Shawn Wills Joins Women's Business Council - Southwest in New Vice President Role
The Women's Business Council - Southwest (WBCS) is proud to announce and welcome the hire of Shawn Wills in the newly created Vice President, Operations & Strategy role. Wills will be responsible for driving the overall strategy for the organization, as well as representing the Council on a local, regional, and national basis.
IRVING, Texas, July 5, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Women's Business Council – Southwest (WBCS) is proud to announce and welcome the hire of Shawn Wills in the newly created Vice President, Operations & Strategy role. Wills will be responsible for driving the overall strategy for the organization, as well as representing the Council on a local, regional, and national basis.
"Shawn comes to us with experience as a leader in development and fundraising, and has a strong non-profit professional career," said WBCS President, Debbie Hurst. "Her enthusiasm for our mission and her experience in supporting and empowering women makes her a great fit for the role. We are very excited to welcome Shawn to WBCS!"
Having started in April, Wills brings a wealth of knowledge on fundraising and community involvement having over 15 years of experience in the non-profit world. She will work closely with Hurst and the marketing and program departments to further serve the over 1,100 women business owners in the network and around 80 corporate members who reported more than $10.3 billion with women-owned businesses in 2018.
"My goals are to build on the success of the Council's last 24 years by increasing the number of women business owners and corporate partners in our market, broaden our exposure, and to create more opportunities for community engagement. I want to be an advocate for women business owners, and I want to help fuel our economy's growth by helping to identify and develop more women business owners. Everyone at WBCS is an expert in their field, so I look forward to learning from everyone, and to contributing to the success of the Council," said Wills.
Prior to joining WBCS, Wills was the Senior Vice President of Development at the Texas Women's Foundation, the largest regional women's fund in the nation. She also worked at several area non-profits including CitySquare, Rainbow Days, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, and KERA. Wills resides in Frisco, Texas with her husband and two young daughters.
About WBCS
Headquartered in Irving, Texas, the Women's Business Council – Southwest (WBCS) is dedicated to increasing mutually beneficial procurement opportunities between certified women-owned businesses, corporations, businesses, government entities, institutions, and other organizations. With more than 1,100 Women's Business Enterprise (WBE) Members and 75 Sustaining (Corporate) Members, WBCS is in its 24th year of providing national certification to women-owned businesses. WBCS administers the national certification on behalf of the Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) for north and central Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and New Mexico. To find out more about WBCS, please visit http://www.wbcsouthwest.org.
SOURCE Women's Business Council - Southwest
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