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A nationally recognized small business strategist and award-winning supplier diversity expert with a cadre of experience spanning nearly two decades in marketing, small business development, supplier diversity and entrepreneurship.

Featured In

50 Billion Dollar Boss

African American Women Sharing Stories of Success in Entrepreneurship and Leadership (Palgrave Macmillan) *NAACP Image Award Nominee
Implementing Supplier Diversity
A Driver of Entrepreneurship (Palgrave Macmillan)

Kathey Porter

A sought-after subject matter expert, Kathey is a frequent keynote speaker, panelist and workshop facilitator at conferences and events focusing on supplier diversity, small business development/entrepreneurship, women’s entrepreneurship and empowerment and diversity and inclusion and has addressed audiences at Fast Company, EY, Interise, Inc Magazine’s Inc 5000, ESSENCE Festival and The Conference Board, to name a few.

A noted coach and business strategist, Kathey’s been the featured small business expert in ESSENCE magazine and a business coach for several national accelerators including NMSDC, Interise/Small Business Administration, Babson College, the #1 school for entrepreneurship education in the world and Inc Magazine.