SFA employees earn recognition

Pictured (from left) Peggy Byers, Diana Boubel and Linda Bianco.

Employees of the Purchasing and Inventory Department at Stephen F. Austin State University recently were honored during Minority Enterprise Development Week in Dallas, an annual event held by the U.S. Department of Commerce's Minority Business Development Agency. SFA was one of two universities in the seven-state region recognized for employing four agents who purchased more than $1 million each in products and services from woman- and minority-owned businesses. Pictured are (from left) Peggy Byers, contracting specialist; Diana Boubel, director of the Purchasing and Inventory Department and Historically Underutilized Businesses coordinator; and Linda Bianco, buyer. Award recipients from SFA who are not pictured were Sonja Hendry-Witt, contracting specialist; and Patricia Barnes, buyer.