United States-Mexico-Cananda Agreement (USMCA) Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Best Practices Webinar for Reaching Women Entrepreneurs

When: Tuesday, September 24, 2024 - 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Where: Online

SBA Office of International Trade is partnering with U.S. Trade Representative, the U.S. Department of Commerce, the Association of Women’s Business Centers and the Governments of Mexico and Canada to hold a virtual best practices discussion on tips for reaching women entrepreneurs and helping them to grow in North America. This training was the brainchild of Corinne Goble and is an opportunity to learn from organizations having success reaching women, rural entrepreneurs, and Latinas to scale through entrepreneurship.

The activity falls under the auspices of the United States Mexico Canada Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Committee and features the following women’s business counseling organizational representatives:

  • Corinne Goble, CEO, U.S. Association of Women’s Business Centers
  • Wendy Cukier, Founder and Academic Director, Toronto Metropolitan University Diversity Institute and Canada’s Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub, Toronto, Ontario
  • Norma Alicia Ramírez Hinojosa, National President of the Coordinating Council of Women Entrepreneurs, CCME
  • Perla Edith Pacheco Cortez, President of the Mexican Association of Women Entrepreneurs, AMMJE
  • Valeria Olave, Regional Manager | Director Regional, Albuquerque Women’s Business Center
  • Queenie Choo, CEO, S.U.C.C.E.S.S., Vancouver, British Columbia
  • Charlene Brophy, CEO, FONEMED, St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador
  • Miriam Anjuly Saavedra Cortez, Undersecretary of Growth and Economic Development at the Secretariat of Economic Development of the state of Oaxaca

U.S. Registrants: Please RSVP with your name, organization, and email to international@sba.gov