• 14+ years of Procurement Study Project Management
• 40+ Procurement Studies, 4 goal- settings for Georgia DOT, 3 goal-settings for Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport
• Expertise in post-study guidance
• B.A. in Anthropology, Princeton University
• J.D. NY Law School
• Certification in Negotiations from Harvard University; PMP Certified Project Manager; and Certified Contract Compliance Administrator.

• Background in Research and Public Policy
• Trinity Williams is a Project Manager with expertise in client communication, community engagement, and research. She assists the Project Manager with management of procurement studies and public policy consulting projects.
• B.S. in Political Science; minor in English from Presbyterian College
• Master’s in Public Administration from The University of Georgia

• Foremost national expert is procurement research
• Served on 120+ procurement studies since 1993
• Over 120 procurement studies
• Successful expert witness in 6 cases.
• Member of Bloomberg Business Week Academic Advisory Panel on law for 12 years
• J.D. from Harvard University; and Ph.D. in Economics from Georgia State University

• Litigation specialist with over 20 Years of experience in corporate defense, litigation support, civil appeals and general counsel.
• Georgia Top Rated Lawyer in Appellate Law and in Labor and Employment Law.
• Served as Federal Law Clerk in 11th Circuit Court of Appeals responsible for research and drafting opinions in areas of employment, civil rights, and immigration.
• B.S.W from University of Wisconsin; JD from Florida State University.

Econometric Oversight and Private Sector Analysis

• Skilled Econometrician and Applied Theorist, Experienced in Economic Forensics.
• 20+ Procurement Studies
• 25+ years of economic analysis of discrimination and procurement of employment, private sector contracting, lending and public contracting.
• Former president National Economics Association.
• PhD. in Economics from the University of Milwaukee-Wisconsin.

Anecdotal Review + Chapter

• George White, Jr. is a Professor of History at York College, CUNY, where he also serves as the Interim Dean of the School of Arts & Sciences.
• D. from Harvard Law School
• D. in History from Temple University
• White has published his scholarly work in the fields of African American history and American diplomatic history, including his first book in 2005, Holding the Line: Race, Racism, and American Foreign Policy Toward Africa, 1953-1961.
• As a public intellectual, White has extensive experience with research and public speaking

• More than 30 Procurement Studies as Contract Administrator or Deputy Project Manager
• Former Director of Human Resources for Concessions International
• Contract Compliance Administrator for the City of Atlanta Office of Contract Compliance
• B.A. Political Science, Spelman College; M.S Urban Government and Administration and an M.A. in Human Resource Management, Georgia State University

• Core competencies of the firm include survey development, qualitative data analysis, focus groups, and interviews
• Recipients of the 2015 Business of the Year, Community Workforce Award, DeKalb County Chamber of Commerce
• Clients include Annie E. Casey Foundation, United Nations Foundation, and University System of Georgia.
• Conducted surveys on over 20 procurement studies

• Recognized as national expert in Procurement Research, Supplier Diversity, and Remedial Program Development and Implementation
• Former Director of Contract Compliance for the City of Atlanta, GA
• Project Manager for the first major post-Croson procurement study
• Principal architect of the City of Atlanta’s EBO Program, which became the national model for post-Croson MBE programs
• Testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship

Chief Operating Officer | Anecdotal Oversight

• Experience with GSPC’s consulting division in data collection, project management, and anecdotal analysis on major public contracts
• Responsible for review and revision of anecdotal data and processes and overseeing drafting of the anecdotal evidence chapter
• Skilled in anecdotal analysis, planning, reporting, writing project narratives, and social media outreach
• Trained in the social sciences at Mount Holyoke College (BA, summa cum laude) and the University of Oxford (MSc. Social Anthropology). Ph.D. from London School of Economics.

• Extensive skill set through the negotiation of major contracts and complex business transactions between diverse groups of private clients and government entities.
• In 2007, Attorney Griffin led the GSPC team on the New World of Coca-Cola Supplier Diversity initiative. As the lead consultant on this project, she developed and implemented a successful minority and female business participation program for the construction of the new facility. The firm earned the Partners in the Promise Award from The Coca-Cola Company’s Chief Executive Officer for its efforts in this groundbreaking initiative.
• She served as Senior Contract Administrator, Compliance Director and Interim Director of Resourcing for the City of Atlanta Department of Procurement for almost 10 years. Ms. Griffin also previously served as Contract Compliance Hearing Officer for Fulton County, Georgia for ten years (1989-1999).
• Attorney Griffin earned her law degree from the University of Georgia School of Law and her undergraduate degree in Business Administration and Political Science from Morris Brown College.