The Eastern Minority Supplier Development Council (EMSDC), a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization, is an affiliate of the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC). There are 23 regional councils across the country with more than 1,750 corporate members. The EMSDC certifies and connects minority-owned businesses (Asian, Black, Hispanic, and Native American) throughout Pennsylvania, Southern New Jersey, and Delaware with member corporations. supplier development and want to purchase their products, services and solutions.
The mission of Eastern Minority Supplier Development Council is to stimulate and support economic development with minority-owned businesses (Asian, Black, Hispanic, and Native American). While our outreach aims to address both national and international entities our primary focus area includes Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, and Delaware. The council fosters the development of minority business enterprises to better align them with corporations in an effort to initiate growth and opportunity through Supplier Diversity channels.
In 2014, NMSDC affiliates, PA-NJ-DE MSDC and WPMSDC merged to become the Eastern Minority Supplier Development Council (EMSDC), resulting from NMSDC’s strategic affiliate restructuring.
The goal of the restructuring, which reduced the number of affiliates from 36 to 23, was to create an affiliate model that improves the efficiency and cost effectiveness of the network as it relates to delivering on the mission.
equalized, empowered and better-resourced Councils
a stronger national network resourced to focus on growth
improved, standardized service to corporate members and MBEs
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