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COPYRIGHT 2012, DIVERSITY INFORMATION RESOURCES, MINNEAPOLIS, MN Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) 1120 Connecticut Ave NW, Ste 1000 Washington, DC 20036 [phone] Fax [phone] www.wbenc.org [email protected] The Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), founded in 1997, is the nation's leading advocate of women-owned businesses as suppliers to America's corporations. It also is the largest third-party certifier of businesses owned and operated by women in the United States. WBENC works to foster diversity in the world of commerce with programs and policies designed to expand opportunities and eliminate barriers in the marketplace for women business owners. WBENC works with representatives of corporations . on ati to encourage the utilization and expansion of supplier/vendor diversity programs. rm o i f Dedicated to enhancing opportunities for women's business enterprises, WBENC works in partner-n ore m ship with women's business organizations located throughout the country to provide a national standard of for om certification for women-owned businesses. The organization also provides its corporate members and s.c ce certified women's business enterprises (WBEs) with access to a range of B2B sourcing toolsesour including, an oR Internet database that contains information on certified women's businesses for purchasing managers Inf ity rs nationwide. WBENC is a resource for the more than 700 US companies and government agencies that rely on ve Di @ the WBENC certification as an integral part of their supplier diversity programs.fo t In tac Through its benchmarking surveys and ongoing interaction with certified women's business enteron c se prises, WBENC has become the nation's leading source of information aon trends in supplier diversity prole grams for WBEs at US companies and government agencies. WBENC Palso promotes best practices in supplier N. ,M lis diversity through the annual selection of "America's Top Corporations for Women's Business Enterprises." po ea WBENC prepares and provides its partner organizations with on-site training and educational materiinn M s, als detailing certification procedures and program management. WBENC's research projects and surveys, rce ou es primarily of CEOs and corporate procurement decision-makers, help to identify impediments to doing nR tio business and suggest "best practices" to maximize WBE opportunities and expand and enhance supplier ma for In diversity programs. The "Balanced Scorecard for WBE Program Process Improvement" assists WBENC corpoty rsi veWBE programs. rate members in self evaluating their Di r the n tha WBENC tRegional Partner Organizations and Territories (RPOs) o ity ye n an WBENC has 14 Regional Partner Organizations (RPO) that administer WBENC’s Gold Standard Certification by ld United States. The RPOs are authorized to administer the WBENC Certification. across othe rs T his b pu o ati lic o ed uc od r Astra Women’s Business Alliance ep er tb (Territory: Alaska, Washington, Montana, no ay mOregon, Northern California) n Greater Women’s Business Council (Territory: Georgia, North & South Carolina ) Roz Lewis, Executive Dorector 1201 Peachtree St, 400 Colony Square, Ste 200 Atlanta, GA 30361 Tel: [phone] ext 3 Fax [phone] www.gwc.biz Idaho, Diane L. McClelland, President 5 Centerpointe Drive, Suite 400 Lake Oswego, OR, 97035-8620 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] www.astrawba.org Ohio River Valley- Women’s Business Council (Territory: Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia) Rea Waldon, Executive Director 3458 Reading Road Cincinnati, OH 45229 Tel: [phone] Fax [phone] www.orvwbc.org Center for Women & Enterprise (Territory: Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, N. Connecticut) Susan Rittscher, CEO & President 24 School Street, 7th Floor Boston, MA 02108 Tel: [phone] www.cweonline.org 2012 Supplier Diversity Information Resource Guide - 93 - CONTENT MAY BE EXPIRED; SEE WWW.DIVERSITYINFORESOURCES.COM FOR LATEST VERSION SECTION 11