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Alaska



WOMEN$Finances and Assisted Living Home Resource Center of Alaska

Laura White-Ritchie, Program Director
324 E. 5th Avenue   
Anchorage, AK 99501  
E-mail: lwhite@ywcaak.org  
Web site:  www.alaskabizbuilders.org/women$fund  
Telephone:  907 644 9610 Fax:  907-644-9650



Alabama


Central Alabama Women's Business Center
 Judy Moriarty Lewis, Executive Director
 2 North 20th Street, Suite 830
 Birmingham, AL 35203  
 E-mail: info@cawbc.org 
 Web site:  www.cawbc.org 
 Telephone:  205-453-0249 Fax:  205-453-0253 


Women's Business Center Inc.
 Kathryn Cariglino, Executive Director
 1301 Azalea Road, Suite 201A  
 Mobile, AL 36693 
 E-mail: info@womenbiz.biz 
 Web site:  www.womenbiz.biz 
 Telephone:  251-660-2725 Fax:  251-660-8854 


Women's Business Center of North Alabama (WBCNA)
 Joanne W. Randolph, President
 185 Chateau Drive, Suite 200D  
 Huntsville, AL 35801
 E-mail: joannerandolph@comcast.net 
 Web site:  www.wbcna.org 
 Telephone:  256-213-2727 Fax:  256-883-9943 


Arkansas



Good and Faith Fund ARWBDC

Miriam Karanja, Program Director
 2304 W. 29th Avenue   
 Pine Bluff, AR 71603  
 E-mail: mkaranja@southerngff.org  
 Web site:  www.southerngff.org  
 Telephone:  870-535-6233 x40 Fax:  870-535-7883  


American Samoa



American Samoa Women's Business Center

Lynn Uiagalelei, Project Manager
 P. O. Box 6849   
 Pago Pago, AS 96799  
 E-mail: pathluce@aol.com: nasacwbc1@samoatelco.com: nasawbc1@sam
 oatelco.com
 Web site:  www.web.mac.com/wbcas/   
 Telephone:  011/684-699-8739 Fax:  011/684-699-6580  


Arizona


Self Employment Loan Fund (SELF)
 Caroline Newsome, Executive Director
 1601 N. 7th St., Suite 340  
 Flagstaff, AZ 
 E-mail: carolinenewsom@selfloanfund.org 
Telephone:  602-340-8834 Fax:  602-340-8953 

Self-Employment Loan Fund, Inc.

 Renee Sullivan, Program Administrator
 1601 N. 7th Street, Suite 340  
 Phoenix, AZ 85006 
 E-mail: reneesullivan@selfloanfund.org,
 carolinenewsom@selfloanfund.o rg

 Web site:  www.selfloanfund.org 
 Telephone:  602 340 8834 Fax:  602-340-8953 

Tucson-Pima County Women’s Business Center

 Debbie Chandler, Executive Director
 330  N. Commerce Park Loop, Suite 160  
 Tucson, AZ 85745 
 E-mail: dknox@mac-sa.org:  dchandler@mac-sa.org:  admin@mac- 
 sa.org: dchandler@mac-sa.org
 Web site:  www.mac-sa.org 
 Telephone:  520 620 1241x107 Fax:  520-622-2235 

California


 Anew America Community Corporation

 Jeff Butler, Director of Programs/WBC Director
 1918 University Avenue, Suite 3A   
 Berkeley, CA 94704  
 E-mail: jbutler@anewamerica.org: jkwon@anewamerica.org: srf@anewam
 erica.org: cparlier@anewamerica.org
 Web site:  www.anewamerica.org  
 Telephone:  510 540 7785 X302 Fax:  510-540-7786 


 Asian Pacific Islander Small Business Program
 H. Cooke Sunoo, Director
 231 East Third Street   
 Los Angeles, CA 90013  
 E-mail: csunoo@ltsc.org:  lburton@ltsc.org:  
 ifilmeridis@ltsc.org: cseto@ltsc.org: cseto@ltsc.org
 Web site:  www.apisbp.edu  
 Telephone:  213 473 1603 Fax:  213-473-1601 


CHARO Community Development Corporation
 Josie Corona, Accounting Manager
 4301 East Valley Boulevard   
 Los Angeles, CA 90032  
 E-mail: jcorona@charocorp.com
 Web site:  www.Charocorp.org  
 Telephone:  951-320-7002x237 Fax:  951-7005  


