ABOUT SOUTHERN COMPANY SUPPLIER DIVERSITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

At Southern Company, we're committed to providing our customers with clean, safe, reliable, and affordable energy. We approach each day as a vital step in building the future of energy. Southern Company Supplier Diversity Business Development Program (SDBDP) is committed to helping small and diverse businesses achieve their strategic goals by providing mentoring, individualized management consultations, education, and technical assistance.  By leveraging the knowledge and commitment across our organizations, our goal is to provide the program participants with the tools and resources needed to grow their businesses through strategic partnerships in and outside our organization. This partnership taps into the strengths of diversity, helps build better businesses and improves the communities in which we live and serve. 

Attendees will include:

  • Mississippi Power Company Executives and Business Unit Leaders
  • Small and Diverse Business Partners
  • Business Unit Mentors from across the Enterprise
  • Community and Advocacy Partners
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Supplier Sustainability & Inclusive Growth (SSIG)

We invite you to engage with the SDBDP cohort at a networking reception to be held Tuesday, March 8, 2022 at the Mississippi Aquarium in Gulfport, Mississippi. 

Please respond by clicking the “RSVP” button below by Monday, February 28.

Dress for the meeting is business casual.

If you have questions regarding the networking reception, please contact:

LaShaunda Smith-Pope

470-631-1316

lsmithpo@southernco.com

or

Tracie Ridley

404-506-7408

taridley@southernco.com

If you have questions regarding registration, please contact:

Meredith Taylor

205-257-2789

mktaylor@southernco.com