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LGBT-Certified Businesses Win Historic Opportunity to Supply the Super Bowl

LGBT-Certified Businesses Win Historic Opportunity to Supply the Super Bowl For the First Time, NFL Includes LGBT-Certified Businesses in Diversity Initiative Team NGLCC   WASHINGTON, D.C.—Nov. 10, 2014—When the NFL teams take the field during Super Bowl 50 in Feb. 2016, there will be more than one winner in the stadium. Diversity will
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A new voice for supplier diversity

As JPMorgan Chase & Co. began celebrating 20 years of supplier diversity in 2014, it also welcomed a new vice president, William Kapfer, who is responsible for further elevating its global supplier diversity initiative. With experience in LGBT marketing and corporate relations, the opportunity to work at JPMorgan Chase provided an outlet for his considerable
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Diversity is cornerstone of global corporate culture at JPMorgan Chase

By Justin Jones Since 1994, JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s supplier diversity program has been dedicated to the development and utilization of qualified diverse businesses, including companies owned by LGBT, minorities, women, veterans, service disabled veterans and disabled individuals. Diversity is a “cornerstone of our global corporate culture,” according to the global financial firm’s website. “Our long-term commitment to global supplier diversity not only supports the firm’s corporate
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U.S. Tennis Association striving to be top seed in supplier and workforce diversity

By Genny Hom-Franzen D.A. Abrahms, Chief Diversity Officer USTA Ensuring that the U.S. Tennis Association is fully inclusive and supportive of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community is the professional and personal mission of D.A. Abrams. As chief diversity and inclusion officer at USTA, Abrams looks at diversity and inclusion as a strategy to drive and promote the growth
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