WBDC In The News
Media Mentions and Press Releases
Media Mentions
- The Stamford based Women’s Business Development Council (WBDC) and the State Office of Early Childhood are renewing their partnership to support growing child care businesses....
- The Connecticut Office of Early Childhood and the Women’s Business Development Council announced July 30 a three-year expansion...
- Capitol New Briefing with Lt. Gov. Bysiewicz, OEC Commissioner Bye & WBDC on a Renewed Partnership to Support Child Care Businesses in CT...
- The Women’s Business Development Council (WBDC) and the state Office of Early Childhood (OEC) said Wednesday they have agreed to renew the WBDC Child Care Business Support Program and Opportunity Fund for another three years....
- The Women’s Business Development Council (WBDC) has appointed three new members to its Board of Directors. Trish Havey, chief human resources officer, Libertas Funding; Travis Parman, chief communications officer, Philip Morris International, U.S.; and Marissa M. Weidner, executive vice president, chief corporate responsibility officer at Webster Bank....
- The Women’s Business Development Council is celebrating a major milestone. Since 2020, the organization has given more than $10 million in grant funding to small businesses in Connecticut. Many of WBDC’s grants and programs are geared toward women-owned businesses and entrepreneurs....
- The Women’s Business Development Council has now distributed more than $10 million in grant funding to Connecticut small businesses in the past four years. The announcement was made at the conclusion of a three-day statewide road show during which representatives from WBDC visited nine recent recipients of the Ignite Grant Program....
- A Hebron business has been granted some dough. The Flour Girl Bakery and Cafe has received $10,000 from the Women’s Business Development Council’s Ignite Grant. The funding will be used for the continuation of the business’s expansion on Main Street....
- A Stamford-based women’s business organization said it has distributed $10 million in funding to women-owned small businesses from three grant programs launched during the pandemic year of 2020....
- The Women’s Business Development Council (WBDC) announced at a ceremony in West Hartford on July 1 that it has given away grants to small and medium sized businesses across the state worth more than $10 million since 2020. The WBDC provides access to support and funding for businesses across the state, primarily, but not exclusively, those owned by women....
Press Releases
- The Women’s Business Development Council, a not-for-profit providing the training, education and borrowing power necessary for women to launch and grow their own businesses, has teamed up with the Connecticut Office of Early Childhood (OEC) to provide emergency relief grants of up to $20,000 to qualified child care providers in Connecticut....
- The Women’s Business Development Council, a not-for-profit providing the training, education and borrowing power necessary for women to launch and grow their own businesses, is currently providing resources and support to women-owned businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic....
- The Women’s Business Development Council, a not-for-profit providing the training, education and borrowing power necessary for women to launch and grow their own businesses, recently announced the appointment of Gail Lehman, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary for Hexcel Corporation, as a new member of their Board of Directors....
- The Women’s Business Development Council, a not-for-profit providing the training, education and borrowing power necessary for women to launch and grow their own businesses, recently announced the appointment of Gail Lehman, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary for Hexcel Corporation, as a new member of their Board of Directors....
- The Women’s Business Development Council, a not-for-profit providing the training, education and borrowing power necessary for women to launch and grow their own businesses, recently announced the appointment of Gail Lehman, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary for Hexcel Corporation, as a new member of their Board of Directors....
- The Women’s Business Development Council, a not-for-profit providing the training, education and borrowing power necessary for women to launch and grow their own businesses, recently announced the appointment of Leanne Shofi, Special Counsel in the Litigation Group at Cuddy & Feder, as a new member of its Board of Directors....
- Nina Burleigh, National Politics Correspondent at Newsweek, will speak on Women at the Tipping Point: From the 19th Amendment to Title IX to #metoo at the second annual Behavior Analyst Leadership Council Conference (BALC) during the Leadership Forum Networking Luncheon on Thursday, March, 15, 2018, 12:00-1:30pm, at the Omni Hotel New Haven. The luncheon sponsor is the Women’s Business Development Council, of Connecticut....
- The Women’s Business Development Council and the National Organization of Italian-American Women Connecticut Region in conjunction with the Ferguson Library invite the public to meet CNN New Day Co-Anchor, Author and Connecticut resident Alisyn Camerota on Tuesday, December 12 from 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. at the Ferguson Library, One Public Library Plaza in Stamford....