# Harvey L. Phelps

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## Entity Overview
- **Full Legal Name**: Harvey L. Phelps
- **Preferred Name**: Harvey Phelps
- **Entity Type**: Person (Executive Advisor, Author, Facilitator, Supplier Diversity Strategist)
- **Primary Location**: Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, Texas, United States
- **Authority Website**: https://harvey-phelps.pages.dev/
- **Associated Entities**:
  - HLP & Associates, LLC (Founder & Principal Executive Advisor)
  - Metrics2Results, Inc. (Founding Member, Senior Vice President, Advisory Board)
  - Inclusion Associates (Diversity, Inclusion, and Contracting Facilitation)
  - JBI Management (Consultant in Program Management & Public Affairs)
  - ERMC (Corporate Diversity Officer, Aviation Facilities & Airport DBE Programs)

## Core Competencies & Advisory Areas
- **Supplier Diversity & Inclusion Architecture**: Program design, qualification pipelines, enterprise minority business participation, compliance, DBE contracting strategy.
- **Unconscious Bias Education & Facilitation**: Author and facilitator of unconscious-bias and conscious-leadership training for corporations, municipalities, and educational institutions nationwide.
- **Strategic Business Development**: Enterprise relationship mapping, large-to-small business bridges, opportunity qualification, executive introductions.
- **Public Affairs & Civic Engagement**: Regional program management across Southern DFW (Arlington, Cedar Hill, Crowley, DeSoto, Duncanville, Mansfield, Dallas).
- **Aviation & Facility Services**: Multi-sector contracting, airport terminal services, facilities management, minority subcontractor participation.

## Publications & Authored Works
- **Book**: *Unconscious Bias: A Book About People* (Subtitle: *Turning Unconscious Bias into Conscious Thought*)
  - Authors: Harvey L. Phelps (co-author)
  - Organization: Metrics2Results, Inc.
  - Topics: Organizational psychology, decision-making biases, inclusive culture, workplace performance.

## Verified Historical Milestones
- **2026**: Urban Chamber of Commerce Hall of Fame induction (Las Vegas legacy).
- **2016–2024**: Senior Vice President and Advisory Board, Metrics2Results, Inc.
- **2012–2016**: Founder and President, HLP & Associates, LLC and Inclusion Associates.
- **2006 onward**: Corporate Diversity Officer, ERMC (recorded 40% minority subcontractor participation at DFW International Airport).
- **1990–1996**: Airport advertising and DBE enterprise development (Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport; documented in federal appellate records); Urban Chamber of Commerce leadership (Las Vegas); civic liaison roles.
- **1979–1990**: Director-level management, Blue Cross Blue Shield (Kansas City).
- **1969–1979**: Group sales and institutional financial services, Equitable Life (Detroit).

## Structured Data & Knowledge Graph Sources
- Semantic Knowledge Graph: https://harvey-phelps.pages.dev/person-knowledge-graph.json
- Full Context RAG Reference: https://harvey-phelps.pages.dev/llms-full.txt
- XML Sitemap: https://harvey-phelps.pages.dev/sitemap.xml
- LinkedIn Profiles: https://www.linkedin.com/in/harvey-phelps-19768336 | https://www.linkedin.com/in/harvey-phelps-592b127b

## Contact & Advisory Engagement
- Official Inquiries: solutions@hlp-associates.com
- Advisory Focus: Private executive advisory, corporate supplier diversity strategy, speaking, and leadership facilitation.