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Alaska


YWCA Anchorage 
Women$Finances Program
Program Director: Caren Aillo
324 E. 5th Avenue
Anchorage, AK  99501
Telephone:  907-644-9600
E mail:  caillo@ywcaak.org
Website:  www.ywcaak.org 


Alabama

Women's Business Center of Southern Alabama
Program Director: Sherman Blosser
1301 Azalea Road, Suite 201A
Mobile, AL  36693
Telephone:  251-660-2725
E mail:  sblosser@womenbiz.biz
Website:  www.womenbiz.biz 

WBC Bizmobile Project (WBC of Southern Alabama)
Director: Sylvia Browder
Email: sbrowder@womenbiz.biz

Website:  www.womenbiz.biz 
 
Women's Business Center of Alabama
Program Director: Stephanie Sellers
225 Church Street
Huntsville, AL  35801
Telephone:  256-535-2038
E mail:  stephanie.sellers@wbcna.org
Website:  www.wbcna.org 
 
Elizabeth Conwell Schlarb Foundation for Women Entrepreneurs
Program Director: Edith Ingram
2 North 20th Street, Suite 830
Birmingham, AL  35203
Telephone:  205-453-0249
E mail:  edith@cawbc.org
Website:  www.cawbc.org 


Arkansas





American Samoa


Native American Samoan Advisory Council
Program Director: Lynn Tanuvasa
P. O. Box 6849
Pago Pago, AS  96799
Telephone:  011-684-699-8739
E mail:  nasacwbc1@samoatelco.com
Website:  http://web.mac.com/wbcas/Site/ASWBC_Homepage.html 



Arizona


Microbusiness Advancement Center of Southern Arizona
Program Director: Lillian Perez
330  N. Commerce Park Loop, Suite 160
Tucson, AZ  85745
Telephone:  520-620-1241 X110
E mail:  LPerez@mac-sa.org
Website:  www.mac-sa.org 



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
Web site:  www.anewamerica.org  
Telephone:  510 540 7785 X302   Fax:  510-540-7786 

Asian Pacific Islander Small Business Program WBC
Program Director: Colleen Seto
231 East Third Street, G106
Los Angeles, CA  90013
Telephone:  213-473-1605
E mail:  cseto@ltsc.org
Website:  http://www.apisbp.org/ 


Mission Community Services Corp.
Women Business Partners Program
Program Director: David Ryal
4111 Broad Street, Suite A4
San Luis Obispo, CA  93401
Telephone:  805-595-1356
E mail:  DRyal@mcscorp.org.
Website:  www.mcscorp.org 
 
CHARO Community Development Corporation
Program Director: Janet Puentes
4301 East Valley Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA  90032
Telephone:  323-269-1206
E mail:  jpuentes@charocorp.com
Website:  www.charocorp.com 
 
Women's Initiative for Self Employment
Program Director: Julie Abrams
1465 Enea Circle, Bldg. E, Suite 900
Concord, CA  94520
Telephone:  415-641-3460  414-641-3490
E mail:  jabrams@womensinitiative.org
Website:  www.womensinitiative.org 
 
West Company - Fort Bragg Center
Program Director: Pamela Patterson (a)
760 B Stewart St.
Fort Bragg, CA  95437
Telephone:  707-964-7571
E mail:  Pamela@westcompany.org
Website:  www.westcompany.org 
 
Women's Initiative for Self Employment (WISE)
Program Director: Pamela Mejia
519 17th Street, Suite 110
Oakland, CA  94612
Telephone:  510-287-3100
E mail:  pmejia@womensinitiative.org
Website:  www.womensinitiative.org 

Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center
Program Director: Sharon Miller
275 Fifth Street
San Francisco, CA  94103-4120
Telephone:  415-348-6237
E mail:  Sharon@rencenter.org
Website:  www.rencenter.org 
 
