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TKT & Associates, Inc. is the leader in developing and managing effective supplier participation programs for government entities, contractors and corporate clients. Our small business growth programs help increase the capacity, competitiveness, performance and sustainability of our small, disadvantaged, minority- and women-owned business clients.

We understand that by strengthening small businesses, our supplier participation clients build stronger supplier relationships.

Tierra Kavanaugh Turner, CEO, a native of Danville, Kentucky, is a graduate from the University of Louisville.

Throughout her career, Tierra has held various management positions from several major corporations, including BellSouth Mobility, now known as Cingular Wireless, and American Express. She also represented BellSouth Corporation as a Loaned Executive to the Metro United Way. She is the founder and previous owner of Executive Courier Express LLC, a small package express delivery business.

In March, 2004, Tierra was appointed by Governor Ernie Fletcher to serve as the first Executive Director for the newly created Governor’s Office of Minority Empowerment. The Office serves in an advisory capacity to the Governor, the General Assembly, the Kentucky Congressional Delegation and other appropriate government officials. In addition, she had the responsibility of researching and participating in the development of policies affecting Kentucky’s minority community in the specific areas of economic development, education, healthcare, housing, government services, and criminal justice matters.

Tierra carried on her passion for entrepreneurship in 2006 by founding TKT & Associates, Inc., a certified D/MBE business consulting firm that provides clients over 100 combined years of expertise in small, disadvantaged, minority and women-owned business development.

In her commitment to the importance of minority entrepreneurship, Tierra serves as a board member of the Kentuckiana Minority Business Council, which certifies minority businesses throughout Kentucky. She also has served as Vice Chair of the board and Co-Chair of the Minority Business Enterprise Input Committee, a standing committee of KMBC. Through her involvement with KMBC, Tierra works to improve minority business awareness and procurement opportunities between majority corporations and minority businesses.