What is the Advisory Council?     

The Advisory Council is a panel of concerned and contributing members of the Women’s Business Center that offers support towards the mission of economic empowerment of local emerging business in the following ways:

• Advising on the direction and pace of program development.
• Assisting with the design and implementation of fundraising.
• Promoting the activities of the WBC through community presence and positive communication.
• Lending of time, hands, brainpower, expertise, loyalty and commitment to the WBC.

The council is a working group with members signing a one-year commitment (October - September).  Each member agrees to:

• Attend monthly meetings on the second Wednesday of each month, 5:30 to 6:30 PM;
• Chair, co-chair or serve on at least one committee;
• Support all WBC events; and
• Make a financial commitment to join the WBC Alliance.

The Advisory Council supports the mission of the Women’s Business Center in a variety of ways including: supplementing the work of the Board of Directors; assisting in fund raising by helping us identify funding sources – sponsors, scholarship money, grants, etc.; serving as local links to the seven counties in our service area; being and finding volunteers; and writing articles for our monthly e-newsletter, "The Buzz About Biz"; managing the WBC Speakers Bureau. The members are our eyes and ears in the community and help us identify potential needs that we can address.

Advisory Council Members 2009-2010:

Aleta Greenspan, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Alex Kennedy, Weichart Realty

Linda McCoy, Mortgage Team 1, Inc.

Hanh Nguyen, New York Life

Danette Richards, Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce

Brooke Robson, Ridgway's

Teresa Sands, Greater Mobile Development Corporation
Angela Weil, Microtel Inn & Suites

Romona Wooldridge

Maria Bladorn, Women’s Business Center, Inc., Staff Liason

The Women’s Business Center is very fortunate to have a wonderful, strong, supportive, visionary, group of women to count on.  If it weren’t for this tremendous group of volunteers, our small staff wouldn’t be able to accomplish nearly all that we do. 

Individuals interested in serving on the Women’s Business Center’s Advisory Council may email their resume along with why they would like to serve to mbladorn@womenbiz.biz