Valley Economic Development Center
Program Director: Marlen Bello
5121 Van Nuys Boulevard, Suite 300
Van Nuys, CA  91403
Telephone:  818-907-9922
E mail:  mbello@vedc.org
Website:  www.vedc.org 
 
Institute for Women Entrepreneurs (IWE)
Rancho Santiago CCD Foundation
Program Director: Sallie Salinas
2323 North Broadway Suite 240
Santa Ana, CA  92706
Telephone:  714-480-7455
Email: salinas_sallie@rsccd.edu 
Website: www.ociwe.org

 
The Foundation for Cal State Univ., San Bernardino
Inland Empire WBC
Program Director: Michelle Skiljan
202 E. Airport Drive, Suite 155
San Bernardino, CA  92408
Telephone:  909-890-1242
E mail:  mskiljan@csusb.edu
Website:  www.csusb.edu 
 
The Foundation for Cal State Univ., San Bernardino
Coachella Valley WBC
Program Director: Olga Betancourt
53990 Enterprise Way, Suite 8
Coachella, CA  92236
Telephone:  760-219-9303    760-898-1510
E mail:  osbetancourt@earthlink.net
Website:  www.cvwbc.org 

CHARO Community Development Corporation
(Interim) Program Director: Carmen Camacho
1825 Chicago St., Suite 130
Riverside, CA  92507
Telephone:  951-320-7002 X229
E mail: ccamacho@charocorp.com
Website:  www.charocorp.com 
 
Women's Economic Ventures
Program Director: Marsha  Bailey
333 S. Salinas St.
Santa Barbara, CA  93101
Telephone:  805-965-6073 X104  
E mail:  mbailey@wevonline.org
Website:  www.wevonline.org 
 
Women's Initiative for Self-Employment  (San Rafael)
Program Director: Thais Rezende*
7250 Redwood Blvd., Suite 207
Novato, CA  94945
Telephone:  415-302-4740
E mail:  trezende@womensinitiative.org
Website:  www.womensinitiative.org 
 
Pacific Asian Consortium Employment (PACE)
Program Director: Jackie Jones
1055 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1475
Los Angeles, CA  90017
Telephone:  213-989-3153
E mail:  jjones@pacela.org
Website:  http://www.pacelabdc.org/www.pacelabdc.org/

Women's Business Center of California
Michelle Butler, Executive Director
4121 Camino del Rio South Suite 24
San Diego, CA 92108
Telephone: 800-477-5210
mbutler@wbcc-sd.org
http://www.wbcc-sd.org/

Colorado


Mi Casa Resource Center
Program Director: Christine Marquez
360 Acoma Street
Denver, CO  80223
Telephone:  303-573-1302
E mail:  info@micasadenver.org
Website:  www.micasaresourcecenter.org 

Mi Casa Resource Center
Program Director: Louella Cook
1249 East Routt
Pueblo, CO  81004
Telephone:  719-542-0091
E mail:  lcook@micasadenver.org
Website:  www.micasaresourcecenter.org 


Connecticut


Women's Business Development Center
Executive Director: Fran Pastore
Government Center, 888 Washington Blvd.  10th Floor
Stamford, CT  06901
Telephone:  203-353-1750
E mail: 
fpastore@ctwbdc.org
Website:  www.ctwbdc.org 
 
University of Hartford, The  Entreprenurial Center
Program Director: Sandra Cahill
50 Elizabeth St
Hartford, CT  06105
Telephone:  860-768-5663
E mail:  scahill@hartford.edu

Website:  www.entrepreneurialctr.org 
 
Naugatuck Valley WBC/Women's Business Development Center
Program Director: Dorothy Bratchell
83 Bank Street 4th floor
Waterbury, CT  06721
Telephone:  203-353-1750
E mail:  dbratchell@ctwbdc.org
Website:  www.ctwbdc.org 


