Kathey Porter, MBA, MSE is a nationally recognized small business strategist, award winning subject matter expert and speaker at conferences and events focusing on supplier diversity, economic inclusion, small business development/entrepreneurship and women's entrepreneurship.

She has been a Business Coach/Advisor for several national business accelerators including Goldman Sachs, Inc Magazine and Babson College. She is the author of 50 Billion Dollar Boss (Palgrave Macmillan), Implementing Supplier Diversity (Palgrave Macmillan) and Supplier Diversity for Dummies (Wiley). Her new book Big Tech Boss Energy (Palgrave Macmillan) will be released in 2024.

Kathey is Founder of Porter Brown Associates, a management solutions/professional services consultancy servicing clients across public and private sectors, BusinessFAB® Media and Supplier Diversity Training Institute (SDTI), which provides education, thought leadership, networking and training opportunities in economic inclusion, supplier diversity, procurement, community engagement and small business development for Fortune 500 corporations, local/state/federal government agencies, institutions and community and economic stakeholders.