Douglas J. Guth, ideastream
Dominic Ozanne, president and CEO of Ozanne Construction Co., doesn’t mince words when relaying the origins of his Black-owned family business. When Ozanne’s father Leroy incorporated the company in 1956, he surmounted police-enforced segregation by harnessing a southern Louisiana upbringing where quitting was never an option.
Isis Simpson-Mersha, PR Daily
February is over and attention on Black History Month has disappeared. However, the need for ongoing efforts to promote DE&I initiatives remains critical. DE&I initiatives require sustained commitment and action beyond designated heritage months.
Joseph R. Biden, JR., The White House
Chuck Soder, Crain's
Companies in the Crain's Minority-Owned Business Directory largely bounced back in 2022 after a so-so 2021.
Christine Y. Chen, McKinsey Global Publishing
Athena Nicole Last
Black History Celebration: Honoring the Pioneers in Cleveland & Recognizing the Importance of the 3R's: Relationship, Reciprocity, and Return
Mandy Kraynark, The Land
When he passes the towering MetroHealth Glick Center building in the Clark-Fulton neighborhood where he grew up, Adrian Maldonado thinks about how his small, Latino-owned company, Adrian Maldonado & Associates, played a part in this and other building projects around Cleveland.
Stacee Barkley, Construction Dive
Last year marked the second iteration of Construction Inclusion Week, our industry’s grassroots effort to bring necessary conversations around diversity, equity and inclusion to every jobsite and corner office in the business.
2023 needs to be the year we turn those conversations into action.
