LAUREL – June 16, 2010: Jerry N. Johnson, General Manager/CEO, Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC), and Eleanor Mason Ramsey, PhD., President of Mason Tillman Associates, Ltd., will discuss the importance of a Disparity Study to evaluate WSSC’s Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) practices and determine if a statistical disparity exists in awarding by WSSC of contracts to woman-owned and minority-owned firms. Mason Tillman Associates, Ltd. has been hired to conduct the study.

WHO:	Jerry N. Johnson, General Manager/CEO, WSSC, and Eleanor Mason Ramsey, PhD., President of Mason Tillman Associates, Ltd.
WHAT:	Brief the Community on the Disparity Study Project, to include Methodology, Purpose and Schedule
WHEN:	9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m., June 17, 2010
WHERE:	Prince George’s Community College Rennie Forum – Largo Student Center 301 Largo Road, Largo, Md.
# # # Established in 1918, the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission is the 8th largest water and wastewater utility in the nation, with a network of more than 5,500 miles of fresh water pipeline and nearly 5,400 miles of sewer pipeline. Serving 1.8 million residents in Prince George’s and Montgomery Counties, our drinking water has always met or exceeded federal standards.