On Wednesday, September 11, 2024, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia are partnering to host the Northeast Supplier Diversity Summit.
This is a hybrid event. Please join us in-person for an action-packed day with networking, general sessions, and a trade fair with corporate representatives. Meet your fellow vendors, including diverse suppliers and small businesses, and Federal Reserve procurement staff while networking over breakfast and lunch. Remote participants can view the panel discussions through Webex.
This event will be of interest to vendors, including diverse suppliers and small businesses, business and supplier diversity professionals, procurement staff, advocacy groups, and other community-based organizations.
The deadline for in-person registration is Tuesday, August 27, 2024.
September 11, 2024
8:30am-3:00pm
The hybrid portion, hosted on Webex, will run from 9:30am to 12:45pm
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Auditorium
33 Liberty Street
New York, NY 10045
(Hybrid event)
This event is open to the public. All participants can register to attend in person or view the panel discussions virtually.
This event is open to the media. All remarks are on the record. For media inquiries, please contact Ellen Simon at Ellen.Simon@ny.frb.org.
Agenda
| 8:30am-9:30am | Attendee Check-in & Networking Breakfast |
| 9:30am-9:40am | Welcome and Opening Remarks Elizabeth Reilly, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Patrick Coster, Chief Procurement Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of New York |
| 9:40am-10:10am | How to Do Business with the Federal Reserve System Moderator: Nancy Bonner, Procurement and Vendor Relationship Manager, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia John Eppinger, Senior Procurement Analyst, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Marleitha Williams, Supplier Diversity Program Manager, Federal Reserve Board of Governors Todd Steingart, Sourcing Lead, Federal Reserve Bank of New York Megan Behr, Director of Sales, UNICOM Government Inc. |
| 10:10am-10:50am | Access to Capital Moderator: Jonathan Kivell, Director of Strategic Partnerships & Community Impact, Federal Reserve Bank of New York Aquila Leon-Soon, Founder and CEO, ATS+Partners Mark Brazier, Vice President and Manager of Contract Financing, TruFund Sherri Lane, Assistant Commissioner, Capital Access & Business Programs, NYC Department of Small Business Services (SBS) |
| 10:50am-11:00am | Break |
| 11:00am-11:35am | Business Resiliency Moderator: Shaka Hinds, Supplier Diversity Program Manager, Federal Reserve Bank of New York Adam Wehrenberg, Vice President, Resilience Central, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Danny Brando, Head of Risk Response and Resiliency, Federal Reserve Bank of New York Deepak Khare, President, Caresoft Inc |
| 11:35am-11:40am | Break |
| 11:40am-12:40pm | AI & Business Resiliency Vitaly Meursault, Machine Learning Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia |
| 12:45pm-1:30pm | Networking Lunch (Liberty Dining Room) |
| 1:30pm-3:00pm | Exhibiting/Matchmaking |