The Entrepreneurial Center
Program Director: Sandra Cahill

50 Elizabeth St
Hartford, CT 6105

Telephone: 860-5663
scahill@hartford.edu
Website:
www.entrepreneurialctr.org
 

Delaware


Delaware YWCA
Center for Women’s Entrepreneurship
Director: Stephanie Lorrie
153 E Chestnut Hill Road, Suite 102
Newark, DE  18713
Telephone:  302-224-4060
E mail:  slorrie@ywcade.org
Website:  www.ywcade.org 



DC


National Community Reinvestment Coalition
Contact:  David Berenbaum or
John Taylor, President and CEO
727 15th St.
Washington, DC 20005
Phone:  202-628-8866
Email:  Dberenbaum@NCRC.org

Website: http://ncrc.org

Florida

 
Jacksonville Women's Business Center
Director: Pat Blanchard
3 Independent Drive
Jacksonville, FL  32202
Telephone:  904-366-6640
E mail:  pat.blanchard@myjaxchamber.com
Website:  www.jaxWBC.com

 
Florida Institute of Technology
Program Director: Donn Miller-Kermani
150 University Blvd.
Melbourne, FL  32901
Telephone:  321-674-7007
E mail:  dkermani@fit.edu
Website:  wbc.fit.edu 
 
Center for Technology Enterprise & Dev., Inc.
Program Director: Jennifer Kovach
401 W. Atlantic Avenue, Suite O9
Delray Beach, FL  33444
Telephone:  561-265-3790 X111
E mail:  jennifer@flwbc.org
Website:  www.flwbc.org 

WBDC/FL Affiliate of WBENC

President and CEO: Nancy Allen

11205 S. Dixie Highway, Suite 101

Miami, Fl  33156

Telephone: 305-971-9473
e-mail: nancyallen@womensbusiness.info

website: http://www.womensbusiness.info/index.html



Georgia


Women's Economic Development Agency, Inc.
Program Director: Carolina Ramon
675 Metropolitan Parkway, Ste 2026
Atlanta, GA  30312
Telephone:  678-904-2201
E mail:  cramon@weda-atlanta.org
Website:  www.weda-atlanta.org 

The Edge Connection, Inc.
Program Director: Janine Anthony
1000 Chastain Road, # 3305
Kennesaw, GA  30144
Telephone:  770-499-3228
E mail: 
TheEdge@kennesaw.edu
Website:  http://www.theedgeconnection.com 



Hawaii


Hawaii Women's Business Center
Program Director: Cherylle Morrow
1041 Nuuanu Ave., Suite A
Honolulu, HI  96817
Telephone:  808-526-1001
E mail:  cherylle@HWBC.org 
Website:  www.HWBC.org 


Idaho



Iowa


ISED Ventures
Iowa Women's Enterprise Center
Pogram Director: Toni Lampley
1111 Ninth Street, Suite 380 
Des Moines, IA 50314 
Telephone:  515-283-0940
E mail: tlampley@ised.org
Website:  www.ised.org


Illinois


Women's Business Development Center
Program Director: Maria Lopez
8 South Michigan Aveune, Suite 400
Chicago, IL  60603
Telephone:  312-853-3477 
E mail:  mlopez@wbdc.org
Website:  www.wbdc.org 

Indiana


Business Ownership Initiative of Indiana
Central Indiana Women's Business Center
Program Director: Sharon O'Donoghue
4755 Kingsway Dr., Suite 314
Indianapolis, IN  46205
Telephone:  317-917-3266 X101
E mail: 
sodonoghue@businessownership.org

Website:  www.businessownership.org 
 
Women's Enterprise, Fort Wayne Women's Bureau
Program Director:
Monica Hughley
3521 Lake Ave., Suite 1
Fort Wayne, IN  46805
Telephone:  260-424-7977
E mail:   mhughley@womensbureau.com
Website:  www.womensenterprise.org 

 

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


Kentucky


Louisiana


Urban League of Greater New Orleans
Women’s Business Resource Center
Angele VonDerPool; Director
2322 Canal Street
New Orleans, LA  70119
Telephone: 504-620-9647
e-mail: avonderpool@urbanleagueneworleans.org
Website: www.urbanleagueneworleans.org/business_index.html