CHAROWBC, Riverside Division
 Juan Gallegos, Director
 1825 Chicago Ave Suite 130   
 Riverside, CA 92507  
 E-mail: jgallegos@charocorp.com  
 Web site:  www.charocorp.org  
 Telephone:  951-320- Fax:  951-320-7005 


 Coachella Valley Women's Business Center

 Olga Betancourt, Director
 5500 University Parkway   
 Coachella San Bernardino, CA 92236-2724  
 E-mail: osbetancourt@earthlink.net  
 Web site:  www.cvwbc.org  
 Telephone:  760-219-9303     Fax:  760-898-1510


Inland Empire Women's Business Center
 Michelle Skiljan, Project Director
 202 E. Airport Drive, Suite 155   
 San Bernardino, CA 92408  
 E-mail: mskiljan@csusb.edu  
 Web site:  www.iewbc.org  
 Telephone:  909-890-1242 Fax:  909-890-1538 


 Mission Community Services Corporation
 Andrea Zeller, Executive Director

 4111 Broad Street, Suite A   
 San Luis Obispo, CA 92401  
 E-mail: andrea@mcscorp.org.  
 Web site:  www.mcscorp.org  
 Telephone:  805-595-1356  Fax:  805-595-1358


PACE

 Jackie Jones, Director
 1055 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1475   
 Los Angeles, CA 90017  
 E-mail: jjones@pacela.org:  VIBARRA@pacela.org  
 Web site:  www.PACELA.org  
 Telephone:  213-989-3275 Fax:  213-353-4665 

Women's Initiative for Self-Employment-Downtown
Julie Abrams, Director
519 17th. Street Ste. 110
Oakland, CA 94612
Phone 510-287-3100
Fax 510-451-3428
E-mail jabrams@womensinitiative.org
Web site www.womensinitiative.org

Women's Initiative for Self-Employment-Fruitvale
Julie Abrams, Executive Director
3700 E. 12th. St. Ste 1
Oakland, CA 94601
Phone 510-434-3100
Fax 510-436-5245
E-mail jabrams@womensinitiative.org
Web site www.womensinitiative.org


 Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center

 Janet Lees, Program Director
 275 Fifth Street   
 San Francisco, CA 94103-4120  
 E-mail: janet@rencenter.org: jill@rencenter.org  
 Web site:  www.rencenter.org  
 Telephone:  415-348-6237 Fax:  415-541-8589 


Valley Economic Development Center

 Marlene Bello, Project Director
 5121 Van Nuys Boulevard 3rd Floor   
 Van Nuys, CA 91355  
 E-mail: mbello@vedc.org  
 Web site:  www.trivalleywbc.org  
 Telephone:  661-702-9049 Fax:  661-255-3399 


Women's Business Partners  Institute for Women Entrepreneurs (IWE)
 Sallie Selinas, Director
 2323 North Broadway (for Orange County)   
 Santa Ana, CA 92706  
 E-mail: Salinas_sallie@rsccd.org: Salinas_sallie@rsccd.org  
 Web site:  www.ociwe.org  
 Telephone:  714-480-7455 Fax:  714-796-3940

 

Women's Economic Venture (WEV)
 Judy Hawkins, Executive Director
 333 S. Salinas St.   
 Santa Barbara, CA 93103  
 E-mail: jhawkins@wevonline.org
 Web site:  www.wevonline.org  
 Telephone:  805-965-6073 Fax:  805-962-9622 


Women's Initiative for Self Employment
Julie Abrams, Executive Director
1398 Valencia St.   
San Francisco, CA  94110
E-mail jabrams@womensinitiative.org
Web site www.womensinitiative.org

Telephone:  415-641-3480 Fax:  415-826-1885 

Women's Initiative for Self-Employment
Julie Abrams, Executive Director
555 Northgate Dr. Ste. 260A
San Rafael, CA 94903
Phone 415-499-9300
E-mail jabrams@womensinitiative.org
Web site www.womensinitiative.org

Women's Initiative for Self Employment
Julie Abrams, Executive Director
1465 Enea Circle Building  E. Suite 900
Concord, CA 94520
E-mail: jabrams@womensinitiative.org  
Web site:  www.womensinitiative.org  
Phone 925-603-2770 or 2771
Fax 925-603-277


Colorado



Mi Casa Resource Center for Women, Inc.

