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OLLIE GARRETT
President of Tabor 100
Entrepreneurship in
Seattle
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The Supreme Court
takes Education Action
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Gov. Announces Effort
to Boost Diversity
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Save the Gala Date:
Friday, Oct. 2
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August 2015
Tabor’s Sixteenth Annual Gala is just around the corner
on October 2. I know I say this every year, but we are
intent on making this the best Gala ever! The Gala is
more than just a big party. It is designed to give you, the
Tabor member a chance to hear from our community
leaders and network with other likeminded professionals.
While you will have a good time at the Gala and settle in
for some much deserved relaxation, we want this event
to boost your business as well.
This year, instead of having one keynote speaker, we
will have a panel of successful local African American
individuals who will answer your questions about how
they rose to senior levels in their chosen fields. This is
the first time these individuals have shared the stage
together to tell their stories. They are from well-known
local businesses like Starbucks, Alaska Airlines and the
Seahawks organization. It is important to note that these
three firms are demonstrating a commitment to Tabor
and the Tabor membership that will ultimately lead to
more success for you!
Our Annual Gala is about inspiration, recognition,
and uniting a community. We will be honoring Tabor
members for their commitment to this organization
and the community. We will recognize our industry and
government partners who have gone “above and beyond”
to give opportunities and be of assistance to Tabor
members. And we give back, with tens of thousands of
scholarship dollars for our youth in their pursuit of higher
education, giving them the financial resources to help
achieve their dreams.
As I end my President’s message, I am asking that you
make a commitment to Stay Focused on the Goal:
1) Sign up for the Gala at www.Tabor100Gala.org;
2) Donate an auction item; and
3) Join the Gala committee—we would love to have you!

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► ► Meet Blair Taylor, One of the 2015 Gala Panelists
Blair Taylor joined
Starbucks in July 2012
as Starbucks chief
community officer.
In this role, he leads
Starbucks efforts to
help communities thrive
through the company’s
community, government
relations, diversity, and
global responsibility
efforts. He also serves
as a member of the
Starbucks Foundation
Board of Directors.
Prior to joining Starbucks, Blair served as President and
CEO of the Los Angeles Urban League. He is credited
with transforming the agency through innovative nation-
leading community engagement programs, such as
Neighborhoods@Work™, a holistic community reform
model.
Blair also served as Executive Vice President of
College Summit from 2002-2005, a national college
access initiative with a track record of nearly doubling
the college enrollment rates of low income students.
His private-sector experience includes four years
as the President and CEO of COI/ICD, a leading
retail franchising company focused on low income
communities in the U.S. and the Caribbean and more
than eight years of leadership with PepsiCo and the
IBM Corp. where he held brand marketing, strategy, and
executive sales positions.
Blair holds a Bachelor of Arts in economics from
Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts, where he
serves as a trustee. He also holds an M.B.A. in marketing
and entrepreneurial studies from UCLA’s Anderson
Graduate School of Management.

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► ► Governor Announces Effort to Boost Business Diversity in
State Contracting
Gov. Jay Inslee convened a new subcabinet focused on
increasing access for small and minority-, women- and
veteran-owned businesses to contracting opportunities
with Washington state government.
Diverse businesses make up only about 1 percent of
the $6.1 billion that the state spends annually with the
private sector for good and services contracts and
public works projects.
“The current rate is unacceptable,” Inslee said “We must
do better.”
State agencies have been working independently on
individual solutions including a successful Get Certified
campaign and other efforts to improve certification and
outreach, but this approach has failed to address the
overall problem.
“We are working to achieve real and sustainable change –
not just make recommendations,” DES Director Chris Liu
said.
DES and OMWBE, state agencies involved in the effort
include: the state departments of Corrections; Labor
and Industries; Social and Health Services; Veterans
Affairs; the Health Care Authority; the state commissions
on African American Affairs, Asian Pacific American
Affairs and Hispanic Affairs; and the state Attorney
General’s and Governor’s offices. The state Department
of Commerce also has a representative who serves as a
liaison.
More information is available on the Business Diversity
Initiative web page.
<- Photos from the June General Meeting by Flyright Productions.

