EMSDC Choice Awards 2023: Stepping Out in Advocacy

Autumn is an exciting time of year at The Eastern Minority Supplier Development Council (EMSDC)! The 2023 Choice Awards is just around the corner, and ballots have been cast by members and partners across the region for nominees in an array of categories, including:

• Corporation of the Year
• Supplier of the Year
• Paving the Way Award
• Phoenix Award
• James Brown Award
• Corporate Advocate
• MBE Advocate

We are thrilled to announce that this year’s Choice Awards will be a sneaker ball to celebrate the 2023 theme, Stepping Out in Advocacy, so get ready to pair your fabulous cocktail attire with your favorite kicks! This highly-anticipated, hot ticket event will take place on November 30, 2023 at the Rivers Casino in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from 6PM to 10PM. And it’s sure to be a night to remember!

About the Choice Awards

The Choice Awards honors enterprising minority entrepreneurs who fuel the region’s economy, community leaders who are staunch advocates for diversity and inclusion, and corporations who value the innovative solutions diverse businesses bring to their supply chains.

Special Thanks to the Sponsors of the 2023 Choice Awards

• Exelon
• e&e Technical Consultants, LLC
• LaFata Contract Services
• American Water
• AmeriHealth Caritas
• Carr & Duff Electrical Construction
• CDI Printing
• Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
• Comcast
• Independence Blue Cross
• LSInextGen
• Parx Casino
• Pfizer
• Pride Enterprises, Inc.
• Rivers Casino Philadelphia 
• Soul Pitt Media
• UPMC
• Vistra
• Zones

Congratulations to The 2023 Choice Awards Nominees 

National Corporation of the Year 

• AmeriHealth Caritas
• Comcast
• Gilbane Building Company
• Highmark Health 

Regional Corporation of the Year 

• Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia 
• Exelon 
• Independence Blue Cross
• Philadelphia Gas Works 

Corporate Advocate of the Year — Emmett T. Vaughn Award 

• Victoria Daniels  (University of Delaware) 
• Vernice Lewis (Exelon)
• Chuck Stefanosky (Independence Blue Cross)
• Marcia Wallace (Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia)

National Corporate Advocate of the Year 

• Lee Lewis (Highmark)
• Lawrence Wooten (American Water)

Supplier of the Year Class 1

• Illuminated Hearts 
• Riggs Creative Group, LLC

Supplier of the Year Class 2

• Cameron & Associates 8, LLC
• EBC Printing & Signs
• Serene Home Care Agency, LLC

Supplier of the Year Class 3

• Impact Dimensions, LLC
• Team Clean 

Supplier of the Year Class 4

• Computer Enterprises Inc.
• Pyramid Consulting, Inc.
• Technology Concepts Group International, LLC
• Zones 

MBE Advocate of the Year 

• Nikki Bagby (A Humbled Heart Incorporated)
• Shon Yates (Ardmore Roderick) 

James Brown Award

• Ayanna Khan (Delaware Black Chamber of Commerce)
• Sulaiman Rahman (Diverse Force/P4 Hub)

Brian K. Oglesby, President/CEO of EMSDC, states that, “At this crucial moment in time for Supplier Diversity, it is important that we double down on our efforts. We must be innovative, assertive, and demonstrative in ways we have never been. The time is now to step out and step up.”

We hope you will join us Stepping Out in Advocacy at the 2023 Choice Awards. Last year’s event sold out quickly, so don’t miss out! Click here to register today and to check out highlights from the 2022 Choice Awards. 

 

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The mission of the Eastern Minority Supplier Development Council (EMSDC) is to stimulate and support economic development with minority-owned businesses throughout Pennsylvania, Southern New Jersey, and Delaware, in an effort to initiate growth and opportunity through Supplier Diversity channels. As an affiliate of the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC), we certify and connect MBEs with member corporations that are committed to supplier development and want to purchase their products, services, and solutions.