The Institute for Economic Empowerment of Women.

Sponsors

Global Ambassadors

AT&T Foundation

www.att.com

AT&T is one of the largest communications companies in the world. AT&T offers the nation’s leading wireless, high-speed Internet access and voice services, as well as a revolutionary new entertainment experience called U-verse. With women making up nearly half of AT&T’s workforce and 40 percent of its managers, AT&T’s commitment to women extends into the community and out to business partners. Since 2000, more than $21 million has been given to projects that enhance women’s education opportunities in math and science, and that support women-owned businesses. Additional information about AT&T Inc. and its ongoing commitment to women and diversity is available at http://www.att.com/gen/corporate-citizenship?pid=7738

Harold and Sue Ann Hamm Foundation

T Boone Pickens Foundation

The breadth of his philanthropy — more than $600 million during his career — includes health and medical research, treatment and services; entrepreneurship; kids at risk; education and athletics, with a particular focus on his alma mater, Oklahoma State University; corporate health and fitness; and conservation and wildlife management. While many donations involve millions of dollars and attract headlines, there are hundreds more ranging from hundreds of thousands to several hundred. Each is important in its own way.

Dick and Betsy Devos Foundation

Leadership and Legacy

Office Depot


www.officedepot.com

Jones Public Relations

www.jonesprinc.com

Jones Public Relations is a leading national strategic communications agency. The firm provides clients with senior-level practitioners who have earned national accreditation and offers strategic thinking and program execution across a full range of business marketing, public relations, social media and Web services.

Our commitment to delivering strategic communications excellence for clients has won Jones Public Relations more industry and peer awards than any other agency in Oklahoma. These honors include a national Clarion Award from the Association for Women in Communications, an ADDY Award and two PRSA Best of Show Awards, which are coveted as the industry’s most prestigious honor for achieving definable results.

Richard and Helen DeVos Foundation

Patricia A. Brown Charitable Lead Annuity Trust

Brown Family Foundation

Daniel and Pamella DeVos Foundation

International Ambassadors

Bennett Packaging

www.bpkc.com

Bennett Packaging of Kansas City, Inc. is a manufacturer of high-quality packaging and display products ranging from standard brown shipping cartons to multi-functional point-of-purchase retail displays. Product development is controlled and streamlined from concept-to-completion because Bennett Packaging provides complete, in-house services: structural design, testing, graphic design, manufacturing, fulfillment, co-packing, pallet programs, warehousing, and distribution services.

Lanmark Technology


www.lmt-inc.com

Headquartered in Fairfax, VA, LMT is an SBA 8a certified, Woman-owned, Service-Disabled Veteran-owned, Small Disadvantaged Business providing the full range of Information Technology Services, Telecommunications Solutions, Program Management Oversight, and Administrative Support to clients in the government and commercial sectors.

LMT has grown from a one-woman consulting firm to a highly-regarded, employee-oriented, multi-million dollar technology enterprise providing services, products, and systems that strengthen the Federal government. LMT has rapidly become a recognized name that government agencies and industry leaders have grown to trust to deliver cost effective solutions through sound business practices.

SelectoFlash, Inc.

www.selectoflash.com

SelectoFlash takes your image where it needs to go. Inside. Outside. Overhead. Underfoot. Anywhere. Everywhere. We partner with customers to create Consultative Graphics Solutions in 5 areas: Fleet and Transportation, Interior and Exterior Environmental Graphics, Outdoor Durable Media., POP and DOT/Conspicuity. We can handle your job from beginning to end, including design, production, nationwide installation, and fulfillment.

For the last 50 years, SelectoFlash has been providing the highest quality graphics for a wide range of clients. From Fortune 500 companies to small local businesses including clients such as Anheuser Busch, UPS, Target and Home Depot.

Kathryn Hach Darrow Foundation

Visionary

The Cadence Group

www.cadence-group.com

Cadence Group, a woman-owned and WBE-certified information and records management consulting firm, has a long history of helping clients easily obtain and manage information tailored to specific needs.

Whether you need records, research or a virtual or physical library Cadence Group provides the necessary staffing, consulting, and outsourcing services. Because we do not endorse or resell any products, we are able to recommend a solution that best fits your information management needs – while leveraging your existing technology.

Ingenuite, Inc.

www.ingenuite.com

IngenuitE is a woman and minority-owned firm founded in 2002 which provides consulting solutions for users of Oracle E-Business Suite as well as computer maintenance and accounting services. Areas of expertise include project management, custom development, planning and managing technical architecture and redesigning business processes.