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As an impatient follower of the McCleary ruling, I was
pleased to see the WA State Supreme Court move
into some action – even 2-3 weeks late [IMHO]. The
Supes should have been prepared to deal with what all
could see was coming from this last Legislative session:
inaction on important education funding issues. Again.
Below are some important elements of the recent
Supreme Court memo to the Legislature:
• “…the State still has offered no plan for achieving
full constitutional compliance by the deadline the
legislature itself adopted. Accordingly, this court
must take immediate action to enforce its orders.
Effective today, the court imposes a $100,000 per
day penalty on the State for each day it remained in
violation of this court’s order of January 9, 2014.”
• “It is evident that the 2015-17 general budget
makes significant progress in some key areas….
the budget appears to provide full funding for
transportation…Further, it meets the per-student
expenditure goals of SHB 2776 for MOSCs. The
budget also makes progress in establishing
voluntary all-day kindergarten… [and] K-3 class size
reduction….But while there is some progress in class
size reduction, there is far to go.”
• “the State has provided no plan for how it intends
to pay for the facilities needed for all-day K and
reduced class sizes.”
• “The State has wholly failed to offer any plan
for achieving constitutional compliance [regarding
personnel costs]…and must do something in the
matter of compensation that will achieve full state
funding of public education salaries.””
• “Effective immediately, the State of Washington
is assessed…$100,000 per day until it adopts a
complete plan for complying with article IX, section
1 by the 2018 school year. The penalty shall be
payable daily to be held in a segregated account for
the benefit of basic education…the court encourages
the governor to aid in resolving this matter by calling
a special session.”
You’ll be reading this several weeks after the imposition
of the daily fine, and the request for another session.
The Governor and leadership of the Legislature will be
attempting to put together a plan to either 1] further
delay, and give themselves more time; or 2] work out
the complete details for meeting the elements outlined
above – and calling a Special Session to have the
Legislature debate the solutions and vote upon them.
Where are they as of today?
We are already into the 2015/16 school year. Whatever
plans and policies that come from this will more than
likely not take effect until the 2016/17 school year.
Another cohort of students will have moved through the
system, and municipalities will have partially paid the
State’s bill for yet another year.
My suggestion #1: contact your Legislative members,
and let them know you want all of the elements above
addressed as soon as possible. Perhaps, by November
1, 2015. Your businesses need a better prepared
workforce – and these students will be a vital part of
that workforce.
Suggestion #2: Ask the Supes to begin arresting
4 Legislators every week they don’t see serious
movement towards a solution, starting September 8th.
[give them Labor Day at home…]
“Perp-Walk Tuesdays!!” [Do Legislators in jail count
towards a Quorum?]
KEVIN WASHINGTON
Education Chair
► ► WA Supes – Light with the Ruler?
WELCOME NEW TABOR MEMBERS!
• Stan Hudson, Hudson Commercial Capital
Lending, LLC
• Young Sang Song, The Walsh Group

