Northern California Office Opens

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Astra Women’s Business Alliance (Astra) Opens Northern California Office

December 12, 2011. Lake Oswego, Oregon. Astra opens its satellite office in Northern California this month. Kicking off on December 13th in Pleasant Hill, Astra Co-Founders, Diane McClelland and Suzanne Lackman will be hosting open houses in Sacramento, San Franciso and San Jose throughout the week. These open houses will lay the foundation for a year of opportunities for scheduling meetings in-person for WBEs, Corporate & Agency Members and partner organizations. The new flexible office in Northern California will help Astra support the growing delegation of women business owners in the region. The Astra team will be open for business each month on a rotating basis using the space for networking, education, & certification meetings.

“Face-to-face meetings are key in building relationships that lead to business growth,” says Diane McClelland, President of Astra, “Astra is a catalyst that consistently provides opportunities that open doors. Our Northern California office is essential to fostering a networking platform designed to help build connections for our women business owners.”

For further information or to RSVP & attend one of the open houses visit Astra’s website: http://www.astrawba.org.

Astra Women’s Business Alliance Astra Women’s Business Alliance was founded in 2000. Astra's mission is to work proactively and cooperatively toward the elimination of marketplace barriers, such that women-owned businesses receive access to and fair consideration of programs and projects that fund business growth. Astra provides business skills training, team development and linkage to contract opportunities to women owned businesses throughout the northwest. (www.astrawba.org)

The Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), founded in 1997, is the largest third-party certifier of businesses owned controlled, and operated by women in the United States. WBENC, a national 501(c)(3) non-profit, partners with 14 Regional Partner Organizations to provide its national standard of certification to women-owned businesses throughout the country. WBENC is also the nation's leading advocate of women-owned businesses as suppliers to America's corporations.(www.wbenc.org)