CERTIFICATIONS

“Women Owned is an initiative to enable consumers to identify those products supplied by Women Owned businesses during their shopping experience. Any product that bears the Women Owned logo is produced by a company that is owned and operated by a woman or women, as certified by the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) in the United States and WEConnect International globally.”

“The MBE/DBE program was established to ensure that small, minority- and women-owned firms had the opportunity to participate fully and fairly in both state and U.S. DOT federally funded projects.”

“The Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), is the largest third-party certifier of businesses owned, controlled, and operated by women in the United States.”

“The MBE/DBE program was established to ensure that small, minority- and women-owned firms had the opportunity to participate fully and fairly in both state and U.S. DOT federally funded projects.”

“Women Presidents’ Organization, Inc. (WPO) is a nonprofit membership organization for women presidents of multimillion-dollar companies. The members of the WPO take part in professionally facilitated peer advisory groups in order to bring the “genius out of the group” and accelerate the growth of their businesses.”

“The National Wooden Pallet & Container Association (NWPCA) is the largest international organization of wood packaging professionals in the world, with more than 625 company members in 28 countries who manufacture, repair and distribute pallets and wood packaging in unit-load solutions, or who supply products and services to the industry.”

“Recognizing an active program of research, technical assistance, and procurement from Minority Business Enterprises (MBEs), Women Business Enterprises (WBEs) and Disabled Business Enterprises (DBEs) is essential to the realization of progressive social and economic development goals, the following is designed to express the County’s intent to foster participation by MBEs, WBEs and DBEs in its procurement process through the Equal Business Opportunity (EBO) Program.”

“A Women’s Business Enterprise or “WBE” is a business owned, operated and controlled by one or more women who have 51% ownership, and is located in the Baltimore City Market Area.”