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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  

Women's Business Center of Alabama
Program Director: Joanne Randolph
185 Chateau Drive, 200 D
Huntsville, AL  35802-7423
Telephone:  256-213-2727
E mail:
joanne.randolph@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

Southern Good Faith Fund
Program Director: Angela Duran
2304 W. 29th Avenue
Pine Bluff, AR  71603
Telephone:  870-535-6233 X38
E mail:
aduran@southerngff.org
Website: www.southerngff.org 


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: Deborah Knox
330  N. Commerce Park Loop, Suite 160
Tucson, AZ  85745
Telephone:  520-620-1241 X107
E mail:
dknox@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: Andrea Zeller
4111 Broad Street, Suite A4
San Luis Obispo, CA  93401
Telephone:  805-595-1356
E mail:
andrea@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: Marlene 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: Judy Hawkins
333 S. Salinas St.
Santa Barbara, CA  93101
Telephone:  805-965-6073 X104  
E mail:
jhawkins@wevonline.org 
Websitewww.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: www.pacela.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 for Women, Inc
Program Director: Christine Marquez
360 Acoma Street
Denver, CO  80223
Telephone:  303-573-1302
E mail:
info@micasadenver.org 
Website: www.micasadenver.org  

Mi Casa Resource Center for Women, Inc.
Program Director: Louella Cook
1249 East Routt
Pueblo, CO  81004
Telephone:  719-542-0091
E mail: 
lcook@micasadenver.org 
Website: www.micasadenver.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
Websitewww.ctwbdc.org  
 
University of Hartford, The  Entreprenurial Center
Program Director: Jean Blake-Jackson
50 Elizabeth St
Hartford, CT  06105
Telephone:  860-768-5663
E mail:
  BlakeJack@hartford.edu , entrectr@hartford.edu  
Website: www.entrepreneuralctr.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 
Websitewww.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
 
Florida

Minority/Women Business Enterprise Alliance, Inc.
Program Director: Carrie Williams
135 E. Colonial Drive, 2nd FL.
Orlando, FL  32801
Telephone:  407-428-5860
E mail:
cwilliams@allianceflorida.com 
Website: www.allianceflorida.com  
 
Jacksonville Chamber Foundation, Inc.
Executive Director: Sandy Bartow
5000-3 Norwood Avenue
Jacksonville, FL  32208
Telephone:  904-924-1100 X252
E mail:
sandy.bartow@myjaxchamber.com 
Website:  www.myjaxchamber.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:  www.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
659 Auburn Ave, NE Ste 250
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: Kay Lorraine
1041 Nuuanu Ave., Suite A
Honolulu, HI  96817
Telephone:  808-526-1001
E mail:
kay@HWBC.org  
Websitewww.HWBC.org  


Idaho
 
Iowa

ISED Ventures
Iowa Women's Enterprise Center
Pogram Director: Jan Bruene
1111 Ninth Street, Suite 380
Des Moines, IA 50314
Telephone:  515-283-0940
E mail:
jbruene@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@nsibiz.org
Website:  www.businessownership.org  
 
Women's Enterprise, Fort Wayne Women's Bureau
Program Director: Shirley Busack
3521 Lake Ave., Suite 1
Fort Wayne, IN  46805
Telephone:  260-424-7977
E mail:
sbusack@womensenterprise.org 
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
Director: Deirdre Johnson-Burel
365 Canal Street, Suite 2820
New Orleans, LA  70119
Telephone:  504-589-2355
E mail:
djohnson@urbanleagueneworleans.org 
Website:  www.urbanleagueneworleans.org  
 
Enterprise Consortium of the Gulf Coast
Director: Sheri Lazare
110 Travis Street, Suite 92
Lafayette, LA  70503
Telephone:  337-889-0211
E mail:
sheri.lazare@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.ceimaine.org  
 
Coastal Enterprise, Inc.,  Machias
Ruth Cash-Smith
PO Box 679
Machias, ME 04654
Telephone: 207 255 0983

rcs@ceimaine.org
Website: www.ceimaine.org 

Southern ME Women’s Business at 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 
Websitewww.ceimaine.org  
 
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
Websitewww.cweonline.org  

Center for Women & Enterprise
Carrie Johnson, Program Manager
50 Elm Street, 2nd Floor  
Worcester, MA 01609  
E-mail:
cjohnson@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

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 Director
38 West Wall Street  
Benton Harbor, MI 49022 
E-mail:
madams@cstonealliance.org  
Web site:  www.cstonealliance.org/wbc   
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
 
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:
mbraun@windstream.net 
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/wbc.org  
 
Women's Venture Fund, Inc.
Program Director: Bonita Burrell
El Club Del Barrio, 76 Clinton Avenue
Newark, NJ  07114
Telephone:  877-444-0934
E mail: 
services@wvf-ny.org 
Website: www.wvf-ny.org  


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:
  gboyne@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: Lorie Guthrie
4200 Meadowlark Lane SE, Suite 7
Rio Rancho, NM  87124
Telephone:  505-892-1238
E mail:
lguthrie@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: Jamila Payne
120-55 Queens Blvd., Suite 309
Queens, NY  11424
Telephone:  718-263-0546
E mail:
jpayne@queensny.org 
Website: www.queensny.org  
 
Canisius College
Program Director: Melinda Rath Sanderson
2365 Main Street
Buffalo, NY  14214
Telephone:  716-888-8280
E mail:
sandersm@canisius.edu 
Website: www.canisius.edu  

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
Ms. 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, Coordinator
2912 Enterprise Boulevard  
Durant, OK 74701  
E-mail:
brackley@enterprises.com  
Web site: www.enterprises.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 
Web site:  http://www.onaben.org    
Telephone:  503-968-1500 Fax:  503-968-1548

Pennsylvania
 
Community First Fund
Joan M. Brodhead, Project Director
30 West Orange Street
Lancaster, PA 17603
Telephone: 717-393-2351
Email:
jbrodhead@commfirstfund.org 
Web site: www.comfirstfund.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
Program Director: Jayne Huston
Seton Hill Drive
Greensburg, PA  15601
Telephone:  724-830-4612
E mail: 
Huston@setonhill.edu 
Website: www.esatonhill.edu  

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

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: Haidee Clark-Stith 
1225 Laurel Street, Ste 405
Columbia, SC  29201
Telephone: 803-461-8900 X225
E mail:
hstith@scmep.org 
Website: www.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
 
Southeast Local Development Corp.
Program Director: Bob Hotchkiss 
1000 Riverfront Parkway
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
2507 Buddy Owens
McAllen, TX 78504
Telephone: 956-618-2828
E mail:
charo@tvcof.org  
Website:  www.scictx.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.seattleccd.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.westerndairyland.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     Telephone: 307-766-3084 
Email:
wwbc@uwyo.edu
Web site: www.wyomingwomen.org        
 

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