PROJECT TEAM
Disparity Study Project Management Team
Disparity Study Contact Information for Empire State Development
Brendan Regan
Director of Compliance:
Division of Minority and Women’s Business Development
635 Broadway
Albany, NY 12245
(518) 408-2224
Brendan.Regan@esd.ny.gov
MGT Consulting
Andres Bernal, J.D.,Vice President / Project Executive
Mr. Bernal serves as the project executive, legal researcher, and lead quantitative researcher.
Vernetta Mitchell, Director / Project Manager
Serves as project manager, and subcontractor management, and is the lead qualitative researcher.
Debby Kreit, Project Assistant
Assist with project management, scheduling, and reporting.
Walter Benitez, Quantitative Research
Collect, organize, and prepare data then conduct the study quantitative analyses.
Corlisha Mitchell, Policy and Procurement Assessment
Review existing policies and procedures related to procurement processes.
Haita Toure Qualitative Research
Organize, coordinate, and analyze qualitative data.
MGT Subconsultants
Ebony Marketing Systems will assist with the community engagement meetings and subcontractor data collection.
Rincon & Associates will lead and execute the custom census (availability) and vendor (qualitative) surveys for your study.
Brian Ansari & Associates Inc. will support the draft development of the disparity study report, perform workforce utilization anecdotal interviews and identification of workforce resources to support study recommendations, support the development of interview questions for stakeholders and conduct stakeholder interviews, assist with the procurement policy interviews and chapter creation, and conduct in-depth interviews with business owners.
The Setroc Group will assist in the development and execution of a communication and outreach plan.