NWBC Wishes You a Happy Holiday

Small Business Administration (SBA) sent this bulletin at 12/21/2021 04:00 PM EST
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Happy Holidays

NWBC Executive Director

Tené Dolphin

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Season’s Greetings! As the Executive Director for the National Women’s Business Council, I’d like to wish you the very best for the holiday and the coming New Year. I’d like to thank all of you for your efforts to fuel America’s economy and celebrate the ingenuity of our women business owners. We are excited about the new year and all the possibilities that lie ahead.

- Tené Dolphin, NWBC Executive Director 

To read more please visit our website.

On December 7, 2021, The U.S. Small Business Administration Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman announced plans the the SBA intend to elevate its Office of Women's Business Ownership to directly report to the Office of the Administrator.

Click HERE to read the full story. 

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Just in case you missed it...
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NWBC Celebrates 33 Years

The National Women's Business Council celebrated 33 years on October 25th, 2021. H.R. 5050, the Women's Business Ownership Act was passed on October 25th, 1988. This act established NWBC in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act.  

NWBC hosted a Virtual Public Meeting on October 25th, 2021

This meeting allowed for the Council to present its initiatives and policy development. Each of the Council's subcommittees (Access to Capital & Opportunity, Women in S.T.E.M., and Rural Women's Entrepreneurship) presented their priorities and projects before the full body and the public. 

To view the recording, click HERE.

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ShopHER Grand Opening 

On December 1st, NWBC's Executive Director Tené Dolphin attended the grand opening for 'ShopHER' at Union Station in Washington, D.C. ShopHER is a collaboration by the DC Women's Business Center, the Maryland Women's Business Center, the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, the U.S. Small Business Administration, and Union Station. This pop-up will feature 15 small, women-owned businesses from the DC Metro area for people to shop from.

About the National Women's Business Council

The National Women's Business Council (NWBC) is a non-partisan federal advisory committee created to serve as an independent source of advice and policy recommendations to the President, Congress, and the U.S. Small Business Administration on economic issues of importance to women business owners. To learn more, please visit: www.NWBC.gov.