 
ECGC Women’s Business Center
Director: Amy Guidry
110 Travis Street, Suite 92
Lafayette, LA  70503
Telephone:  337-889-0213
E mail:  amyguidry@ecgcwbc.com
Website:  www.ecgcwbc.com 


Maine


Coastal Enterprise, Inc.
Director: Marita Fairfield
36 Water Street
Wiscasset, ME  04578
Telephone:  207-882-7552
E mail:  mlf@ceimaine.org
Website:  www.wbc.maine



Southern ME Women’s Business @ Coastal Enterprises Inc
Program Director: Gretchen Henn
2 Portland Fish Pier, Suite 201
Portland, ME  04101
Telephone:  207-772-5356 X112
E mail:  ghenn@ceimaine.org
Website:  www.wbc.maine 


Women Work and Community

Program Director: Eloise Vitelli

46 University Drive 04330
August, Maine  04330
E-mail:
evitelli@maine.edu

Website: www.womenworkandcommunity.org


Massachusetts


Center for Women & Enterprise
Program Director: Susan Rittscher
24 School Street, Suite 700
Boston, MA  02109
Telephone:  617-532-0248
E mail: 
srittscher@cweonline.org
Website:  www.cweonline.org 

Center for Women & Enterprise
Ivette Olmeda, Program Manager
50 Elm Street, 2nd Floor   
Worcester, MA 01609   
E-mail: iolmeda@cweonline.org 
Web site:  www.cweonline.org  
Telephone:  508-453-9206 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


Michigan


Center for Empowerment and Economic Development
Program Director: Kathleen Boyle
2002 Hogback Road, Suite 12
Ann Arbor, MI  48105
Telephone:  734-677-1400
E mail:  kboyle@miceed.org
Website:  www.miceed.org 

Cornerstone Alliance

Margaret Adams, Project Manager
38 West Wall Street  
Benton Harbor, MI 49022 
E-mail: madams@cstonealliance.org 
Web site:  www.cornerstonewbc.com 
Telephone:  269 925 6100

 Detroit Entrepreneurship Institute, Inc.
 Venus Brown, Director
 1010 Antietam Street  
 Detroit, MI 48207 
 E-mail: vbrown@deibus.org
 Web site:  www.deibus.org 
 Telephone:  313-877-9060

Grand Rapids Opportunities for Women
Program Director: Patricia Duthler
25 Sheldon Street SE,  Suite 210
Grand Rapids, MI  49503
Telephone:  616-458-3404
E mail:  pduthler@growbusiness.org
Website:  www.growbusiness.org 


Minnesota


Northeast Entrepreneur Fund, Inc.
Program Director: Dawn Johnson
8355 Unity Drive, Suite 100
Virginia, MN  55792
Telephone:  800-422-0374 X 414
E mail:  dawnj@entrepreneurfund.org
Website:  www.enterpreneurfund.org 
 
Women Venture
Program Director: Maliha Husain
2324 University Avenue West, Suite 120
St. Paul, MN  55114
Telephone:  651-646-3808
E mail:  wbc@womenventure.org
Website:  www.womenventure.org 

Missouri


Grace Hill Settlement House
Grace Hill Women's Development Center
Program Director: Lynn Steele
2324 N Florissant Ave
St. Louis, MO  63106
Telephone:  314-584-6840
E mail:  lynnes@gracehill.org
Website:  www.gracehill.org 
 

Missouri Women's Business Center (WBC at GO Connection, Inc.)

