The Women Presidents' Organization is supported by a dedicated group of national sponsors who recognize the role women presidents' play in the business and financial communities and who are active partners in growing the organization.

Our sponsors are so much more than financial supporters of the organization. So many have dedicated their expertise to our programs year after year and are constantly striving to do more business with women entrepreneurs. We would like to thank them for their insight, support and enthusiasm.

If your company is interested in becoming a National Sponsor please contact Melissa Wahl, Vice President of Development.

American Express OPEN

Access to the right information can help you make better, more informed decisions. Through OPEN from American Express SM, you can receive advice from business advisors, other small businesses and get helpful information on a variety of business topics online. You can also browse a wide range of
topics, including Tax Fundamentals, Marketing & Sales, Start up Issues, Day to Day Management, Doing Business Online, Financial Management and much more. Just log on to http://www.open.com to access hundreds of articles and tools to help run your business.

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AT&T

AT&T is one of the largest communications companies in the world and recognized for its overall commitment to diversity. With women making up nearly half of AT&T’s workforce and 40 percent of managers, AT&T’s commitment to women extends into the community and business partners. Since 2000, more than $21 million has been given to projects that enhance girl’s education opportunities and women-owned businesses. AT&T spent $5 billion with diverse suppliers in 2007, including $1.8 billion with women-owned businesses. AT&T was named one of America’s Top Corporations for Women’s Business Enterprise by Women’s Business Enterprise National Council for eight consecutive years.

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Avis Rent A Car Systems

Avis Rent A Car System, Inc. and its subsidiaries operate the world's second largest general-use car rental business. Avis is recognized as the industry leader in applying new technologies and is one of the world's top brands for customer loyalty.

At Avis, we're not just trying harder with great rates and cars, we offer programs and services that meet the business travel needs of small and mid-size business owners. Through the Avis Corporate Awards Program(r), small and mid-size business owners save money on car rentals with special corporate rates while earning free rental days.

Plus, as a Women Presidents' Organization Member, enroll in the Avis Corporate Awards Program and receive membership to our invitation-only Presidents' Club. Presidents' Club members receive: Up to a two-car upgrade when reserving a Mid-size or larger car at participating locations, lowest applicable rates on domestic reservations, a guaranteed car at participating locations even if you arrive without a reservation.

Other Avis features designed for business travel include Avis Preferred(r) Service so that customers can bypass the counter and go directly to their cars and the recent introduction of Avis Assist, the portable GPS (Global Positioning System), so that drivers always know where they're going.

To find out more about the Avis Corporate Awards Program for Women Presidents' Organization members, please visit www.avis.com/WPO/smallbiz.

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Chubb

The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies is one of the world’s leading property and casualty insurance providers and has been a proud sponsor of the WPO since 2000. Chubb offers a wide spectrum of commercial (e.g., property, general liability, workers compensation) and specialty (e.g., employment practices liability, professional liability, and crime) insurance solutions.

WPO businesses may be at risk for workplace-related harassment, discrimination, and wrongful termination lawsuits; allegations of errors, omissions, or negligence in providing services to others; employee embezzlement; and many other potential catastrophic risks. Consider the following:
• Have any of your supervisors or managers hired or fired an employee?
• Does your company distribute promotional material detailing specific services that you can provide?
• Have any of your company’s employees had, or do they now have direct access to its funds/assets?

Insurance coverage from top-rated Chubb can help protect against these risks.

As the WPO’s sole insurance sponsor, Chubb looks forward to connecting with talented WPO members to help protect their hard-earned success. Best of all, WPO members may be eligible for:
• A 20% reduction in premium on Chubb’s ForeFront Portfolio coverages.
• A free 60-day preview of ChubbWorks (a $1,200 annual value), a Web-based platform offering overviews of employment laws, sample employment policies and procedures, and on-line training. This and other services are available at no charge if you purchase employment practices liability insurance from Chubb.
• Enhanced employment practices loss prevention services.

For additional information, please visit www.chubb.com/wpo.

Please note that this information is descriptive only. Actual coverage is subject to the language of the policies as issued.

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Edward Lowe Foundation

The Edward Lowe Foundation, headquartered near Cassopolis, Michigan, champions the entrepreneurial spirit by encouraging second-stage business owners to get PeerSpective on their business. To that end we encourage business owners to get involved with entrepreneurial peer-networking organizations and to think about their businesses in new and creative ways.
The Edward Lowe Foundation is an operating foundation, and we have an approach slightly different than the average not-for-profit. Instead of providing grants, we provide services. Instead of providing money directly, we give our time and our expertise. Specifically we assist groups of second-stage business owners and the organizations who serve them.

