The Urban Economic Forum is being hosted in New York today by The White House Business Council, the White House Council on Women and Girls, and the U.S. Small Business Administration.
Richelle Parham, Vice President & CMO, eBay North America will be joining an impressive line-up of speakers…
12:45 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. The Case for Women Entrepreneurs: From 1997-2007, women-owned businesses added roughly 500,000 jobs while other privately-held firms actually lost jobs. Women are also demonstrating tremendous growth in intellectual property. This panel will discuss the opportunities for women and the important roles they play in revitalizing the American economy.
o Maria Bartiromo, Anchor, CNBC, Moderator
o Tina Tchen, Assistant to the President, Chief of Staff to the First Lady Michelle Obama and Executive Director, White House Council on Women and Girls, The White House
o Samanta Joseph, Designer & CEO, Samantá Shoes
o Vera Moore, President & CEO, Vera Moore Cosmetics
o Richelle Parham, Vice President & CMO, eBay North America
o Susan Sobbott, President, American Express OPEN
You can watch all the proceedings live here on Ink:
Follow the discussion on Twitter with #WHEconForum and #womenentrepreneurs.
Cheers,
RBH
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