The Greater Women’s Business Council®(GWBC®), one of the Southeast’s largest certification and development resources providers for women business enterprises (WBEs), is accepting nominations for its annual LACE (Ladies Achieving Continuous Excellence) Awards until July 31, 2023, at 5 p.m.
The LACE Awards are given to those who exemplify an extraordinary commitment to the mission of advancing, promoting and advocating for women business owners through education, mentoring, certification and corporate partnering. The black-tie event celebrates and recognizes GWBC’s corporate partners and GWBC-certified women businesses (WBEs) for their continued commitment to that mission.
“The LACE Awards is our final recognition event of the year and the best opportunity to highlight the amazing work that takes place all year long by our certified women businesses and our corporate partners. It is truly a celebration of achievements in women accelerating their business growth and companies fulfilling their supplier-diversity goals – all creating greater economic impact in our region of Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina,” said GWBC President and CEO Roz Lewis.
Nominations are open to any GWBC corporate member or GWBC-certified WBE and each member is allotted five nominations in each award category. Self-nominations are encouraged and accepted.
2023 LACE Award Categories
The 2023 GWBC LACE Awards categories include:
Advocate of the Year Corporate: This award honors an individual for their mentoring methods, coaching and support of women-owned businesses and is open to Supplier Diversity Practitioners, Procurement Professionals and Buyers who are current employees of a corporate member of GWBC.
Buyer of the Year: Honoring those who attain world-class quality in its supplier diversity process, this award is presented to a Buyer, Procurement Professional or Supplier Diversity Practitioner who has procurement experience and is a current employee of a…
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