Grow Fast Grow Right’s Diversity and Business Growth Summit

ROCKVILLE, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--No longer simply an issue of compliance, diversity has moved beyond inclusion and evolved into a catalyst for strategic business growth. Companies that embrace diversity as a differentiator and way to penetrate new markets stand poised to overtake competitors in terms of growth, profit and market share.

The importance of workplace, leadership and supplier/channel partner diversity in achieving competitive advantage and driving business growth is the focus of the 2007 Diversity and Business Growth Summit: Moving Beyond Inclusion, organized by Grow Fast Grow Right Enterprises, LLC, an education and training company for business executives and leaders of growing companies.

The Summit, May 3, International Square, Washington DC, features:

• Stedman Graham, Chairman and CEO, S. Graham & Associates;
• Carl Brooks, President and CEO, The Executive Leadership Council;
• Nick A. Medina, Global Inclusion and Diversity Manager, ExxonMobil;
• PD Villarreal, Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Schering Plough;
• Luke Visconti, Partner and Co-Founder, DiversityInc.;
• S. Tien Wong, CEO, Opus8, Inc.;
• Michael L. Barrera, President and CEO, US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce;
• William W. Wells, Jr., President, W. Wells & Associates, LLC and Chairman, National Black MBA Association;
• Erin Fuller, Executive Director, National Association of Women Business Owners;
• Sanjay Puri, President and CEO, Optimos, Inc. and President and CEO, U.S. India Business Alliance;
• More leading minds on diversity, minority business development and strategic growth.

“This strategic approach to diversity—beyond hiring and into core business functions—will fuel the success of rapid growth and middle market companies, government agencies and economic development,” says Andrew J. Sherman, co-founder of Grow Fast Grow Right and partner in the law firm of Dickstein Shapiro, LLP, a platinum sponsor of the Diversity and Business Growth Summit.

Sponsors and strategic partners of the Summit represent the world's leading organizations representing women and minority owned businesses and leaders. Sponsors include Dickstein Shapiro, Fannie Mae, Merrill Lynch, Inc. Magazine, ExecutiveBiz, Huron Consulting Group and Urban Success.

Registration fee is $395, which includes conference materials, meals and cocktail reception. For more information or to register, visit www.GrowFastGrowRight.com/diversity, 1-866-GRO-RITE.