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Club Endorsement
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Senior Leadership |
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Senior
Management's Perspective:
 Jerry Reinsdorf
Chairman, Owner
Chicago White Sox
“Our organization-wide commitment to
diversity has allowed us to develop
partnerships with some of the very
best businesses in the Chicago area.
Members of our Diverse Business
Partners program not only help us
meet and exceed fan expectations,
they also strengthen our
relationships with important
communities throughout the Chicago
area. I am especially pleased that
this year, the White Sox have
selected Flowers Communcations Group as one
of America’s Best Diverse
Suppliers.”
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DBP Program Administrative Team |
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The DBP Program Administrator's
Perspective:
 Michael
Spidale
Purchasing Director
Chicago White Sox
DBP Program Administrator
"The
Chicago White Sox are
dedicated and committed to
providing significant
opportunities to minority-
and woman-owned businesses
(MWBEs) that are capable of
providing commodities and
services through our
competitive bid process. We
conduct our Diverse Business
Partners Program not only
through our Centralized
Purchasing Department, but
through our entire
organizational structure. We
encourage the various White
Sox Departments to support
our commitment to supplier
diversity by seeking MWBEs
for any specialized services
needed by those departments.
The
selection of Flowers Communications
Group by our Public Relations
Department is an example of how our
DBP Program is supported across the
Sox organization. Our Public
Relations Department selected
Flowers Communications Group to work
closely with the White Sox to
further enhance the Club’s outreach
to the African American and Latino
communities. Flowers Communications
has done an exceptional job for us
and has provided valuable direction
and support.
We are proud to recognize
Flowers Communications Group as one
of America's Best Diverse
Suppliers."
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Business Diversity and the Chicago White
Sox |
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White Sox
Diverse Business Partners
(DBP) Program
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Mission Statement
To provide
significant opportunities to minority and woman owned businesses
that are capable of providing the Chicago White Sox and its
associated companies with commodities and services through our
competitive bid process. This program is committed to
aggressively seeking qualified vendors who desire to enter into
a mutually beneficial relationship with the Chicago White Sox.
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Flowers Communications
A Minority, Woman-owned Business Enterprise
(MWBE),
providing
Media Services to the White Sox since 2006.
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D. Michelle
Flowers Welch
President and CEO |
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Award-winning multicultural
communications firm |
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Current Owner(s) / Since: |
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D.
Michelle Flowers Welch, (Founder) |
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CEO /
President / Principal: |
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D. Michelle Flowers Welch, President
/ CEO |
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Rashada Whitehead, SVP / Managing
Director |
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FACILITIES |
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No.
Facilities: |
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Reaching African-American and
Hispanic consumer segments through
media relations and publicity,
corporate communications, crisis
communications, special events
management, creative services,
strategic counsel, among others.
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Primary Commodity /
Service Code: |
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Standard
Industry Classification
SIC: 8743, 7311, 7319, 7331,
7336, 8742
North
American Industry Classification Scheme
NAICS:
541420, 541430, 541860,
541430, 541613, 541810
United
National Standard Product Service Code
UNSPSC: n/a
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American Honda, Chicago White Sox,
K-Mart, McDonald’s (BMOA),
MillerCoors, VLF Development, Wells
Fargo |
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Certifications: |
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MBE / WBE (City
of Chicago),
FBE (Illinois
Dept. of Central Management Services),
Chicago Minority Supplier
Development Council, Certificate of
Registration / State Board of Elections, Illinois Dept. of Human
Rights #96181-00
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