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 MBE
magazine is published bi-monthly by Minority Business
Entrepreneur and serves as a nationwide forum for
minority and women business owners, corporations and government
agencies concerned with minority enterprise development
MBE magazine examines affirmative action
and procurement programs in the public and private sectors,
and provides in-depth coverage of crucial issues affecting
the growth and survival of minority- and woman-owned businesses.
Each issue also features the success story of a prominent
minority or female entrepreneur whose life and accomplishments
may serve as a role model for others.
Founded in 1984, MBE magazine has maintained
a strong commitment to economic parity as a lasting solution
to the ills of poverty and discrimination and has as its
mission to:
Inform - by reporting on issues critical
to the growth and development of minority owned firms;
Educate - by examining the purpose and
intent of minority business development legislation and
programs; and
Inspire - by featuring
in depth profiles of successful entrepreneurs in a wide
range of industries, whose accomplishments make them outstanding
role models for others.
MBE magazine receives many letters
from its readers.
The following excerpts from letters typify reader response
to the in-depth features and exploration
of critical business issues by
MBE magazine's staff and contributing writers.
“Over the years, MBE magazine has been
a crucial information source to us in our efforts to chronicle
the effects of legislation and court decisions on minority
owned businesses...Your quality publication stands at the
top of its field for advocating the concerns of the minority
business community...”
Anthony Robinson, President
Minority Business Enterprise
Legal Defense
and Education Fund, Washington,
D.C.
“Your publication is excellent. Please continue sending
us multiple copies so that we may make them available to
the hundreds of women business owners coming through our
offices...”
Hedy M. Ratner, Co-director
Women's Business Development
Center
Chicago, Illinois
 “As
a former Director of AMAC, I have read MBE
magazine for many years and have enjoyed all the articles,
but I feel especially sensitive to the recent Publisher's
Page about the Adarand case. It was superbly written and
should serve as a wakeup call for all of us who believe
in the justification of affirmative action.”
Chuck Taylor, Senior Manager
Office of Small Business Development
Southwest Florida International
Airport
“MBE magazine plays an important role in encouraging
and sustaining minority business initiatives while, at the
same time, ably attracting and focusing much needed minority
business community support. Please accept my best wishes
for the continued prosperity of the magazine, its readers,
and - most important - the entrepreneurs whose businesses
it enhances.”
Kweisi Mfume, President,
Chairman and CEO, NAACP
(former U.S. Congressman and
Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus)
“You have praised the efforts and successes of minority
owned firms long before the term 'minority owned' came into
vogue...”
Leon Robinson, President
Robinson Bus Service
Chicago, Illinois
 “Let
me join with hundreds of others in praising the excellence
of MBE magazine. The information is always
up-to-date, and the editorial comments are insightful and
pithy.”
Parren J. Mitchell, former
U.S. Congressman
Founder of the Minority Business
Enterprise
Legal Defense and Education
Fund
“I am writing to let you know that the moment in
the sun you provided me, with your superb interview and
excellent editing, has been exhilarating. Yours is obviously
a well-read magazine based on the number and geographic
location of phone calls I've received since the article...I
know that the quality of MBE is no fluke,
but the result of extremely hard work and focused determination.”
Fitz Hilaire, Director of
Supplier Development
Avon Products, Inc.
New York, New York
“MBE is the only publication that never
makes it to my reading pile - I always take the time to
read it as you are consistently right on target with what
is current and important...”
Liz Kahnk, former Executive
Director
National Minority Business Directories
Minneapolis, Minnesota
“In interviews with myself and others at the Commission,
as well as minority and women business owners themselves,
MBE has provided positive, objective reporting
of the crucial issues that will affect the future success
of this vital sector of the American economy. We believe
that, under Ms. Conrad's direction, its commitment to quality
and diversity of coverage places MBE in a
class by itself...”
Joshua I. Smith, II, Chairman
Maxima Corporation
(also former Chairman, President's
Commission on
Minority Business Development)
 “MBE
magazine is the Rolls Royce of minority publications.”
C. Michael Gooden, President
Integrated Systems Analysts,
Inc.
(former Chairman of the National
Coalition of Minority Business)
“I am impressed by the quality and scope of your publication.”
Maurice H. Stans, former
Secretary of Commerce
Washington, D.C.
“Diversity Information Resources has advertised in
and has received MBE magazine for many years.
The information on supplier diversity and personal success
stories has kept our organization well-informed and up-to-date
on events and issues. We applaud the efforts of MBE
magazine and will continue to support its efforts.”
Leslie Bonds, Executive Director
Diversity Information Resources,
Inc.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
“Please keep me on your mailing list. I deeply enjoy
this publication. It is excellent! Hats off to Ginger.”
Paula B. Cullings
Purchasing Coordinator
Bureau of Purchasing
Baltimore, MD
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Barbara
Oliver
is Publisher of Minority Business Entrepreneur (MBE)
magazine and President of minority and woman owned
Enterprise Publishing Inc., which purchased MBE in
2012. MBE magazine is an award-winning 25+-year-old,
national, trade publication for and about minority
and women business owners. In her current position,
Barbara oversees the day-to-day operations, sales,
marketing and public relations for the magazine.
In addition to her full-time responsibilities with
the magazine, Barbara represents the publication as
an active supporter of the Nevada Minority Supplier
Development Council, and serves on various committees
of the Women's Business Enterprise Council-West, Women's
Business Enterprise National Council, and the Airport
Minority Advisory Council.
Barbara also travels extensively representing the
magazine and has been a keynote speaker, moderator
and/or panelist at various events throughout the country.
Barbara joined MBE magazine in 1989 after graduating
from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles with
a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature and
completed her Master of Business Administration at
the University of Phoenix, Southern California Campus.
She became publisher in July 2011.
A native of the island of Jamaica in the West Indies,
Barbara now makes her home in Henderson, Nevada, with
her husband and two children. Her hobbies are traveling,
singing, and reading.
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