The Women's Business Council - Southwest provides certification, programs and events throughout our four-state region (central and north Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Arkansas). We coordinate outreach activities and sponsored events that benefit our WBE and corporate members.

We opened our first satellite office in Austin in May 2011. Debbie Barnard is the Austin Program Manager. We hold monthly Austin Council Connection luncheons the last Tuesday of the month. For further information, refer to our online calendar.

The WBCS is a proud member of the following partnering organizations:

  • Albuquerque Hispano Chamber of Commerce
  • Austin Chamber of Commerce
  • Bentonville Bella Vista Chamber of Commerce
  • El Paso Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
  • Little Rock Chamber of Commerce
  • Tulsa Chamber of Commerce
  • WESST (Albuquerque)

If you know of a partnering organization outside of the DFW area that would be interested in our WBCS activities, please contact Nancy Readel, Vice President, at (817)299 0566 Ext. 209.

WBCS in the Region


We have the following regional events scheduled for 2013:

  • January 29: Austin Council Connection Monthly Luncheon
  • February 26: Austin Council Connection Monthly Luncheon
  • March 19: City of Tulsa Building Resources in Developing and Growing Enterprises (BRIDGE) Expo
  • March 26: Austin Council Connection Monthly Luncheon
  • May 2: Little Rock State of Arkansas Chamber of Commerce Procurement Conference
  • May 7: Austin Insights
  • June 6: Albuquerque EXHIB-IT! B2B Expo
  • June 25: Austin Council Connection Monthly Luncheon
  • July 30: Austin Council Connection Monthly Luncheon
  • August 27: Austin Council Connection Monthly Luncheon
  • September 24: Austin Council Connection Monthly Luncheon
  • October 29: Austin Council Connection Monthly Luncheon
  • November 19: Austin Council Connection Monthly Luncheon