The Association of Women’s Business Centers (AWBC) hosted its annual 2023 Leadership Conference, where over 300 Women’s Business Center leaders from all 50 states gathered to discuss women’s entrepreneurship and advance a pro-women business ownership policy agenda. The conference featured Small Business Administrator (SBA) Isabella Guzman, the Under Secretary of Commerce for the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) Don Cravins, and Export-Import Bank of the United States (EX-IM) Chair Reta Jo Lewis.
The event aligned with a U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship hearing on women’s entrepreneurship, where four women small business owners testified about the critical role of the Women’s Business Center (WBC) network. Following the hearing, AWBC took to Capitol Hill to meet with key policymakers and advocate for reauthorization and increased funding of the WBC program.
