GA CEOs & Gubernatorial Candidates To Address Job Creation & Minority Small Business Needs

Georgia's Leading CEOs Converge with Top Candidates in Governor's Race
 To Address Small Business Needs in A Tough Economy
 During the GMSDC's 2010 Business Opportunity Expo
 
 * CEO's from Georgia Power, EuQuant, and H.J. Russell to join forces
 during the GMSDC CEO Breakfast to discuss state of the business, job
 creation and economic outlook

 * Roy Barnes, Thurbert Baker, Carl Camon and David Poythress to share
 their economic platform for small businesses during the Gubernatorial
 Candidates Reception
 
 
 WHAT: Georgia Minority Supplier Development Council's
 2010 Business Opportunity Conference & Expo
 
 WHEN: Wednesday, April 14, 2010
 
 WHERE: Cobb Galleria Centre
 Two Galleria Parkway
 Atlanta, Georgia 30339
 
 SCHEDULE: 8:00 AM - CEO BREAKFAST "State of the Business"
 4:00 PM - GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES RECEPTION
 
 NOTE: While the Expo is an all day event from 8:00
 am - 5:00 pm, providing development workshops, an expo and one-on-one
 matchmaking sessions, the broadcast media is receiving a special
 invitation to cover two major focal points of this event - The CEO
 Breakfast and the Gubernatorial Candidates Reception.  
 MEDIA
 SPOKESMEN: Live interviews are NOW AVAILABLE and available event day
 with the following spokesmen below:
 * Johnnie B. Booker - Global Director, Supplier Diversity at The
 Coca-Cola Company
 * James Mallard, Vice President of Procurement for UPS
 * Stacey Key - President & CEO of GMSDC
 * Gubernatorial Candidates - (Available during the 4 pm reception
 only!)
 
 SUMMARY: The Business Opportunity Expo is an annual event which
 brings together ethnic minority business owners from across the state in a
 forum which provides developmental seminars, strategic networking, and
 access to corporate supply chair organizations. Building stronger, more
 agile corporate supply chains coupled with more adept, prepared minority
 suppliers is the ultimate goal of the 2010 Expo event.
 
 CONTACT: To schedule interviews now or to set up interviews for event
 day contact:
 Kimberley Brown
 Communiqué USA
 ph: 404.885.6600 or cell: 404.314.2900
 kbrown@communique-usa.com