Here is a general overview of Tabor 100's accomplishments in 2014.

1. “Get in the Game!”
2014 Year in Review
www.Tabor100.org

2. January 2014
▪ Governor Inslee signed a
proclamation creating “Minority
and Women-owned Business Week”
on Jan. 20-24.
▪ Tabor Members Join the Chamber,
Business and Public Sector Leaders
at the New Herman Mckinney
Economic Empowerment Forum

3. February 2014
▪ Tabor and OMWBE support SB 6426—a bill that
would increase the funding for the Linked Deposit
program. The program allows state certified firms to
apply for loans that may have a reduced interest rate.
▪ Commerce held its first meeting of the Minority
Business Roundtable Advisory Group. The Ethnic
Commission Directors were present along with key
voices representing our minority business community
of which four were Tabor 100 members.
▪ May Ed Murray and Seattle City Council members
signed legislation that will rename 19th Avenue from
East Union to East Madison streets to Rev. Dr. S.
McKinney Ave. (This is an honorary street name.)
▪ Tabor welcomes new Vice President, Brian Sims.

4. March 2014
▪ Tabor attends the Regional Contracting
Forum.
▪ We met with the Interim Director at SDOT to
talk about their inclusion plans, and have met
with the Mayor’s Office.
▪ Ollie had a phone conversation with Joby
Shimomura, Governor’s Chief of Staff.
▪ Had a dinner meeting with Transportation
Secretary Lynn Peterson, Deputy Chief of
Staff, Kelly Wicker, Brenda Nambi, Bob
Armstead and Frank Lemos.
▪ We have also had meetings with Vulcan, and
the OMWBE Advisory Committee.

5. April 2014
▪ Tabor holds annual Membership
Orientation.
▪ Ollie Garrett attends, by invitation
only, Walmart Stakeholder Summit.
▪ Mayor Murray Signs Executive
Order Strengthening Equity in City
Contracting.

6. May 2014
▪ Tabor holds “First Friday Business
Networking” happy hour.
▪ Cynthia Andrews is hired as Tabor’s
interim Administrator.
▪ Government Affairs Chair, Frank
Lemos is awarded The U.S. Small
Business Administration (SBA) 2014
Washington Minority Champion for
Small Business.
▪ Jacqui Mayo, Tabor Treasurer for the
last five years, moves and has to
resign from the board.

7. June 2014
▪ Vulcan, Tabor 100, and the
Community Get in the Game at our
“Shakin’ it Up” Business TradeShow
with over 250 attendees and 45
WMBE vendors.

8. July 2014
▪ Fatuma Mahmud, who graduated from Garfield
HS, won a $1,000.00 scholarship in the name of
late Seattle area architect Mel Streeter, a Tabor
100 member and past Chair of the Education
Committee.
▪ 100 attendees participated in the 2014 Minority
Business Policy Workshop, a grassroots effort
made possible by community partners, including
Tabor 100, the Washington State Ethnic
Commissions, and involved state agencies
including the Washington State Department of
Enterprise Services (DES), the Washington State
Office of Minority and Women’s Business
Enterprises (OMWBE) and the Washington
Department of Transportation.

9. August 2014
▪ Ollie Garrett sat on a panel at the
21st Century Challenges and
Opportunities for Women
Entrepreneurs in the Northwest, an
official roundtable chaired by U.S.
Senator Maria Cantwell.
▪ Henry Yates is Tabor 100’s new
Public Affairs Chair.
▪ Tabor member, Albert Shen is
appointed by the Obama
Administration as the Minority
Business Development Agency’s
National Deputy Director.

10. September 2014
▪ 15th Annual Captain’s of Industry
Gala. Collette Holt gave the keynote
and entertainment was provided by
Chandler Williams.
▪ Tabor was awarded a $25,000 grant
from The Walmart Foundation and
the Washington State Giving
Advisory Council.

11. October 2014
▪ City of Seattle issues a proclamation
that October 4, 2014 be Tabor 100
Anniversary Day.

12. November & December 2014
▪ Tabor Member, Henry Yates is serving as
OEO’s interim DBE liaison officer.
▪ James Evans is the new Assistant Director of
Construction and A&E Diversity at the
University of Washington.
▪ Ollie Garrett is Given Senator Maria
Cantwell’s Women of Valor Award.