[ Award Recipients ]
America's Top Corporations for Women's Business Enterprises
WBENC announced its 2009 selection of America's Top Corporations for Women's Business Enterprises, the only national award honoring corporations for world-class programs that create level playing fields for women's business enterprises (WBEs) to compete for corporate contracts. Top Corporations programs offer equal access and result in a high volume of business with women's business enterprises.
The 2009 Top Corporations for WBEs are: Accenture; Alcatel-Lucent; AT&T; Avis Budget Group, Inc.; Chevron; Dell; Energy Future Holdings; Ernst & Young LLP; Exxon Mobil Corporation; IBM; Johnson & Johnson; Manpower; Marriott International, Inc.; Microsoft; Office Depot; PepsiCo, Inc.; Pfizer Inc; Shell Oil Company; The Home Depot; UPS; and Verizon.
On Thursday, March 25, WBENC proudly co-hosted with Ambassador Melanne Verveer, the 21 recipients of the prestigious America's Top Corporations for Women's Business Enterprises award in the Benjamin Franklin Diplomatic Room of the U.S. State Department. The event occurred during WBENC's 2010 Summit & Salute to Women's Business Enterprises: The Opportunity Connection, attracting over 800 and celebrating the 14 Women's Business Enterprise Stars who are exemplary WBEs from across the country.
The corporations and their guests were joined by 25 high-ranking State Department representatives including: Under Secretary Robert Hormats, Ambassador Melanne Verveer, Assistant Secretary Jose Fernandez, and Lorraine Hariton, Special Representative for Business & Commercial Affairs. Introduced by WBENC President Linda Denny, each corporation had the opportunity to speak to the audience and was then presented with its award by Ms. Hariton.
In his remarks, Under Secretary Hormats emphasized the importance of the award winners efforts when he said, "Before us are 21 companies that have provided global leadership in supporting the growth and development of women's businesses at home and across the globe. And our nation is stronger because of it." Click here to read the Under Secretary's remarks on the State Department's website.
WBENC announced its 2009 selection of America's Top Corporations for Women's Business Enterprises, the only national award honoring corporations for world-class programs that create level playing fields for women's business enterprises (WBEs) to compete for corporate contracts. Top Corporations programs offer equal access and result in a high volume of business with women's business enterprises.
The 2009 Top Corporations for WBEs are: Accenture; Alcatel-Lucent; AT&T; Avis Budget Group, Inc.; Chevron; Dell; Energy Future Holdings; Ernst & Young LLP; Exxon Mobil Corporation; IBM; Johnson & Johnson; Manpower; Marriott International, Inc.; Microsoft; Office Depot; PepsiCo, Inc.; Pfizer Inc; Shell Oil Company; The Home Depot; UPS; and Verizon.
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| (Click photo for enlarged view) Seated L to R: Magda Yrizarry - Verizon; Annette Verschuren - Chevron; Francene Young – Shell Oil Company; Jean Ann Baderschneider – Exxon Mobil Corporation; Lisa Martin - Pfizer Inc; William Fanning - IBM; Maria Lindenberg - The Home Depot; Martha Artiles – Manpower, Inc.; Carol Wilner - AT&T; Kristen Micalizio - Office Depot. Standing L to R: Pamela Prince-Eason - Pfizer Inc; Gilbert Casellas – Dell, Inc.; Alex Gorsky - Johnson & Johnson; James Mallard - UPS; Al Williams - Accenture; Mitchell Adamek - PepsiCo, Inc.; Tim McBride - Microsoft Corporation; Robert Lambert – Avis Budget Group, Inc.; Mike Greene - Energy Future Holdings ; Nicholas De Tura – Alcatel-Lucent; Theresa Harrison – Ernst & Young; Linda Denny - WBENC; Olsa Martini - OLSA Resources. Not Pictured: Arne M. Sorenson, President & Chief Operations Officer, Marriott International, Inc. |
On Thursday, March 25, WBENC proudly co-hosted with Ambassador Melanne Verveer, the 21 recipients of the prestigious America's Top Corporations for Women's Business Enterprises award in the Benjamin Franklin Diplomatic Room of the U.S. State Department. The event occurred during WBENC's 2010 Summit & Salute to Women's Business Enterprises: The Opportunity Connection, attracting over 800 and celebrating the 14 Women's Business Enterprise Stars who are exemplary WBEs from across the country.
The corporations and their guests were joined by 25 high-ranking State Department representatives including: Under Secretary Robert Hormats, Ambassador Melanne Verveer, Assistant Secretary Jose Fernandez, and Lorraine Hariton, Special Representative for Business & Commercial Affairs. Introduced by WBENC President Linda Denny, each corporation had the opportunity to speak to the audience and was then presented with its award by Ms. Hariton.
In his remarks, Under Secretary Hormats emphasized the importance of the award winners efforts when he said, "Before us are 21 companies that have provided global leadership in supporting the growth and development of women's businesses at home and across the globe. And our nation is stronger because of it." Click here to read the Under Secretary's remarks on the State Department's website.
