Nominations are now open for the Owens & Minor 2024 Supplier Diversity Awards. This annual program honors the legacy of Earl G. Reubel, co-founder of Kerma Medical Products Inc. and long-time partner of Owens & Minor.
This year’s awards will be presented at an in-person ceremony co-hosted by HIDA (Healthcare Industry Distributors Association) and HSDA (Healthcare Supplier Diversity Alliance). The ceremony will be held during the Supplier Diversity Summit at HIDA’s 2024 Streamlining Healthcare Expo & Business Exchange in Dallas, TX on September 10, 2024.
To submit a nomination, please visit www.owens-minor.com/earl-g-reubel-award. The deadline for nominations is August 9, 2024. Nominations are considered for three categories: Civic Leader of the Year, Diverse Enterprise of the Year and Large Corporation of the Year.
Launched by Owens & Minor in 2012 in collaboration with Kerma Medical Products, Inc., and HSDA, the Earl G. Reubel Awards recognize people and organizations that demonstrate leadership and a commitment to diversity and inclusion in the healthcare supply chain.
The program was created in honor of the late Earl G. Reubel, entrepreneur and co-founder of Kerma, a family and veteran-minority owned company with a direct sales division in Miramar, Florida. Founded by Joyce Kershaw-Reubel and Earl G. Reubel, Kerma began as a manufacturer in 1991 as a United States government supplier and today is one of the largest diversity manufacturer/supplier companies in the private sector.