Power Hour Webinar Series

Redefining Education's Approach to Supplier Engagement 

Ralph G. Moore, Founder and President, RGMA

Reginald K. Layton, Partner and Chief Technology Officer, RGMA

Power Hour Webinar Series
Redefining Education's Approach to Supplier Engagement
2-Part Webinar Series
Ralph G. Moore, RGMA & Reginald K. Layton, RGMA
August 19, 2026 & September 30, 2026

Session Overview

Supplier engagement is at an important inflection point for education. This opening session invites procurement, sourcing, finance, supplier inclusion, and institutional leaders to take a clear-eyed look at the current state of supplier engagement and consider what needs to be reset for the future. Participants will explore how program maturity influences an institution’s response to today’s operating environment, and how a more intentional supplier engagement strategy can better align with mission, structure, culture, operational priorities, and community impact.

What Participants Will Learn

Assess the current state of supplier engagement in education through the lens of the RGMA Five Levels maturity model.

Understand how program maturity can shape an institution’s ability to respond to a challenging and evolving environment.

Consider how supplier engagement can contribute to operational excellence, institutional reputation, sustainability, community priorities, and mission attainment.

Identify opportunities to align supplier engagement more intentionally with institutional strategy, organizational structure, and culture.

Learn how E&I Cooperative membership resources may support institutions seeking to advance supplier engagement.

Meet the Speakers

Ralph G. Moore

Ralph G. Moore is the founder and president of Ralph G. Moore & Associates, a Chicago-based consulting firm recognized as a global leader in supplier inclusion strategies and minority business development. He authored the RGMA Five Levels of Supplier Inclusion maturity model, recognized in the collateral as a global gold standard for benchmarking supplier inclusion initiatives.

Reginald K. Layton

Reginald K. Layton brings more than 25 years of experience building supplier engagement, supply base sustainability, and supplier inclusion initiatives. His background includes leading major supplier diversity and inclusion strategies and creating the Layton Value Compass, a proprietary framework for building and measuring supplier inclusion and supply base sustainability strategies.

PART 1

August 19, 2026
1:00 - 2:30 pm ET

PART 2

September 30, 2026
1:00 - 2:30 pm ET