WBENC August 2015 President's Report
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REPORT AUGUST 2015 MICHAEL ROBINSON AWARDED ALCORN AWARD A LEADER OF #Hes4Shes CALENDAR OF EVENTS THIS CALENDAR INCLUDES EVENTS HOSTED BY WBENC’S REGIONAL PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS AND STRATEGIC PARTNERS. VISIT WBENC’S ONLINE CALENDAR FOR MORE EVENTS. AUGUST 2015 GWBC Power of Partnering DIR Luncheon Featuring WPEO-NY Program with PepsiCo 6th Annual LBA Minority 18-19 Marketplace & Golf 19 Keynote Speaker, the 25 Click here for details. 26 Women’s Business Conference Scholarship Tournament Honorable Eric H. Holder, Jr. Burbank, Calif. Atlanta, Ga. Detroit, Mich. BMW-PROCON Business Click here for details. 26 Click here for details. Click here for details. Matchmaking & Procurement Conference Garden Grove, Calif. Click here for details. SEPTEMBER 2015 WBDC Annual Entrepreneurial SoCalGas Mastering Go for the Greens 2015: A National Women’s Business 2 Woman’s Conference 11 Business Growth 2015 17-19 World of Opportunity 27-29 Conference Hosted by Chicago, Ill. (Thru November 13) Lake Buena Vista, Fla. NAWBO Click here for details. Redlands, Calif. Click here for details. San Antonio, Tex. Click here for details. Click here for details. 3 The Power Conference 18 WPEO-NY Brown Bag Lunch Co-hosted by WPEO WBEC-West Strategic with The Hartford WBEA Annual Golf Classic & North Bethesda, Md. 15-17 Procurement Opportunity New York, N.Y. 28 Silent Auction Click here for details. Conference Click here for details. Sugarland, Tex. Santa Barbara, Calif. Click here for details. WPEO-DC WBE to WBE – Click here for details. WBEC-PA-DE-sNJ Annual 8 15th Anniversary Celebration 18 Awards Luncheon 2015 USBLN 18th Annual 28-1 Washington, D.C. NAMWOLF Annual Meeting Philadelphia, Pa. National Conference & Click here for details. 16-19 Hollywood, Calif. Click here for details. Biz2Biz Expo Click here for details. Philadelphia, Pa. WBC-Southwest Harvesting 2015 U.S. Hispanic Chamber Click here for details. 10 Partnerships WPEO-DC Brown Bag Lunch 20-22 of Commerce’s Annual 17 DFW Airport, Tex. with Accenture Commercial Convention WBEC-PA-DE-sNJ Annual Click here for details. & Government Houston, Tex. 29-30 Awards Luncheon Washington, D.C. Click here for details. Philadelphia, Pa. Latina Style 12th Annual Click here for details. Click here for details. 10 National Latina Symposium Arlington, Va Click here for details. 2 PRESIDENT’S REPORT TABLE OF CONTENTS AUGUST 2015 EDITION OF THE PRESIDENT’S REPORT 4 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE OPPORTUNITIES Go for the Greens 24 FEATURES WBENC Network Celebrated at SmartCEO Brava! Awards 33 5 Thank You to the 2015 National Conference & Business Fair Sponsors RESOURCES 6 Women’s Enterprise Forum Makes a Local Impact Your Advice: What’s One Resource for Your Business 30 You Wish You Had Invested in Sooner? 7 National Conference & Business Fair Highlights Women on Wellness: CVS Health’s Training Program 16 WBENC Student Entrepreneurs Capture Capital, Hearts, & Minds 34 for Diverse Suppliers CERTIFICATION 18 Focus on the Forum: When Furnishing Leadership Runs in the Family 21 Women Owned Logo In Action: Oh Baby Foods 22 Pride in Your Mission: White Lion Tea 25 Government Spotlight: Relationship Building: Get to Know Your Small Business Specialist ADVERTISERS’ INDEX ENGAGEMENT WBENC Insights 15 26 WBE Success Story: Watershed Moments Women Owned 20 That Lead to Global Contracts WBENC Shop 32 28 WBE Success Story: And the Emmy Goes to... Legacy Bracelet 34 EDITORIAL TEAM EDITOR-IN-CHIEF PRODUCTION AND DESIGN WRITERS Pat Birmingham Limb Design Paige Adams Pamela Prince-Eason Senior Director, Development and President and CEO SENIOR MANAGER, PHOTOGRAPHY Corporate Relations Lynthia Romney MARKETING Kathy Anderson Laura Berry RomneyCom, LLC Laura Rehbehn Cogberry Creative, LLC Shellee Fisher Photography Candace Waterman Chief of Staff EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Linda Johnson Brenda Loube Principal/Founder of Corporate LaKesha White Allison Gibson Fitness Works Senior Compliance Manager NEW CORPORATE MEMBERS: Liberty Mutual Insurance, Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc. VWR International WWW.WBENC.ORG // AUGUST EDITION 2015 3 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE DEAR FRIENDS, youngest entrepreneur, Mikaila Ulmer of BeeSweet individuals for their personal service and long-time Lemonade, was followed by Carla Harris, Vice commitment to the inclusion of Women’s Business In the June President’s message I shared my Chairman of Global Wealth Management, Enterprises in the supply chains of corporate excitement of our upcoming National Conference Managing Director, and Senior Client Advisor at America. Please take time to read more about our & Business Fair. Our Tri-Chairs, sponsors, Morgan Stanley and Chair of the National