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The world has its eyes on Seattle’s entrepreneurial
economy and we need to ensure we’re tapping into our
full entrepreneurial potential.
However, entrepreneurs have also expressed their
frustrations with the permitting process, accessing
capital, and receiving solid mentorship. The SBA
is addressing these issues with initiatives like
StartUp in a Day and the InnovateHER: Innovating
for Women Business Challenge. These initiatives
help entrepreneurs harness their talents and ideas
to innovate and create good jobs for a thriving 21st
century economy. Most importantly, they will help us
maintain our lead as the best place to start and grow a
business.
Start Up In a Day: The cumbersome registration
process for licenses and permits is a persistent
challenge in the entrepreneurial ecosystem. As part of
the Startup in a Day initiative earlier this year, the SBA
announced 28 prizes of $50,000 each to cities and
Native American communities to help them streamline
the licensing, permitting, and other requirements
needed to start a business in their areas. Our goal
is to enable entrepreneurs to apply for everything
necessary to begin their enterprise within one business
day. Congratulations to the city of Seattle for receiving a
$50,000 Start Small Model Prize.
InnovateHER: Innovating for Women Business
Challenge: Building off the success of the first
InnovateHER Women’s Business Challenge earlier
this year, SBA is expanding this initiative to more than
double the number of local competitions. This effort is
designed to identify products and services that have
measurable impacts on the lives of women and families,
have potential for commercialization, and fill a need in
the marketplace. Women make up over 80 percent of
U.S. purchasing power and this expanded Challenge
promises to provide a platform for innovations that are
often overlooked. As part of this expansion, Microsoft
will more than double the prizes awarded.
Seattle entrepreneurs interested in SBA’s technical
assistance and mentoring programs, can visit www.
sba.gov/wa or call 206-553-7310 to learn more. The
SBA is proud to partner with communities like Seattle;
let’s continue to celebrate, inspire and accelerate high-
growth entrepreneurship throughout our region.
CALVIN GOINGS
Regional Administrator
► ► Fostering Entrepreneurship in Seattle
MINORITY WOMEN-OWNED FIRMS
GROWING RAPIDLY
by Henry Yates, Public Affairs Chair
The fastest growing ethnic segment in business has
been the creation of minority women-owned firms,
particularly African American women-owned firms.
In 1997, there were about 1 million firms owned by
minority women accounting for one in six (17%) of all
women-owned businesses. Today, there are more than
3 million minority women-owned firms comprising one
in three women-owned businesses (33%), according to
studies conducted by American Express Open and the
business assistance organization, SCORE.
The growth in minority women-owned firms is
encouraging, but it is important to note that the
average gross receipts of a minority women-owned
firm is $84,000 per firm while their non-minority female
counterparts average around $181,000 per firm.
Minority male-owned firms averaged gross receipts of
$245,000 annually while non-minority mail-owned firms
averaged $706,000 per year, per firm.
The highest industry concentration of women-owned
businesses is in health care, social assistance,
educational and other professional services fields.
While the growth of minority women-owned businesses
is substantial, it also reflects the reality that many
minority women are choosing entrepreneurship
because the regular job market may not be particularly
friendly, especially as more minority women than men
achieve high levels of education and insist on being
well compensated and having ample advancement
opportunities. Small business is the best place to
achieve substantial financial rewards. Another factor
is the desire by many women to create their own
schedule in order to care for children along with the
general flexibility offered by entrepreneurship.

6. On Thursday, September 17, 2015 from 9:30 a.m.
until 2:15 p.m. the Minority Business Policy Workshop
will present several speakers on topics including
Governor Inslee’s recently announced state agency
Business Diversity Subcabinet, minority-owned
business preparation for the 2016 legislative session
and presenters from state agencies including DES
and OMWBE to provide agency updates to our
minority business community. Participants will have
the opportunity to breakout into business industry
groups and take part in hands on policy discussion
recommendation for the 2016 MBE Policy Agenda.
This event is free of charge, but you must RSVP to attend
by September 4, 2015, with your full contact information.
Your mailing address will assist us in determining your
legislative officials that serve your district.
Our purpose is to convene with other Minority Business
Owners on policy and take part in the development of
the 2016 MBE Policy Agenda.
Last summer the Washington State Commission on
Hispanic Affairs (CHA) and the Washington Minority
Business Advisory Council (MBAC) embarked on an
initiative to identify policy barriers encounter by the
minority business owners who are underutilized and
underrepresented in the achievement of economic equity
in our state. To address these issues around policy, CHA
held the 2014 Minority Business Policy Workshop, a
grassroots effort made possible by community partners,
including Tabor 100.
Please RSVP to flemos@mbac-wa.org or call (360)
338-8161. Thank you for your continued support of the
minority business community and we look forward to
seeing you there.
FRANK LEMOS
Commission Hispanic Affairs
Commissioner
► ► Frank Lemos Invites You to attend the Second Annual
Minority Business Policy Workshop

