“A carefully crafted diversity and inclusion strategy, along with support from the organizational leaders; will lead to optimum achievement.“
Diversity Strategic Partners, LLC is a minority owned business, certified with the City of Atlanta as an AABE & FBE. As such, we provide superior capacity to respond to federal, state and local government initiatives, oriented towards minority and disadvantaged businesses. Most importantly, our diversity solutions reflect the core values and beliefs of unquestioned ability, capacity, tools , and integrity with our partners.
Mission: Our Mission at Diversity Strategic Partners is to develop partnerships with our clients, as well as the community. To develop our passion to provide quality, professional, and innovative solutions which leads to informed choices and decisions. The key cornerstone and the core of our business model is to establish and maintain strategic partnerships in any market.
The National Association of Minority Contractors (NAMC) 2017 Awards Recipient
Doretha Rousseau Smith
Owner & President of DSP
A well respected diversity leader who has worked and focused in the fields of diversity for the last 10 years. As the 2017 recipient of the National Association of Minority Contractors Award, Smith was nationally recognized for excellence in her field. Doretha has demonstrated leadership on one of the largest projects in national history. She led as the Diversity Program Coordinator on the Maynard H. Jackson International Terminal project which accomplished over $400,000,000 paid to female and minority owned companies, engaging approximately 160 Equal Business Opportunity (EBO) firms while achieving approximately 40% EBO participation with an EBO commitment of 35%.
As an intricate part of the project, Doretha’s responsibilities included making presentations, monitoring, tracking and reporting EBO participation (monthly), coordinating information sessions, developing newsletters, creating system tools, compiling reports, and being a liaison between the joint venture and the City of Atlanta’s Office of Contract Compliance. Doretha also interacted and developed relationships with the management team, participated in trade show procurement opportunities, maintained documentation of good faith efforts, policies and procedures.
As a graduate of Spelman College, Doretha received an undergraduate degree in Sociology and holds a Master’s of Public Administration Degree from Clark Atlanta University.