Event Details
- Thank you for joining us for our installment of our Doing Business series, featuring Northeastern University’s Planning, Real Estate, and Facilities Team on June 27, 2023.
- This free and virtual event gave minority-owned businesses the chance to hear directly from procurement officers about opportunities to work with them.
Tickets
- Free for Chamber Members & Non-Members
- (Advance registration is required)
Discover Opportunities with Pacesetter Corporation, Northeastern University’s Planning, Real Estate, and Facilities Team
Northeastern University’s Planning, Real Estate, and Facilities Team is working to actively support and engage an inclusive supplier base. Their Supplier Diversity Program was created to help them connect with minority-, women-, LGBTQ+-, disabled and veteran-owned businesses around the globe.
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Speaker
Beyazmin Jimenez
Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Culture, Northeastern University
Beyazmin Jimenez (she/her/hers) serves as the Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Culture at Northeastern University’s Planning, Real Estate & Facilities…Read more
Beyazmin Jimenez (she/her/hers) serves as the Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Culture at Northeastern University’s Planning, Real Estate & Facilities department. In her role, she leads the department in ensuring a safe and equitable work environment while promoting inclusive planning practices for the university’s real estate development efforts. Previously, she served as the Senior Account Director for The Lazu Group where she led the DEI consulting agency’s business lines working with private financial and real estate firms to develop their racial equity framework.
Beyazmin holds a Master’s in Urban Planning from Boston University where her academic focus was housing and economic development. Beyazmin serves on the board of YW Boston which advocates to eliminate racism through its program & policy efforts. In addition, she holds a seat on the Boston Planning & Development Agency’s Article 80 Committee which is working on a reform agenda for the city’s planning and community development efforts. She is a member of the Blue Cross Blue Shield MA’s Health Equity Council where she lends an activist lens to post-pandemic health responses in communities of color.
Tim Singleton
Associate Vice President of Capital Projects, Northeastern University
Tim is currently serving as the Associate Vice President of Capital Projects at Northeastern University. He leads a team of approximately 55 project managers…Read more
Tim is currently serving as the Associate Vice President of Capital Projects at Northeastern University. He leads a team of approximately 55 project managers that manage construction projects across the Universities’ global campuses. He is working to improve project management and construction management protocols and client engagement and satisfaction. It’s his role to improve means and methods to better meet client expectations using lead tools, teamwork, mentoring and leadership.
Prior to NU, he served as Associate Director of Construction at Wellesley College while they initiated their $500 million campus-wide deferred maintenance program. He also led their team in the design and construction of the college’s new Science complex.
He has worked on numerous public and private projects in Massachusetts, New York City and Philadelphia, most of which worked to increase diversity within the design and construction industries. He served on former Mayor John Street’s Diversity Committee, helping create economic opportunities for disadvantaged contractors during the construction of the Philadelphia Eagles Lincoln Financial Field stadium.
He is currently involved with several others within the Boston area to create a consortium of like-minded owners that hopefully, with their joint voice, force more real long-term equity improvements within AEC. This group includes members of several large and small higher-eds as well as most of the state’s public construction agencies.
Catherine Walsh
Associate Vice President in Facilities Management, Northeastern University
Catherine Walsh is an Associate Vice President in Facilities Management. She is responsible for overall fiscal and administrative matters in the Division, including…Read more
Catherine Walsh is an Associate Vice President in Facilities Management. She is responsible for overall fiscal and administrative matters in the Division, including the development, analysis, and control of operating and capital fund budgets. She manages all procurement and contract administration including designer selection, contract negotiation, award for all professional and construction management services. In addition, she is also responsible for project control functions and the Program/Project Controls Group that tracks all project financials, schedules and documents within a computerized management information system and the Facilities Customer Service Center, a 24/7 operation coordinating response to over 70,000 work order annually.
Prior to joining Northeastern in 2012, Catherine was the Deputy Director of Capital Programs and Environmental Affairs at the Massachusetts Port Authority where she oversaw a $4B Capital Program. Catherine has a BS in Chemistry from Trinity College, a MS in Civil Engineering from Tufts Univeristy and a JD from Suffolk University.
Rosanna Molinaro, J.D.
Director, Procurement & Contracts Management, Northeastern University
Rosanna Molinaro serves as the Director, Procurement & Contracts Management in the Planning, Real Estate & Facilities (PREF) department at Northeastern University….Read more
Rosanna Molinaro serves as the Director, Procurement & Contracts Management in the Planning, Real Estate & Facilities (PREF) department at Northeastern University. In this capacity, Rosanna oversees procurement and contract management of planning, design, construction, and operations-related services for PREF. She also manages a team of procurement and contracts managers and administrators. Moreover, Rosanna is a champion for supplier diversity and leads such efforts to advance inclusive and equitable procurement practices on behalf of PREF.
Rosanna came to Northeastern University with prior experience in business and insurance law; previously working as an attorney in the insurance industry and representing small and underrepresented businesses. Rosanna earned a Juris Doctor from Suffolk University Law School and a Bachelor of Science in Diplomacy and International Relations from Seton Hall University.
Michael Henderson
Chief Procure to Pay (P2P) Officer, Northeastern University
Michael is the Chief Procure to Pay (P2P) Officer for Northeastern University. He specializes in transforming organizations and building strategic capabilities (e.g….Read more
Michael is the Chief Procure to Pay (P2P) Officer for Northeastern University. He specializes in transforming organizations and building strategic capabilities (e.g. Supplier Diversity and Responsible Sourcing, Strategic Sourcing, Category Management, Supplier Relationship Management, Digital Enablement and Transformation, etc.), while enabling day-to-day operational excellence. Michael recognizes that transforming procurement organizations requires building trusted relationships, bridging customer needs and supply marketplaces, leading with empathy, authenticity, and data, and ultimately, winning together. He has been with Northeastern since 2021 and has experience in multiple industries.
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