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3/18/2011 Certified as a Woman Business Enterprise (WBE)
Soulsight is very proud to announce that it has received certification as a Woman-owned Business Enterprise (WBE) by the WBENC (Women's Business Enterprise Council).
WBENC is dedicated to advancing the success of women's business enterprises and recognizes corporations that demonstrate their commitment to supporting WBEs through supplier/vendor diversity programs. The organization performs a thorough review for the certification process requiring in-depth documentation of the business and an on-site interview. Applicant companies must be majority-owned (at least 51%) and controlled by one or more women.
The designation acknowledges Soulsight as one of few women-owned businesses in the consumer packaged goods and related services field. Established in 1997, Soulsight is 100% privately owned by founding principal Ann Werner. Ann has been the spark and ignition behind the company's success, leading it to international recognition for world class creativity. In recent years, Ann founded the Soulsight Global Alliance, which spans the US, Latin America, Europe, Africa and Asia, allowing for firsthand, real-time insights regarding innovation overseas.
About WBENC
The Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), founded in 1997, is the largest third-party certifier of businesses owned controlled, and operated by women in the United States. WBENC, a national 501(c)(3) non-profit, partners with 14 Regional Partner Organizations to provide its national standard of certification to women-owned businesses throughout the country. WBENC is also the nation's leading advocate of women-owned businesses as suppliers to America's corporations.
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3M Advocate Health Care AIT Worldwide Logistics, Inc. Alliant Energy Allstate American Airlines American Family Insurance American Hotel Register Company AT&T Bank of America Baxter Healthcare Corporation Best Buy Corporation BP America BUNN C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. Cardinal Health Cargill, Inc. CDW Chicago Public Schools Citi City of Chicago ComEd/Exelon Corporation Continental Casualty Company (CNA) Cook County Cooper Industries Cub Foods |
Deluxe Corporation Ecolab Ernst & Young LLP Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. Harley-Davidson Motor Company Harris N.A. Health Care Service Corporation/BlueCross BlueShield of Illinois Kraft Foods Leo Burnett USA, Inc. Lurie Besikof Lapidus & Company, LLP M&I Bank Macy’s Major League Baseball Manpower Marathon Petroleum Company MarketSphere Consulting MasterCard Worldwide Mayo Clinic Medtronic, Inc. Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority (MPEA) Microsoft Corporation Minneapolis Public School District Motorola, Inc. Nicor Gas Northern Trust Northwestern University – Purchasing Resource Services |
Office Depot OfficeMax Owens & Minor, Inc. Pepper Construction Co. PepsiCo, Inc. RubinBrown LLP Rush University Medical Center Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. Southwest Airlines Staples, Inc. State of Illinois SUPERVALU, Inc. Target Corporation Turner Construction Company U.S. Bank U.S. Cellular United Airlines United Parcel Service (UPS) The University of Chicago The University of Chicago Medical Center University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) W.W. Grainger, Inc. Walgreen Co. Wisconsin Energy Corporation Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company Xcel Energy |