The Infrastructure and Economic Inclusion Task Force is dedicated to advocating for equitable access to infrastructure contracts for underserved business owners and addressing exclusionary practices within the allocation of massive government infrastructure spending.
Mr. Anderson is CEO and President of Global Risk Managers, Inc. (Global). He has been an executive in the infrastructure insurance industry as an agent, consultant, and underwriter for over 30 years. Global, founded in 1991, provides risk management services to public and private entities. Global develops and implements sophisticated risk management programs for federal, state, land local governments to effectively manage the safety and risk exposure associated with mega construction operations through the use of Owner Controlled Insurance Programs (OCIPs).
Mr. Anderson, served as the exclusive OCIP Consultant to the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) through AASHTO’s selection of Global as its broker of record to design, market, implement and administer OCIPs to AASHTO’s member state departments of transportation.
Mr. Anderson, is working to significantly expand the resources of minority contractors and support disenfranchised communities through a proven, sustainable platform called Owner Controlled Insurance Programs (OCIP). The architect of Global’s economic justice program was the late Congressman John Lewis.
R. Lynn Pingol is the CEO of MaKee Company – a strategic consulting company committed to increasing the capacity and capabilities of small businesses through industry-specific training. As a Filipina-American immigrant entrepreneur, Lynn has championed equitable access to procurement and contracting opportunities for minorities and women. Lynn believes in the power of leveraging resources and programs to create real wealth, economic development, and sustainability in historically marginalized communities. She is deemed to be an industry consultant specialist focused on real estate development and construction + green energy. Her knowledge of shared ownership models in commercial spaces, such as condo associations and real estate investment cooperatives, paves the way to use commercial real estate as a tool for wealth building.
Our mission at the Infrastructure and Economic Inclusion Task Force is to ensure equitable access to the substantial government spending directed towards rebuilding America’s infrastructure, currently estimated at over a trillion dollars. Recognizing that minority-owned businesses have, to date, not been given prime contractor roles in this historical allocation of resources, we are dedicated to advocating for a fair, inclusive, and transparent awarding of contracts.
Our commitment is to champion the rights of underserved business owners, ensuring they are not unjustly excluded from participating in these lucrative opportunities. We aim to educate lawmakers and officials about the current processes that unfairly exclude disadvantaged business owners and work toward systemic change.
Through our efforts, we strive to ensure the monumental rebuilding of America’s infrastructure serves not only as a testament to national development but also as an engine of economic inclusion and empowerment for all businesses, irrespective of their size or the community they represent.