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On June 2, 2017, DFW will be hosting a Business Opportunities Forum , a business outreach collaboration between Infrastructure & Development, Concessions and Procurement & Materials Management. The Forum will be held at the Hyatt Regency DFW (Terminal C) from 12:00 – 5:00 p.m.

The Latino Business Awards, a partnership between D CEO magazine and the Asociacion de Empresarios Mexicanos, honors outstanding Latino leaders and companies and organizations in the North Texas region. All finalists and winners will be recognized in the September issue of D CEO . The deadline to enter is Friday, June 2, 2017. Award categories include: • Outstanding Latino Business (Small Company) • Outstanding Latino Business (Midsize Company) • Outstanding Latino Business (Large Company) • Outstanding Latino Nonprofit • Latino Advocate • Latino Executive of the Year For more information and

Join the Women's Business Border Center for the 13th Annual International Women's Business Symposium - Dancing Backwards in High Heels. May 18th, 2017 at the Wyndham Airport Hotel, El Paso, Texas 600 attendees, 30 speakers, and 50 vendors. Learn more and register today .

The Women's Business Council - Southwest was pleased to attend the reception held at the Bill J. Priest Institute for Economic Development welcoming TC Broadnax, our new Dallas City Manager. The reception was jointly hosted by Dr. Joe May, Dallas County Community College District Chancellor, Rick Ortiz, President of the Greater Dallas Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Gal Jumaoas, President of the Greater Dallas Asian American Chamber of Commerce, and Marnese Elder, President of the Dallas Black Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Broadnax shared his plans for collaboration and engagement with all

Power Pitch MVP: Mixed Media Creations So you received the MVP Power Pitch award! How does it feel? To say it feels “awesome” is an understatement. The second I found out I ran over to tell our owner, Susie Carter, and nearly tripped doing so because I was so excited (coordination is not one of my strong points). There may have been some bouncing up and down involved, but unless you can get that security camera footage, then I’m going to deny it. Seriously though, I feel very honored to be an MVP. While we were not able to hear other people’s presentations I was able to speak with several

Jill Burns and Kelly Gasnik, co-founders of Austin Cocktails and WBE members, are finalists in the Product Innovation category of the 2017 Woman's Way Awards. The Woman's Way Awards are hosted by WBE member, Austin Women Magazine, each year to recognize outstanding and influential women-owned and -led businesses in Austin. Over 150 companies applied, yet only 43 finalists made the cut in each of the 13 categories. The Woman's Way Awards will be held on Thursday, May 4 at the JW Marriott Austin. Click here to read more about Jill, Kelly, and their journey to success.

"All of our products bear the Women-Owned logo. In fact, My Brother's Organic Tortilla Chips was one of the first food products to have the image on the packaging when WBENC rolled it out in 2015." Helen Lampkin, founder of My Brother's Salsa , has been a certified Women's Business Enterprise (WBE) and Women's Business Council - Southwest (WBCS) member since 2011. Based in Bentonville, Arkansas, My Brother's Salsa is a family operated business with ten varieties of all-natural salsa made with choice ingredients. In 2016, she decided to get more involved with WBCS by joining the certification

WiNGS Dallas, a non-profit offering programs to help women lead a better life, and the Women’s Business Council – Southwest (WBCS), the leading certification and networking organization for women business owners in the southwest region, announce a partnership project to showcase the power of women helping women in the DFW metroplex. The project will help to expand the resources and tools available to women starting a business while providing an outlet for established women business owners to give back to the community. “This partnership came about in a very organic way between our two

Attend tomorrow's free workshop with the DFW Minority Supplier Development Council, sposored by Trinity River Vision Authority and Gallagher Construction. Follow the link below to attend! http://trinityrivervision.org/Contracting/upcoming-contracting-events

Thanks to everyone who joined us last week for Power to Potential! We had over 300 people at Hurst Conference Center ready for a day of networking and learning. The day kicked off with our Corporate Roundtables and we would like to say a big thank you to all of our hosts! Alcon American Airlines AT&T Baylor Scott & White Health BNSF Railway Company Capgemini City of Dallas Conduent Dallas County Community College District Dell Technologies DFW International Airport Ericsson FedEx Office Fluor Hanger JCPenney Company Lockheed Martin Nokia Oncor Parkland Health & Hospital System PepsiCo