IngenuitE was recently awarded a computer maintenance five-year contract with Tinker Air Force Base and is a subcontractor for L3-Titan Corporation with the Department of Transportation at FAA (Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center). IngenuitE has been honored as one of Oklahoma City’s Metro 50 for 2006 and 2007, an award that recognizes the fastest growing companies in the metro area.

Cenergy Corporation


www.cenergycorp.com

Since 1996, Cenergy has specialized in providing exploration and production expertise in the form of degreed engineers and technical personnel, plus logistics services for the oil and gas industry. We are still a small privately owned company with the ability to respond very rapidly to our clients’ needs.

Fraser Communications

www.frasercommunications.com

Under founder Renée Fraser’s leadership, Fraser Communications has developed into one of the top 10 private companies in Los Angeles. With over $42 million in sales, Fraser is also ranked #36 nationwide by Entrepreneur Magazine as the fastest growing woman-owned businesses in the U.S. Since 1992, the full-service advertising and marketing agency has attracted a broad spectrum of local and nationally recognized clients including: Toyota; Wendy’s; East West Bank; AIDS Healthcare Foundation; The United Way of Greater L.A.; Flex Your Power; Promax; The Presidential Climate Action Project (PCAP), iWHITE, Los Angeles World Airports and the Los Angeles Department of Health.

Haynes-Boone

www.haynesboone.com

Haynes and Boone, LLP is an international corporate law firm with offices in Texas, New York, Washington, D.C., Mexico City and Moscow, providing a full spectrum of legal services. With almost 500 attorneys, Haynes and Boone is ranked among the largest law firms in the nation by The National Law Journal. The firm has been recognized as one of the “Best Corporate Law Firms in America” (Corporate Board Member Magazine, 2001-2007), and as a Top 100 law firm for both diversity (MultiCultural Law Magazine, 2008), and women (Women 3.0, 2008).

Network Technology Solutions


Taking the SCH-izOPhreniA out of Technology
www.ntscentral.com

Network Technology Solutions leverages technologyto improve your business. We deliver integrated business solutions to help you streamline processes, reduce costs, and increase productivity. We provide full service technical support and system administration to allow businesses to focus on performance. We implement business and residential networking solutions to help you effectively utilize information technology for your personal, academic, and professional needs.


Meet The Women You Can Help

Chantal “Sarah” Bucyana

Mrs. Bucyana has been in business and self employed for the past 14 years. Currently she owns and operates Elite Beauty Salon in Kigali City. It is a unisex salon providing hairstyling, manicures, pedicures, cosmetics and retailing beauty products. Mrs. Bucyana’s future plans include expanding her business to include a Beauty Skills Training Institute [...]

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Betty Habimana

Betty currently owns/operates a combination garment trading & tailoring shop and an arts and crafts shop. She also represents groups of business owners in trade fair & cooperatives outside the country, bringing business back to Rwanda. Betty has recently expanded, adding two additional locations and employees to operate them. Betty continues to work with IEEW [...]

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Amir Taj Sirat

Peace through Business® 2007 graduate. Taj owns a ball making business, employing women of Afghanistan to produce all types of balls - soccer balls, volley balls, etc.
After her participation in Peace through Business® 2007, Taj realized she was making a good profit. She increased her revenues by 17%. Always interested in social and political affairs, she realized [...]

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Gloria Uwizera

Gloria Uwizera owns and operates a textile and batiks design company called “Glo Creations”. Opening in November 2004 in Senegal, relocating to Rwanda and has two employees. Gloria was very involved while in Oklahoma Peace through Business, participating with her mentor Anna Lisa Campbell in a local art workshop for children. She’s very active in [...]

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Marguerite Nyagahura

Currently owns & operates a hair salon, transitioning to owning & operating First Impressions Daycare by mid-2008. Space is secured & furnished to care for children 18-36 months and after school care for children 3-6 years. Update: After completed Peace through Business 2008 and returning to Rwanda, we received the following from Marguerite:
“Finally some news [...]

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Bertha Kabuto

In business for 20 years, Eden Harvest and Highland Farmers, a food wholesaler, Bertha Kabuto has supplied supermarkets, restaurants, schools, military establishments and universities with foodstuffs ranging from maize to sea food. She fulfils large national contracts and has supplied the largest organizations such as the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO). In addition to a [...]

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