Greenlining Economic
Summit 2014
͞dŚĞϮϭƐƚĞŶƚƵƌLJDĂũŽƌŝƚLJ͗ ŵƉŽǁĞƌŝŶŐĂEĞǁEĂƟŽŶ͟
The 21st Annual Greenlining Economic Summit was held in Oakland, California, on April 4, 2014,
ũƵƐƚďůŽĐŬƐĨƌŽŵǁŚĞƌĞ'ƌĞĞŶůŝŶŝŶŐƉůĂŶƐƚŽƌĞŶŽǀĂƚĞĂŶŽůĚďĂŶŬďƵŝůĚŝŶŐŝŶƚŽĂŶĞǁŶŽŶͲƉƌŽĮƚ
ĐŽŶĨĞƌĞŶĐĞĐĞŶƚĞƌƚŚĂƚǁŝůůĂůƐŽŚŽƵƐĞƚŚĞŝƌŽĸĐĞƐ͘
'ƌĞĞŶůŝŶŝŶŐ džĞĐƵƟǀĞŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ͕KƌƐŽŶŐƵŝůĂƌĂ͕ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞĚŽŶƚŚĞĐŽǀĞƌŽĨLJEDʹ>ĞĂĚĞƌƐ
ĨŽƌĂŚĂŶŐŝŶŐtŽƌůĚ͕/ƐƐƵĞϯ͕ŽƉĞŶĞĚƚŚĞĐŽŶĨĞƌĞŶĐĞĨŽƌďŽƚŚƚŚĞŵŽƌŶŝŶŐĂŶĚĂŌĞƌŶŽŽŶ
ƐĞƐƐŝŽŶƐ͘ZŝĐŚĂƌĚŽƌĚƌĂLJ͕ŝƌĞĐƚŽƌŽĨƚŚĞŽŶƐƵŵĞƌ&ŝŶĂŶĐŝĂůWƌŽƚĞĐƟŽŶƵƌĞĂƵ͕ǁĂƐƚŚĞ
ŬĞLJŶŽƚĞƐƉĞĂŬĞƌĨŽƌƚŚĞĂŌĞƌŶŽŽŶ͕ƉƌĞĐĞĚŝŶŐƚŚĞĂŶŶƵĂůĂǁĂƌĚƐƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟŽŶ͘dŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚƚŚĞ
ĐŽŶĨĞƌĞŶĐĞƐĞƐƐŝŽŶƐ͕'ƌĞĞŶůŝŶŝŶŐ͛ƐĐŽƌĞŐŽĂůŽĨĐƌĞĂƟŶŐĂŵŽƌĞŝŶĐůƵƐŝǀĞĂŶĚĞƋƵŝƚĂďůĞĞĐŽŶŽŵLJ
ǁĂƐƚŚĞĨŽĐƵƐŽĨĚŝƐĐƵƐƐŝŽŶ͘
dŚĞĨŽůůŽǁŝŶŐƋƵŽƚĞďLJƵĚƌĞ>ŽƌĚĞǁĂƐƐĂŝĚƚŽďĞƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟǀĞŽĨƚŚĞŽǀĞƌĂůůƚŚĞŵĞŽĨƚŚĞ
conference: “There is no such thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue
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LJEDʹ>ĞĂĚĞƌƐĨŽƌĂŚĂŶŐŝŶŐtŽƌůĚǁĂƐƚŚƌŝůůĞĚƚŽďĞ
ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞĚĂƚƚŚŝƐƉƌĞƐƟŐŝŽƵƐĐŽŶĨĞƌĞŶĐĞ͘
Tarrance Frierson SCE and
Douglas Phason CPUC
Panel Discussion Moderator
Stephanie Chen left to right Billy
Parish President Solar MosiacJacqueline Rosa Global Head
Supplier Diversity JP Morgan Chase
- David Hochschild Commissioner
CA Energy Commission - Catherine
Sandoval Commissioner CPUC
NAMC National Association of Minority Companies Inc. Guests left to right, Emma Watson
Golden State Water, Jose Perez National Utilities Diversity Council, Tarrance Frierson Southern
CA Edison, Stephanie Green CA Public utilities Commission, Salvador Peinado AAA Insurance
Group, Douglas Phason CA Public Utilities Commission, Michael Anderson CEO Top Notch
Minority Business Solutions LLC and Chair NAMC Events, Awards, Nominations Committee,
Michael McCraw Chair NAMC National Diversity Coalition – missing Anita Lofton Humana and
NAMC Chair Risk Management Committee and Michael Keeley DOI Task Force and Co-Chair
NAMC Risk Management Committee