Executive Director, Lori Kravets
4747 Troost Avenue  

Kansas City, MO 64110 
E-mail:   lkravets@goconnection.org
 Web site:  www.missouriwbc.com 
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:  http://cwacinc.org
Telephone:  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


Prospera Business Network
Robert Hietala, CEO
222 East Main Street, Suite 102
Bozeman, MT 59715
Phone:  406-587-3113
Email: bhietala@ProsperaBusinessNetwork.org
Website: http://prosperabusinessnetwork.org/

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
 
North Carolina Institute of Minority Economic Development
Program Director: Joyce Siler
114 West Parrish Street, 4th Floor; P.O. Box 1331
Durham, NC  27701
Telephone:  919-956-8889
E mail:  jsiler@ncimed.com
Website:  www.ncimed.com 

 
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 


North Dakota


Center for Technology in Business
Program Director: Denise Spanjer
115 N 2nd Street, PO Box 2535
Bismarck, ND  58502
Telephone:  701-223-0707
E mail:  dspanjer@trainingnd.com
Website:  www.trainingND.com 


 

Nebraska


Center for Rural Affairs (REAP)
Program Director: Monica Braun
145 Main Street, PO Box 136
Lyons, NE  68038
Telephone:  402-643-2673
E mail:
monicab@cfra.org

Website:  www.cfra.org/reap 



New Hampshire


Women's Business Center, Inc.

Director: Sharon Drake
1555 Lafayette Road, 2nd Floor   

Portsmouth, NH 03801
E-mail: sdrake@womenbiz.org

Website:  www.womenbiz.org   
Telephone:  603-430-2892  


New Jersey


NJ Association of Women Business Owners
Program Director: Penni Nafus
Peapack-Gladstone Bank 311 Main Street, 2nd floor
Chatham, NJ  07928
Telephone:  973-507-9700
E mail:  pnafus@njawbo.org
Website:  www.njawbo.org/wbc 
 

New Mexico


Women's Economic Self-Sufficiency Team (WESST Corp.), Roswell
Program Director: Anthony Urquidez
200 West First Street, Suite 527
Roswell, NM  88203
Telephone:  505-624-9850
E mail:  aurquidez@wesst.org
Website:  www.wesst.org 
 
Women's Economic Self-Sufficiency Team (WESST Corp.), Santa Fe
Program Director: Bette Bradbury
3900 Paseo del Sol, Suite 322A, Building I
Santa Fe, NM  87505
Telephone:  505-988-5030
E mail:  bbradbury@wesst.org
Website:  www.wesst.org 
 
Women's Economic Self-Sufficiency Team (WESST Corp.), Gallup
Program Director: Grace Boyne
107 South First Street
Gallup, NM  87301
Telephone:  505-863-3192
E mail:  anoonan@wesst.org
Website:  www.wesst.org 
 
Women's Economic Self-Sufficiency Team (WESST Corp.), Albuquerque
Program Director: Clare Zurawski
414 Silver Street SW
Albuquerque, NM  87102
Telephone:  505-241-4767
E mail:  czurawski@wesst.org
Website:  www.wesst.org  
 
Women's Economic Self-Sufficiency Team (WESST Corp.), Las Cruces
Program Director: Jennifer Craig
410 West Broadway
Las Cruces, NM  87401
Telephone:  575-541-1583
E mail:  jcraig@wesst.org
Website:  www.wesst.org  
 
Women's Economic Self-Sufficiency Team (WESST Corp.), Rio Rancho
Program Director: Stacy Sacco
4200 Meadowlark Lane SE, Suite 7
Rio Rancho, NM  87124
Telephone:  505-892-1238
E mail:  ssacco@wesst.org
Website:  www.wesst.org  


Nevada


Nevada Micro-Enterprise Development Corporation

Anna Siefert, Project Director
1600 E. Desert Inn, Suite 203  

Las Vegas, NV 89109  

E-mail: asiefert@4microbiz.org  
Web site:  www.4microbiz.org  
Telephone:  702-734-3555 Fax:  702-734-3530  

New York


Women's Enterprise Development Center, Inc.
Program Director: Anne Janiak
707 Weschester Ave., Suite 213
White Plains, NY  10604
Telephone:  914-948-6098 X11
E mail: ajaniak@westchester.org
Website:  www.westchester.org 
 
