TSMSDC Committees - 2011
Strategic Planning (Committee comes together 1 year prior to end of plan term)
Responsibilities: Ensure that board is kept advised of plan implementation. Through board meeting updates, notifies board of status and leads discussions to modify and change the plan as required. Requires frequent communication with appropriate board, Executive Committee and committee chairs to monitor progress. Ensure compliance with our mission and vision statements
Chairperson: Always chaired by the 1st Vice Chair
Committee: A committee is formed by the Vice Chair when plan is re-drawn one year prior to end of the current detailed plan or at his / her discretion in conjunction with the Executive Committee’s approval.
Minority Business Enterprise Input Committee
Purpose: MBEIC is the voice of the minority businesses into the council. MBEIC has its own goals and initiatives in conjunction with the council objectives. The MBEIC should hold regular monthly meetings.
Chairperson: Keith Hamilton (LB Manufacturing)
Committee: Toni Levy (Toni Levy and Assoc.), 1st Vice Chair, Stacey Wade (Nimbus), 2nd Vice Chair, Roy Coleman
(Power Systems), Kathy Mills (Strategic Communications), Shea Burns (Burns Janitor),
Tawana Bain (New Age Communications)
Certification
Responsibilities: to certify MBEs in accordance with NMSDC guidelines. This committee meets the second and fourth Wednesday’s of each month.
Chairperson: David Montgomery, Raytheon
Committee: Sonya Brown (TSMSDC Director of Certification), Denover Whalen (KY Lottery), Tracie Trumbo-Baker (PNC),
Carl Ledford (JCPS)
Board Development
Responsibilities: to identify qualified candidates for the board and committee positions, to ensure effective board participation and orientation, and basically to continually build a stronger board for TSMSDC; and to round-out the talents of the board so that all committees would have valued contributors.
Chairperson: The Immediate Past Chair or per By-laws 5.4, the current Vice Chair
Committee: The Executive Committee, Ralph de Chabert (Brown-Forman), John Munson, Jr. (Toyota), Ty Gettis (TSMSDC)Public Relations
Responsibilities: to help create an effective marketing and public relations program for TSMSDC throughout its territory and in accordance with all other initiatives
Chairperson: Ralph de Chabert (Brown-Forman)
Committee: Paula Carter (Honda), Darrell Wilson (KY Lottery), Janet Cundiff (Kroger) Suzanne Ruark (TSMSDC)
Education
Responsibilities: to create effective training programs for members and MBEs, to help identify candidates for executive management training programs, but not to select those candidates (TSMSDC Vice President and the Executive Committee should make MBEP selections)
Interim Chairperson: Ralph de Chabert (Brown-Forman)
Committee: Sandra Harper (Humana), Keith Hamilton (LB Manufacturing), John Munson, Jr. (Toyota), Delquan Dorsey (Governor’s Office on Minority Empowerment), Tom Halbleib (Stites and Harbison), Kristen Staab (YUM!),
Sonya Brown (TSMSDC)
By-Laws
Purpose: to ensure efficient and professional board and meeting processes, implement procedures and policies as needed. Assist as parliamentarian
Chairperson: Tom Halbleib (Stites and Harbison)
Committee: Open
Government / Legislation
Purpose: to provide information to TSMSDC constituents on governmental and legislative matters impacting them or their businesses, to identify procurement opportunities for minority firms with the public sector, to be the “eye on government” on all matters relative to TSMSDC business. Note: TSMSDC being a business to business organization and commensurate with our policy on governance, this committee is NOT about political action or any other matters relating to politics.
Chairperson: Keith Hamilton (LB Manufacturing)
Committee: MBEIC
Membership
Purpose: to increase membership in TSMSDC. Annual goal is 10%.
Chairperson: Open
Committee: Darrell Wilson (KY Lottery), Ty Gettis (TSMSDC), Ron Albertson (UPS), Joe Reagan (GLI), Renee Pierce (PNC), Brent Pacanowski (Norton Healthcare)
Finance
Purpose: to oversee the financial activities of the TSMSDC including development of the annual budget and monitoring of monthly results and potential re-forecasts
Chairperson: Tom Halbleib (Stites & Harbison)
Committee: Ty Gettis (TSMSDC), Donald Schmiedt (GLI), Ralph de Chabert (Brown Forman) Tom Halbleib (Stites & Harbison)
Chair’s Direction for Committee:
1. Understand budget and budgeting process.
2. Review of significant variances and trend lines.
3. Finance Committee must know the Strategic Plan; as this is the overall direction for TSMSDC.
4. For events, be proactive in the financial involvement to help TSMSDC staff better manage the events.
5. Identify revenue sources.
6. Use understanding of financial situation to conduct Operations Forecasting (can we open a new office, can we expand events, outreach, etc.)
7. High level overview, testament, and summary of finances to the board, to attest that a full review has been done, to satisfy and address questions and concerns of board members.