Louella Cook, Program Manager
 505 West Abriendo   
 Pueblo, CO 81004  
 E-mail: lcook@micasadenver.org
 Web site:  www.micasadenver.
 Telephone:  719-542-0091 Fax:  719 542 1006  

Connecticut


SBA’s (OWBO-CT) The Entrepreneurial Ctr. At Hartford Colg. for Women of the U of Hartford

 Sandra Cahill, Associate Director
 50 Elizabeth St  
 Hartford, CT 06105 
 E-mail: blakejack@hartford.edu:  entrectr@hartford.edu: 
 scahill@hartford.edu
 Web site:  www.entrepreneurialctr.org 
 Telephone:  860-768-5663 Fax:  860-768-5622 


Women's Business Development Center (WBDC)-Stamford
 Dorothy Bratchell, Project Director
 Government Center, 888 Washington Blvd.  10th Floor  
 Stamford, CT 06901 
 E-mail: dbratchell@ctwbdc.org
 Web site:  www.ctwbdc.org 
 Telephone:  203-353-1750 Fax:  203-353-1084 

Delaware

Delaware Center for Entrepreneurship YWCA Delaware
 Bonnie Ross Coleman, Director
 153 E. Chestnut Hill Road  
 Newark, DE 19713 
 E-mail: bcoleman@ywcade.org 
 Web site:  www.ywcade.org 
 Telephone:  302-224-4060 X214 Fax:  302-224-4057 

 

Florida


Florida Institute of Technology, Inc.
 Donn Miller-Kermani,
 150 University Blvd.   
 Melbourne, FL  
 E-mail: lpolitan@fit.edu: dkermani@fit.edu 
 Telephone:  321-674-7239 Fax:  321-674-8969 

 Florida Women's Business Center
 Jennifer Brin, Executive Director
 401 W. Atlantic Avenue, Suite O9   
 Delray Beach, FL 33444  
 E-mail: jennifer@flwbc.org  
 Web site:  www.flwbc.org  
 Telephone:  (561) 265-3790 Fax:  561 265 0806
 
Jacksonville Women's Business Center a program of the Jacksonville Regional  
Chamber of Commerce

 Sandy Bartow, Executive Director
 5000-3 Norwood Avenue   
 Jacksonville, FL 32208  
 E-mail: Sandy.Bartow@myjaxchamber.com  
 Web site:  www.JaxWbc.com  
 Telephone:  904-924-1100  Fax:  904-765-8966  

M/WBE Alliance, Inc.
 Carrie T. Williams, Project Director
 135 E. Colonial Drive, 2nd FL.   
 Orlando, FL 32801  
 E-mail: cwilliams@allianceflorida.com  
 Web site:  www.allianceflorida.com  
 Telephone:  407-428-5860 Fax:  407-398-0745  


Georgia


The Edge Connection Women's Business Center, Coles College of Business,  
 Kennesaw State Univ.
 B. Janine Anthony, Program Manager
 1000 Chastain Road, # 3305   
 Kennesaw, GA 30144  
 E-mail: Janine-anthony@kennesaw.edu  
 Web site:  www.theedgeconnection.com  
 Telephone:  770 499 3228 Fax:  770-499-3636  


 WEDA/Metropolitan Atlanta Women's Business Center
 Carolina Ramon, Program Manager
 659 Auburn Ave, NE Ste 250   
 Atlanta, GA 30312  
 E-mail: cramon@weda-atlanta.org  
 Web site:  www/weda-atlanta.org  
 Telephone:  678-904-2201 Fax:  678-904-2205  


 

Hawaii


Hawaii Women's Business Center
 Kay Lorraine, Executive Director
 1041 Nuuanu Ave., Ste. A   
 Honolulu, HI 96817  
 E-mail: Kay@HWBC.org: cherylle@hwbc.org:
 Web site:  www.HWBC.org /Island
 Telephone:  808-526-1001 Fax:  808-550-0724  

 

Iowa


Iowa Women's Business Center, Iowa Women's Enterprise Center, ISED  
Ventures

 Jan Owens Bruene, Director of Microenterprise
 1111 Ninth Street, Suite 380   
 Des Moines, IA 50314  
 E-mail: dcarr@ised.org: jbruene@ised.org:  
 pmckenna@ised.org: cpalmer@ised.org
 Web site:  www.isedventures.org   
 Telephone: 515 283 0940 x23  Fax: 515-283-0348  



