WINNING BUSINESS RADIO Pamela Williamson CEO WBEC-West
WBEC-West is a regional partner of the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), a coalition of corporations, WBEs and regionally focused women’s business organizations. As an affiliate organization, WBEC-West implements the certification standards of WBENC throughout Arizona, Colorado, Southern California, Utah, Wyoming,Hawaii and Guam. WBE certification is nationally recognized and accepted by more than 7500 major corporations. We also support corporations in their efforts to include WBEs in their supplier diversity programs.
Dr. Pamela Williamson has been in senior leadership for over 25 years including 3 years as CEO of SABA 7 a business consulting firm, 4 years as the Vice President of a National Behavioral Health Care Organization and 3 years as a Deputy Director overseeing the quality control of Psychiatric urgent care facilities. Dr. Williamson area of expertise lies within change management, and reorganization strategies. Dr. Williamson has taken three organizations through reorganization process in which all organizations turned around fiscally and programmatically utilizing mission driven, customer focused servant leadership concepts which resulted in creating highly efficient sustainable environments.
Dr. Williamson is currently the President and CEO of WBEC-West. WBEC-West’s mission is to cultivate sustainable relationships between certified Women Business enterprises and Corporate America through certification, education, and targeted networking. In her role as President she strives to facilitate mutually beneficial procurement opportunities for WBEs and corporations on both a local and national level. Dr. Williamson holds a Doctorate in Healthcare Administration, a Masters in Business Administration, and Bachelor degrees in both social work and psychology.
Over the past few years Dr. Williamson has received the Women of Excellence Inspiration Award, The Achieving Your Purpose Award, The ABAOC National Community Advocate Person of the Year, TNVOC Community Partner of the Year, named Diversity Champion by the Phoenix Business Journal, was a recipient of the SRP All Star Luminary awards, the WCC of NV Minority Lifetime Achievement Award and inducted into the Nevada Women’s Hall of Fame.
Dr. Williamson Co-Authored the book Minority and Women Business Enterprise Certification Levels Playing Field. She has also authored the books Diverse Supplier Conference Success Guide and How to Obtain and Maintain Corporate Contract- 18 Actionable Tips.
Dr. Williamson resides in Queen Creek Arizona with her husband Ben and two daughters Alexandria ages 17 and Skyler age 12.
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Lisa Rehurek, the #1 leading authority on winning RFP responses, is CEO and founder of Win The Business™, a Consultancy and RFP Support Services Firm that helps businesses increase their success rate in responding to government and corporate Requests for Proposal (RFP’s). Our multi-touch point system provides RFP support services, strategy, consulting, training and team development to companies who wish to improve their response process and outcomes. The thoroughness our team provides coupled with our direct and fun approach is what separates us from our competitors. We are also home of RFP University™, an online virtual training and resource platform designed to support a business’s RFP efforts for maximum success.
After 20 years in the corporate arena responding to hundreds of public sector RFPs, Lisa started her own business and now transfers that knowledge to her clients to help improve their win rates. Lisa keeps herself very busy with life as a business owner, speaker, trainer, author, and radio show host. As a seasoned speaker, Lisa loves to inspire audiences large and small with her engaging and practical speaking topics. She is the author of 7 books including her ebook, 101 Ways to Win More Proposals Now! and her upcoming book, Win the {Damn} Business!. She is also the creator of the STARR Proposal System™ which brings simplicity and efficiency to the overall response process.
Lisa is a member APMP (Association of Proposal Management Professionals) and is Membership and Program Chair for the Valley of the Sun chapter. She is also a WBENC-certified Women Business Enterprise (WBE). She holds certifications in numerous talent assessment tools including Certified Professional Behavior Analyst (CPBA), Certified Professional Driving Forces Analyst (CPDFA), Certified Professional Emotional Quotient Analyst (CPEQA), and Certified Professional TTI TriMetrix HD Analyst (CPHDA).
