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Regional Partner Organizations and Territories

WBENC has 14 Regional Partner Organizations (RPO) that administer WBENC's Gold Standard Certification across the United States. The RPOs are authorized to administer the WBENC Certification.  Click here to view and download the RPO contact list in Adobe PDF format.

Astra Women's Business Alliance
Territory:  Alaska, Washington, Montana, Idaho, Oregon, Northern California
Diane L. McClelland
President
dimac@astrawba.org

Suzanne Lackman
Vice President & Program Manager
suzanne@astrawba.org
5 Centerpointe Drive, Suite 400
Lake Oswego, OR, 97035-8620
tel: (971) 204-0220
fax: (971) 204-0221
www.astrawba.org 

 
 
Center for Women & Enterprise
Territory:  Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, N. Connecticut
Susan Rittscher
CEO & President
srittscher@cweonline.org

Kristen Viera Zecca
Director of Programs and Service Delivery
kviera@cweonline.org
24 School Street, 7th Floor
Boston, MA, 02108
tel:  (617) 532-0261
fax: (617) 536-7373
www.cweonline.org
 
Greater Women's Business Council
Territory: Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina
Roz Lewis
Executive Director
rlewis@gwbc.biz

Sharon Judge
Program Manager
certification@gwbc.biz
1201 Peachtree Street,
400 Colony Square, Suite 200
Atlanta, GA, 30361
tel:  (404) 846-3314 X3
fax: (404) 745-0151
www.gwbc.biz 
 
 

LaKesha White for NC & SC
lwhite@gwbc.biz

GWBC
PMB #160
1250 Western Blvd. #L2
Jacksonville, NC 28546
tel: (910) 430-0332
 
Ohio River Valley- Women's Business Council
Territory: Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia
Rea Waldon
Executive Director
rwaldon@gcul.org

Darraugh Butler
Program Director
dbutler@orvwbc.org

TBD
Certification Coordinator
3458 Reading Road
Cincinnati, OH 45229
tel:  (513) 487-6534
fax: (513) 281-0455
www.orvwbc.org
  
Women's Business Enterprise Council- Great Lakes
Territory:  Michigan, Indiana
Michelle Richards
President
mrichards@wwnet.net

Pamela Smith
Program Manager
certification@miceed.org
2002 Hogback Road, Suite 17
Ann Arbor, MI, 48105
tel:  (734) 677-1400
fax: (734) 677-1465
www.miceed.org
  
Women's Business Development Center-Chicago
Territory:  Kansas, North & South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri
Carol Dougal
Co-President
cdougal@wbdc.org

Hedy Ratner
Co-President
hratner@wbdc.org

Deon Crayton
Program Manager
certification@wbdc.org
8 South Michigan, 4th Floor
Suite 400
Chicago, IL, 60603
tel:  (312) 853-3477 X39
fax: (312) 853-0145
www.wbdc.org
  
Women's Business Development Center-Florida
Territory:  Florida, with the exception of the Panhandle, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands
Nancy Allen
President and CEO
nancyallen@womensbusiness.info

Lisa Roblejo
Program Manager
lisaroblejo@womensbusiness.info
13155 SW 134 Street, Suite 205
Miami, FL 33186
tel:  (305) 971-9446
fax: (305) 971-7061
www.womensbusiness.info
  
Women's Business Council-Southwest
Territory:  North Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas
Debbie Hurst
President
dhurst@wbcsouthwest.org

Eunice Harris
Certification Manager
eharris@wbcsouthwest.org
2201 N. Collins, Suite 158
Arlington, TX, 76011
tel:  (817) 299-0566
fax: (817) 299-0949
www.wbcsouthwest.org
  
Women's Business Enterprise Council-PA-DE-sNJ
Territory: Pennsylvania, Delaware, South New Jersey
Geri Swift
President
gswift@wbecouncil.org

Sherry Nacci
Certification Manager
certification@wbecouncil.org
1315 Walnut Street, Suite 1116
Philadelphia, PA 19107-4711
tel:  (877) 790-9232
fax: (215) 790-9231
www.wbecouncil.org
  
Women's Business Enterprise Council South
Territory:  Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Florida Panhandle
Blanca Robinson
President
blanca@wbecsouth.org

Evelyn King
Director of Certification
evelyn@wbecsouth.org
400 Poydras Street, Suite 1790
New Orleans, LA, 70130
tel: (504) 680-6497
www.wbecsouth.org
  
Women's Business Enterprise Alliance
Territory: South Texas
Susan Repka
Executive Director
srepka@wbea-texas.org

Mariela Hernández
Certification Manager
certification@wbea-texas.org

4100 Westheimer Road, Suite 260
Houston, TX, 77027
tel:  (713) 681-9232 X204
fax: (713) 681-9242
www.wbea-texas.org
  
Women's Business Enterprise Council-West
Territory: Southern California, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Wyoming, Utah
Pamela S. Williamson, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Director@wbec-west.org

Nicole Davis
Program Manager
certification@wbec-west.org
840 E. McKellips Road, Suite 108
Mesa, AZ, 85203
tel:  (480) 969-9233
fax: (480) 969-2717
www.wbec-west.org
  
Women Presidents' Educational Organization-DC
Territory:  Virginia, Maryland, Washington DC
Liz Cullen
Executive Director
liz@womenpresidentsorg.com

Liza Avruch
Program Manager
dcadmin@womenpresidentsorg.com
1120 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 1000
Washington, DC, 20036-3951
tel: (202) 595-2628
fax: (202) 872-5505
www.wpeo.us
  
Women Presidents' Educational Organization-NY
Territory:  New York, North New Jersey, South Connecticut
Marsha Firestone, Ph.D.
President & Founder
marsha@womenpresidentsorg.com

Amy Blaise
Regional Director
amy@womenpresidentsorg.com

Erica Kaufman
Program Assistant

 
155 E. 55th. Street, Suite 4H
New York, NY, 10022
tel:  (212) 688-4114
fax: (212) 688-4766
www.wpeo.us
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