Women Presidents of $50 Million Companies Meet

NEW YORK – The Women Presidents’ Organization (WPO) and the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) have named Barbara Roberts as Facilitator of the “Zenith Group,” which are women-owned businesses with revenues of $50 million and above. Roberts is best known as President and CEO of FPG International, a New York stock photography agency she took from $7 to $45 million and sold in 1997 for $60 million. The Zenith Group, which brings together women presidents from across the country, meets twice during the year, once on the East Coast and once on the West Coast.

Marsha Firestone, Ph.D., president and founder of the WPO, said, “WPO and WBENC launched the Zenith Group to achieve three objectives: to provide WPO members with cutting edge information and strategies for successful and fast growth companies, to provide them high level business meetings and business development opportunities with Fortune 1000 companies, and to change the way women-owned businesses are perceived by the media..”

“I am looking forward to facilitating the Zenith Group,” said Roberts. “These influential and powerful women are destined to drive business breakthroughs that will affect the U.S. economy.”

About Women Presidents’ Organization (WPO):
The Women Presidents’ Organization (WPO) is a membership organization whose members are a diverse group of entrepreneurial women presidents who have guided their businesses to generate at least $2 million in gross annual sales or $1 million for a service-based business. Each WPO chapter of this nonprofit organization serves as a peer advisory group and empowers members to achieve increased business and financial success, as well as individual growth. Local chapters are coordinated by a professional facilitator who organizes meetings of the peer advisory group to focus on important business issues and cutting-edge business trends. The Women Presidents’ Organization is unique in that it connects top women entrepreneurs locally –and internationally – with greater personal and professional success. WPO member businesses have an average of $12 million in annual revenues, 113 employees and 18 years in business. For more information, call 212-688-4114 or visit the website at http://www.womenpresidentsorg.com.

About The Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC)
The Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), founded in 1997, is the nation's leading advocate of women-owned businesses as suppliers to America's corporations. It also is the largest third-party certifier of businesses owned and operated by women in the United States. WBENC works to foster diversity in the world of commerce with programs and policies designed to expand opportunities and eliminate barriers in the marketplace for women business owners. WBENC works with representatives of corporations to encourage the utilization and expansion of supplier/vendor diversity programs.

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