What You Will Learn:

Each session is a comprehensive, content-rich 3 day course designed to provide in-depth training to DBE/ACDBE and DBELO professionals from “Beginners” through “Intermediate” experience levels.  In this seminar you will be taught and come away with a working understanding of the following topics:

    * History and Trends of the DBE Program - Why are we “here”?
    * Knowing Your Role: Organizing a DBE/ACDBE Office
    * DBELO – DBE Program Responsibilities
    * DBE and ACDBE Goal Setting Methodologies (including the new 3-year goal requirement effective March 2010)
    * DBE Regulation Review (49 CFR part 26) and USDOT Guidance
    * Airport Concession and Joint Venture Guidance
    * Conducting Site Visits and Fraud Detection
    * UCP Certification Process and Requirements for DBE/ACDBE Firms
    * General Compliance and Monitoring
    * Calculating Personal Net Worth
    * Business 101: Legal Structure and Financial Matters
    * Good Faith Effort Reviews – How to Conduct Them
    * Plus…Real Case Studies and Time for Peer-to-Peer Sharing