This issue of American DBE features companies and organizations advancing their mission through giving back to others along the way. The cover story features Corporate Environmental Risk Management (CERM), an Atlanta-based environmental, engineering and program management firm led by Albert Edwards. Feature stories include Clark Construction Group and the Tuskegee NEXT organization, a Chicago-based non-profit providing aircraft pilot training to young minority students to address the ongoing shortage of pilots in the commercial aviation industry. This issue’s DBE Power Player is DIGroupArchitecture and the Program Spotlight article highlights the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA). This issue’s modal columns include the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials and the Lane Construction Corporation. Finally, the issue concludes with an article by Colette Holt & Associates about the proposed changes to the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program (DBE) and Airport Concessions Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program (ACDBE) announced by USDOT.
