Speakers

Teena Lorie Harris is'Chicago'Public Schools, Executive Director of the Office of Business Diversity. Teena Lorie is responsible for contracts, and compliance for Prime Vendors partnerships with Minority-Owned Business Enterprise (MBE) and Women-Owned Business Enterprise (WBE). Under the Office of Business Diversity, Teena Lorie manages over $2 billion dollars with capital, construction projects, professional servicers, goods and services contracts. Teena Lorie drives the District's Mission and Vision for operational excellence,'building'trust, diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility, and belonging. The strategies that Teena Lorie deploys garners sustainable successes for a diverse supply chain, and economic'development across the district's $9.9 billion dollar budget, to serve all the children, families, community, and stakeholders for'Chicago'Public Schools. Teena Lorie is 3rd generation Chicagoan, and a proud product of Chicago Public Schools.