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Good afternoon,

My name is Regina Glenn I reside at 4872 123rd Pl. SE., Bellevue, WA I am the president of
Pacific Communications Consultants Inc. For over 28 years I have been working in the area of
small diverse business development in both the public and private sector. I have served on the
Port's Advisory Committee for Minority /businesses and been engaged with helping with 2
disparity studies involving the Port of Seattle, and had the pleasure of working on the original
Port job study.

From this up-close-and-personal view, I can truly commend the staff, the commissioners and the
consultants who have helped bring together this needed and ambitious diversity in contracting
plan, under the leadership of Steve (Executive Director of the Port).

In January 9, 2018 when the port commissioners adopted their new diversity and contracting
Policy Resolution 3737, it acknowledged historic disparities in women and minority business
enterprise participating in port contracting.

That acknowledgment was critical but more importantly the tools outlined in your diversity and
contracting 2018 annual report are outstanding. A solid foundation building on community input
and sound testing.

I only add three suggestions moving forward: Be publicly accountable, provide incentives for
innovation, and keep the pipeline for youth open.

Being publicly accountable
1.Merge the best of all charged at the port with diversity inclusion and contracting and the
workforce goals to plan and coordinate with a united voice and coordinated voice.

Do this by Convening quarterly public meetings and distributing reports in these
chambers reviewing the progress and evidence of collaboration of the 4 major areas dedicated to
equity and inclusion at the port. Those four offices each Individually reporting their successes,
challenges and budgetary needs. I simply sharing what is going well, what needs to be improved
what needs to be discontinued.

A. The Office of social responsibility headed by Luis Navarro

B. the newly formed equity department-Headed by the to be appointed senior director of equity
and inclusion

C. The office of the director of diversity in contracting under the leadership of Mian Rice

D. The Seattle international airport dining and retail operations encompassing the ACDBE
concession's successful program under the leadership of Dawn Hunter

The experiences lessons learned and resources these for organizations can you bring togetheris
exceptional and should be clearly explain to all stakeholders.

Establish an equity and diversity advisory committee to support the collaboration of your four
major organizations working at the port to change its culture and increase its participation of
diverse firms

Provide incentives for Innovation in Diversity contracting
2. Provide innovative incentives for contracting such as price preference points forcertified firms
on contracts.  Special grants to encourage crimes to partner with small businesses and their
contracting endeavors. Many of the ports around the country have invitations we could look at it
closely.

Pipeline for youth
3. Continue youth internships and ensure we keep open pipelines into port jobs and experiences
to assure workers and contractors for the port

Again, I commend you on your vision, outstanding staff selections and true commitmentto
change.


Regina Glenn
President,
Pacific Communications Consultants Inc
40 Lake Bellevue Dr., Suite 100
Bellevue, WA 98005
Office: 425-295-4626
Cell: 425-503-7212
Fax: 425-747-7553
Email: Rglenn@pccus.com
WWWw.pccus.com