The Houston Minority Supplier Development Council
“Making Successful Connections for Minority Businesses”
By Barbara R. Davis
T
he Houston Minority Supplier Development Council (HMSDC) is an organization comprised of 170 major
corporations and over 600 certified
Minority Business Enterprises (MBEs)
who share a common mission to increase
and expand business opportunities and
business growth for minority business
enterprises (MBEs). HMSDC’s service
area ranges from the Louisiana border
down to Corpus Christi and up to College
Station but their principal focus is in the
Greater Houston and surrounding areas
where so many major corporations are
located.
HMSDC has constantly re-invented itself through innovation and drive to better
serve MBEs. In doing so, HMSDC has been
nationally recognized six times as “Council of the Year” and by the Greater Houston Partnership as “Houston’s Greatest
Non-Profit Business Organization.”
HMSDC is one of 24 regional affiliates
of the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC) that cover the
entire United States and international
councils in Australia, the United Kingdom,
China, South Africa, and Canada.
With the creation of their “Four Pillars,”
they continue to connect their firms to the
information, insight, people, and resources
that drive results and business success.
Pillar One: Certification of Minority Businesses
Committed to excellence and efficiency
in MBE certification, HMSDC takes an indepth look at the applicant and validates
that it is a for-profit company that is 51
percent or more independently owned,
managed, and cont ɽ