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Welcome Message
On behalf of the School District of Palm Beach
County’s Office of Diversity in Business Practices
(ODBP), welcome to the Vendor eBook: A Reference
Guide to District-certified Small Businesses. The
30.2 million small businesses in the United States
create two-thirds of all private sector jobs and
employ 58.9 million people, which makes up 47.5%
of the country’s total employee workforce. Small
businesses are the economic engines that run
America’s economy. The School District understands
that it is to our collective benefit to help strengthen
and grow the small businesses in our community.
These businesses hire local workers and students,
and contribute to the tax base and vibrant
ecosystem of Palm Beach County. We consistently
carry out our mission to provide all persons a fair
and equal opportunity to participate in procurement
and contracting opportunities, sponsored by the
District. Creating sustainable businesses within
our community takes collaboration and a strategic
approach.
The ODBP offers a variety of ways to connect,
engage, train, and support the District’s 500+
MEET THE TEAM certified small businesses. This eBook is part of
our strategic approach to help you get to know who
they are and what services they provide. We started
small based upon an internal survey completed by
District administrative assistants and bookkeepers.
Sykes, Dicky Based upon consistent feedback from our end-users,
DIRECTOR we will continually add more vendors. We find this
dicky.sykes@palmbeachschools.org to be an easy and convenient way for end-users
to locate and identify vendors who may meet their
Chrysostome, Patrick needs. Equity, diversity, and inclusion are crucial
MANAGER - BUSINESS DIVERSITY to all of us and fundamental to the success of our
patrick.chrysostome@palmbeachschools.org small businesses. All of us can make a difference.
All of us have a part to play in supporting small
DeLeon, Maricel businesses in the state of Florida, and especially
SPECIALIST - TRAINING/OUTREACH
maricel.deleon@palmbeachschools.org those in our local community.
As the County’s largest employer, we are preparing
Dumornay, Carline our students for college and careers. One day, these
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT I students will be working for the small businesses
carline.dumornay@palmbeachschools.org
that we helped grow and starting small businesses
Fields, Yolanda of their own. Helping our students and small
SPECIALIST – BUSINESS DIVERSITY & COMPLIANCE businesses succeed is a win-win for us all.
yolanda.fields@palmbeachschools.org
Sincerely,
McKiver, Michelle
SPECIALIST – BUSINESS DIVERSITY & COMPLIANCE Dicky Sykes
michelle.mckiver@palmbeachschools.org Director
Sigler Garcia, Jorge
SPECIALIST – BUSINESS DIVERSITY & COMPLIANCE The Office of Diversity in Business Practices
jorge.siglergarcia@palmbeachschools.org Governed by School Board Policy 6.143 Diversity
and Equitable Utilization in Business
Tarrago, Nicolas
ANALYST – COMPLIANCE / OUTREACH https://go.boarddocs.com/fl/palmbeach/Board.nsf/
nicolas.a.tarrago@palmbeachschools.org goto?open&id=ARRKXP53A32E
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