There are 1000+ corporate members nationwide who accept the certification provided by WBENC through GWBC. These corporations are supporting programs such as WBENC and embracing the importance of diversity in today','s marketplace. Corporate members have provided the financial foundation to make the dream of educating, training and standardizing national certification a reality.

We hope that you will join the growing list of corporations, women business owners and women's business organizations that are working to increase opportunities for women business owners across Georgia.

GWBC's corporate partners are responding proactively by implementing new programs and strengthening existing programs that provide opportunities for WBEs. These corporations are the driving force behind GWBC and have partnered with women's business organizations throughout Georgia and WBEs who represent the strengths, needs and challenges of women-owned businesses.

Our Board of Directors is working to extend our outreach, increase our visibility, and refine our procedures to effectively implement certification and business enhancement programs. We have come a long way in a short amount of time and continue to rely on the expertise of our corporate members to help improve our programs and processes. We invite you to participate in our progress.

Our corporate members | The GWBC is partnered with dozens of major companies who are committed to providing the financial foundation to make education, training and the standardization of national certification a reality-ultimately increasing opportunities for women's business enterprises across Georgia. GWBC's corporate members help implement new programs and strengthen existing programs that provide opportunities for WBEs. These corporations are the driving force behind GWBC and have partnered with women's business organizations throughout Georgia and WBEs who represent the strengths, needs and challenges of women-owned businesses. Our corporate members include the following companies:

Benefits of Corporate Membership
As a GWBC corporate member, you will benefit by:

• Participation in a regional information and referral network.
• Recognition as a supporter of women-owned businesses.
• B2B opportunities including:
  

  	Sourcing capability through pass code access to WBENCLink, our Internet database.
  	Inclusion of your corporate identity symbol on www.gwbc.biz.
  	Hyperlink to your corporate or supplier diversity website from the GWBC website.

• Listing as a "Corporate Member" in all GWBC marketing materials, brochures and press releases.
• Access for your women-owned suppliers to a nationally recognized certification program.
• Assistance with the development or expansion of women's business supplier programs utilizing WBENC's Best Practices in Supplier Diversity.
• Confidence in awarding contracts to WBEs whose certification has been processed with standardized procedures, strictly adhered to by WBENC partner organizations.
• Stringent certification standards that help you to identify bona fide WBES so you and your buying organizations can accurately report expenditures and utilization rates.
• Confidence that your programs are benefiting the constituencies for which they were intended.
• Monthly information on what is happening in supplier diversity.

Unlike other organizations that merely verify certification provided by other entities, WBENC is the only national organization providing a strict certification process that includes a detailed notarized affidavit, client interviews and site visits.

Corporate Membership Application
Please join GWBC and become one of over 1000+ corporate members nationally who support women's business enterprises.