ComLinks, Inc.
Program Director: Nick Curtis
343 West Main Street
Malone, NY  12953
Telephone:  518- 483-1261 X 1019
E mail:  Nicholas.curtis@comlinkscaa.org
Website:  www.comlinkscaa.org 
 
The Business Training Institute, Inc.
Program Director: Donna Rebisz
200 Genesee Street
Utica, NY  13502
Telephone:  315-733-9848
E mail:  nywbc@aol.com
Website:  www.nywbc.org 
 
WISE Center (Women Igniting the Spirit of Entrepreneurship)
Director: Joanne Lenweaver
Whitman School of Management, Syracuse University
2610 South Salina Street
Syracuse, NY  13025
Telephone:  315-443-0286
E mail: 
jmlenwea@syr.edu

Website:  www.wisecenter.org 
 
Queens Economic Development Corp.
Program Director:
Johanna Maynard
120-55 Queens Blvd., Suite 309
Queens, NY  11424
Telephone:  718-263-0546
E mail:   jmaynard@queensny.org
Website:  www.queensny.org 
 
Canisius College
Program Director: Melinda Rath Sanderson
2365 Main Street
Buffalo, NY  14214
Telephone:  716-888-6650
E mail:  sandersm@canisius.edu
Website:  www.canisius.edu/wbc 

Hunts Point Economic Development Corp.
Program Director: Neomi Beltrez
866B  Hunts Point Avenue
Bronx, NY  10474
Telephone:  718-842-8888
E mail:  nbeltrez@hpwbrc.org;
Website:  www.hpwbrc.org 
 
Business Outreach Center Network, Inc.
Program Director: Liliana Blanco
85 South Oxford Street, 2nd Floor
Brooklyn, NY  11217
Telephone:  718-624-9115
E mail:  lblanco@bocnet.org;
Website:  www.bocnet.org 
 
Women's Venture Fund, Inc.
Program Director: Maria Otero
545 Eighth Avenue
New York, NY  10018
Telephone:  212-563-0499
E mail:  programs@wvf-ny.org
Website:  www.wvf-ny.org 
 
Local Development Corporation of East New York
Program Director: Elisa Balabram
80 Jamaica Avenue, 3rd Fl
Brooklyn, NY  11207
Telephone:  718-385-6700 X24
E mail:  elisab@ldceny.org
Website:  www.ldceny.org 


Ohio


Alex Community Development Corporation

Alexis E. Afzal, CPA, Director
12200 Fairhill Road, 4th Flr.  
Cleveland, OH 44120 
E-mail: info@alexcdc.com 
Web site:  www.alexcdc.com 
Telephone:  216 707 0777 


Oklahoma


Rural Enterprises of Oklahoma, Inc.

Barbara Rackley, Program Director

2912 Enterprise Boulevard  
Durant, OK 74701  
E-mail: brackley@enterprises.com 
Web site: 
www.ruralenterprises.com  
Telephone:  580-924-5094 
 
Rural Enterprises of Oklahoma, Inc., Oklahoma City
Program Director: Lorie Broyles
800 Research Parkway
Oklahoma City, OK  73104
Telephone:  405-319-8190
E mail:  lbroyles@ruralenterprises.com
Website:  www.ruralenterprises.com 

Oregon


ONABEN - A Native American Business Network

Kedma Ough, Program Director
11825 SW. Greenburg Road, Suite B3  
Tigard, OR 97223 
E-mail: Kedma@onaben.org
Website:  http: //www.onaben.org 
Telephone:  503-968-1500 Fax:  503-968-1548 


Mercy Corps Northwest
John Haines, Executive Director
2069 NE Hoyt St.
Portland, OR 97232
Phone:  503-236-1580
Email:  jhaines@mercycorpsnw.org
Website: http://www.mercycorpsnw.org/

