PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

Patricia Ahaesy NAWBO-NYC 2009-11 President Pat Ahaesy, CMP, CSEP P & V Enterprise www.pnventerprises.com NAWBO-NYC Member Since 2004

Where Success Happens

This is the time for small business and in particular women owned businesses to emerge and take a prominent place in the world of business and the economy.

I’m not the only person who feels this way. The City of New York is helping small business more than ever, as is the Small Business Administration.

It is also the time for NAWBO-NYC to share the collective vision of its members and be the most important organization for a woman who owns her own business.

NAWBO’s vision is to propel women entrepreneurs into economic, social and political spheres of power worldwide.

NAWBO’s mission is to:

• strengthen the wealth-creating capacity of NAWBO’s members and promote economic development;
• create innovative and effective changes in the business culture;
• build strategic alliances, coalitions and affiliations; and
• transform public policy and influence opinion–makers.
  

The objectives of NAWBO-NYC, are as follows:

1. To encourage, support and educate women who own and operate businesses.
   
2. To provide a national and international voice for women who own and operate businesses.
   
3. To foster the economic stability of businesses owned and operated by women.
   
4. To improve the climate for entrepreneurship and small and growing businesses at the local, state, national and international levels through participation in the public policy-making process.
   
5. To foster leadership by women who own and operate businesses.
6. To encourage business ownership by women.
   
7. To collaborate with or create entities that complement the Chapter’s objectives.
   
8. To have a membership representative of the universe of women business owners.
   

With this in mind, I am truly excited to be the 2009-2011 President of NAWBO-NYC. We have a lot of work ahead of us but We Can Do it!

Commit to the growth of women owned business. Become a member of NAWBO-NYC and get involved. Be part of our community and have the opportunity to grow your business.

I’m available to chat by email, phone or in person.
pahaesy@pnventerprises.com 212-534-3052