Strength Through Diversity

Message from Chairman & CEO: Ronald L. Nelson

Both Avis and Budget have a long-standing culture of embracing diverse suppliers, and that will continue to be a driving force from the outset of the new Avis Budget Group.

A company with 35,000 employees and 400,000 automobiles requires a sizeable supply of goods and services, and our needs cannot be met by a single supplier. Our increasing cooperation with disadvantaged, minority and women-owned companies has allowed us to strengthen our supplier base, and form great partnerships with hundreds of companies who have contributed to our success.

I am proud of what our company has accomplished with the minority and women-owned business community and, moving forward, I am confident that our supplier diversity team will continue its outstanding work in identifying and integrating those businesses into our supplier base. These continued efforts will only make our company stronger and demonstrate our leadership in not only rental car services, but also corporate supplier diversity.

Ronald L. Nelson
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

Message from President & COO: F. Robert Salerno

A diversified supplier chain is crucial to our company’s growth and the growth of any company in the increasing global economy of the 21st Century. Forward thinking businesses that do not diversify their supply chains will be at a competitive disadvantage in the marketplace.

Here at Avis Budget Group, we recognize that, in addition to offering advantages as suppliers, small business owners and their employees are an enormous component of our customer base. We initiated our supplier diversity program in 1996 with a team of one: Lynn Boccio. Today, we have an entire department dedicated to both supplier diversity and ensuring that our corporately-owned airport locations welcome all disadvantaged businesses to compete for contracts.

This website reflects the efforts of our Supplier Diversity Department and I trust that you will find the information useful as you seek to partner with Avis Budget Group.

F. Robert Salerno
President & Chief Operating Officer