2017 BOMA MOB & Healthcare Facilities Conference

Eric Watson
President & CEO
Carolinas-Virginia Minority Supplier Development Council


Eric Watson is President and CEO of the Carolinas-Virginia Minority Supplier Development Council (CVMSDC), a private, non-profit, 501(c) (3) organization, with more than 280 corporate members and 556 certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) members. Watson is responsible for the development and execution of strategy to achieve CVMSDC’s vision and goals of advancing business opportunities between major corporations and minority business enterprises in North Carolina, South Carolina and Central Virginia. Watson has 38 years of experience in operations management, including more than 25 years in the field of diversity and inclusion. Watson has developed strategies that impact business success through creating a vision for managing diversity, designing leadership mentoring programs to promote diversity, and establishing an accountability system for business diversity. For 10 years, Watson held leadership roles at Delhaize America, beginning as Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion of Food Lion in 2003. From 2007-2009, he served on Food Lion’s Executive Committee and led the Talent Acquisition department. In 2010, he became Vice President of Diversity & Inclusion for all of Delhaize America. Among others, he has received the following recognition for his community and diversity & inclusion work: Multicultural Forum on Workplace Diversity Trailblazer Award, La Noticia Excelente Award for Non-Latin Person Most Supportive of the Latino Community and the Carolinas Asian-American Chamber of Commerce Award for Leadership and Support. Watson currently serves on the Board of Calibr Global Leadership Network and is a member of the Board of Visitors at Johnson C. Smith University and the Board of Visitors at Livingstone College. He serves on the Board of Directors for the Charlotte Post and the Charlotte chapter of the National Black MBA Association’s Advisory Board. Watson holds a bachelor’s degree in English literature from Livingstone College in Salisbury, N.C.

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