As Director, Office of Business Diversity and Civil Rights, Lash Green is responsible for managing the Port Authority’s supplier diversity program, which is one of the most comprehensive and inclusive programs in the New York–New Jersey region.

The agency’s spend for supplier diversity exceeded $400 million annually for the past three years. Lash has led several successful initiatives to increase opportunities for MWBEs including the sponsorship of a highly effective Mentor-Protégé Program. He is the co-chair of the committee responsible for overseeing the agency’s most recent Disparity Study whose findings support preference programs for MWBEs.

He also chairs the WTC Progress Oversight Committee, and has established a WTC Business Resource Center to assist MWBEs working at the site. Since 2007, MWBEs have received a cumulative total of over $900 million in WTC related contracts. Lash has also chaired the MWBE project oversight committee for the AirTrain JFK Terminal at Jamaica Station – a project that won the Construction News 2004 Project of the Year Award for Excellence.

Favorite Quote :“Every job is a self-portrait of the person who did it. Autograph your work with excellence.” - Anonymous

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