Leadership
“All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.” Martin Luther King, Jr.
“All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.” Martin Luther King, Jr.
Meet WRMSDC's leaders spearheading Supplier Diversity in Northern California, Nevada, and Hawaii
Lili Kwan
Board Chair
Salesforce
Walter Freeman
Vice-Chair
Apple
Michael Balistreri
Secretary
Robert Half Inc.
Michelle Picard
Treasurer
Siemens
Lynn Reddrick
Education & Training Chair
Federal Reserve Bank
of San Francisco
Tanya Nixon
Immediate Past Chair
Aflac
Donna Ruff
Council President
WRMSDC
Alan Gartrell
Harish Vakharia
Rose International
Heman Chand
S+B James Construction
LaSandra Hunt
JP Morgan Chase
Mick Penn
Swinerton
Gerald Johnson
MBEIC Board Chair
Sabacon Consulting
Shabana Siraj
MBEIC Vice Chair
Trident Consulting
Ashwini Vasudeva
MBEIC Secretary
Think Astute
Reggie Burton, Jr.
Nevada Representative
RB Group
Donna Ruff
CEO
V Liwai Garcia
VP of Program Development & Minority Business Services
Michael McQuarry
VP of Operations and Corporate Services
Rose Davis
Director of Corporate Services & MBE Development (Nevada)
Rosemary Wetzel
Director, IT & MBE Certification
Sheena Lyons
Director of Events
Tedi Taylor
Senior Manager, Operations & Special Projects
Kellie Payton
Certification Assistant
Bianca Gartrell
Certification Manager
Ariana Davi
Program Manager, Corporate & MBE Development
Mercy Matheri
Accounting Manager
Any dispute, claim or controversy arising out of or relating to your use of this website https://wrmsdc.org/ (hereinafter “Site”) or the breach, termination, enforcement, interpretation or validity thereof, including any services used and/or provided by WRMSDC to process applications to become a Listed, Registered or Certified MBE and the determination of the scope or applicability of this agreement to arbitrate, shall be covered by this arbitration clause and determined by arbitration in Alameda County, California before three arbitrators. The arbitration shall be administered by JAMS pursuant to its Comprehensive Arbitration Rules and Procedures and in accordance with the Expedited Procedures in those Rules. Judgment on the Award may be entered in any court having jurisdiction. This clause shall not preclude parties from seeking provisional remedies in aid of arbitration from a court of appropriate jurisdiction. The parties agree that, wherever practicable, they will seek to appoint a fair representation of diverse arbitrators (considering gender, ethnicity and sexual orientation), and will request administering institutions to include a fair representation of diverse candidates on their rosters and list of potential arbitrator appointees. Within 15 days after the commencement of arbitration, each party shall select one person to act as arbitrator, and the two so selected shall select a third arbitrator within 30 days of the commencement of the arbitration. If the arbitrators selected by the parties are unable or fail to agree upon the third arbitrator within the allotted time, the third arbitrator shall be appointed by JAMS in accordance with its rules. All arbitrators shall serve as neutral, independent and impartial arbitrators. The parties shall maintain the confidential nature of the arbitration proceeding and the Award, including the Hearing, except as may be necessary to prepare for or conduct the arbitration hearing on the merits, or except as may be necessary in connection with a court application for a preliminary remedy, a judicial challenge to an Award or its enforcement, or unless otherwise required by law or judicial decision.
This Agreement and the rights of the parties hereunder shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, exclusive of conflict or choice of law rules. The parties acknowledge that this Agreement evidences a transaction involving interstate commerce. Notwithstanding the provision in the preceding paragraph with respect to applicable substantive law, any arbitration conducted pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act (9 U.S.C., Secs. 1-16.)
In any arbitration arising out of or related to your use of the Site, the arbitrators shall award to the prevailing party, if any, the costs and attorneys’ fees reasonably incurred by the prevailing party in connection with the arbitration. If the arbitrators determine a party to be the prevailing party under circumstances where the prevailing party won on some but not all of the claims and counterclaims, the arbitrators may award the prevailing party an appropriate percentage of the costs and attorneys’ fees reasonably incurred by the prevailing party in connection with the arbitration.