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“Bringing WBDC expertise to a national level, sharing our experience and knowledge while making an impact beyond the borders of Connecticut with other women leaders who I respect and admire is extremely gratifying,” Pastore said in a news release.
The Association of Women's Business Centers is a not-for-profit organization that represents women business owners through business centers across the country, the organization’s website said. The organization was founded in 1998 and supports entrepreneurial development for women to achieve economic self-sufficiency, the website said.
“The AWBC board of directors is now represented by WBCs in 12 states. This is unprecedented in the history of the AWBC and the collective knowledge of these WBC executives represents hundreds of years of experience in the industry,” Marsha Bailey, chair of the board, said in the release.
The Women’s Business Development Council was founded in 1997 and provides women with entrepreneurial and financial training throughout Connecticut.
The 2013 Association of Women’s Business Centers Board of Directors is:
Executive Committee
- Marsha Bailey, Founder and CEO, Women's Economic Ventures, California (Chair)
- Joanne Randolph, President and CEO, Women's Business Center of North Alabama (Vice Chair)
- Tara Elder, Director and Founder, Women's Business & Training Center, West Virginia (Secretary)
- Deb Eslinger, Executive Director, Center for Technology & Business, North Dakota (Treasurer)
- Julie Weeks, President and CEO, Womenable, Michigan (Immediate Past Chair)
Directors
- Bette Bradbury, Director, WESST Northern, New Mexico
- Marcia Cameron, Director, Bronx Women's Business Resource Center, New York
- Samira Cook-Gaines, Founding Director, Washington, D.C. Women's Business Center
- Beth Gitlin, Director, Women's Business Center, Florida Institute of Technology, Florida
- Anne Janiak, Executive Director, Women's Enterprise Development Center, New York
- Maria Martinez, Executive Director, WEB, Maryland
- Barbara Rackley, Director, REI Women's Business Center, Oklahoma
- Anne Litwin, Owner, Anne Litwin and Associates, Massachusetts
- Fran Pastore, President and CEO, Women's Business Development Council, Connecticut
- Marsel Watts, Director, VEDC's Women's Business Center, California
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