Calvin Stevens serves as the Director of Business Development as well as the Director of Diversity for Balfour Beatty, a $11.0 billion international construction company offering Construction management, general contracting, cost consulting, design-build, preconstruction services, and public-private partnerships.

His work has been recognized with numerous distinctive awards and honors, including:

• Appointed by Executive Order of North Carolina by Governor Roy Cooper to the Governor’s Advisory Council on Historically Underutilized Businesses, businesses owned by minorities, women, disabled or veterans.

He is also served his country with four years of military service in the United States Air Force and later graduated from North Carolina A&T State University with a degree in Construction Management.

He currently serves on the North Carolina A&T State University Board of Visitors, and the Construction Management Advisory Board at Morgan State University.

Patsy Matthews has served as a Supplier Diversity/Business Development Consultant with the Christman Company’s North Carolina Headquarters (formerly Rentenbach Constructors) for 8.5 years.

During this time she has increased their MWBE participation on public and private projects through targeted outreach; recruitment and technical assistance. She has represented the company in organizations and at events that serve Minority and Women contractors.

As a Business Development consultant she has assisted in generating business through developing and maintaining relationships with current and new clients.

Patsy is also a licensed Real Estate Broker and owner of Matthews Realty and Development. From 1998-2010 she sold residential real estate and built single family homes in Davidson County, NC. She served as Captain in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps in the Army from 1987-1990 and worked as a staff attorney in the General Counsel’s office at the US Department of Agriculture from 1990-1994.  From 1995-1997 she worked for Legal Aid of North Carolina in Asheville, NC.

Patsy has a BS from UNC-Greensboro and a Juris Doctor from North Carolina Central University School of Law.

She has been a board member of the NC MWBE Coordinators’ Network. She is also presently on the Board of Management for Hayes Taylor YMCA in Greensboro, NC.

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Ms. Gantt is a C-Suite executive with thirty years of banking experience; responsible for developing and implementing strategies to advance the utilization of disadvantaged businesses. Ms. Gantt is a passionate professional, with a national network of resources; and the business acumen to effectively procure resources for the benefit of disadvantage business enterprises.

Ms. Gantt serves on the board of the National Association of Minority Contractors (NAMC); and holds credentials from NC State University Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering – Project Management, the National Development Council of Housing Development and Finance Professionals, and the American Contract Compliance Association from Morgan State University. Ms. Gantt is also the 2017 recipient of the NAMC National Harriet Tubman Excellence in Leadership Award.

Justin Hampton is an attorney at Cotney Construction Law who devotes his practice to all facets of construction law. He also represents clients in the areas of commercial litigation, government contracts, landlord-tenant law and various transactional matters.

Prior to joining Cotney Construction Law, Justin spent several years as an Assistant Attorney General with the North Carolina Department of Justice’s Transportation Section, where he represented the North Carolina Department of Transportation (“NCDOT”) in matters against heavy-highway contractors and subcontractors. Justin has a degree in Construction Engineering and Management, and, prior to attending law school, he worked as a scheduler and estimator for a national engineering and construction firm.

Denise Thompson

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