August Chapter Meeting: OMWBE Certification – How it Can Benefit Your Business

Date: 8/12/2010
Time: 5:00 - 8:00 pm

Location:
The Lincoln Center
1316 North Lincoln Street
Spokane, WA 99201

Details:

OMWBE Certification – How it Can Benefit Your Business
With Featured Speaker Cathy V. Canorro
 

Federal and State certification programs are designed to help your business grow and access contracting opportunities. If you are a minority, woman, or person of social and economic disadvantage who owns and controls a small business, you’ll be interested in OMWBE’s certification programs.

You will learn:

• How certification can help your business access state and federal contracting/procurement opportunities
• Eligibility requirements for certification with the state Minority & Women's Business Enterprise Program (M/WBE) and federal Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program (DBE)
• The steps involved in applying for certification as a M/WBE and DBE
• Available financial assistance through the Linked Deposit Program
   

Cathy V. Canorro has been employed with the State of Washington Office of Minority and Women's Business Enterprises (OMWBE) since 1990. She currently manages OMWBE’s Agency Support and Supplier Diversity Division. This division provides technical assistance and reporting to 120 state agencies and educational institutions in the implementation of their supplier diversity plans to ensure qualified certified minority and women business enterprises have maximum practicable access to state contracting and procurement opportunities. She also serves as the Agency’s Small Business Liaison, an inter-agency committee devoted to providing Washington’s citizens with more direct access to the state’s licensing, regulatory and business
development programs and services. She has previously managed OMWBE’s Certification and Business Development Divisions.

Canorro has been an active member of the Washington State Bar Association since 1975. She was previously an active member of the Alaska Bar Association. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, graduating summa cum laude, as well as Doctor of Jurisprudence degree, at Willamette University, Salem, Oregon.
 

August 12, 2010
The Lincoln Center
1316 North Lincoln Street
Spokane, WA  99201
5:00 - 8:00 PM

Networking and reception begins at 5:00 pm, dinner and presentation to follow at 6:00 pm.

Reservations & Payment Options:
Early reservation, due by Noon, Tuesday, August 10: $34.00
Reservations after noon on Tuesday, or walk–ins: $39.00

Register & pay online with a credit card below
Register now and pay at the door: reservations@nawbonw.org
Questions? Call Jeanette Fairless (509) 731-3309

Cancellation Policy:
Cancellations can be made without charge before 12 noon
on Tuesday August 10. (After this date and time, accommodations
will be confirmed with the venue and your reservation cannot be
cancelled.)

You will be invoiced if you have not cancelled your
reservation and do not attend the meeting because the chapter
incurs the cost of your meal.

Click HERE to register for this event