Women's Business Enterprise West (WBEC-West) is pleased to announce the winners of the 12th Annual WBEC-West Strategic Procurement Opportunity Conference & Awards Dinner, held on September 15 to 17, 2015 at the Bacara Resort & Spa in Santa Barbara, California.
Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) certification through WBEC-West gives women owned businesses the opportunity to become members of the WBEC-West community, communicate with other certified WBEs, grow WBE to WBE connections and build corporate relationships.
WBE certification is widely recognized nation-wide and accepted by over 10,000+ major corporations. WBEC-West also supports corporations in their efforts to include WBENC Certified WBEs in their supplier diversity programs.
As a certified member WBEs are able to attend WBEC-West hosted corporate workshops including the coveted Platinum Supplier Program, participate in the Annual WBEC-West Procurement Opportunity Annual Conference and be eligible for exclusive awards.
"The women who win every year and have won this year and not only leaders in their respective industries, but a role model and inspiration for certified emerging WBE businesses. Every year I'm impressed and amazed at what these women have been able to achieve and the contribution they've made to the economy through local job creation and procuring corporate contracts. The awards are one of the most memorable highlights of the entire conference,' stated Dr. Pamela Williamson, President and CEO of WBEC-West.
In addition to the awards presentation, the 2015 Women's Business Enterprise Conference included, supplier diversity workshops, business matchmaking sessions, exclusive corporate workshops, Industry Break Out sessions, Platinum Supplier Showcase, and the WBE2WBE Connection Corner, a service set up to facilitate certified women-owned businesses to buy and sell from each other.
This year's Corporate Sponsors include:
Chevron, Toyota, Nestle, Disney, Edison, Capital One, Quigley-Simpson, SRP, Janeen LLC, MGM Resorts, Link Technologies, Robert Half, AT&T, Cox, Raytheon, SoCalGas, Gravity Pro Consulting, Apple, ACS, Bank of America, Kaiser Permanente, Johnson & Johnson, G2nd Systems, Southwest Gas Corporation, DiversityComm, Minority Business Entrepreneur, Undercover Productions, Cobalt Creative, Southwest and SDGE.
The 2015 Award Winners are:
WBE Supplier of the Year Class 1: Sondra Kiss (Kissinger Group)
WBE Supplier of the Year Class 2: Sonya Shelton (Executive Leadership Consulting)
WBE Supplier of the Year Class 3: Janet Steiner (Thoro Packaging)
Exceptional WBE: Cindy McMackin (Pan-Pacific Mechanical)
WBE Advocate of the year : Lisa Michele Chretien (EventMover)
Corporate Advocate of the year: Jessica Rosman (Caesars)
Corporation of the Year: SCE (Southern California Edison)
For more information, visit www.wbec-west.org
Media Contact: Renae Moore, office@wbec-west.org, 480.969.9232
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Contact WBEC-WEST:
Pamela Williamson, Ph.D.
(480) 969-9232.
pamela@wbec-west.org
1515 North Greenfield Road Suite 102, Mesa AZ 85205
