Rose Lee Archer, Producer and Host of the Rose Lee Archer Show on "i TV" Shared the Vision of Women in Business with GM, AVIS and UPS Working Her Contacts to Contracts

Rose Lee Archer joined thousands of our nations women business owners at the Women's Business Enterprise National Council's (WBENC) 2006 national conference business fair, the largest event of its kind in the nation. As an independent award winning journalist and the 2002 Women in Business Advocate of the Year, Rose Lee interviewed VP's from General Motors, AVIS and UPS to discuss their vision for their company's diversity supplier programs and how new corporate opportunities will grow women owned businesses.

Miami Beach, Florida (PRWEB) August 8, 2006 -- As America’s Women’s Resource Specialist, Rose Lee offered up some valuable business tips for women in business that want to grow their company to the next level and take on their competitors. Rose Lee Archer produced this episode in honor of those women who balance their family and business each and every day.
Did you know that 34.6 % of America’s families have women as head of households? Women owned companies are more likely to remain in business by taking on innovative ideas. Did you know women invented bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers?

There are 8 million women owned businesses in the U.S., that employ over 18.5 million people generating close to $2.3 trillion in sales. Women owned businesses employ one out of every four U.S. workers and outpace overall business growth by nearly two to one with an average of 1,400 new businesses starting each day.

3.5 million women owned businesses are home based and employ 14 million full and part time employees, offering single mothers and stay at home moms an opportunity to expand their entrepreneurial spirit.

Women's Business Enterprise National Council, WBENC is the leading advocate for the advancement of women owned businesses as vendors and suppliers to the nation's corporations by providing business certifications to qualify for large corporate contracts.

Rose Lee met up with Susan Bari, the President of the WBENC, and founding architect of WBENC in 1997, Bari has grown the organization to become the nation's leading third-party certifier of businesses owned and operated by women. WBENC provides purchasing managers with access to more than 4,000 certified WBEs via an Internet database - WBENCLink and a business-to-business list serve - WEbuy@wbenc.org

Rose Lee asked Bill Moon, UPS, VP Global Sourcing for Supplier Diversity and Executive Director of WBENC, what products and services UPS buys from women owned businesses. Moon responded "from marketing to office chairs."

Robert Bouta, Avis/Budget rental cars discussed with Rose Lee the process Avis uses to identify products and services of women owned businesses. Bouta was inspired by his assistant, who is a single mother of a daughter with MS as well as his own brother who was physically disabled to create the Avis Access program that offers cars and scooters for rent to persons with physical challenges who travel for business or pleasure.

Rose Lee was excited to hear from Roderick Gillum, General Motors, VP Corporate Responsibility & Diversity. Gillum announced GM’s new alliance with WBENC by committing to more contracts with women owned businesses. Gillum said, he helped a minority-women owned business grow her trucking company to almost 1 billion dollars a year in contracts, since she started with the program in 1989.

The WBENC Business Fair is a unique opportunity for women business owners to introduce their businesses to corporate America and provides corporate America with a unique chance to learn about WBE businesses and their products and services that can meet their procurement needs.

Rose Lee Production Inc. is a WBENC Certified business. Rose Lee's hard work in the past decade led to her being honored with the "2005 Small Business Journalist of the Year Award." As an independent television producer, single mom and national disability advocate, she works on and off camera to expand the message of the resources available to women in business. Rose Lee reminds her viewers that women are entering nontraditional positions at home and in the workplace. Though, one thing remains the same decade after decade…women are the nurturers of society.

Rose Lee Archer, Producer & Host of the Rose Lee Archer Show on i TV and can be reached at 561-241-7987 or visit www.roseleearchershow.com

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