Drawing on Edward A. Simon II's 23+ years developing supplier inclusion strategies for California utilities and public sector organizations, BEA helps corporations move from compliance-driven diversity spend to strategic, sustainable supplier ecosystems.
Engage a single service or combine several — each is scoped to your goals and delivered by a practitioner who has run programs from the inside.
Design, launch, or enhance your organization's supplier diversity program — from strategy through operational implementation.
View details ↓Mentorship, training, and development programs that strengthen your diverse supplier base and increase their readiness to perform on your contracts.
View details ↓Identify, engage, and onboard diverse suppliers aligned to your procurement needs and spend categories.
View details ↓Training for procurement teams, leadership, and employees to build supplier diversity knowledge, shift mindsets, and drive inclusive procurement behavior.
View details ↓Navigate supplier diversity regulatory requirements — including California CPUC General Order 156, federal contracting goals, and other mandates.
View details ↓Identify and activate authentic partnerships with diverse business organizations, chambers, and industry associations.
View details ↓Design, launch, or enhance your organization's supplier diversity program — from strategy through operational implementation.
Discuss this service →Mentorship, training, and development programs that strengthen your diverse supplier base and increase their readiness to perform on your contracts.
Discuss this service →Identify, engage, and onboard diverse suppliers aligned to your procurement needs and spend categories.
Discuss this service →Training for procurement teams, leadership, and employees to build supplier diversity knowledge, shift mindsets, and drive inclusive procurement behavior.
Discuss this service →Navigate supplier diversity regulatory requirements — including California CPUC General Order 156, federal contracting goals, and other mandates.
Discuss this service →Identify and activate authentic partnerships with diverse business organizations, chambers, and industry associations.
Project-based engagements start at $10,000.
Discuss this service →Fractional leadership for transitions and new programs, or an annual retainer for sustained advisory and implementation.
BEA provides interim or fractional supplier diversity leadership for organizations in transition, building new programs, or experiencing leadership gaps — plus annual retainers for ongoing advisory and implementation support.
Discuss a retainer engagementInterim or fractional supplier diversity leadership for organizations in transition, building new programs, or experiencing leadership gaps.
Ongoing advisory and implementation support for organizations committed to long-term supplier diversity excellence. Retainer services may include:
Structured partnership packages give you direct access to a pipeline of corporate-ready diverse suppliers.
Beyond consulting, BEA offers structured corporate partnership packages that give your organization direct access to a pipeline of corporate-ready diverse suppliers, executive mentorship opportunities, and measurable supplier diversity outcomes.
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Tell us about your supplier diversity goals and we'll design an engagement — consulting, embedded leadership, or partnership — that delivers measurable outcomes.