Collaborative and Subcommittees

Overview

DBE and Workforce Collaborative

The Disadvantaged Business Enterprise and Workforce Collaborative is an advisory group to MnDOT. The group’s mission is to increase the diversity of firms and people working on MnDOT highway projects. Subcommittees focus on strategies to support DBEs and underrepresented populations such as women, minorities, and disadvantaged individuals.

Subcommittees

Leadership committee

Plans the full Collaborative meetings
Sets the Collaborative’s annual goals
Tracks the work of the other committees

Results and transparency committee

Reviews highway construction projects
Reviews workforce goals
Reviews progress in hiring women and people of color

Worksite cooperation committee

Identifies worksite issues related to workforce diversity
Develops recommendations to ensure construction worksites are respectful and welcoming to all

DBE committee

Identifies issues related to building the capacity and sustainability of DBE firms
Makes recommendations to MnDOT