Corporate Trailblazer

Patricia Richards

Patricia Richards, director, disability supplier diversity program, U.S. Business Leadership Network, receives a WBE Hall of Fame award in the Corporate Trailblazer category, presented by Nancy Hahn, vice president, planning and supplier diversity corporate responsibility, Alcatel-Lucent.
Patricia Richards. Richards joined the U.S. Business Leadership Network® as director, disability supplier diversity program in July 2011. She is responsible for the development and implementation of the program’s strategies, including strengthening the USBLN certification process; increasing the utilization of service-disabled and disability-owned firms; and assisting corporations and agencies with disability programs.

Richard Stouffer

Shannon Suber, director, minority and women business development, Texas Instruments, accepts a WBE Hall of Fame award in the Corporate Trailblazer catergory on behalf of Richard Stouffer (not pictured), found of The Stouffer Group. The award was presented by Sam Cheng, chief financial officer, Paul Quinn College.
Richard Stouffer. A long-serving supporter of supplier diversity, Stouffer was the director of minority and women’s business development at Texas Instruments Inc., where he led and developed the company’s supplier diversity program from its inception. He retired from the company in 2001 after managing international procurement, corporate contracts, facilities materials services and global logistics — in addition to supplier diversity.