Pennsylvania


Community First Fund

Joan M. Brodhead, Project Director
30 West Orange Street
Lancaster, PA 17603
Telephone: 717-393-2351
Email: jbrodhead@commfirstfund.org
Website: 
www.commfirstfund.org

Empowerment Group, Inc.
Program Director: Valeria Jokisch
2111 North Front Street
Philadelphia, PA  19143
Telephone:  215-427-9245
E mail:  vjokisch@empowerment-group.org
Website:  www.empowerment-group.org

Seton Hill University’s E-Magnify

Program Director: Jayne Huston
Seton Hill Drive
Greensburg, PA  15601
Telephone:  724-830-4625
E mail:  Huston@setonhill.edu
Website:  www.e-magnify.com

Women's Business Development Center  (WBDC)
Program Director: Sandy Merry
1315 Walnut Street, Suite 1116
Philadelphia, PA  19107
Telephone:  215-790-9232
E mail:  info@womensbdc.org
Website:  www.womensbdc.org

Center for Women's Entrepreneurship, Chatham University
Program Director:
Anne Flynn Schlicht
Woodland Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15232

Telephone: 412 365 1253
e-mail:
womens-entrepreneurship@chatham.edu
Website:
www.chatham.edu/ccwe

Puerto Rico


Instituto Empresarial para la Mujer (Women's Business Institute)
Program Director: Vanessa Mejia
P.O. Box 12383
San Juan, PR  00914-0383
Telephone:  787-726-7045 X25
E mail:  vmejia@mujeryempresas.org
Website:  www.mujeryempresas.org


Rhode Island


Center for Women & Enterprise
Program Director: Carmen Diaz-Jusino
132 George M. Cohan Boulevard, 2nd Floor
Providence, RI  02903
Telephone:  401-277-0800 X102
E mail: 
cdiazjusino@cweonline.org
Website:  www.cweonline.org 


South Carolina


SCWBC

Program Director: Maureen Taylor
1225 Laurel Street, Ste 405
Columbia, SC  29201
Telephone: 803-461-8900 X232
E-mail:  mtaylor@scmep.org
Website:  www.scwbc.org


South Dakota


South Dakota Office of Equip
Program Director: Kathleen Sheets
1101 W. 22nd Street
Sioux Falls, SD  57105
Telephone:  605-331-6587
E mail:  Kathleen.sheets@usiouxfalls.edu
Website:  www.usiouxfalls.edu/professionalstudies/cfw/index.html

 

Tennessee


BrightBridge Inc
Program Director: Bob Hotchkiss  
535 Chestnut
Chattanooga, TN  37402
Telephone:  423-424-4220  
E mail:  rhotchkiss@birghtbridgeinc.org 
Website:  www.sewbc.org

Texas


San Antonio Local Development Company, Inc./S. Texas Business Fund  
South Texas Women's Business Center
Program Director: Celena Pena
100 W. Houston St., Suite 1900
P.O. Box 830505
San Antonio, TX  78283
Telephone:  210-207-0112
E mail:  cpena@stwbc.com  
Website:  www.stwbc.com  
 
El Paso Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Women's Business Border Center
Program Director: Martha Najera*
201 East Main Street
El Paso, TX  79901
Telephone:  915-566-4066
E mail:  mnajera@ephcc.org
Website:  www.ephcc.org  
 
Southwest Community Investment Corp.
Program Director: Charo Mann
2582 West Trenton Road
Edinburg, TX 78539

Telephone: 956-618-2828
E mail:  cmann@wbc-rgb.org
Website:  www.wbc-rgb.org
 
Business Invest in GrowthAustin (BIGAustin)
Program Director: Claudia Connor
1050 E. 11th Street, Suite 350
Austin, TX  78702
Telephone:  512-928-8010
E mail:  claudia@bigaustin.org
Website:  www.bigaustin.org

Trace HIM Women's Business Center
Director: Aleta Eversley
402 N. 8th Street
Killeen, TX
Telephone: 254-563-2749
E-mail: aeverly@thebusinessceter.com
Website:
www.thwbcenter.org


