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Gilbert Buchanan, MA is the owner & founder of Buchanan & Associates.
He also operates as the Principal Consultant, and Senior Project Manager. He is responsible for managing and directing all labor compliance, contract compliance, small business outreach, and business development coordination activities on client projects. Our consulting team is significantly augmented with the value-added expertise, industry knowledge, and strategic know-how of Gilbert Buchanan, MA.
Gilbert brings more than 20 years of diversified experience to clients’ projects, whereby he has been conducting community outreach and successfully managing small business outreach and development programs with prominent public works agencies such as LAUSD, LACCD, LA Metro, Valley Economic Development Center (VEDC), and the Mayor’s Office City of Los Angeles – LAMBOC. He has successfully assisted DBEs/MBEs/SBEs in securing over $90 Million in contract awards since 1999.
Mr. Buchanan has a Master’s Degree in Organizational Development, and has served as Community and Business Outreach Consultant for the Los Angeles Community College District’s Proposition A/AA and Measure J funded projects ($6 billion in Projects at nine District campuses); and LAUSD’s $21 billion design-build and design-bid-build construction and modernization programs where he consulted as Assistant Program Manager of the Small Business Department, outreaching to at least 50 different ethnicities within Los Angeles County.
Gilbert was very instrumental in the development and implementation of two small business Boot Camps and Mentor-Protégé programs (with LAUSD and LACCD), where he provided training in capacity-building and contractor education to subcontractors seeking to conduct business with LAUSD and LACCD, resulting in contract awards to subcontractors amounting to $4 million, $35 million, and $21.7 million respectively.
Gilbert is highly detailed and results-oriented, he understands that the client’s needs is paramount and must receive the highest level of priority at all times in an effort to minimize liability and mitigate all risks. Mr. Buchanan is very strategic in his approach, an excellent team player with tremendous leadership skills.
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The services she offers includes: coaching, consultation, business organization, business development, management support, Payroll, Human Resources, Small Business Enterprise certification packaging, financial document review, proposal writing for Bids, obtaining contracts, and procurement, Set-aside certifications and a wide range of resource that will help a small business grow the right way.
Dori Graduated in 2001 from DeVry University with a major in EET and minor in Telecommunication. While working in the telecommunication industry for over 16 years she has always been a go-getter with a business mind set.
Dori Bailey has augmented our management team with her impressive and diversified experience in facilities support, business operations management, and government contracts training as well.
Dori hold membership at The Women in Business Association, California Society of Tax Consultants (CSTC) as well as a member of the Bixby Knolls Business Association. Dori is a Business Resource Advocate ready to service your small business needs right now!
With more than two decades of operational and management experience, a Bachelor’s Degree in Communications and an Associate of General Education Degree, Karen Greene-Taylor has developed a sharp eye for how businesses can retool for a strategically focused organization so that they can do business with the government.
Karen provides the best services for Buchanan & Associates in contract administration and consulting services. She has assisted numerous small businesses in obtaining government contracts and understanding the process for Buchanan & Associates.
Clients assisted have ranged from Security giants such as ABMSS Safeguard Security to Mom-and-Pop Insurance businesses as small as LRG Insurance Services, with most having 10 or fewer employees and up to $2 million in annual sales.
Vendor Database Registrations for contracting agencies such as: LA Metro; City of Los Angeles; County of Orange; County of Riverside; City of Santa Clarita, ID/IQ, LABAVIN, County of Los Angeles; SAM, U.S. DOD just to name a few.
Marjorie Gayle possesses more than 25 years of experience in the human resources industry. She has worked in a cross-section of industries such as construction, entertainment, amusement, film, and gaming.
Over the last seven (7) years she has assisted public works contractors in their efforts to efficiently navigate through the complicated landscape of human resources policies and
procedures as well as labor compliance best practices. She has developed the infrastructure needed for companies to succeed. Her primary areas of expertise are policy and procedures development, organization, training, certified payroll preparation and monitoring.
She has worked with a cross-culture of companies. Her ability to break down complicated contract or proposal language into simple terms is greatly respected and appreciated by clients. Many of the clients with whom she has worked are subcontractors to the County of Los Angeles, Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA), LAUSD, LACCD, and Expo Phase 2 Light Rail Construction Authority. She also works with two chapters of the National Association of Minority Contractors (NAMC). Ms. Gayle holds a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Public Administration from the University of Southern California.
Buchanan & Associates is a multiple award winning supplier diversity firm that helps small businesses become contract-ready. So, if you want to win government contracts, then Buchanan & Associates is the way to go!
