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Carmen Ortiz-McGhee
Vice President of Investor Relations, Mayfield Gentry Realty Advisors
Posted: 10/29/11 11:03 AM ET
So as my career choices would belie, I am a passionate advocate for ethnically diverse-owned businesses. I believe in their ability to deliver excellence and enhanced efficiency, I believe in the importance of their success and vibrancy to the communities in which they operate and to the nation's economic health as a whole. And the statistics bear that out.
According to the Minority Business Development Agency in the U.S. Department of Commerce, people of diverse ethnicity are starting businesses at twice the national average, with women-owned businesses in that category leading the charge. This is important because those companies have also proven that they have a propensity for hiring a diverse labor base as well.
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