7. by Henry Yates, Public Affairs Chair
A digital presence is critical for any business in today’s
marketplace, especially minority businesses. “Digital
strategies such as content marketing can level the
playing field for minority business and open doors in
ways that never existed before, according to Dartmouth
professor Alva Taylor, Faculty Director of the Tuck School
of Business.
By using social media, minority businesses can expand
their access to support, capital, hiring and their access
to decision makers. “In the digital world barriers are still
there, but they are much less, and you can have direct
access to customers,” said Taylor. “The ability to connect
is so much easier. Moreover, big companies expect a
certain level of digital knowledge and competence. If
small businesses don’t have it, they’ll have no shot at
working with the big ones.”
Taylor and the Tuck School of Business recently teamed
up with Google in an effort to enhance the school’s
35 year-old minority executive program by inviting
participants to attend a 3-Day Digital Excellence
Program. Google partnered to ramp up its efforts to
collaborate with small businesses, particularly through its
Small Business Supplier Diversity Program.
Participants were instructed on how to structure their
businesses for the maximum effectiveness in the
digital world. Taylor said “The CEO must understand
strategically how to do (social media) and its impact.”
Taylor also scolded small businesses that don’t keep an
up-to-date “About Us” page on their company’s website,
emphasizing that 80 percent of the time that’s where
potential business partners go before they make their
decision. “That is the first point of contact,” he said.
The program also challenged skeptics of social media
and its importance.
“People say, “I hate social media. Do I even have to
be on social media? But l ‘hate’ doesn’t matter. What
matters is knowing whether it helps or hurts you,” Taylor
said.
The plan is to offer the Digital Excellence Program
several times a year in different parts of the country
and expand the participation to minority executives and
business owners.
Portions of this story were excerpted from the Bay State
Banner.
► ► Leveling the Playing Field through Digital Strategies

8. THE TABOR 100 BOARD
President: Ollie Garrett
President@Tabor100.org
Vice President: Brian Sims
VP@Tabor100.org
Treasurer: Open Position
Treasurer@Tabor100.org
Secretary: Sherlita Kennedy
Secretary@Tabor100.org
Membership: Sharlene Spencer
Membership@Tabor100.org
Education: Kevin C. Washington
Education@Tabor100.org
Public Affairs: Henry Yates
PublicAffairs@Tabor100.org
Economic Development: Yemaya Hall-Ruiz
EconomicDevelopment@Tabor100.org
Government Affairs: Jamila Johnson
GovernmentAffairs@Tabor100.org
Fund Development: John Berdes
FundDevelopment@Tabor100.org
Business Development: Anthony Burnett
BusinessDev@Tabor100.org
TABOR 100 OFFICE
2330 130th Ave NE #101
Bellevue, WA 98005
425-881-8768
Staff@Tabor100.org
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UPCOMING MEETINGS
Sept 17: Minority Business Policy Workshop. 9:30 a.m. -
2:15 p.m. at South Seattle Community College.
Sept 21: NW Minority Business Expo. 3:30 - 7 p.m. at
Centurylink Field, Verizon Lounge.
Sept 26: Tabor General Meeting. 10 a.m. - noon at The
Central.
COMMITTEE MEETINGS
Education Committee meets after the Tabor General
Meeting, the last Saturday of the month from 12 p.m. to
2 p.m. at The Central.
Government Affairs Committee meets on the last
Saturday of the month from 8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m., preceding
the Tabor General Meeting. The meetings are held at the
G.R.E.A.N. House Coffee & Café shop, across the street from
New Hope Baptist Church.
Membership Committee meets every second Wednesday
at The Central from 6 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
Please contact any of the Chair’s for more
information about their committee.

