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History

Diversity Information Resources (DIR) was founded in Minneapolis in 1968 by H. Peter Meyerhoff, a Honeywell aeronautics engineer, who sought to advance race relations by improving economic conditions for Blacks after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Meyerhoff and his wife were European Jews who managed to escape Hitler at the outset of World War II. Themselves victims of discrimination, they were motivated by Dr. King’s death to launch the “Buy Black” directory - a 10 page directory of locally black-owned businesses. The couple went door to door asking people to “buy black.” A Board of Directors sets policy and direction for Diversity Information Resources representative of major U.S. corporations.

Our success depends greatly on our Board of Directors and the leadership they provide.

Products and Services

DIR’s core competency is the Supplier Diversity Data Management Portal. This dynamic portal assists supplier diversity professional in managing supplier data. Features include: supplier registration, sourcing, certification validation and maintenance, data scrubbing, spend reporting, business matchmaker, discussion forums and training.

DIR also conducts extensive supplier diversity seminars: “Building Strategic Phases of a Supplier Diversity Process” and the “Best Practices in Supplier Diversity Strategies and Initiatives.”

DIR publishes and manages the Purchasing People in Major Corporations database and the Supplier Diversity Information Resource Guide.

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