Board of Directors
Today's Top Business Topics
WEDC offers a wide variety of workshops and seminars to hone your business skills. We bring in subject matter experts on topics ranging from marketing to personal financial literacy to hiring and firing strategies.
Executive Committee
Rita Ramirez
Millbrook Strategies
Stephen Chase, Esq.
Former Business Owner
Barbara H. Van Bergen, CPA
PKF O'Connor Davies, LLP
Nancy Kessler
Founder, Memoirs Plus
BOARD MEMBERS
Karen A. Campbell CFP, CRPC, Retired Vice President, Senior Consultant, Merrill Lynch
Shalyn Courtenay, Director, Wells Fargo
Jeffrey Davis, partner with Davis & Byrnes
Amanda Hack, Marketing and Strategy Consultant
Redina Hembree, Founder, Redina Home Staging and Redesign and King's Southern Delight
Donna Ruzzi, Vice President, Valley Bank,
Isabel Sanchez, PBO Assistant Manager, First Republic
Ginger Siegel, North America Small Business Lead, Mastercard
Lisa Tretler, Principal/Founder, Business Boosters Consulting
Robyn Williams, Vice President, Hudson Valley Credit Union
The Women’s Enterprise Development Center (WEDC), a 501(c)(3) corporation, has been empowering women entrepreneurs to build successful small businesses since 1997 in Westchester County and the Hudson Valley. This is accomplished by providing comprehensive, high quality business training programs, one-on-one business and loan counseling, networking opportunities, assistance with loan applications for microloans and crowd funding through Kiva Zip, and MWBE certification assistance in English and Spanish. WEDC’s overarching goal is to build a vibrant community of women business owners, comprised of start-up and established companies.
The Women’s Enterprise Development Center (WEDC), a 501(c)(3) corporation, has been empowering women entrepreneurs to build successful small businesses since 1997 in Westchester County and the Hudson Valley. Our overarching goal is to build a vibrant community of women business owners, comprised of start-up and established companies.