[ Dorothy B. Brothers Executive Scholarship Program ]
About the Dorothy B. Brothers Executive Scholarship Program
The Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), along with Bank of America, and its extended family of suppliers and business partners suffered a great loss in the passing of Dorothy Brothers in July 2002. Ms. Brothers was a Supplier Diversity & Development executive, and WBENC board member.
Her accomplishments greatly helped diversity suppliers grow and successfully participate in competitive procurement opportunities within corporate America. She founded WBENC's Executive Management Scholarship Program in order for women business owners to have access to the same high caliber management education that is available to Fortune 500 companies and in 2004 the scholarship program was branded with her name.
The Dorothy B. Brothers Executive Scholarship Awards are given to owners of WBENC-certified WBEs only. The Dorothy B. Brothers Executive Scholarship provides a framework to enable WBENC-certified WBEs to formulate and implement business strategies and achieve a competitive advantage in the new millennium.
Scholarship administrators annually award executive management scholarships to qualifying, WBENC-certified WBE business owners. Each award provides a scholarship of up to $4,500 in tuition to an approved executive level course (see examples listed below). Scholarships are awarded annually to 14 women business owners (one per Regional Partner Organization) by The Scholarship Selection Committee.
Candidate Eligibility
Candidates should meet the following criteria for scholarship consideration:
The Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), along with Bank of America, and its extended family of suppliers and business partners suffered a great loss in the passing of Dorothy Brothers in July 2002. Ms. Brothers was a Supplier Diversity & Development executive, and WBENC board member.
Her accomplishments greatly helped diversity suppliers grow and successfully participate in competitive procurement opportunities within corporate America. She founded WBENC's Executive Management Scholarship Program in order for women business owners to have access to the same high caliber management education that is available to Fortune 500 companies and in 2004 the scholarship program was branded with her name.
The Dorothy B. Brothers Executive Scholarship Awards are given to owners of WBENC-certified WBEs only. The Dorothy B. Brothers Executive Scholarship provides a framework to enable WBENC-certified WBEs to formulate and implement business strategies and achieve a competitive advantage in the new millennium.
Scholarship administrators annually award executive management scholarships to qualifying, WBENC-certified WBE business owners. Each award provides a scholarship of up to $4,500 in tuition to an approved executive level course (see examples listed below). Scholarships are awarded annually to 14 women business owners (one per Regional Partner Organization) by The Scholarship Selection Committee.
Candidate Eligibility
Candidates should meet the following criteria for scholarship consideration:
- Currently certified as a women business enterprise by WBENC
- Have at least three-to-five years experience running a business
- Employs at lease three full-time employees
- Maintains a minimum annual sales volume of $500,000 (the range is $500,000 to $50,000,000)
- Has not previously attended a comparable executive management program (TUCK-WBENC Executive Program graduates are eligible to apply, but preference will be given to WBEs that have not already received a scholarship)
NOTE: Any exceptions to the eligibility criteria should be explained in detail in the essay. Scholarship award recipients will be notified by mail upon final selection.
Approved Schools
As an ongoing process, WBENC reviews the education programs currently identified for availability, criteria, and value to ensure that they comply with WBENC's goals and objectives. Additional programs may be added as appropriate. Education programs are selected to meet the developmental needs of the scholarship winners.
Currently, the following Executive Programs are approved:
Approved Schools
As an ongoing process, WBENC reviews the education programs currently identified for availability, criteria, and value to ensure that they comply with WBENC's goals and objectives. Additional programs may be added as appropriate. Education programs are selected to meet the developmental needs of the scholarship winners.
Currently, the following Executive Programs are approved:
- Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth (includes the Tuck-WBENC Executive Program)
- Berkeley Center for Executive Development, Univ. of California at Berkeley
- Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Virginia
- Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University
- Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
- Harvard Business School
- McCombs School of Business, University of Texas
- University of Southern California
- University of California at Los Angeles
- Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California
- Hass School of Business, University of California at Berkeley
- Center for Creative Leadership (CCL)
2008 Recipients
MWBC
Bridgette Lemberg, Forensic Fluids Laboratories Inc.
Southeast Region
Annette Tarver, Blackwell Consulting Services of Ohio, LLC
Tara Abraham, Accel, Inc
WBC - Southwest
Deborah Wright, Phoenix Translations
WBDC - Chicago
Linda Boasmond, Cedar Concepts Corporation
WBDC - Florida
Tanya Williams, T. Wynne Art & Design
Ann Duncan, Vertical Intergration
WBDC - PA, DE, sNJ
Michele McHenry, Laser Lab
WPEO - DC
Susan Wilson, The Judgment Group
WBEC - West
Melissa Huang, Elementi Designs, Inc.
WPEO - NY
Laura Allen, Vision Education & Media
Eileen Cleary, Atlas Data Systems
Doreen Gebbia, eRichards Consulting
Valerie Shondel, SelectoFlash
For further information about this program or to make a contribution, contact Betty Cole at 202-872-5518 or email bcole@wbenc.org.
