Dear Members: During this holiday season, I would like to wish you and yours a Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Happy Hanukkah! Undoubtedly, this is a very special time of year where we look forward to being with family and friends, attending holiday get-togethers and parties, and sharing in the joy of giving and receiving gifts. We invite you to join us at NAWBO Silicon Valley's annual holiday luncheon on [...]
Dear Members: SPECIAL NOTE: NAWBO Silicon Valley would like to take this opportunity to thank our men and women across the state in their effort in combating fires and power outages helping thousands of people and want them to know they are tremendously appreciated. Congratulations!!! Our chapter was recently honored at the NAWBO National Conference in Jacksonville, Florida for achieving the 5 Star Award. We thank Griselda Quezada-Chavez and Eugenia [...]
Dear Members: Fall is upon us, reminding us that change is imminent with temperatures decreasing and leaves falling from the trees. It's a wonderful time to reflect on our summer vacations and look forward to the beauty of autumn leaves. With NAWBO, we're constantly changing and resetting like the seasons to help our members become empowered in their businesses and we hope you've taken notice! On September 17th, we were [...]
We are off to a renewed fiscal year with our recent achievement of the 5-Star Advocacy Award provided by NAWBO National, due to maintaining and achieving benchmarks that drive our chapter's success in advocacy! Our chapter incorporated advocacy awareness and efforts throughout last year's programs, such as "How to Build and Join Corporate Boards", and the celebration of HR 5050 and SB 826. Also, we were involved in NAWBO California's [...]
Welcome to NAWBO Silicon Valley's 2019-2020 fiscal year! Our new and refreshed group of board members are eager and ready to serve you. We're already gearing up for< The Fashion Disrupters on August 20, Women in Politics on September 17, and Legal Experts on October 15. As a second-term President, I'm humbled by this opportunity to be a servant leader for NAWBO, especially being surrounded by smart, ambitious and talented women [...]
Silicon Valley is known for its championship teams such as the most recent by Golden State Warriors as 1st in the Western Division and San Jose Sharks as 2nd in the Pacific Division. We'd like to think that NAWBO is a top-notch Silicon Valley team of women business owners too. In our mission to help propel women entrepreneurs into economic, social and political spheres of power in Silicon Valley, nationally [...]
Bravo to an extraordinarily successful 3rd annual Crystal Chair Awards Gala!!! With the support of our board members, administrator, emcee, keynote speaker, corporate and in-kind sponsors, members and guests, we had over 100 people in attendance at the DoubleTree Hotel in Campbell on April 23rd. It's no surprise that our three-time president and event planning extraordinaire, Maxine Goulding, created this gala idea. Maxine has flawlessly executed it over the last [...]
Spring has sprung and we are so excited! March brings many new successes and opportunities for our chapter, allowing us to grow and branch out in many new directions while staying rooted in our mission to propel women entrepreneurs into economic, social, and political spheres of power. Earlier this month, I celebrated my birthday at the Kendra Scott jewelry store in Santana Row. It was a fun way to celebrate [...]
February is the month of love and passion, whether it's for the ones we hold dear to our hearts or for the pursuit of goals that make us excited for living a full life. My recent trip to Scottsdale, Arizona for the NAWBO Leadership Development Training (LDT) made me realize how passionate I am about NAWBO's mission and the importance of our sisterhood. NAWBO is driven to empower and propel [...]
Happy New Year 2019! It's an exciting time for New Year resolutions and goals. Whether it's for your personal or professional life, NAWBO is here to help you. With our Silicon Valley board's recent retreat, we are re-energized and re-invigorated to do more and be more as defined by our mission and goals for the remainder of our fiscal year ending in June 2019. First and foremost, however, we are [...]