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We are very thankful for and deeply appreciate the many contributors to this website. Our members and partners spend countless hours working to build successful companies. We appreciate time spent sharing ideas and best practices with us and providing your thoughts and feelings with our members at large.

Karl Cureton, NMTC Chair

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Our beginnings: In 1999 Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore announced that he "is working with the private sector to create the nation's first Minority Technology Council. The Council will coordinate efforts with minority-owned technology business and existing regional technology councils across the state." Press Release. This was the first government announcement of the Council. Shortly after our Council Founder and Chair, Karl Cureton, was invited to speak as a panel guest for the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) on the Digital Divide. The Council has worked over the years with both State and Federal Executives to develop parity for minority suppliers in the IT marketplace.