State agencies provides technical and financial assistance to minority-owned businesses so that they can compete more successfully for federal, state, local government and commercial contracts. State agencies also serve as advocates for minority-owned businesses to enhance economic development. Certification opens the door to targeted government contracting opportunities. Learn how to become a certified minority-owned business.
Explore the local resources below:
Alabama
Department of Economic and Community Affairs
Office of Minority Business Enterprise
Clarence Mann - (334) 353 5680
California
Department of General Services (SB/DVBE Only)
Business Development Program
Tanya Little – (916) 375-4936
Connecticut
Department of Administrative Services
Supplier Diversity Program
Meg Yetishefsky - (860) 713 5228
Delaware
Office of Supplier Diversity
Office of Supplier Diversity
Michelle N. Morin - (302) 857 4554
Florida
Department of Service Management
Office of Supplier Diversity
Thad Fortune - (850) 487 9863
Illinois
Department of Transportation
Business Enterprise Program
Frank McNeil - (312) 814 4190
Indiana
Department of Administration
Minority Business Development Program
Felicia Roseburgh - (317) 232 3061
Iowa
Department of Inspections and Appeals
Targeted Small Business Certification Program
Mann Montgomery - (515) 281 5796
Kansas
Department of Commerce
Women's and Minority Business Development
Rhonda Harris - (785) 296 3425
Maryland
Department of Transportation
Office of Minority Business Enterprise Program
(410) 865-1269
Massachusetts
Department of Business and Technology
State Office of Minority and Women Business Assistance
Nedra White
Reggie Nunnally - (617) 502 8852
Minnesota
Department of Administration Materials Management Division
Targeted Group/Economically Disadvantaged Small Business Program
Sheila A. Scott - (651) 201 2428
Mississippi
Mississippi Development Authority
Minority and Small Business Development Division
Bob Covington - (601) 359 3448
Missouri
Office of Administration
Office of Supplier and Workforce Diversity
Celeste Metcalf - (573) 751 8130
New York
Empire State Development
Division of Minority and Women-owned Business Development
Lourdes Zapata - (212) 803 2412
North Carolina
Department of Administration
Office for Historically Underutilized Businesses
Dennis M. English, Jr. - (919) 807 2330
Ohio
Department of Administrative Services, Equal Opportunity Division
Minority Business Enterprise Unit
Todd McGonigle - (614) 466 8380
Oregon
Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services
Office of Minority, Women and Emerging Small Business
Raleigh Lewis - (503) 986 0063
Pennsylvania
Department of General Services
The Bureau of Small Business Opportunities
Curtis Burwell - (717) 783 3119
Rhode Island
Department of Administration
Rhode Island Minority Business Enterprise Compliance Office
Charles Newton - (401) 574 8670
South Carolina
Governor’s Office of Small and Minority Business Assistance
Office of Small and Minority Business Assistance
Christine Glover - (803) 734 5010
Texas
Texas Building and Procurement Commission
Historically Underutilized Business Program
Rachel Snell - (512) 463 6958
Virginia
Department of Minority Business Enterprise
Ida O. McPherson - (804) 786 6585
Washington
Office of Minority and Women’s Business Enterprise
Cathy Canorro - (360) 664 9760
West Virginia
West Virginia Development Office
Small Business Development Center
Kristina Oliver - (304) 558 2960
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Supplier Diversity Program
(608) 267-9550
Wisconsin
Department of Administration
Minority Business Enterprise Certification (MBE)
Email: DOABDMBD@wisconsin.gov
(608) 267-9550
Business Certification