Utah


Women's Business Center

Lavana Mahate, Program Director75 East 400 South, Suite 600
Salt Lake City, UT 84111 
Telephone: 801-328-5066
Fax: 801-328-509
Email: lmahate@saltlakechamber.org
Web site:
www.saltlakechamber.org

Virginia


New Visions, New Ventures, Inc.
Program Director: Carolyn Nowery
801 East Main Street, Suite 1102
Richmond, VA  23219
Telephone:  804-643-1081
E mail:  cdnowery@nvnv.org
Website:  www.nvnv.org  
 
Community Business Partnership
Program Director: Barbara Wrigley
7001 Loisdale Road, Suite C
Springfield, VA  22150
Telephone:  703-778-9922
E mail:  bwrigley@wbcnova.org
Website:  www.wbcnova.org  

Vermont


Center Vermont Community Action Council, Inc.
Program Director: Linda Ingold
660 Elm Street
Barre, VT  05602
Telephone:  802-229-2182
E mail:  lingold@CVCAC.org
Website:  www.vwbc.org  

Washington


Community Capital Development
Washington Business Center
Program Director: Danica Williams                                                                                         
12199 Village Center Place Suite 203
Mukiteo, WA  
Telephone: 425-423-9090
E mail:  danicaw@seattleccd.com
Website:  www.seattleccd.com 

 
Community Capital Development
Washington Business Center
Program Director: Carole Butkus                                                                                          
1437 South Jackson Street, Ste 302, P.O. Box 22283
Seattle, WA  54747
Telephone:  206-324-4330
E mail:  caroleb@seattleccd.com
Website:  www.washingtonbizcenter.com 
 
Community Capital Development
South Sound Women's Business Center
Program Director: Linda Jadwin
1101 S. Yakima St. #M123B
Tacoma, WA  98405
Telephone:  253-680-7194
E mail:  lindaj@seattleccd.com
Website:  www.seattleccd.com 
 

Wisconsin


Western Dairyland Economic Opportunity Council, Inc.
Program Director: Renee´ Walz
232122 Whitehall Road, PO Box 125
Independence , WI  54747
Telephone:  800-782-1063 X211
E mail:  rwalz@westerndairyland.org
Website:  www.successfulbusiness.org
 
Wisconsin Women’s Business Initiative Corporation
Kenosha/Racine
Program Director: Heather Lux
600 52nd Street, Suite 130
Kenosha, WI 53140
Telephone: 262-654-1234 X114
E mail: heather.lux@wwbic.com
Website: www.wwbic.com

Wisconsin Women’s Business Initiative Corporation Madison
Program Director: Ruth Rohlich
2300 S. Park Street
Madison, WI 53713
Telephone: 608-257-5450
E mail: ruth.rohlich@wwbic.com
Website: www.wwbic.com
 
Wisconsin Women’s Business Initiative Corporation
Milwaukee
Program Director: Karen Wells
2745 N. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive
Milwaukee, WI 53212
Telephone: 414-263-5450
E mail: Karen.wells@wwbic.com
Website: www.wwbic.com
 

West Virginia


Region 1 Workforce Women’s Business Center
Program Director: Tara Elder
200 Value City Center, Suite 601
Beckley, WV 25801
Telephone:  304-253-3145
E mail: telder@westvirginiawbc.org
Website: www.westvirginiawbc.org

 

Wyoming


Wyoming Women's Business Center

Program Director: Rosemary Bratton

P.O. Box 764, 13th & Lewis Streets, Education Annex
Building, Room 155
Laramie, WY 82071

Email: wwbc@uwyo.edu
Telephone: 307-766-3084

Web site: www.wyomingwomen.org
 

Wyoming Women’s Business Center
Program Director: Rosemary Bratton
1000 University Avenue, #158
Laramie, (Albany County), WY  82071
Phone:  307-766-3087
Email:  rbratto1@uwyo.edu
Website: http://uwyo.edu/