Ying McGuire

President & CEO, National Minority Supplier Development Council

Ying McGuire is the President & CEO of the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC), America’s most influential and successful minority business development organization. Next year, this organization celebrates 50 years of minority business development and supports the economic sustainability of more than 13,000 certified minority business enterprises (MBEs) and over 1,500 Corporate Members. Prior to her appointment at NMSDC, Ms. McGuire served as the Global Vice President at Technology Integration Group (TIG), an Asian American owned technology company with 25 offices in US, China, Canada, and a global partner network covering 4 continents. As a corporate leader at Dell Technologies, a Fortune 500 company, she built and sustained high impact global initiatives across many functions and mentored numerous entrepreneurs and CEOs. Ms. McGuire holds a variety of leadership roles in the community. In 2016, she was appointed by the United States Secretary of Commerce to the United States Investment Advisory Council. She served as the first woman chair of an advisory board of the International Trade Center (ITC), a joint agency of United Nation and WTO based in Switzerland. Ms. McGuire is a founding board member of the Greater Austin Asian Chamber of Commerce (GAACC) and a board of advisor of the George H.W. Bush Foundation for U.S.-China Relations. MEA Magazine named Ms. McGuire “Twenty-Five Influential Woman in Business.” DiversityBusiness.com named Ying as an “America’s Top Diversity Advocate.” Minority Business USA recognized Ying as one of its “Best of the Decade.” Ms. McGuire was a featured speaker at many regional, national and international conferences, including the World Export Forum. Born and raised in China, Ms. McGuire immigrated to the U.S. with one suitcase and $1,000 to pursue her American dream. She received a Masters’ degree in Business Administration of International Management from Thunderbird School of Global Management in Phoenix, Arizona.