In the News

We love when our clients and friends get publicity. See who has been featured recently:

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Congratulations to the Canisius Team, Celly Sticks, for winning the prestigious People's Choice Award at the New York State Business Plan Competition in Albany.
 

Congratulations to Lisa Coppola, Cyndi Leonard and Michele Fried for being named Business First's Best Places to Work 2012!
 

Board Member Christine Bonaguide was featured in Business First about her experience as a Girl Scout and how to affected her business skills today.
 

Ramon De Leon from Domino's Pizza was a speaker at the Social Media Business Summit.  He was featured on Buffalo.com for his presentation at the summit.
 

Client Dolly Randle was interviewed in Black Business Edition under their "people on the move" section for her business Compliance & Administrative Services of NY (CASNY).  Congrats Dolly!
 

WIN member Bonnie Ross-Stefanie was interviewed in Business First about how she got started in her business.  Congrats Bonnie!
 

Forum Series client, Dr. Kelly Truong of Crosspoint Dentistry participates in WKBW's, "Women in Leadership" series.  These monthly reports profile successful women business owners or working women who excel at what they do, while giving back to the community.
 

Business First mentioned the Women with Solutions speaker series next session, "to hire or not to hire" with Andrea Griffa Harden on December 7th from 8:30 to 10:00am. 
 

WIN member Allie Balling was mentioned in Business First in the people on the move section for being named to the board for the Society of Marketing Professional Services. Congratulations Allie!
 

 

Board member Maryann Stein, director of international programs for the Erie County Industrial Development Agency was interviewed in Business First on the importance of international trade shows to get your message out!
 

The Orchard Park Bee mentioned the Women in Networking Southtowns social event November 15ht, 2011 from 6-8pm at White Orchard Home Furnishings.
 

Amy Jo Lauber was interviewed on What will 2012 bring? for Business First. Amy's advice was for business owners to revisit their business plans as well as look for new creative ways to infuse a spark into their product or service!
 

The Orchard Park Bee announces the Women in Networking Southtowns event to be held on November 15, 2011 at White Orchard Furnishings in the Village of Orchard Park (11/7/11)
 

Christine Bonaguide, Partner at Hodgson Russ LLP and WBC Advisory Board member, received the 2011 KPMG Athena Young Professional Leadership Award!  When asked what her proudest professional accomplishment was, Christine said, "Being named Chair of the advisory board of the Canisius College Women's Business Center."

Congratulations Christine!

 

Congratulations to Christine Bonaguide for being nominated for the the 2011 KPMG Young Professional Leadership Award.  The Athena Awards will take place on November 4th,2011.
 
       

WBC's Executive Director, Melinda Rath Sanderson quoted in the Buffalo News on the ForbesWoman article ranking Buffalo, NY as the #1 city in the U.S. for working mothers.

 

 
ForbesWoman ranked Buffalo, NY as the #1 city in the U.S. for working mothers.  The Canisius College Women’s Business Center is cited in the article as a resource for women entrepreneurs.
 

Buffalo Business First mentioned the Quickbooks Workshop that will take place thursday October 13th and October 20th at the Amherst Development Center.
 

The Orchard Park Bee mentioned the "Management Styles and Communication" discussion with University of Antwerp's visiting professor Diana Philips that will take place October 18th,2011. 
 

Congratulations to Lisa Coppola, Sherry Sutton and Joyce DeLong for being honored as Business First Women of Influence, thursday at Salvatore's Italian Gardens!  
 

The Buffalo News highlighted the Women with Solutions speaker series.  The first session, Oct. 5th, will focus on "A Customer for Life" presented by Patricia McGee.  Register here or contact us at wbcinfo@canisius.edu for more information.
 