Illinois



WBDC, Chicago
 Alejandra Fajardo, Project Director
 8 South Michigan Aveune   
 Chicago, IL 60603  
 E-mail: afajardo@wbdc.org  
 Web site:  www.wbdc.org  
 Telephone:  312-853-3477 x38 Fax:  312-853-0145  



Indiana


Neighborhood Self-Employment Initiative and The Central Indiana WBC

 Sharon Odonoghue, Executive Director
 615 N. Alabama, Suite 216   
 Indianapolis, IN 46204  
 E-mail: sodonoghue@nsibiz.org  
 Web site:  www.nsibiz.org  
 Telephone:  317 917 3266 Fax:  317 916-8921  

 Women's Enterprise, A Program of the Fort Wayne's Women's Bureau
 Rebecca J. Ravine, Director
 3521 Lake Ave., Suite 1   
 Fort Wayne, IN 46805  
 E-mail: RJRavine@womensenterprise.org  
 Web site:  www.womensenterprise.org  
 Telephone:  260-424-7977 Fax:  260-426-7576  


Kansas

Kansas Women's Business Center

Enterprise Center of Johnson County
 Sherry Turner, President
 8527 Bluejacket Street   
 Lenexa, KS 66214  
 E-mail: sturner@kansaswbc.com  
 Web site:  www.kansaswbc.com  
 Telephone:  913-492-5922 Fax:  913-888-6928  


Louisiana


ECGC Women’s Business Center 
Sheri Lazare, Director
P.O. Box 3564
Lafayette, LA  70502
Phone number 337-889-0211
Fax number 337-889-0212

E-mail: sheri.lazare@ecgcwbc.com
Web site:  www.ecgcwbc.com  
 

ULGNO Women's Business Resource Center
 Patrice A. Williams-Smith, Executive Director
 2322 Canal Street, Suite 100 New Orleans   
 New Orleans, LA 70119   
 E-mail: paw_s@bellsouth.net
 Web site:  www.urbanleagueneworleans.org  
 Telephone:  504-589-2355 Fax:  504-589-2339  


Maine
Women's Business Center at Coastal Enterprise, Inc.
Marita L. Fairfield, Director
36 Water Street Status
Wiscasset, ME 04578
Email: mlf@ceimaine.org
Web site:  www.ceimaine.org
Telephone:  207-882-7552 Fax:  207-882-7308

Massachusetts

Center for Women & Enterprise

Sherry Handel, Program Manager
 50 Elm Street, 2nd Floor   
 Worcester, MA 01609   
 E-mail: shandel@cweonline.org  
 Web site:  www.cweonline.org  
 Telephone:  508-453-9202 Fax:  508-363-2323  



Maryland

Women Entrepreneurs of Baltimore, Inc. (WEB)

JoAnne Saltzberg, Chief Executive Officer
 1118 Light Street, Suite 202   
 Baltimore, MD 21230  
 E-mail:  jsaltzberg@webinc.org  
 Web site:  www.webinc.org  
 Telephone:  410 727 4921 x21 Fax:  410 727 4989  



Michigan


Cornerstone Alliance
 Margaret Adams, Project Director
 38 West Wall Street  
 Benton Harbor, MI 49022 
 E-mail: madams@cstonealliance.org 
 Web site:  www.cstonealliance.org/wbc 
 Telephone:  269 925 6100 Fax:  313-877-9058
 
 Detroit Entrepreneurship Institute, Inc.
 Venus Brown, Director
 1010 Antietam Street  
 Detroit, MI 48207 
 E-mail: hakiema@msn.com:  cmcclelland@deibus.org: 
 vbrown@deibus.org
 Web site:  www.deibus.org 
 Telephone:  313-877-9060 Fax:  313-961-9058
 
Grand Rapids Opportunities for Women
 Rita VanderVen, Executive Director
 25 Sheldon Street, SE  Suite 210  
 Grand Rapids, MI 49503  
 E-mail: rvanderven@growbusiness.org 
 Web site:  www.growbusiness.org
 Telephone:  616-458-3404 Fax:  616-458-6557
 
 

Minnesota

Northest Entrepreneur Fund
 Martha Van Dyke, WBN Program Director
 8355 Unity Drive, Ste. 100  
 Virginia, MN 55792 
 E-mail: marthav@entrepreneurfund.org 
 Web site:  www.entrepreneurfund.org 
 Telephone:  218-749-4191  Fax:  800-422-0374 X238 

