The Center for Women & Enterprise Vermont (CWEVT) is pleased to announce the creation of its Advisory Board. The CWEVT Advisory Board has been established to advise and support the organization to reach its mission of providing education and consultation to entrepreneurs across the state of Vermont, to raise the organization’s profile in the community, to participate in fundraising activities, and more. The CWEVT Advisory Board conducted its first meeting on November 27, 2018.
Members appointed to the Board are Alexandra Clauss, Shareholder, Primmer Piper Eggleston & Cramer PC, Burlington; Jody R Cole, Senior Vice President, Regional Manager Commercial Lending, People’s United Bank, Burlington; Cairn G. Cross, Co-Founder and Managing Director, FreshTracks Capital I, II, III, & IV, Shelburne; Lisa Groeneveld, Co-Founder and Chair of the Board of Logic Supply and Co-Founder of Tolmee, LLC, South Burlington; Cristine Hammer, Owner, Hammer Consulting & Copywriting, LLC, Essex; and Linda Kelliher, Chief Creative Officer & Founder, Kelliher Samets Volk, Burlington.
“We are so excited to have this outstanding group of individuals volunteer to serve as our founding Advisory Board for CWEVT,” said Susan Rittscher, President and CEO for the Center for Women & Enterprise. “With their wisdom, insight, and commitment, we will be able to identify our community’s needs and better serve the entrepreneurs throughout Vermont with education, training, consulting, and certification services.”
Established in 1995, the Center for Women & Enterprise (CWE) is a non-profit organization that provides education, training, resources and connections to women (and men) through Centers in Boston, MA; Westborough, MA; Nashua, NH; Providence, RI; Burlington, VT; and Community Classrooms throughout New England. CWE also operates the Veterans Business Outreach Center of New England (VBOC of NE) that equips veteran and active duty service members and their families with the resources to help them start and run their businesses. In addition, CWE is the New England affiliate for Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), serving as its certification arm for women-owned businesses. WBENC Certification is nationally recognized in helping established women business owners access new corporate contracts with organizations that are actively seeking supplier diversity. For information on CWE visit, www.CWEonline.org.