Our Sponsors
The Women Presidents Organization is supported by a group of corporate sponsors who are committed to the role women presidents play in the business and financial communities and is active in growing the organization. Each sponsor is aligned with the WPO's mission of accelerating members' business growth, enhancing competitiveness, and promoting economic security.
Established in 1817 and based in Canada, BMO Financial Group serves 12 million personal, commercial, corporate, and institutional customers in North America and internationally. Operating as BMO Bank of Montreal in Canada and BMO Harris Bank N.A. in the United States; Private Client Group, its wealth management business; and BMO Capital Markets, BMO Financial Group shares one vision: to be the bank that defines great customer experience.
Learn more at our-impact.bmo.com
Based in Atlanta, GA, USA, The Coca-Cola Company is currently the world's largest nonalcoholic beverage company, selling products in over 200 countries and territories. In 2010, the Coca-Cola Company set a goal to enable the economic empowerment of 5 million women by 2020. Since then, they have worked with countless partners to provide business skills training, mentoring networks, financial services, and other assets to help women entrepreneurs improve their livelihoods, families, and communities.
Learn more at coca-colacompany.com
Exclusive Sponsor of the Zenith Group.
At EY, our purpose is building a better working world. The insights and services we provide help to create long-term value for clients, people and society, and to build trust in the capital markets.
Learn more at ey.com
The Forum for International Trade Training (FITT) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing international business training, resources, and professional certification to individuals and businesses. FITT offers the only international business training programs and related professional designation (CITP®|FIBP®) endorsed by the Canadian government. FITT's international business training solutions have become the standard of excellence for global trade professionals across Canada and around the world.
Learn more at fittfortrade.com
Key4Women started in 2005 as a campaign to lend $1 billion to qualified women-owned businesses within three years. The program achieved that in two years and has now generated more than $12 billion in loans to women-owned businesses. Membership in Key4Women is free. In addition to helping women business leaders and owners tap into capital to build and grow their businesses, Key4Women members gain valuable access to a team of local Key4Women Certified Advisors who advocate, connect and empower women on their journey to financial wellness.
Learn more at key.com/small-business/services/key4women
A WPO Corporate Sponsor since 2010, PNC has a track record of supporting women financial decision-makers since establishing its Women’s Business Development practice in 2000. Recently, PNC established Project 257®: Accelerating Women’s Financial Equality to help close the 257-year economic gender gap identified by the World Economic Forum’s 2020 Global Gender Gap Report. On the frontlines of this work is a national network of more than 4,800 PNC-Certified Women’s Business Advocates (WBAs), men and women specially trained as allies who women can rely on and trust as they navigate life’s financial challenges and opportunities. Learn more and connect with a WBA at pnc.com/women or contact your PNC WPO Liaison or Megan.Gilson@pnc.com.
Learn more at pnc.com/women
Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU), is committed to helping individuals and institutions grow and protect their wealth through a variety of products and services, including life insurance, annuities, retirement-related services, mutual funds, and investment management. In the US, Prudential’s iconic Rock symbol has stood for strength, stability, expertise, and innovation for over a century.
Prudential’s WOW Wellness Outcomes at Work Program can provide WPO members an advantage in recruiting and retaining an engaged workforce. Employees are searching for opportunities to build financial wellness - 80% are more likely to stay with an employer that provides financial wellness programs.*
WOW is a no-cost program that includes seminars, tools, and consultation with Financial Professionals that teach a broad range of topics like budgeting, college funding, caregiving, retirement, and advanced asset management. To participate in a live demonstration of the WOW Program, email wpo@prudential.com.
For more information about the WOW Program exclusively for WPO Members and their companies, watch this video.
To schedule a complimentary financial checkup with a Prudential Financial Professional, click here. If you seek assistance to protect your loved ones financially, click here.
*Prudential’s Pulse of the American Worker Survey, January 2021
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Life insurance is issued by The Prudential Insurance Company of America, Newark, NJ, and its affiliates.
Learn more at news.prudential.com
We’re continuing to build an inclusive supply chain that reflects our customer, and it’s imperative that we provide products and services that resonate and meet our customers' needs. Our customers represent all of America, and we want to be sure our suppliers do, too.
Learn more at corporate.walmart.com
Wells Fargo is the Exclusive Sponsor of WPO Platinum. Wells Fargo understands how important time, information, and the right guidance are for a business owner. That’s why we’ve developed a unique banking approach for business owners who’ve grown beyond being a “small” business, yet don’t require complicated, large corporate products or programs.
Through a dedicated relationship team assigned directly to your business, you’ll receive an unprecedented level of support and access to expertise, objective guidance, and solutions that work best for your situation. Your relationship manager will take the time to understand you and your business and provide the full-service banking solutions, backed by a team of product specialists, that work best for you.
Wells Fargo is now the Exclusive Sponsor of Platinum I, II, III, IV and V Groups.
Learn more at wellsfargo.com/aboutRegional Sponsors
“Why support the WPO? To gain opportunities to interact with growing businesses we may not otherwise encounter.”
Beth Marcello
PNC Wealth Management
Partners
The Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) was founded in 1997 to develop a nationwide standard for women-owned business certification. Since then, the organization has grown to become the largest third-party certifier of businesses owned, controlled, and operated by women in the United States and a leading advocate for women-owned businesses in corporate and government supply chains.
W.E.W. is a business conference providing a platform where all women, multi-cultural, women of color, women veterans, women with disabilities, LGBTQ who are executives and entrepreneurs, can come together to openly share and to learn from each other. W.E.W. is building a community where women want to elevate each other in their careers.
The mission of Women Entrepreneurs Grow Global® is to educate, inspire and nurture women business owners and entrepreneurs worldwide on how to go global so they can run healthier businesses and create a new future for themselves, their families and their community.
Media Partners
Enterprising Women
Enterprising Women, the nation's only women-owned digital and print magazine published exclusively for women business owners and entrepreneurs, chronicles the growing political, economic, and social influence and power of entrepreneurial women in 185 countries.
Visit www.enterprisingwomen.com to learn more.
KNOW
Founded in Phoenix, Arizona in 2018 - KNOW is a global media company and community dedicated to amplifying the voices of Female Leaders, Executives, and Entrepreneurs. KNOW publishes the nationally recognized KNOW City Book in fifteen markets across North America, the Women to KNOW State-Wide Hardcover Book in Arizona, Florida, and North Carolina, and the quarterly KNOW Magazine. It also produces the annual KNOW Summit and 100 Women to KNOW in America Award & Gala in Phoenix, Arizona, FOCU$ED, a bimonthly panel series, and a one-day conference on business 101, held in flagship chapters - and has recently launched KNOW Cares (a non-profit centered around helping women + youth reach their next level of achievement).
Visit www.theknowwomen.com to learn more.
Professional Womans Magazine
PWM covers news information ranging from professional concerns to civic affairs, trends, diversity careers and business. Every issue includes education, finance, health, technology, travel, the arts and family issues that impact the professional woman. We provide the latest, most important diversity news, covering virtually every industry, business and profession. This includes up-to-date statistics on workforce diversity, as well as business-to-business trends. We offer both recruitment and business opportunities, along with accurate, timely conferences and event calendars. And, just as importantly, we spotlight inspiring role models and notable mentors. PWM is a WBENC and DOBE-certified company.
Visit www.professionalwomanmag.com to learn more.