Anthony Atala was unanimously elected Chair of the Small Micro and Minority Women Owned Business Enterprise Advisory Committee for Miami-Dade County Public Schools in March 2024. Appointed by School Board Vice Chair Monica Colucci, he immediately influenced the committee’s efforts.

The Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) for Miami-Dade County Public Schools ensures equal opportunities for small, micro, veteran, minority, and women-owned businesses in contracting and purchasing.

The school board formed the SBE/MBE and M/WBE Advisory Committee to guide and promote the participation of these businesses in procurement activities, issuing recommendations to enhance the program and monitoring disparity studies.

M-DCPS certifies small, micro, minority, and women-owned, and veteran businesses in the Miami-Dade Metropolitan Statistical Area, fostering contract participation through a race and gender-neutral process.