Ingrid M. Robinson
President, Houston Minority Supplier Development Council (HMSDC)
(Rice MBA '10)
Ingrid M. Robinson is the president of the Houston Minority Supplier Development Council (HMSDC). HMSDC is a business development organization designed to actively involve its members, both minority business enterprises and major corporations in efforts to increase and expand business opportunities and business growth for Minority Business Enterprises (MBEs) while driving excellence in supplier diversity and supplier development. Currently, HMSDC’s membership is comprised of more than 130 major corporations and close to 600 minority businesses. HMSDC MBEs have a total economic impact of $22.8 billion on the economy with over $17.1 billion in annual revenue that results in the creation and/or preservation of more than 67,000 jobs.
Ingrid is a former entrepreneur, owning a small management consulting firm, and has served as the director of State and Local Government Affairs for Halliburton. In her role at Halliburton, she developed political strategies to promote and protect the interests and competitiveness of Halliburton, its affiliates and its individual facilities.
Prior to assuming that role, Ingrid utilized her 15 years experience in minority and women business development that includes private, government and non-profit sectors to lead Halliburton’s Supplier Diversity efforts.
She has now come full circle to lead the organization she once served as assistant director for in the mid 1990s when the council was known as the Houston Minority Business Council (HMBC). While at the HMBC, she played an integral part in helping HMBC receive its first Council of the Year Award in 1999 from the National Minority Supplier Development Council. Now, she returns to the organization as it is awarded its 7th National Council of the Year award for 2016.
Ingrid also served in various city and state governmental positions including terms in the City of Houston’s Mayor’s Office for Affirmative Action, the office of Texas State Senator Rodney Ellis, and the offices of Texas State Representatives Garnet Coleman and former Texas State Representative now U.S. Congressman Henry Cuellar.
Ingrid received a Bachelor of Science degree in political science from the University of Houston and completed the Community Minority Business Advancement Program at the University of Texas – McCombs School of Business. She graduated in May of 2010 with an Executive Masters of Business Administration degree from Rice University. She has two teenage children, John-Anthony and Sydni.