2005 NAWBO San Diego Bravo! Awards Set for March 16; Tickets for Event Recognizing Outstanding Women Business Owners Are on Sale Now.SAN DIEGO -- The National Association of Women Business Owners The National Association of Women's Business Owners (NAWBO) is an organization in the United States founded in 1975 that has the purpose of networking the approximately 10. (NAWBO NAWBO National Association of Woman Business Owners ), San Diego Chapter, announces the 2005 BRAVO! Awards saluting outstanding women business owners Many online and offline organizations have been created to collect information about businesses around the world owned and operated by women. Many other organizations have been created to assist the women that own and operate those businesses. . The ceremony and reception will be held at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 16, 2005 at the Joan B. Kroc Joan Beverly Kroc (born Mansfield) (August 27, 1928–October 12, 2003) was the third wife of McDonald's CEO Ray Kroc and a philanthropist. Biography Kroc was born 1928 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Institute for Peace and Justice Center at the University of San Diego. The BRAVO! Awards honor exceptional San Diego women business owners for their accomplishments, innovation, tenacity, integrity and leadership. The BRAVO! Awards are NAWBO San Diego's most prominent and well-attended event. Awards include Woman Business Owner of the Year, Advocate of the Year, and NAWBO Supporter of the Year. "The BRAVO! Awards recognize some of the most influential women business owners in San Diego," said Alicia Owens, president of the San Diego Chapter of NAWBO. "These women have had a profound impact on our community and on the future of women entrepreneurship in the area. NAWBO is proud to honor their vision, spirit and success." Charlotte Stark, news anchor at KUSI News, will emcee the event. Barbara Bry, a renowned San Diego entrepreneur, will be the keynote speaker. Bry is a co-founder of Proflowers.com, the founding CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Voice of San Diego voiceofsandiego.org is a nonprofit, independent online newspaper focused on issues impacting the San Diego region. The newspaper's mission is to consistently deliver ground-breaking investigative journalism for the San Diego region, to increase civic participation by , co-founder and board member of ATCOM/INFO, and founder of UCSD UCSD University of California, San Diego (La Jolla, California) UCSD User Centered System Design UCSD Urbana-Champaign Sanitary District (Illinois) UCSD Ultra Cool Sexy Dudes Athena, San Diego's organization for women technology and biotech senior executives. NAWBO San Diego is inviting the public to attend the prestigious awards ceremony. Tickets are $60 per person, or $500 for a block of 10 tickets, and can be purchased by contacting Carolyn Morrow at 619-977-9961, or by fax at 760-860-6444, or email info@nawbo-sd.org. Hors d'oeuvres will be served along with hosted wine, beverages and desserts. Event sponsors include Sempra, SBC (1) (SBC Communications Inc., San Antonio, TX, www.sbc.com) A large, national telecommunications company that grew from a multitude of local and regional companies, including Southwestern Bell, Pacific Bell and Nevada Bell, into a single, unified brand by 2002. , TEC International, Union Bank of California Union Bank of California is one of the 30 largest commercial banks in the United States. It has 327 branches, the majority of which are in San Diego, Los Angeles and Orange Counties. and Blue Cross of California. About National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) San Diego Chapter NAWBO is the only nonprofit organization dedicated to researching and meeting the needs of women business owners worldwide. It has 8,000 members worldwide and California NAWBO has nine chapters with over 1,000 members. Membership is open to sole proprietors, partners and corporate owners with day-to-day management responsibility. Active members who live in a chapter area automatically join both the chapter and national NAWBO. NAWBO San Diego membership benefits include monthly meetings with educational speakers and networking with peers and prospects, award celebrations, training conferences, leadership and management training, local public relations exposure and access to a state and national network of women business owners. NAWBO San Diego's corporate partners include Metropolitan Water District, Principal Financial Group, Progressive Funding, San Diego National Bank, Sempra Energy, and Union Bank of California. NAWBO Mission: To promote, educate and support women business owners in achieving success. For more information on NAWBO San Diego visit the Net: www.nawbo-sd.org. |
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