Women Venture
 Cindy Bushinski, Business Development Director
 2324 University Avenue West, Suite 120  
 St. Paul, MN 55114 
 E-mail: Cbushinski@womenventure.org 
 Web site:  www.womenventure.org 
 Telephone:  651-251-0692 Fax:  651-641-7223
 


Missouri


Grace Hill Women's Business Center
 Lynn Steele, Director
 2600 Hadley  
 St. Louis, MO 63106 
 E-mail: lynnes@gracehill.org 
 Web site:  www.gracehill.org 
 Telephone:  314-584-6840 Fax:  314-584-6850 

Missouri Women's Business Center (WBC at GO Connection, Inc.)
 Jean Zimmerman, Project Director
 4747 Troost Avenue  
 Kansas City, MO 64110 
 E-mail:  
 jzimmerman@missouriwbc.com
 kravets@missouriwbc.com
 Web site:  www.goconnection.org 
 Telephone:  816-235-6141 Fax:  816-235-6177
 


Mississippi


Crudup-Ward Activity Center, Inc.
 Annie Ward, Executive Director
 656 Longview Street  
 Forest, MS 39074 
 E-mail: annieward@nctv.com 
 Web site:  www.cwacine.org 
 Telephone:  601-469-3357 Fax:  601-469-3357
 
MACE Women's Business Center
 William Brown, Project Director
 119 South Theobald Street  
 Greenville, MS 38701 
 E-mail: macetop@bellsouth.net 
 Web site:  www.deltamace.org  
 Telephone:  662-335-3523 Fax:  662-334-2939 



Montana


 

North Carolina

 Mountain Bizworks
 Sharon Oxendine, Director
 29- 1/2 Page Ave.  
 Ashville, NC 28801 
 E-mail: sharon@mountainbizworks.org 
 Web site:  www.mountainbizworks.org  
 Telephone:  828-253-2834 ex.28 Fax:  828-255-7953
 

 North Carolina Institute of Minority Economic Development
 Joyce Siler, Director
 114 West Parrish Street, 4th Floor:  P.O. Box 1331  
 Durham, NC 27701 
 E-mail: joyce@ncimed.com 
 Web site:  www.ncimed.com 
 Telephone:  919-956-8889 Fax:  919-688-4358
 
The Women's Center of Fayetteville
 Meena Ahuja, Director
 230 Hay Street  
 Fayetteville, NC 28301 
 E-mail: mahuja@wcof.org 
 Web site:  www.wcof.org 
 Telephone:  910-323-3377 Fax:  910-323-8828 

 

North Dakota

Center for Technology & Business
 
Tara Holt, Director
 115 N 2nd Street/POB 2535  
 Bismarck, ND 58501 
 E-mail: holt@trainingND.com 
 Web site:  www.trainingND.com 
 Telephone:  701-223-0707 Fax:  701-223-2507
 

 

Nebraska


Enterprise Assistance Project (REAP)
 Monica Braun, Director
 145 Main Street, PO Box 136   
 Lyons, NE 68038   
 E-mail: mbraun@alltel.net
 Web site:  www.cfra.org/reap   
 Telephone:  402-687-2100 Fax:  402-687-2200  


New Hampshire


Women's Business Center, Inc.
1555 Lafayette Road, 2nd Floor   
 Portsmouth, NH 03801  
 Web site:  www.womenbiz.org   
 Telephone:  603-430-2892 Fax:  603-430-3706  



New Jersey


NJ Assoc. of Women Business Owners Women's Business Center
 
Penni Nafus, Project Director
 White Horse Commercial Park, 127 US Highway 206, Suite 28  
 Hamilton, NJ 08610 
 E-mail: pnafus@njawbo.org
 Web site:  www.njawbo/wbc.org 
 Telephone:  609-581-2220 Fax:  609-581-6749

 
Women's Venture Fund
 
Helen Tobin, Project Director
 El Club Del Barrio, 76 Clinton Avenue  
 Newark, NJ 07114 
 E-mail: m.otero@wvf-ny.org:  h.tobin@wvf-ny.org 
 Web site:  www.womensvemturefund.org 
 Telephone:  877-444-0934 Fax:  973-368-8741 


 

New Mexico