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Kathryn
Kahalley Cariglino
Executive Director and Founder
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Raised in
an entrepreneurial immigrant Lebanese
family, Cariglino started her
own business in 1989. As owner and publisher
of the Women’s Yellow Pages of
the Gulf Coast, Inc., she soon realized
the true need of the women business owners
in her area was for counseling, networking
and training. She founded the Women’s
Business Assistance Center (WBAC) in
Mobile, Alabama in 1993. The WBAC was
one of the earliest SBA Women’s
Business Centers, and has been continuously
contracted with the U. S. Small Business
Administration’s Office of Women’s
Business Ownership from 1993 to the present.
The Women’s Business Assistance
Center, now called simply Women’s
Business Center, Inc., is a 501 (c)(3)
corporation that currently operates one
Women’s Business Center in Mobile,
Alabama and formerly operated a Women’s
Business Center in Pensacola, Florida.
SBA Women in Business Advocate
of the Year for the State of Alabama,
1991
Delegate to the White House Conference on Small Business, 1995
Delegate to the First National Women’s Economic Summit, Chicago,
IL, 1996
Mobile Area YWCA Professional Woman of Achievement Award, 1999
Graduate of Leadership Mobile Class of 2000
American Business Women’s Association Mobile Bay Chapter Woman
of the Year 2005
Alabama Micro Enterprise Network, Founding Board Member and past Chair
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Sylvia
D. Browder
Project Director, Bizmobile
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Sylvia D. Browder comes to the Women’s Business Center, Inc. with over
20 years of business experience, including: working in corporate America; working
with small companies; and being an entrepreneur. In her new role as Project
Director of the Women’s Business Center, a non-profit economic development
organization, she is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the center,
providing business consulting services to current and potential business owners,
conducting business skills training workshops, seminars and conferences. She
received her B.S. in Fashion Merchandising with a Minor in Marketing in December
1990 from Southeastern Louisiana University.
Sylvia is no stranger to running a business. In 2000, she launched a start-up
building maintenance company in San Diego, CA and single handedly grew it into
a thriving and respected business. In addition, in 2004, she operated a home
based small business support and consulting company providing virtual support
for businesses throughout the United States. She has written several articles
published on various websites, relating to marketing and growing small businesses.
Sylvia is active in the following organizations:
Alabama Microenterprise Network:
Board of Directors (Elected 2007); Officer
(Treasurer 2007)
SCORE Counselor: Chapter Secretary (Elected 2004-05); Director of Marketing:
(Appointed 2004-06), Counselor (2004-Present).
Women’s Business Center of Southern Alabama Advisory Council: Advisor
(2003-Present)
American Business Women’s Association Mobile Bay Chapter (ABWA): Member
(2004-Present), Board of Directors, Secretary (2007), Woman of the Year (Chair 2006), Fundraising Committee (Chaired),
Business of the Year Award (Co-Chaired), served as Panel Judge for Miss Mobile
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Sherman
Blosser
Project Director, Women's Business Center of Southern Alabama
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Sherman Blosser is a native of Denver, Colorado. After graduating
from college, she
worked as a paralegal before retiring
to raise a family. During the ensuing
years Blosser was an entrepreneur and volunteered through the Junior League. She served and held
offices on various not for profit boards
in the Denver and Kansas City areas.
Blosser reentered the workforce to direct
training for a regional school-based
mentoring initiative headquartered in
Kansas City.
As part of the
Women’s Business Center’s
staff Blosser utilizes her
expertise as a facilitator, event planner,
trainer, and coach. She is a member of Business Network International, New Mobilians and a sustaining member of the Junior League
of Mobile. Prior to moving to Mobile,
Blosser received ASTD certification
in Training and Development through the
University of Oklahoma.
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LaToya
Brooks
Office Manager
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LaToya Brooks, is a native of Mobile,
AL and has lived there all her life.
She is currently the Administrative Assistant
for the Women’s Business Center,
Inc., a non-profit organization. She
assists with counseling and trainings
but handles all data entry and appointment
scheduling. LaToya has five years of
clerical experience with large corporations,
including the Mobile Area Chamber of
Commerce and Infirmary Health Systems.
LaToya prides herself on providing excellent
customer and phone service. When LaToya’s
not at work you can find her eating out
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Kim Black
Financial Administrator
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A good Financial Administrator is invaluable to maintaining the financial stability of any organization. The reputation of the organization in the community is largely dependent on how it manages its business dealings. By focusing inward on the “numbers” the Financial Administrator frees up other staff members to focus on our clients and partners. |
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LaKesha Womack
Trainer/Coach
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LaKesha Womack, a Small Business Consultant with the Women’s Business Center, is a native of Evergreen, Alabama. She has ties to Mobile as a graduate of the Alabama School of Mathematics and Science. LaKesha received her Bachelor’s Degree from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.
She has over ten years of experience training, managing and consulting in the financial services, real estate, publishing, food services, health services and many other industries. LaKesha enjoys consulting with small business owners because “it feels great to empower people to become successful doing what they really enjoy.”
LaKesha is actively involved her community as:
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Board member of the Evergreen/ Conecuh County Chamber of Commerce,
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member of the Evergreen Leadership Development Steering Committee,
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member of the Monroe Professional Women,
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Program Director for her church’s Young Adult Christian Ministry and
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Co-Founder of Tee Time at Cambrian Ridge.
She is also the owner of Premier Event Planning, a full service Event Planning firm specializing in family reunions, golf tournaments and dinner banquets as well the co-owner of Premier Media Group, a multi-media firm providing website design, brochures, business cards, logos and many other marketing products. In her spare time, LaKesha spends time with her son, Kristian, and enjoys baking, traveling and playing golf. |
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