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 # Fifth Third Sponsors National Minority Supplier Development Council Conference

 


 

 Oct 25, 2023 12:45 PM ET

  ![Fifth Third is a vanguard sponsor of the NMSDC Conference.](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_2x/public/images/Gibson_NMSDC.png "Fifth Third's Kala Gibson will moderate a panel on supplier diversity at the NMSDC conference in Baltimore.") Fifth Third's Kala Gibson will moderate a panel on supplier diversity at the NMSDC conference in Baltimore. 

 

Fifth Third is proud to be a vanguard sponsor of the [2023 NMSDC Conference & Exchange](https://www.nmsdcconference.org/2023/) on Oct. 22-25 in Baltimore, Maryland. The title of this year’s conference is *Closing the Equity Gap*. With a mission to “act now, accelerate growth and achieve equity,” the NMSDC and the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) will lead a full agenda of relevant topics, speakers and discussions to facilitate the inclusion and development of thousands of minority business enterprises into the U.S. economy.

Fifth Third Executive Vice President **Kala Gibson**, chief corporate responsibility officer, will moderate a panel discussion with chief procurement officers as they share their vision for expanding supplier diversity, driving business inclusivity and shaping procurement's future.

The panelists are:

- Barbara Kubicki, chief procurement officer, Wells Fargo.
- Sally Macaluso, chief procurement officer, indirect services procurement, Johnson & Johnson.
- Susanna Webber, chief procurement officer, Merck.

Gibson is a member of the Board of Directors of the National Minority Supplier Development Council.



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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