CU Grow Kicks off Third Year of Developing Small Businesses
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Slide 1: CU Grow leaders Scharlene de la Cruz, Program Administrator, left, and Tanya Pope, AVP for University Supplier Diversity and Program Integration, welcome the 2019 cohort of small business owners and their coaches to the program’s third year.
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Slide 2: José Rosa, Director of Operations for Residential and Commercial Services, left, coaches Simone Peele, Principal at A New World Contracting Co. Individualized coaching helps each participant focus on growth areas that will expand their company’s capability that can propel them toward being awarded contracts and earning more revenue.
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Slide 3: CU Grow participants and coaches listen attentively as they hear next steps from the Facilities & Operations Construction Business Initiatives team.
The CU Grow Leadership Development Program for Vendors kicked off its third year on April 3, when executives of 17 small businesses met their coaches for a nine-month engagement in the program. The goal of the Facilities and Operations initiative is to provide Minority-, Women- and Locally-owned businesses with new resources and strategies, to empower them to grow their business with Columbia University and other large clients.
During the program, the business owners receive individualized coaching in areas where their firms need improvement, support in their executive decision-making and strategic thinking, and assistance with building a three-year growth plan to guide their business. Participants will have several opportunities to connect with Columbia University Project Managers who are potential buyers of their services. Columbia University partner firms, including general contractors and construction management firms, may also present opportunities to the CU Grow participants. Successful vendors will graduate in December 2019.
The coaches comprise leaders both from Columbia and from local business development organizations, with expertise in accounting, small business development, construction leadership, and government.
Since Facilities and Operations launched CU Grow, the 29 participants from the first two cohorts have earned a combined $29.6 million with Columbia University.
Vendors and coaches for 2019 are:
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Slide 1: Edwin Torres, CU Grow Coach with Theodore Schultz of IAG Electric
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Slide 2: Michele Wood, CU Grow Coach with Vik Singh, VP of Hotline Mechanical
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Slide 3: Lisa Lewis, CU Grow Coach with Johnny Acosta CEO of Pier Services, Inc.
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Slide 4: Tuesday Brooks, CU Grow Coach with Raymond Luna, Sr. and Raymond Luna, Jr., CEO & VP of Strategic Fire Corp.
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Slide 5: Keith George CU Grow Coach with Gerri Domenikos, CEO of Airlogix
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Slide 6: Michael Divitto, CU Grow Coach with Christian Guerrero, VP of Build Sprout
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- Johnny Acosta, Pier Services Inc.
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- Lisa Lewis, NYC Building Service
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- K.A. Stacie Alexiou, WATT + FLUX
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- Olivia Freeland, Columbia University
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- Shazam Diaz, New Tech Contracting Corp.
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- Ada Uribe, Erestar, Inc.
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- Gerri Domenikos, Airlogix
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- Keith George, Columbia University
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- Adrienne J. Faulkner, Faulkner Fabricator, LLC
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- John Rooney, Gilbane Building Company
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- Karen Frome, Rise Projects LLC
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- Coury Revan, Columbia University
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- Christian Guerrero, Sprout LLC
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- Michael Divitto III, Columbia University
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- Manuel Mayancela & Vincent Wade, J&D Carrying and Construction Corp.
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- Danny Veasy, Covenant Business Solutions
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- Muhammad Jved, New JD General Construction Inc.
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- Patricia Warner, Covenant7
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- Raymond Luna Sr & Raymond Luna Jr., Strategic Fire Corp.
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- Tuesday Brooks, Ajoy Management Enterprise
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- Justin Moore, S&M Mechanical Corp.
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- Samuel Pierre, SMP Global Consultants
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- Simone Peele, A New World Contracting Co.
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- José Rosa, Columbia University
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- Diane Moore, Cleanworks Solutions
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- José Morel, Columbia University
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- Joan Sanderman-Brown, Equest Builders Corp.
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- Melinda Ragin, HR Controls Solutions
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- Theodore A. Schultz, IAG Electric, Inc.
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- Edwin Torres, Columbia University
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- Vik Singh, Hotline Mechanical Inc.
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- Michele Wood, Michele Wood Consulting
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