9. City of Seattle WMBE News – August 2015
City Purchasing and Contracting Services
Director: Nancy Locke, Nancy.Locke@seattle.gov
Welcome to Miguel Beltran
I am pleased to introduce Miguel Beltran as the City contract compliance manager. He will be managing the
WMBE programs administered by my office and reporting directly to me. Many of you know Miguel – he
provided leadership on the WMBE Inclusion Plan creation, implementation and enforcement. Forrest Gillette
will report directly to Miguel and remains available to provide you support and assistance. Miguel can be
reached at miguel.beltran@seattle.gov and 206-684-4525.
Worker Diversity
The City adopted, by ordinance, a community workforce agreement (CWA) on most construction projects at or
above $5 million. Our report-back shows continued WMBE utilization and improved utilization of local workers
from our disadvantaged neighborhoods. Two projects have a CWA in effect, and the Seawall project now has
data to report. Contractors on the Seawall project have outstanding diversity and local hiring results, and
hours worked by those from Seattle and King County’s economically distressed neighborhoods surpass any
other City project. We typically have about 12 percent of such local workers on roadway projects; on the
Seawall project, this figure remains at more than 19 percent, performed with more than 100,000 hours and
$4.4 million in wages for such workers. Through July 2015, 17 percent of payments went to WMBEs, exceeding
the typical contractor WMBE utilization of 12 percent for roadway work.
Seawall - Workforce Social Equity Performance Measures
Past performance
on similar jobs
Project to date
Workers living in local distressed ZIP codes
of Seattle and King County
12.0% 19.2%
Hours performed by apprentices 13.4% 15.2%
Hours performed by women 4.5% 13.2%
Hours performed by people of color 25.4% 25.2%

10. SEAWALL – WORKFORCE DIVERSITY
Timeframe: Nov. 18, 2013–July 31, 2015
23rd Avenue Corridor Improvements Project
This federally funded project improves the paving, sidewalk, lighting and storm drainage along 23rd
Avenue at
South Jackson and East John streets. We do not yet know the specific composition of these workers. This
project does not have a CWA.
23rd
Avenue Corridor Improvements - Workforce
Typical roadway project
performance
Project to date
WMBE (DBE) utilization 15%
18% has been guaranteed; no
subcontracts have begun
Hours performed by women 4.5% 4.8%
Hours performed by people of color 25.4% 27.2%
Gary Merlino, the prime, guaranteed the 18 percent DBE utilization with the following firms:
DBE firm Scope of work Amount committed WMBE status
Marshbank Construction, Inc. Water main, road construction,
trucking
$2,008,377 Native American
Lightcap Industries Inc. Steel, metal $284,372 Woman-owned
JMR Trucking, Inc. Hauling materials $200,000 Black-owned
O’Bunco Engineering Intl, Inc. Survey/construction staking $118,160 Black-owned
T. Yorozu Gardening Co. Inc. Landscape $136,623 Asian-owned
Hot Mix Pavers, Inc. Asphalt paving $180,975 Native American
Ashford Electric & Const. Co. Electrical contractor $674,368 Woman-owned
Mobile Electrical Dist, Inc. Electrical distributor $60,362 Woman-owned
Pearson Drilling, Inc. Drilling $300,000 Woman-owned
Seawall construction
workforce
Number of
workers hired
Share of all
workers hired
Share of all
hours worked
African American 159 8.7% 10.3%
Asian American 46 2.5% 1.7%
White 1,299 71.5% 69.4%
Hispanic/Latino 149 8.2% 7.7%
Native American 40 2.2% 1.9%
Other 51 2.8% 3.8%
Not Specified 74 4.1% 5.4%
Total people of color 445 24.5% 25.2%
Women 140 7.7% 13.2%
Apprentice utilization 188 10.3% 15.2%
People of color 80 42.6% 49.2%
Women 52 27.7% 35.8%
King County and Seattle
distressed ZIP codes
348 19.1% 21.3%

