Awards

Nominations for the 28th Annual ATHENA Leadership Award® and the 9th Annual ATHENA Young Professional Leadership Award® are now open. Access the online form HERE to receive the full nomination forms. We do ask that nominators reach out to their nominee(s) to let them know you are nominating them. This way, we can ensure we have all their accomplishments to review when selecting our finalists. Each year we have so many outstanding individuals nominated, but not all can make it to the finalist stage so I encourage you to once again submit a nomination for 2018! Nominations will be open until Friday, January 12th, 2018 [...]

NAWBO Buffalo Niagara Member Patricia Herberger Received Friends of the Chamber Award Congratulations to Patricia Herberger, SPHR, SHRM-SCP for receiving the “Friends of the Chamber Award” from the Amherst Chamber of Commerce.  This award recognizes the dedication of individuals who have contributed to the Chamber’s success.   For the past twelve years, Patricia Herberger has been the President of Herberger Consulting Group and an Independent Associate for LegalShield.  She consults with executives and human resource professionals on preventing identity theft, data breaches, related compliance issues and solutions to this challenging problem.  Pat has an extensive and noteworthy background.  As a Chamber member, [...]

Being In It Leads To Winning It Congrats! to Jaime Ruggiero, President of Jobena Bar & Restaurant Essentials, for being awarded a $1000 NAWBO scholarship to defray the cost of her successful completion of Leadership Niagara. Jaime had dedicated herself to the chapter, and so it was the Board’s great honor to vote on this award. Remember that the 2017 scholarship application will be on the website for members to complete. Deadline is January 31, 2017. Get involved and win it!

NAWBO Members Featured At SBA Awards Luncheon May 11th was a sunny, beautiful day outside as well as inside the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center where NAWBO President-Elect Lisa Coppola and member Dana Zuber. At a gathering of more than 150 business men and women, the United States Small Business Association, together with area banks and civic organizations, lauded the efforts of Western New York small business owners, featuring businesses that ranged from retail to professional services and from storage solutions to organic goat milk products. The gathering was part of a day-long Matchmaker Event where entrepreneurs gained access to myriad government [...]

Members Sharon Brown and Sabina Ramsey Honored at Women Making History Gala, March 19 NAWBO is proud to congratulate both Sabina Ramsey, NAWBO chapter president and president of Insight International USA LLC and Sharon Brown, NAWBO board director and president/ owner of Brown Electric, Inc. who will be honored by Utopian Euphoria LLC at the Sixth Annual Women Making History Gala: Women Who Walk in Footsteps of Greatness on Saturday, March 19 – 6:00 p.m. at Classic V Banquets, 2425 Niagara Falls Blvd, Amherst, New York 14228   And!  Sharon Brown is also being named Employer of the Year from Niagara County Worksource One!

Annette Pinder Honored at Women of Influence Luncheon Congratulations to NAWBO member Annette Pinder, Owner of Buffalo Healthy Living, who is being honored by Business First at their 2015 Women of Influence Awards Luncheon on September 17, 2015. Annette is an honoree in the Entrepreneur category. #OwningIt @nawbowny @BHLPublisher