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In early 2010, Apogee Electronics Corporation was certified as a Women’s Business Enterprise by the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC). Co-founded in 1985 by Betty Bennett, Apogee has been and continues to be a female-run corporation as recognized by WBEC-West, whose mission is to cultivate sustainable relations between certified Women Business Enterprises and Corporate America through certification, education and targeted networking.
About WBEC-West
WBEC-West is a regional partner of the Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), a coalition of corporations, WBEs and regionally focused women's business organizations. As an affiliate organization, WBEC-West implements the certification standards of WBENC throughout Arizona, Colorado, Southern California, Utah, Nevada, Wyoming and Hawaii.
WBEC-West brings together corporations and government agencies with certified Women's Business Enterprises to promote a shared interest in supplier diversity. As a regional partner of the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), they are part of a network of Women's Business Enterprises, corporations, and regionally focused organizations for women in business.
WBENC History
The Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) was created in early 1997 to meet the need for access to a nationally recognized standard of certification for Women’s Business Enterprises. Endorsed by corporations, organizations and agencies that recognize the benefit to their communities of eliminating market barriers, WBENC utilizes the networks and expertise of a coalition of local women’s business organizations whose collective mission can best be described as serving the business support needs of America’s women-owned and operated small businesses. WBENC currently has fourteen certifying organizations located in major cities across the United States who are often referred to as regional partner organizations. For more information, please visit: http://www.wbec-west.org/ http://www.wbenc.org/ 
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