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Congratulations to our 2022 Connections to Contracts award winners! The Corporate Momentum Award is given to a WBCS Corporate Member who has the highest year over year increase in WBE spend. This year, Lockheed Martin was the recipient for achieving an incredible 150% increase from 2020 to 2021! The award was received by Scott Dobbs, Director of Procurement at Lockheed Martin, who is also a recent addition to the WBCS Board of Directs. Congratulations to Lockheed Martin and thank you for being an example of championing diverse spend. One of the prime missions of the Women's Business Council -

Help us support our community and regional partners - check out these upcoming events for women business owners and entrepreneurs within the WBCS Region.

Now you can support the Women's Business Council - Southwest while shopping on Amazon! Whether you are shopping with a business account for office supplies or your personal account for household goods, almost all purchases can help raise money to support the mission of WBCS.

Help us support our community and regional partners - check out these upcoming events for women business owners and entrepreneurs within the WBCS Region.

Join us on April 12th at the Irving Convention Center to hear from Michelle Gill, VP of Merchandising at The Container Store!

Help us support our community and regional partners - check out these upcoming events for women business owners and entrepreneurs within the WBCS Region.

Hello Members, Community Partners, and Gala Guests, I want to thank you all for making our 2022 Parade of Stars Awards Gala a huge success! As our first major in-person event since February 2020, it was not surprising that over 500 of you were ready to get together in person. This year, we not only had the opportunity to celebrate our awards winners in-person, but to also give back to the Council through several fundraisers. Over $146,000 was raised during the evening through our Bling Boxes, donated by JCPenney, Heads of Tails Game, prize donated by The Container Store, gift-card grab, silent

Help us support our community and regional partners - check out these upcoming events for women business owners and entrepreneurs within the WBCS Region.

This Women's History Month, our Corporate Member The Container Store, is celebrating by bringing awareness to the bias that women experience that make it difficult to advance. The #BreaktheBias campaign is the 2022 theme for International Women's Day which strives to bring awareness for a gender equal world, free of bias, stereotypes, and discrimination. One way that The Container Store is working to break the bias, is through their newly launched supplier diversity program . "Our commitment to #BreakTheBias goes beyond our employees and extends into the communities where we operate and to the

Help us support our community and regional partners - check out these upcoming events for women business owners and entrepreneurs within the WBCS Region.