New York, NY

The New York & New Jersey Minority Supplier Development Council (The Council) honored outstanding business partnerships between minority entrepreneurs, Fortune 500 companies and government agencies at the Partnership Awards Gala on November 13 at the New York Marriott Marquis.

The “National Corporation of the Year Award” was presented to Turner Construction Corporation. Bank of New York Mellon was honored with the “Regional Corporation of the Year Award.” Susan Hogan, manager, Supplier Diversity, Public Service Enterprise Group Inc (PSEG) received the “Coordinator of the Year Award.” The Council’s first “Agency of the Year Award” went to The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey. Jonah Cooper, Jr., president, Worldwide Virtual Academy Inc and director, Business Development, Rutgers University, earned the first “Chairman’s Award.”

“We at Turner are tremendously blessed and honored to receive ‘The National Corporation Of Year Award.’ We accept the award not for personal aggrandizement, but as a vote of confidence to expand our Minority Women Business Enterprise program to higher heights,” said Hilton O. Smith, senior vice president for Corporate and Community Affairs at Turner Construction Company and Chairman of the Board for The Council.