YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO THE

SUPPLIER DIVERSITY EVENT

THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 2017 • 2:00 TO 6:30 PM Rivers Casino, Pittsburgh, PA

You are invited to participate in the SHARE 2017 supplier diversity event featuring nationally known supplier diversity industry leaders, corporate matchmaking and networking opportunities.

SHARE 2017 seeks to bring together the region’s top corporations, institutions and MWDBE suppliers to expand opportunities and increase growth among area MWDBEs. The SHARE 2017 Event Schedule 2:00 pm Honorary Chair’s Welcome by The Honorable Rich Fitzgerald, Allegheny County Executive and The Honorable Bill Peduto, Mayor, City of Pittsburgh 2:15 pm Keynote Presentation by The Honorable Alexis Herman, Former U.S. Secretary of Labor 2:50 pm Q&A with The Honorable Alexis Herman, former U.S. Secretary of Labor and Arlinda Moriarty, CEO Moriarty Consultants – Moderated by Lynne Hayes-Freeland, CEO LHF Communications 3:30 pm Matchmaking Session for Registered Suppliers and Reception

The SHARE event is planned by a committee of representatives from UPMC, PNC Financial Services Group, Highmark Health, City of Pittsburgh, Rivers Casino, Eastern Minority Supplier Development Council, Allegheny County's MWDBE Department, the African American Chamber of Commerce of Western Pennsylvania, and the Women's Business Enterprise Council. Allegheny County Executive, Rich Fitzgerald, will serve as this year's Honorary Chair. This is an invitation-only event. Please RSVP by March 15, 2017 to [email protected].

ABOUT OUR KEYNOTE SPEAKER THE HONORABLE ALEXIS HERMAN Born in Mobile, Alabama, she began her career working for Catholic Charities helping young out-of-school men and women find work in the Pascagoula, Mississippi shipyard. At the age of twenty-nine, President ’s appointment made her the youngest director of the Women's Bureau in the history of the Labor Department. In 1992, she became the 1st African American woman to serve as an Assistant to the president as the Director of the Oce of Public Liaison. On May 1, 1997, Alexis M. Herman was sworn in as America’s 23rd Secretary of Labor and the first African American ever to lead the United States Department of Labor. During her tenure as a member of the President’s Cabinet she also served as a valued member of the National Economic Council.

As Secretary, she focused on a prepared workforce, a secure workforce, and quality workplaces. With that mandate in mind, she consolidated the Department’s wide array of skills development programs into a simpler, more ecient system. She led the eort to institute a global child labor standard; moved people from welfare to work with dignity; and launched the most aggressive unemployed youth initiative since the 1970’s. Under her tenure, unemployment in the country reached a thirty-year low and remains so today. The nation witnessed the safest workplace record in the history of the Department of Labor. Alexis Herman’s actions as Secretary were a reflection of her understanding of the needs of America’s workers and the challenges they faced as this nation approached the 21st Century.

Currently, Ms. Herman serves as chair and chief executive ocer of New Ventures, LLC. She has continued to lend her expertise and talent to a vast array of corporate enterprises and nonprofit organizations. A recipient of more than twenty-five honorary doctorate degrees from major colleges and universities around the country, Herman is a former trustee of her alma mater, Xavier University of Louisiana. She Co-Chaired the Bush Clinton Katrina Fund and was a member of the board of the Clinton Bush Fund. Presently, she chairs the Diversity Advisory Board. Herman is the Lead Director of Cummins Inc, and a member of the boards of directors of Entergy, MGM Resorts International, and the Coca-Cola Company. Her nonprofit work today includes: serving as a Trustee for the , a member of the Executive Board of Sorority, Inc., and the president of the Dorothy I. Height Educational Foundation.