Registration is now open for this year’s Penn Supplier Diversity Forum & Expo. 

The 2021 Forum & Expo, which will be held on Wednesday, July 28, will be a virtual event and begin with welcoming remarks from Penn President Amy Gutmann at noon. She will be followed by Erika H. James, Dean of the Wharton School, facilitating a discussion with Janice Bryant Howroyd, founder and CEO of ActOne Group—the largest privately held, minority-woman-owned personnel company founded in the United States—on the critically important socioeconomic benefits of diverse and inclusive workplaces.

Senior Vice President for Institutional Affairs and Chief Diversity Officer Joann Mitchell and Senior Executive Vice President Craig Carnaroli will also make remarks. Attendees also can look forward to an announcement from Chief Procurement Officer Mark Mills regarding this year’s recipients of the inaugural Penn Supplier Diversity and Economic Inclusion Impact Award. 

The forum will be followed by the expo, also virtual and opening at 1:30 p.m., and will bring together local and diverse suppliers showcasing their services to Penn’s community of buyers. Local business organizations and agencies will be on hand to celebrate supplier diversity and feature their resources that are available to local, diverse businesses.

The virtual Penn Supplier Diversity Forum & Expo is hosted by the University of Pennsylvania under the auspices of the Office of the Executive Vice President, Office of Government and Community Relations, the division of Business Services, and the division of Facilities and Real Estate Services.