Calling All California Small Business Owners: Meet Contacts at 2016 Small Business Expo
Calling all SoCal small business owners! The California Public Utilities Commission, in partnership with Southern California Gas (SoCalGas) and San Diego Gas and Electric (SDG&E), is holding a FREE vendor resource fair and business matchmaking for small business owners on Wednesday, March 30th at the Pasadena Convention Center. Meet with one-on-one with procurement officers from state agencies and California’s major utilities (e.g. SoCalGas, SDG&E, Southern California Edison, Pacific Gas and Electric, AT&T, Verizon, Comcast and California Water Association) to learn about resources available to you.
FWN On The Road: Kor Landa Corporation, Lapu Lapu City, Cebu
FWN Launches the Tacloban 34 Women Microfinance Fund in Tacloban
On January 20th, Filipina Women’s Network and the Filipina Women Global Fund launched the Tacloban 34 Women Fund, a micro enterprise revolving loan fund for 34 women residents of Habitat for Humanity Kawayanville in Tacloban, Leyte. The initiative was financed by funds raised for Rebuild Tacloban.
The 34 women of Kawayanville pitched to Filipina Women’s Network the small businesses they intend to establish to meet the much-needed services in their newly-built community after Typhoon Yolanda destroyed their families, homes and businesses.
Delle Sering Hosts FWN Member Dinner to Kick off FWN On The Road in the Philippines
Delle Sering (Global FWN100 '13) hosted a lively dinner get together of FWN members in Makati at Sala Restaurant to kick off FWN on the Road in the Philippines.
Left to right: Mila Sering Picache (standing, Global FWN100™ '14), Emma Imperial (Global FWN100™ '15), Marife Zamora (Global FWN100™ '13), Delle Sering (standing, Global FWN100™ '13), Pet Hartmann (standing, Global FWN100™ '15), Ace Itchon (Global FWN100™ '15), Jopin Romero (standing, Keeper of the Flame '09), Marily Mondejar, Founder & CEO, Filipina Women's Network, Secretary for Climate Change and Congressional Candidate for Surigao Lucille Sering (Global FWN100™ '13)
More Filipina Chefs Reach Global Success
Cris Comerford (Global FWN100™ '13) broke the glass ceiling for women chefs when she became the first woman and first Filipino to hold the coveted title of executive chef of the White House. With increased opportunities abroad and the culinary school boom (led by prestigious French cooking institution Le Cordon Bleu) in the Philippines, it's likely that we'll see more rockstar Filipina chefs like Cris heading kitchens and satisfying palettes across the world.
Odette Keeley (Global FWN100™ '11) Named Board Trustee of the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy
Another Year Stronger.... Happy Birthday FWN Members!
Emmie Ortega Anderson (Global FWN100™ '15), Pinoy Power Media LLC, Thelma Boac (US FWN100™ '07), Trustee, Berryessa Union School District Board, Jo Ann Faulkerson-Kyle, General Manager at MC Business Development, Goldilocks USA, Filomenita Hoegsholm (Global FWN100™ '14), Co-Founder, Babaylan PWEDE, Irene Kaneko (Global FWN100™ '15), Jeepney Press/UTAWIT, Marilyn "Wafa" Roscales-Kasimieh (Global FWN100™ '14), Senior Advisor, Islamic Affairs Charitable Activities Department, Government of Dubai, UAE, Lenore Lim (US FWN100™ '09), Artist, Society of Philippine American Artists, Lourdes Nicomedes, Division Manager, Financial Reporting, Systems & Audits, City & County of San Francisco, Lillian Pardo (U.S. FWN100™ '11), Professor Emeritus in Neurology and Pediatrics, University of Kansas Medical Center, Bennie Lou Quevedo-Burris (Global FWN100™ '13), Certified Trust Financial Advisor - Investment & Wealth Management - Mechanics Bank Wealth Management, Cynthia Rapaido (U.S. FWN100™ '11), Principal and Adjunct Professor, South San Francisco High School/ University of San Francisco, Jocelyne Vistan, Healthcare Ombudsman/Mediator, Kaiser Permanente.