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Help us support our community and regional partners - check out these upcoming events for women business owners and entrepreneurs within the WBCS Region.

Hello Members, Community Partners, and Gala Guests, I want to thank you all for making our 2022 Parade of Stars Awards Gala a huge success! As our first major in-person event since February 2020, it was not surprising that over 500 of you were ready to get together in person. This year, we not only had the opportunity to celebrate our awards winners in-person, but to also give back to the Council through several fundraisers. Over $146,000 was raised during the evening through our Bling Boxes, donated by JCPenney, Heads of Tails Game, prize donated by The Container Store, gift-card grab, silent

Help us support our community and regional partners - check out these upcoming events for women business owners and entrepreneurs within the WBCS Region.

This Women's History Month, our Corporate Member The Container Store, is celebrating by bringing awareness to the bias that women experience that make it difficult to advance. The #BreaktheBias campaign is the 2022 theme for International Women's Day which strives to bring awareness for a gender equal world, free of bias, stereotypes, and discrimination. One way that The Container Store is working to break the bias, is through their newly launched supplier diversity program. "Our commitment to #BreakTheBias goes beyond our employees and extends into the communities where we operate and to the

Help us support our community and regional partners - check out these upcoming events for women business owners and entrepreneurs within the WBCS Region.

The awards gala is an opportunity for the Women's Business Council - Southwest to recognize Women Business Enterprise (WBE) and Corporate (Sustaining) Members that have gone above and beyond to support women-owned businesses and promote supplier diversity initiatives.

Are you a certified WBE who has done business with another WBE? Submit your Done Deal™ and be eligible for the Women Working Together Award, to be presented at Connections to Contracts on April 12th.

Help us support our community and regional partners - check out these upcoming events for women business owners and entrepreneurs within the WBCS Region.

Help us support our community and regional partners - check out these upcoming events for women business owners and entrepreneurs within the WBCS Region.

Sweta Pandey is the president and CEO of Dutech Systems, Inc., a global IT consulting firm that specializes in IT Staffing, IT Consulting, SOW and project-based solutions. Dutech Systems has been a certified Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE) and member of the Women’s Business Council – Southwest (WBCS) since 2019. Since becoming certified, Sweta has become a very involved member of WBCS as an event sponsor, volunteer on our Austin committee, and frequent attendee to WBCS Events. Dutech Systems won both state and federal government contracts, as well as several Fortune 500 corporate contracts