Mary Cantando Named Keynote Speaker For Women’s Business Council Gulf Coast Regional Conference And Business Fair

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Mary Cantando Named Keynote Speaker For Women’s Business Council Gulf Coast Regional Conference And Business Fair
Author Of The Woman’s Advantage Named
Keynote Speaker Of Women’s Business Summit

RALEIGH, N.C.– Mary Cantando, nationally recognized expert on women business owners, has been named the keynote speaker for the Sixth Annual Women’s Business Council Gulf Coast Regional Conference and Business Fair to be held April 27 at the Wynfrey Hotel in Birmingham, Ala. During this event, women's business enterprises, senior corporate executives, supplier diversity and procurement professionals, and government representatives will hear expert speakers and participate in other special events. For more information about the event, please visit the web site at http://summit.wbcGulfCoast.org.

As part of the conference, 500 attendees will receive a copy of Cantando’s newest book The Woman’s Advantage: 20 Women Entrepreneurs Show You What it Takes to Grow Your Business, provided by BellSouth. The Woman’s Advantage provides business strategies, coupled with personal accounts of women who successfully used these strategies, and includes information on four key business elements: organization, promotion, certification and expansion. The book features stories from some of the country’s most successful women business owners.

“I feel honored to support the women business owners of the Gulf Coast region who have experienced devastating personal and business losses,” said Cantando. “I am excited that BellSouth is providing my book to attendees. I believe it contains the inspiration and advice these women need to move their businesses forward and support growth in this region.”

About The Women's Business Council Gulf Coast Regional Conference and Business Fair:
The 6th annual regional conference and business fair, presented by the Women's Business Council Gulf Coast (the Gulf Coast affiliate of WBENC) is the largest event of its kind in the southeastern region for women's business enterprises (WBEs). This year’s event is expected to attract over 400 attendees and more than 50 exhibitors. America's leading corporations committed to doing business with WBEs will join women's business enterprises as sponsors, exhibitors and attendees.

About Mary Cantando:
Mary Cantando is a nationally recognized expert on women business owners. She sits on the National Board of the Women Presidents’ Organization, serves as the “Business Growth Advisor” for Women Entrepreneurs, Inc, sits on the National Women’s Forum, is certified by the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council, and serves on the National Advisory Board for Enterprising Women magazine. She is the author of The Woman’s Advantage: 20 Women Entrepreneurs Show You What it Takes to Grow Your Business, for more information visit http://www.womansadvantage.biz. As a member of the National Speakers’ Association, Cantando speaks to women who want to grow their businesses, as well as corporations seeking to attract the lucrative, fast-growth market of women business owners.

Patty Briguglio
MMI Associates, Inc.
919-233-6600
patty@mmimarketing.com

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