While the global pandemic has taken its toll on small businesses everywhere, many of these hardships have been felt more acutely by women- and minority-owned businesses. In 2021, we have designed our program to support women-and-minority-owned firms at the time of crisis. We have redesigned our training and counseling efforts to focus on rebuilding small firms owned by women during this depression tied to the COVID-19.

Please join our team as an advisory board member.

You must be a part of at least one advisory committee. If your time permits, you can choose to be part of more than one committee.

Committee 1: Counseling and Mentorship

An ideal candidate mentors women entrepreneurs in one or more of the following topics.

• Accountancy (CPAs)
• Finance
• Legal
• Marketing/Sales/Business Development
• Supply Chain Management
• Communications/PR
• Human Resources

Qualifications: At least eight years of work experience in a managerial position or entrepreneurial role. Excellent communication skills.

Committee 2: Communication and Marketing

An ideal candidate provides support by planning WVF's communication strategy and writing at least one article or blog per month. The topics should be related to women in business (focusing on marketing, financial management, and business development). Or the candidate assists the team with social media content creation and media outreach.

Qualification: At least five years of work experience in writing, marketing, and communication.

Committee 3: Fundraising and Partnership Building

An ideal candidate prefers networking and reaching out to potential donors and partners with a strong message about WVF's services. Or the candidate can also support the organization by supporting with grant writing.

Qualifications: At least five years of work experience in relationship building.

If you are interested in joining our team, please send your resume with a short note explaining why you would like to join the committee to deepti@wvf-ny.org