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AT&T Supplier Diversity Programs Win Advocate Award
Friday, November 21, 2008
National Association of Regulated Utility Commissioners Honors AT&T for Leadership Role in UMAP
DALLAS, Nov. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) announced
today that Joan Kerr, executive director of AT&T's Supplier Diversity
Programs, was recently honored by the National Association of Regulatory
Utility Commissioners (NARUC) with the Utility Marketplace Access Partnership
(UMAP) Advocate Award.
Launched three years ago, the UMAP awards recognize individuals, companies
and public service commissions that have made strong contributions to
promoting UMAP's supplier diversity mission. Kerr has served as a valuable
executive resource to numerous supplier diversity efforts over the years with
organizations such as the National Minority Supplier Development Council
(NMSDC), the Association for Service Disabled Veterans, the U.S. Hispanic
Chamber of Commerce, the Billion Dollar Roundtable and others. As both past
chairwoman and current vice chairwoman of the Women's Business Enterprise
National Council (WBENC), Kerr has demonstrated instrumental leadership in
helping Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) groups better position
themselves to win business in the corporate world.
Kerr is one of five individuals recognized by NARUC this year for leading
supplier diversity practices and helping DBE groups achieve equal access in
the highly competitive worldwide economy.
"We're proud of Joan and the work that her team has done to further AT&T's
Supplier Diversity Program, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary this
year," said Tim Harden, AT&T president of Supply Chain and Fleet Operations.
"We're also deeply honored to receive this recognition from NARUC because it
is being presented by key industry regulators and publicly recognizes our
contribution to broadening the opportunities available to diverse suppliers."
AT&T was one of the first companies to initiate a formal corporatewide
supplier diversity program with the establishment of its Minority Business
Enterprise (MBE) in 1968. The supplier diversity programs are designed to
promote, increase and improve the quality of the overall participation of
minority-, women- and disabled veteran-owned business enterprises in AT&T's
supply chain.
AT&T's Supplier Diversity Programs have been recognized nationally as
world class. In 2006, AT&T was awarded the NARUC UMAP Utility Leadership Award
for its longtime supplier diversity leadership and innovative programs. This
year, AT&T was honored as one of America's Top Corporations for Women's
Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) and ranked No.1 on
DiversityBusiness.com's list of Top 50 Corporations for Multicultural
Businesses. In 2007, AT&T was recognized by the National Veteran-Owned
Business Association (NaVOBA).
Kerr's leadership in supplier diversity has been recognized through her
three-time receipt of the national NMSDC's "MBE Corporate Coordinator of the
Year" award. She also has been recognized with WBENC's "Applause Award."
The UMAP Advocate Award was presented to AT&T on Nov. 18 during NARUC's
120TH Annual Convention in New Orleans.
About AT&T
AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) is a premier communications holding company. Its
subsidiaries and affiliates, AT&T operating companies, are the providers of
AT&T services in the United States and around the world. Among their offerings
are the world's most advanced IP-based business communications services and
the nation's leading wireless, high speed Internet access and voice services.
In domestic markets, AT&T is known for the directory publishing and
advertising sales leadership of its Yellow Pages and YELLOWPAGES.COM
organizations, and the AT&T brand is licensed to innovators in such fields as
communications equipment. As part of its three-screen integration strategy,
AT&T is expanding its TV entertainment offerings. In 2008, AT&T again ranked
No. 1 on Fortune magazine's World's Most Admired Telecommunications Company
list and No. 1 on America's Most Admired Telecommunications Company list.
Additional information about AT&T Inc. and the products and services provided
by AT&T subsidiaries and affiliates is available at http://www.att.com.
(C) 2008 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. AT&T, the AT&T
logo and all other marks contained herein are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual
Property and/or AT&T affiliated companies. All other marks contained herein
are the property of their respective owners.
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SOURCE AT&T Inc.
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