-8394 chamber@pmahcc.org
	Pittsburgh Regional Minority Purchasing Council (PRMPC) Regional Enterprise Tower, Suite 2690 425 Sixth Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15219 Alexander Nichols, President (412) 391-4423
	Small Business Administration 411 Seventh Avenue, Suite 1450 Pittsburgh, PA 15219 Carl B. Knoblock, Pittsburgh District Director Phone: (412) 395-6560
	Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers SHPE, Inc. 5400 East Olympic Blvd., Suite 210 Los Angeles, CA 90022 Phone: (323) 725-3970 Fax: (323) 725-0316
	Society of Women in Engineering (SWE) 230 East Ohio Street, Suite 400 Chicago, Ill 60611-326 Phone: (312) 596-5223 Fax: (312) 596-5252 Pittsburgh Section: President (Pittsburgh) Alka A. Patel Phone: (412) 606-3007 Patela@pepperlaw.com Region G Director Helen Patricia Phone: (724) 539-5731 Helen.patricia@kennametal.com
	Urban League of Pittsburgh One Smithfield Street, 3rd Floor Pittsburgh, PA 15222-2222 Esther Bush, CEO Phone: (412) 227-4802
	Women Impacting Public Policy - WIPP (The voice of professional women on Capitol Hill) 2709 West I-44 Service Road Oklahoma, OK 73112 Phone: (1-888) 368-5759 support@wipp.org Washington, DC Office: 1615 L Street NW, Suite 650 Washington, DC 20036 Phone: (202) 626-8562 Fax: (202) 223-6601 Pennsylvania Office: Women Impacting Public Policy PA Faye Heller & Renee Jones Phone: (610) 565-9201 & (215) 440-9570 312 Woodridge Lane, Media 19063 Fax: (610) 565-9202 fayehel@aol.com Pittsburgh Contact: Michele McGough Phone: (412) 635-8010 Michele@s4nets.com
	Women's Bar Association of Western Pennsylvania P.O. Box 23620 Pittsburgh, PA 1522-6620 Phone: (412) 429-1WBA (1922)
	Women’s Business Network, Inc. Susan Miller, Business Outreach 442 Perry Highway Pittsburgh, PA 15229 Phone: (412) 318-4644
	YWCA Greater Pittsburgh YW Enterprising Women Melinda L. Sinkule, Director 305 Wood Street Pittsburgh, PA 15222 Phone: (412) 255-6749 Fax: (412) 255-1271

Minority Media Outlets
	BlackPittsburgh.com P.O. Box 84 Homestead, PA 15120 The Zone on BlackPittsburgh.com
	The Heart and Soul of Pittsburgh (The Soul Pitt)
	New Pittsburgh Courier Newspaper 315 East Carson Street Pittsburgh, PA 15219 Rod Doss, Editor & Publisher Phone: (412) 481-8302 Fax: (412) 481-1360 roddoss@aol.com
	Renaissance Publications Greater Pittsburgh Black Business Directory and Resource Guide (published each year) Connie Portis, Publisher Renaissance Building 1516 Fifth Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15219 Phone: (412) 391-8208 Fax: (412) 391-8006 renpub@mail.sgi.net.com

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