Georgia Power’s Supplier Diversity Department Sponsors Companies at Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business Program

Three Georgia companies, selected by Georgia Power for sponsorship, attended the Advance Minority Business Executive Program at Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.

The five-day program promotes winning strategies, financial planning and growth, people and communication skills, and innovative marketing. Additionally, the program provides tremendous networking opportunities for participants.

Companies selected to participate in the program include:

Montemayor, Inc. of East Point, Ga.

Corporate Temps of Tucker, Ga.

Intelligent Earth, of Atlanta

Montemayor and Corporate Temps participated in the week-long program July 6 -11, and Intelligent Earth’s Kenneth Miller completed the program held July 14-18. Please call the number above to arrange an interview with participants in the program.

“I sincerely enjoyed the program,” said Shawn Menefee of Corporate Temps. “Not only was it well organized, but the environment was very professional. It was an awesome learning experience and should prove very beneficial in the development of my business.”

Supplier diversity is one of Georgia Power’s major corporate goals. The company’s initiatives are designed to provide solid business opportunities for minority- and female-owned suppliers. In 2002, more than 500 businesses participated in the company’s supplier diversity initiatives, winning contracts worth $129 million.

For its efforts, Georgia Power was recently named Corporation of the Year by the Georgia Minority Supplier Development Council.

Georgia Power is the largest subsidiary of Southern Company, which is one of the nation’s largest generators of electricity. The company is an investor-owned, tax-paying utility, serving customers in 57,000 of the state’s 59,000 square miles. Georgia Power’s rates are more than 15 percent below the national average, and its 2 million customers are in all but six of Georgia’s 159 counties.