BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:99@rnsbdc.com DTSTART:20170323T083000Z DTEND:20170323T103000Z DTSTAMP:20170314T212758Z URL:https://www.rnsbdc.com/events/women-entrepreneurs-network-wen-business -breakfast-3-23-17/ SUMMARY:Women Entrepreneurs Network (WEN) Business Breakfast DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_separator][vc_empty_spac e][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n“Behind ever y successful woman there is an empowering story!”\nThis is so true. The Women Entrepreneurs’ Network (WEN) business breakfast series is a NJSBDC at Rutgers-Newark program started in 2005 and designed for women entrepre neurs to give them a sacred place and space to hear empowering stories of how other women have succeeded in business and career. Attending these int imate business breakfast meetings\, gives women entrepreneurs an opportuni ty to meet role models in business and make contact with professional care er women who are power brokers in their private or public professional sec tors\, as well as network with other women of like minds with the same asp irations for success through entrepreneurship while making contacts that m atter.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator][vc_empty_space][vc_b tn title="Register for Event" shape="square" color="pink" size="lg" align= "center" link="url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fwomen-entreprene urs-network-wen-business-breakfast-tickets-29799515152%3Faff%3Dwebsite||ta rget:%20_blank"][vc_empty_space][ultimate_heading main_heading="Guest Spea ker(s)" main_heading_color="#002e62" alignment="left" main_heading_style=" font-weight:bold\;"][/ultimate_heading][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_ro w][vc_row][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_single_image image="75696" img_size=" 1300 × 1188"][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]\nSusan W idmer\nDirector\, US Department of Commerce\n\nSusan Widmer is Director of the U.S. Department of Commerce\, Commercial Service\, Northern New Jerse y Office. Her team of trade specialists counsel small and medium-sized exp ort ready companies to sell their U.S. made goods and services overseas. T he Commercial Service has a global network of trade professionals located throughout the U.S. and in U.S. Embassies and Consulates in nearly 80 coun tries. Whether you're looking to make your first sale or expand to additio nal markets\, the Commercial Service offers trade counseling\, business ma tchmaking\, market intelligence\, and trade event support to assist.\n\nSu san has been with the Commerce Department for over 20 years\, working the last 6 years in New Jersey. She has extensive experience working in overse as markets\, having traveled and worked on projects throughout the world\, most recently at the Consulate in Johannesburg\, South Africa (2016). But also\, having led trade missions to India in 2014 and China in 2015. She has a Bachelor's Degree in Political Economy from Muhlenberg College and a Master of Public Policy\, specializing in international trade policy\, fr om the University of Chicago.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row ][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_single_image image="75693" img_size="1300 × 1 188"][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]\nJennifer Krottin ger\nBusiness Opportunity &\; Economic Development Specialist\, SBA \n\ nJennifer Krottinger is a Business Opportunity and Economic Development Sp ecialist\, and District Office Technical Representative for Women’s Busi ness Centers (WBC)\, at the United States Small Business Administration Di strict Office in Newark\, New Jersey. Her responsibilities include complia nce\, vendor support\, and outreach/training for government contracting in cluding certifications\, partnership cultivation and development\, and tra inings for marketing\, and oversight\, liaison\, and monitoring for WBCs.\ n\nJennifer has 20+ years of working in the private and public sectors rel ated to business. Prior to working for SBA\, Jennifer was the Technical Bu siness Development Manager for the Las Sartenejeñas Cooperative\, and awa rd-winning women owned\, operated and led\, sewing and handicraft business in Sarteneja\, Belize. She founded the cooperative with 10 women while se rving as a Business and Organizational Development Strengthening Advisor w ith Peace Corps from 2011-15\, and in 2013\, the Cooperative won the Charl otte Daniel Champions of Change Award from World Connect\, an award given once a year out of 100+ projects and 1\,000 projects worldwide. Jennifer w as named a prominent social change leader by The Huffington Post\, and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) began working with the Cooper ative to provide grant funds for business development\, as result of the s ustainably developed and profitable business.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column] [/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_single_image image="75694" img _size="1300 × 1188"][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]\n John Cronin\nCertification Auditor\, State Department of Treasury\n\nJohn Cronin is a Certification Auditor with The State of New Jersey Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services. His job is to review and approve State o f New Jersey certification applications for women and minority businesses. (MBE\; WBE: MWBE). He also reviews and approves New Jersey Small Business Vendor Registration applications (SBE)\, Veteran Owned Business (VOB)\, a nd Service Related Veteran Owned Business (DVOB)\n\nJohn received his BSBA degree from Western New England University. We went on to receive an MBA from New York University Graduate School of Business. Most of his career h as been in banking. For many years\, he was board member and Chairman of T he New Jersey Development Authority For Small Businesses\, Minorities And Women’s Enterprises[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=".v c_custom_1458066507080{padding-top: 50px !important\;padding-bottom: 50px !important\;}"][vc_column][vc_btn title="Register for Event" shape="square " color="pink" size="lg" align="center" link="url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventb rite.com%2Fe%2Fwomen-entrepreneurs-network-wen-business-breakfast-tickets- 29799515152%3Faff%3Dwebsite||target:%20_blank"][/vc_column][/vc_row] ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.rnsbdc.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/0 3/wenbreakfast.jpg LOCATION:Rutgers Business School Room 358\, 1 Washington Park\, Newark\, NJ \, 07102\, United States GEO:40.7450346;-74.17028219999997 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=1 Washington Park\, Newark\ , NJ\, 07102\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Rutgers Business S chool Room 358:geo:40.7450346,-74.17028219999997 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR