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
Barbara H. Van Bergen, CPA
PKF O'Connor Davies, LLP
Ms. Rita Ramirez
Executive Director, Strategic Relationships at SWIFT
Stephen Chase, Esq.
Former Business Owner
Jacqueline J. Warner, Esq.
Law Offices of Jacqueline Warner
BOARD MEMBERS
Counsel, Edward A. Morgan, Esq., Law Offices of Edward A. Morgan
Ms. Karen A. Campbell CFP, CRPC, Retired Vice President, Senior Consultant, Merrill Lynch
Ms. Amanda Hack, Marketing and Strategy Consultant
Ms. Redina Hembree, Founder, Redina Home Staging and Redesign and King's Southern Delight
Ms. Nancy Kessler, Founder, Memoirs Plus
Ms. Carolyn Mandelker, President/CEO, Harrison Edwards, Inc.
Ms. Toni Ann Rufeh, Founder, Rufeh Associates
Ms. Ginger Siegel, North America Small Business Lead, Mastercard
Ms. Lisa Tretler, Principal/Founder, Business Boosters Consulting
Ms. Melinda A. White, Senior VP, Commercial Banking, Wells Fargo
BOARD MEMBERS EMERITAE
Hon. Cecile D. Singer
Principal, Cecile D. Singer Consulting, Former NYS Assemblywoman, A WEDC Founder, Director, Hudson Valley Bank
Ms. Shirley Phillips
Former Vice President Westchester Community College and Former Executive Director of Westchester Community College Foundation
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.