11. Upcoming Events
OMWBE Certification Classes: Aug. 25, Sept. 17 or Sept. 23
Seattle Municipal Tower, 700 Fifth Ave., Room 4090, 2-4 p.m.
The City encourages WMBE firms to certify through the Washington State Office of Minority and Women’s
Business Enterprises. This FREE workshop is for firms ready to certify. Bring your business paperwork and
begin the process at this event. Email forrest.gillette@seattle.gov to reserve a spot for one of the dates.
Aug. 25, 2015 – Hoffman Blueprint Reading Series
South Seattle College – Georgetown Campus, 6737 Corson Ave. S., Seattle, 6-8 p.m.
Hoffman Construction will share best practices around blueprint reading in a digital environment, streamlined
indemnification, GO/NO GO criteria, what to consider in mitigating risk and trimming budgets. RSVP at
dan@eiwashington.org by Aug. 18, as space is limited.
Aug. 27, 2015 – USDOT Small Business Loan Workshop
808 134th
St. SW, Suite 101, Everett, 9-11 a.m.
Meet, listen and learn from experienced small business owners and lenders about access to capital from
government contractors. Space is limited, so pre-register at http://bit.ly/1IeU2ky .
Oct. 2, 2015 – SAVE THE DATE: Tabor 100’s Sixteenth Annual Captains of Industry Gala
Washington State Convention Center, Downtown Seattle, 7-9 p.m.
Check-in, reception and silent auction at 6 p.m., dinner at 7 p.m. For information, visit www.tabor100.org

12. City of Seattle
Your City WMBE Team
Escalating issues or special needs Nancy Locke at 206-684-8903
WMBE Manager Miguel Beltran at 206-684-4525
WMBE Forrest Gillette at 206-684-3081
Construction Contracting Aleanna Kondelis at 206-684-4542
Purchasing Pam Tokunaga at 206-233-7114
Mayor’s Office WMBE Advisor Javier Valdez at 206-684-5584
Department WMBE Contacts
Office of Arts and Culture Sheila Moss at 206-233-7016
Office of City Auditor Melissa Alderson at 206-386-4168
Seattle Civil Service Commission Jennifer Greenlee at 206-233-7118
Seattle Community Police Commission Fe’ Lopez at 206-684-5175
Department of Education and Early Learning Donnie Grabowski at 206-233-2603
Department of Information Technology Ann Kelson at 206-684-0539
Department of Neighborhoods Grace Dygico at 206-684-0466
Department of Planning and Development Denise Campbell at 206-386-4035
Seattle Employees Retirement System Deontrae Sherrard at 206-615-1431
Finance and Administrative Services Forrest Gillette at 206-684-3081
Seattle Department of Human Resources Solomon Alemayehu at 206-733-9175
Human Services Department Abdiwali Mohamed at 206-684-4167
Law Department Dana Anderson at 206-684-7761
Legislative Department Eric Ishino at 206-684-8141
Seattle Public Library Jay Donahue at 206-684-7410
Municipal Court John Kerr at 206-684-8274
Office of Economic Development Amanda Allen at 206-684-8894
Office of Hearing Examiner Patricia Cole at 206-615-1570
Office of Housing Kara Williams at 206-733-9977
Office of Intergovernmental Relations Jasmin Weaver at 206-684-8208
Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs Linh Huynh at 206-727-8515
Office of Sustainability and Environment Jeanie Boawn at 206-615-0817
Seattle Parks and Recreation Sue Goodwin at 206-615-0374
Seattle Police Department Valarie Anderson at 206-733-9315
Seattle Police Pension Fund Dan Oliver at 206-386-1289
Seattle City Light John Trausch at 206-233-1559
Seattle Department of Transportation Edson Zavala at 206-684-7949
Seattle Center Ned Dunn at 206-684-7212
Seattle Fire Department Travis Taylor at 206-733-9458
Seattle Firefighters Pension Board Steven Brown at 206-625-4355
Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission Wayne Barnett at 206-684-8577
Seattle Office for Civil Rights Brenda Anibarro at 206-684-4514
Seattle Public Utilities Jean Bailey at 206-733-9155