Women Growing Together Express Network

victoria, tx

American Business Women’s Association

Our mission is to bring together business women of diverse occupations and provide opportunities for them to help themselves and others grow personally and professionally, through leadership, education, networking support, and national recognition.

UPCOMING EVENTS

February Dinner Meeting

February 9, 2021

Sky Restaurant, 236 Foster Field Dr. Victoria, Texas 77901

Connect, learn and grow in the
American Business Women’s Association

Whether you are starting a new business, jump-starting a career, or searching for a job, the American Business Women’s Association is the place to be. Your membership in ABWA offers you a portfolio of benefits to fuel your personal and professional growth.

Enhance your business acumen in the Apex Campus, our exclusive online learning portal. Grow your professional network by attending ABWA’s National Women’s Leadership Conference. Stay current on business concepts and topics with your complimentary subscriptions to ABWA’s Women in Business® Magazine and Achieve Newsletters. And, save thousands of dollars on discounted business products and services!

Make an investment in you – join the leading association for working women and women business owners, the American Business Women’s Association.

WOMEN LEADING THE WAY

Executive Board

SANDRA DE LA GARZA

President

carole arnold

Vice President Elect

Dorothy Wood

Vice President of Finance

SANDE BILTON

Vice President of Programming

ANGELA NESLONEY-STEHLING

Vice President of Marketing

diana escalante

Vice President of Administration

meredith golden

Vice President of Membership

stacey milberger

Vice President of Advancement

Amanda wendel

Vice President of Communications

MEMBERS

ANN MOORE-HILL

BROOKE GARCIA

CINDY VECERA

DEBRA PERALES

DENISE HARTMAN

GAIL RICE

JOSEFINA CARMONA

LINDSEY CHAVEZ

MARGARET VRANA

CINDY GUILLEN

MARISSA MEAD

MARY JANACEK

NANCY PETERS

PEGGY LEOPOLD

SHARON LEMPA

STACIE SALINAS

STELLA CALZADA

TERI MOTEN MBA

TRACY MORGAN

FEATURED MEMBER

Brooke Garcia is WGTEN’s November Woman Leading By Example!

This month I would like to honor Brooke Garcia with the WGTEN Woman Leading by Example Award.

Brooke is the Executive Director of the Victoria County United Way. Brooke has a career in working with nonprofits and prior executive director roles before coming to Victoria. As part of United Way Contribution and Allocation processes, Brooke leads volunteer committees and through her efforts, is instrumental in touching 16 nonprofits simultaneously which provides monetary assistance to our community .

I want to honor Brooke as, in addition in focusing her community efforts through her role as Executive Director, I have experienced Brooke’s passion for all nonprofits in her willingness to volunteer in speaking engagements, as with WGTEN. I admire Brooke expanding her passion to nonprofits outside her United Way realm and choosing WGTEN to share her gifts and talents. We are honored to have her as a member and I am honored to call her my ABWA sister and name her as our November 2020, Women Leading by Example recipient.

Sandra DeLaGarza

President

Our SPONSORS & SUPPORTERS

Empowering Women through Educational Scholarships

Today’s scholarship recipients are tomorrow’s leaders. ABWA members have provided opportunities for women to achieve their personal and professional best by championing educational opportunities through the Stephen Bufton Memorial Educational Fund (SBMEF). Since 1953, SBMEF has awarded almost 18 million dollars in scholarships to more than 17,000 women. To learn more about available scholarships, go to sbmef.org.

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