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title: AIAG Co-Sponsors 2025 EV Small Business Supplier Forum – Join Us!
description: Join the 2025 EV Small Business Supplier Forum to gain insights, connections, and opportunities in the evolving EV supply chain.
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# [AIAG Co-Sponsors 2025 EV Small Business Supplier Forum – Join Us!](https://blog.aiag.org/aiag-co-sponsors-2025-ev-small-business-supplier-forum-join-us)

 Written by [AIAG](https://blog.aiag.org/author/aiag) | May 1, 2025 12:49:55 PM

**June 5, 2025 | The Signal | Chattanooga, TN | 8:00 am – 6:00 pm**

As electric vehicles (EVs), emerging technologies, and industry transformation reshape the automotive landscape, AIAG is proud to co-sponsor the **2025 EV Small Business Supplier Forum** — a full-day event designed to **empower diverse and small suppliers** with insights, connections, and opportunities in the growing EV supply chain.

**🔑 Forum Highlights:**

Hear from industry leaders, policy experts, and successful entrepreneurs on critical topics, including:

- EV policy, tariffs, and regulatory incentives
- Direct and indirect sourcing opportunities
- Access to capital
- Federal funding opportunities (DOT/DOE)
- Research & development strategies
- Workforce challenges and training solutions
- Success stories from diverse-owned businesses
- What the new federal administration means for the industry

**🎤 Featured Speakers Include:**

- **Richard Youngblood**, President, TAMA
- **Cheri Henderson**, President, TriState MSDC
- **Chris Lewis**, Vice President, AIAG
- **Mitchell Zajac**, Shareholder & Attorney, Butzel
- **Lensey King**, Founder & CEO, EM&T
- **Ken Cartwright**, COO, Hightower EV
- **David Fernandes**, SVP, Mazda Toyota Manufacturing
- **Brian Engle**, Board Chair, NAATBatt
- **Travis Spencer**, Sr. Manager of Supplier Relations, Ford
- **Ashley Campbell**, Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability Manager, Volvo
- **Shaquanta Locke**, Supplier Equity & Inclusion Manager, VW
- **Ken Jones**, Sr. Director of Procurement, EPB
- **Sahra Halpern**, CEO & President, Business Consortium Fund
- **Kenneth Kelly**, CEO & President, First Independence Bank
- **Kathy Nelson**, VP, Pinnacle Financial Partners
- **Olga Bredikhina**, Transportation Research Economist, Alabama Mobility Partnership
- **Robert Luce**, VP, Society of Mechanical Engineers
- **Gabrielle Pierre**, Strategy Lead, Georgia Network for Electric Mobility

Whether you're attending or exhibiting, there's a place for you at this forum. Registration is $250 for members and $300 for non-members, with exhibitor rates at $750 for members and $900 for non-members.

[Reserve your spot today](https://tamatn.org/events/2025-ev-small-business-supplier-forum) and help shape the future of an inclusive EV industry!

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