WHAT: The Airport Minority Advisory Council (AMAC), Baltimore Washington Thurgood Marshall International Airport (BWI) and Equity in Infrastructure Project (EIP) leadership will sign the EIP Pledge on Thursday, March 14, 2024, during the AMAC Economic Opportunity and Policy Forum.
WHO: Phil Washington, Denver International Airport CEO/Equity in Infrastructure Project Co-Founder; John Porcari, Former U.S. Department of Transportation Deputy Secretary/Equity in Infrastructure Project Co-Founder; Ricky Smith, AMAC Board of Directors Chair / Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport CEO and Eboni Wimbush, AMAC President & CEO.
WHEN: Thursday, March 14, 2024
WHERE: Washington Marriott at Metro Center | 775 12th Street NW Washington, DC 20005
WHY: During this unprecedented infrastructure investment, EIP’s mission is to build generational wealth and reduce the racial wealth gap by improving public infrastructure contracting practices to create more prime, joint venture and equity contracting opportunities for Historically Underutilized Businesses (HUBs). EIP’s mission aligns with AMAC’s vision of creating economic equity, access and wealth for minorities and women in the aviation and aerospace industries, and BWI’s active efforts to expand opportunities for diverse firms through prime contracting, joint ventures and equity partnerships in significant infrastructure projects. By signing the EIP Pledge, AMAC and BWI will join an influential collective of transportation industry changemakers fueling transportation equity. EIP’s Pledge has now been signed by 56 heads of transit authorities, airports, ports, water districts, organizations and engineering firms across the country, and the White House has directly called upon Bipartisan Infrastructure Law grantees to sign the Pledge. See: www.EquityInInfrastructure.org.
HOW: For interviews, press access and additional information, please contact Ramon Lo, AMAC’s Director of Membership & Industry Engagement, at rlo@amac-org.com.
AMAC and BWI welcome aviation industry leaders, government officials, and business representatives to Washington, DC, to exchange ideas, share entrepreneurship best practices, and seek innovation in diversity and inclusion initiatives throughout the aviation and aerospace industries. The forum offers insights on airport economic opportunities, outlines AMAC’s federal legislative agenda, includes panel discussions with key Congressional and Administration leadership, and updates on the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise/Airport Concessions Disadvantaged Business Enterprise programs. Your participation is critical and valuable to this forum’s success and AMAC’s advocacy efforts.