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Carolinas Minority Supplier Development Councils, Inc. (CMSDC) is an
affiliate of the National Minority Supplier Development Council, Inc (NMSDC).
NMSDC has 40 affiliate councils in the United States and 3 international
pilot programs.
Mission: The Carolinas Minority Supplier Development Councils, Inc. (CarolinasMSDC)
is a nonprofit corporation chartered to enhance business opportunities for
minority owned companies by providing support, through developing mutually
beneficial networking opportunities with corporate members and promoting
minority business development. The Council's goal is to expand business
opportunities for minority owned & controlled companies, to encourage
mutually beneficial economic links between minority suppliers and the public
and private sectors and to help build a stronger, more equitable society by
supporting and promoting minority business development.
The Operating Definition of Minority- A minority is "a citizen of
the United States who is BLACK, HISPANIC, NATIVE AMERICAN, ASIAN PACIFIC or
ASIAN INDIAN. Native Americans include American Indians, American Eskimo,
American Aleuts and native Hawaiians. Asian Pacific Americans include United
States citizens whose origins are from Japan, China, the Philippines,
Vietnam, Korea, Samoa, Guam, the U. S. Territories of the Pacific, Northern
Marianas, Laos, Cambodia and Taiwan. Asian Indian Americans include United
States citizens whose origins are from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
Operating Definition of Minority Owned Business-A "minority-owned
business" is defined as a business owned and controlled by minority
individuals with at least (minimum) 51% interest held by said minority
individuals or in the case of a publicly owned business at least 51% of the
stock is owned by one or more such individuals. Furthermore, the management
and daily business operations are controlled by one or more such
individuals. Carolinas Minority Supplier Development Council, Inc. serves
all of North and South Carolina via five affiliate chapters.
A local board of directors governs each chapter. The chapters encompass
the following cities and surrounding areas: Foothills Chapter
(Greenville/Spartanburg, SC), Metrolina Chapter (Charlotte, NC),Midlands
Chapter (Columbia, SC), Piedmont Chapter (Raleigh/ Durham/Research Triangle
Park, NC), Triad Chapter (Greensboro/Winston-Salem/High Point, NC).
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