.BIZ – Greater Women’s Business Council
The Greater Women’s Business Council (GWBC), started in 2000, is an Atlanta-based organization that specializes in linking certified Women’s Business Enterprises (WBE’s) with major corporations, governmental agencies, and other WBE’s. Their corporate partners include the likes of: Accenture, Bank of America, AT&T, Comcast, Georgia Pacific, Coca Cola, Office Depot, Nokia, The Home Depot, Turner Broadcasting, UPS, Ernst & Young, and others.
The official website of the GWBC is www.GWBC.biz, and it provides excellent guidelines for obtaining national certification as a Women’s Business Enterprise. The GWBC.biz site focuses on developing new opportunities to connect with large corporations, and networking to generate new avenues of business.
The GWBC was originally known as the Georgia Women’s Business Council. Due to the organization’s regional successes and national recognition, they are now expanding into North and South Carolina and have retitled to the Greater Women’s Business Council.
Roz Lewis is the Executive Director of the GWBC, and she shared that the .biz (Business) internet address has been a a good fit for the organization’s business-centric focus. The GWBC have a variety of upcoming events which will take place in 2009. One of the organization’s goals is to expand into the Carolinas. To this end, they have an upcoming business event set for February 26 in Charlotte, North Carolina (America’s 18th largest city).
PremiumDomains.biz are especially interested in the GWBC and their prospective growth and influence in North Carolina. North Carolina was recently ranked as having the # 1 workforce in the nation in a comprehensive CNBC study. And were also ranked as the 5th leading business environment in the country. As a 42 year resident of North Carolina, I’ve seen dramatic advancements in North Carolina’s growth during my lifetime.
Looking ahead, I think the GWBC will quite possibly have a prominent place in North Carolina as the state furthers its status & relevance as a business incubator.