Women’s Applause Award winners and our Alcorn Award host council, host committee, and WBENC Business Council, who shared her “Pearls of winner, who mean so much to the WBENC network. team planned for a meaningful experience Wisdom” before leading our WBE Tri-Chairs in a There were strong messages from Dell’s for all attendees and from June 23 to 25, panel that showed the leadership demonstrated Mark Pringle, motivational speaker Jonathan 2015 we delivered a full agenda of education, by each of these successful business owners. All Sprinkles, and so many others who reinforced our matchmaking, and networking. With almost 4,000 week long, Shell and all the Student Entrepreneur advancement with the Women Owned logo and attendees in Austin, the feedback has been Program mentors provided an outstanding program #ACTIntentionally programs. Further in this August overwhelmingly positive, and we are proud to have that included our most successful group of young President’s Report, you will be able to continue to joined forces for this success. I hope you will enjoy entrepreneurs from colleges across the U.S. reviewing the highlights included in this issue. review the advancement of both programs. Danica Patrick, NASCAR driver of Car 10, Before I close, I would like to recognize the We were honored to host three special events sponsored by Nationwide, waved the green tremendous partnership WBENC has with its RPOs before our conference began. The National flag to open our largest Business Fair ever. We and to recognize the success of our host council, Women’s Business Council held their quarterly began the day at the starting line and ended a Women’s Business Council – Southwest (WBCS), meeting at our venue with our National WBE successful “Race Day” at the finish line, where who has been a leader in women’s business Leadership Forum providing valuable input we were able to relax and celebrate after a long development for the past 20 years. regarding the NWBC’s work that is advancing day of making connections and building business the growth of women’s business enterprises and opportunities. Only one thing is better than a Again, thank you to our Corporate Tri-Chairs: breaking down legislative barriers facing WBE successful Business Fair, and we had that as Chevron, Dell, and PepsiCo and to our WBE Tri- growth. The second event, hosted by Microsoft, well, when 127 corporations met with WBEs for Chairs: The Pinnacle Group, Techway Services, was a special opportunity for attendees to almost 1,000 20-minute matchmaker meetings. and Trans-Expedite. Thank you as well to all our experience innovation. And finally, WBENC Board Corporate Member participants commented sponsors, exhibitors, host council, host committee, Chair Benita Fortner hosted our first National that our new MatchMaking process led to the RPO partners, and YOU! Team WBENC wishes Corporate Member Meeting with two leaders from most meaningful matchmaking to date, and the to thank you for your role in advancing Women’s each Corporate Member in attendance, reviewing WBEs commented they felt they have access to Business Enterprise growth. WBENC’s progress. immediate opportunities. The kick-off of the conference held many It is always important to step back and reflect on Sincerely, highlights; however, those in attendance were those who contribute to business successes. During PAMELA PRINCE-EASON inspired by yet another group of three. Our this year’s event, we were able to honor several WBENC PRESIDENT AND CEO 4 PRESIDENT’S REPORT THANK YOU TO THE 2015 NATIONAL CONFERENCE & BUSINESS FAIR SPONSORS ——————————————————— CO-CHAIRS ——————————————————— —————————————————— DIAMOND SPONSORS ————————————————— —————————————————— RUBY SPONSORS —————————————————— —————————————————— HOST COMMITTEE —————————————————— ———————————————————— EMERALD ———————————————————— WEC nnect INTERNATIONAL ———————————————————— SAPPHIRE ——————————————————— OPAL Fiat Chrystler Automobiles Merck & Co. CONFERENCE MEDIA SPONSORS MobilePaks Adecco Staffing Ford Motor Company Monsanto Company CORPORATE PARTNER DiversityBusiness.com NaVOBA Aetna, Inc. Home Depot, The Office Depot, Inc. DiversityInc Professional Woman’s Bi-Lo Holdings Aflac Johnson & Johnson Procter & Gamble Diversity Plus Magazine Baylor Scott & White Health Kaiser Permanente Company, The BMW Manufacturing Co., LLC Enterprising Women WE USA Brocade Lowe’s Companies, Inc. SUPERVALU BNSF Railway Latina Style Women’s Radio Cargill Macy’s, Inc. Time Warner Inc. DuPont Minority Business CVM Solutions Marriott International, Inc United Airlines Walt Disney Company, The Entrepreneur FEATURES // WWW.WBENC.ORG // AUGUST EDITION 2015 5 WOMEN’S ENTERPRISE FORUM MAKES A LOCAL IMPACT WBENC BRINGS THOUSANDS OF PARTICIPANTS TO NATIONAL EVENTS LIKE THE SUMMIT & SALUTE AND NATIONAL CONFERENCE & BUSINESS FAIR EACH YEAR. THIS YEAR, WBENC KICKED OFF THE INAUGURAL #ACTINTENTIONALLY