Event tackling career challenges for women vets taking place at women in Military Service for America Memorial (WIMSA) on Monday, November 10. Arlington, VA. – First Lady Michelle Obama will deliver keynote remarks on the Joining Forces Initiative at Business and Professional Women’s (BPW) Foundation and Redbook career forum for [...]
During National Business Women’s Week 2014, Business and Professional Women’s (BPW) Foundation honors and salutes extraordinary women who epitomize what it means to be a woman leader in the workplace. This year, BPW Foundation has selected five outstanding women who are truly Working Women Helping Women Work®. The awardees are: [...]
Women Joining Forces Advisory Council Member Col. Kim Olson inducted into Texas Women’s Hall of Fame 2014! BPW Foundation is proud to congratulate United States Air Force Colonel (retired) Kimberly D. Olson on her May 6 induction by Governor Rick Perry into the Texas Women’s Hall of Fame. Through her [...]
Today, Saturday May 17, 2014 is Armed Forces Day when we honor the men and women of the US Armed Forces. This day honoring a unified Armed Service was created in 1949 and signed into law by President Harry Truman. As Former Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird so accurately noted [...]
National Small Business Week has been celebrated every year since 1963 when the President of the United States designated a week to highlight the many contributions made by the small business community to the American economy and our society. Business and Professional Women’s Foundation has always been a supporter of [...]
Partnership with DirectorEmployers Matches Veterans Skills with Available Jobs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington– Through a partnership with DirectEmployers, a leading nonprofit HR consortium of global employers, women veteran, military/veteran spouse, wounded warrior caregiver, and survivor of fallen service member participants in Business and Professional Women’s (BPW) Foundation’s Joining Forces Mentoring [...]
Annual BPW Foundation Celebrate Women’s History — Make Women’s History Event Honorary Chair First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama Washington, D.C. – In celebration of Women’s History Month 2014, Business and Professional Women’s (BPW) Foundation honored the achievements, dedication to duty, and patriotism of women veterans, military/veteran spouses, [...]
BPW Foundation's Joining Forces Mentoring Plus® Launches Women Veteran Focused Job Board Partnership with DirectorEmployers Matches Veterans Skills with Available Jobs Washington– Through a partnership with DirectEmployers, a leading nonprofit HR consortium of global employers, women veteran, military/veteran spouse, wounded warrior caregiver, and survivor of fallen service member participants in [...]