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By Marcia Wade Talbert | Published April 6, 2012 | Full size is 4272 × 2848 pixels

“I don’t think we should use this as a crutch, but I think the National Minority Supplier Development Council Certification is credible,” says Leon Richardson, CEO of ChemicoMays. “It won’t get you one piece of business, but it will get you an audience. That certification will get you access to virtually any organization that you want to talk to. It will get you to diversity coordinators, the president, the chairman. That certification is probably the most important.”

“I don’t think we should use this as a crutch, but I think the National…