Congratulations to forum client Rosanna Berardi on being mentioned in Business First as a Who's Who in Law. (9/16/11)
 

Business First mentioned the Quickbooks workshop on Thursday Oct.13th and Oct. 20th.  Register here or contact us at wbcinfo@canisius.edu for more information. (9/16/11)
 

Lisa Coppola, board member and client, was interviewed in Business First for her firm reaching out with "Weapons" for Women. (9/16/11)
 

The Buffalo Law Journal recently interviewed Board Member Lisa Coppola of Rupp, Baase, Pfalzgraf, Cunningham & Coppola LLC, for an article on " Legal Weapons" for Women. (9/12/11)
 

On the front page of Business First, WIN client, Amy Jo Lauber shares lessons learned from her startup business, Lauber Financial Planning (September 2-8, 2011)

 

Congratulations to Donna Scalfaro of Carpet Care Services on being featured as a success story in the SBA Buffalo District Office News (August 2011)
 

The Business section of the Orchard Park Bee shares information on the Women in Networking program.  The Women's Business Center is now accepting applications for 2011-12 (8/11/2011)

 

Forum client Rosanna Berardi, managing partner and founder of Berardi Immigration Law, has recently been featured in the Buffalo Business First for writing a chapter in a recently released book by the American Bar Association (8/15/2011)
 

WIN and Forum client Joyce DeLong, President of Insty-Prints Business Printing was selected as one of three recipients of the Women of Influence Inspiration award (8/15/2011)
 

The Buffalo Business First selected Board Member Lisa Coppola, Esq. of Rupp, Baase, Pfalzgraf, Cunningham & Coppola as a recipient of the Women of Influence entrepreneur award (8/15/2011)
 

 

 

Board Member Sherry Sutton, President of Sassy Design Group was recently selected by the Buffalo Business First as the winner of the Women of Influence creativity award (8/15/2011)

 

Forum client and owner of Insty-Prints Joyce DeLong was featured in The Buffalo News. Joyce attributes the growth of her business to the connections and skills she attained through her partaking in the Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership (8/1/2011)

 

Forum client Joy Kuebler was recently featured in The Buffalo News. The article discusses the daily-deal specials on LivingSocial. Joy took a 30- minute flying lesson through the LivingSocial daily-deal website (8/1/2011)

 

Business First ran this story about WBC client Susanne Kelley, owner and president of Sienna Environmental Technologies LLC. In it, Susanne mentions the importance of marketing in her business plan (7/13/2011)

 

WIN member Patricia McGee, founder of McGee Coaching, was featured in a story in this week's Buffalo Business First about her rising company, which specializes in training new managers and business owners (7/13/2011)

 

WIN member Cheryl Prout, a CPA at Gaines Kriner Eliott LLP, was highlighted in a story in this week's Buffalo Business First about accountants reaching out to high school students about career paths in the field (7/11/2011) 
 

WBC Board Member Sherry Sutton was recently featured in a Buffalo News article about taking her dog to work. Read it here (6/21/2011)
   

The Buffalo News ran a story on the June 14th Women's Leadership Conference: mentions include speakers Janet Hanson and Teresa Amabile as well as WBC clients and WLC vendors and attendees Kelley Siembida of One Jewelry, Joyce DeLong of Insty-Prints, and Brenda Lamm from Evans Bank. (6/15/2011)
   

The Buffalo News' "On the Record" recently noted that WBC Board member Cheryl Carr was honored by the Western New York Association of Homes and Services for the Aging with the 2011 Meritorious Service Award (6/9/2011)
   

WIN member Amy Jo Lauber was recently included in a Buffalo News article on diversity in the financial services industry. (6/9/2011)
   

WBC Executive Director Melinda Rath Sanderson was recently interviewed by the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle on the current growth of women's entrepreneurship. See the full article here. (5/26/2011)
   

The Buffalo News came out with this write-up in anticipation of the 2011 Women's Leadership Conference. Buffalo Business First also profiled WLC keynote speaker Janet Hanson in this week's print edition: "CEO headlines Canisius women's conference" (5/31/2011)
   

This story on WBC client Shandra Spicer and her business S&W Contracting ran in the Business section of the Buffalo News. In it, Shandra mentions the benefits of training seminars at the WBC (5/18/2011)
 

Buffalo Business First ran this story on WBC Forum and Coaching client Marie Rabin and her match at the SBA Matchmaker (5/12/2011)
 

Forum member Joann Decker was featured as a subject matter expert on this Buffalo News article on Insurance (5/6/2011)

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