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Fisher College of Business

FISHER COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
Since 1916, Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University has produced exceptional leaders who meet the challenges of a changing global business environment through creative and effective solutions.
Through its focused programs based on cutting edge faculty research, the college offers the best in management education while providing access to the rich array of opportunities found at The Ohio State University. The college's overall quality across programs is reflected in national rankings which place Fisher among the top 30 business schools in the nation at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Fisher is committed to addressing the diverse needs of women business students. The involvement of executives provides new outlooks and practical learning opportunities for these future businesswomen through our MBA Corporate Mentoring Program, Women in Operations Management Leadership Forum, Graduate Women in Business and other organizations.
Fisher is proud to be educational sponsor of the Women Presidents’ Organization. For more information, visit http://fisher.osu.edu

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Foley & Lardner LLP

Foley & Lardner LLP continually evolves to meet the changing legal needs of our clients. Our team-based approach, proprietary client service technology, and practice depth enhance client relationships while seeing clients through their most complex legal challenges. The BTI Consulting Group (Wellesley, Massachusetts) recently recognized Foley as one of the top four law firms shaping the U.S. legal market, while CIO magazine has named Foley to its CIO 100 list six times for our client-focused technology. With more than 1,000 attorneys in 21 offices and more than 60 practices, Foley strives to provide high-caliber business and legal insight. Contact Nancy J. Geenen NGeenen@Foley.com.

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GlaxoSmithKline

GSK is one of the world’s leading research-based pharmaceutical and healthcare companies, committed to improving the quality of human life by enabling people to do more, feel better and live longer.

With a firm foundation in science, GSK discovers, develops, manufactures and distributes vaccines, prescription medicines and consumer health products.

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IBM

IBM is an information technology (IT) company. Its portfolio of capabilities ranges from services that include business transformation consulting to software, hardware, fundamental research, and financing. These capabilities are combined to provide business insight and solutions in the enterprise computing space. IBM's clients include many different kinds of enterprises, from sole proprietorships to large organizations, governments and companies, representing every major industry and endeavor. IBM has been focused on Women Business Owners since the early 90's. IBM recognizes that Women Owned Businesses are growing at a significant rate and represent a formidable force in the economy. The IBM Market Development organization is responsible for implementing IBM's Global Women Initiatives.

For additional information please visit: ibm.com/businesscenter/women

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KeyBank

Key is proud to be a national sponsor of Women Presidents’ Organization. KeyBank's Key4Women® program brings a fresh approach to women-owned businesses. Our dedicated team consists of experts ready to help your business reach its financial goals. We know that a woman’s business is really no different from any other, but what is unique is the way in which you approach opportunities and face challenges. This is why Key4Women has invested in building a team of women-owned business experts to help you along the way. Having a dedicated relationship manager who can anticipate your needs means more efficient and focused financial solutions to take you exactly where you want to go.

With Key4Women, we offer customized service, access to capital, networking opportunities and ongoing education. Learn more at www.key.com/wpo

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Principal Financial Group

About the Principal Financial Group
The Principal Financial Group ® (The Principal ®) is a leader in offering businesses, individuals and institutional clients a wide range of financial products and services, including retirement and investment services, life and health insurance, and banking through its diverse family of financial services companies. A member of the Fortune 500, the Principal Financial Group has $306 billion in assets under management and serves some 18.3 million customers worldwide from offices in Asia, Australia, Europe, Latin America and the United States. Principal Financial Group, Inc. is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol PFG. For more information, visit www.principal.com.

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Prudential Long Term Health Care

Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU), a financial services leader with approximately $648 billion of assets under management as of December 31, 2007, has operations in the United States, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Leveraging its heritage of life insurance and asset management expertise, Prudential is focused on helping more than 50 million individual and institutional customers grow and protect their wealth. The company's well-known Rock symbol is an icon of strength, stability, expertise, and innovation that has stood the test of time. Prudential's businesses offer a variety of products and services, including life insurance, annuities, retirement-related services, mutual funds, investment management, and real estate services. For more information, please visit www.prudential.com.

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UPS

Getting more value from your business partners has never been more critical. So why not rely on the world’s leading delivery company?* One that outperforms the rest. One that can take your business to places you never thought possible. UPS offers the highest levels of customer service, more efficiency, greater productivity and savings that directly benefit your bottom line.

With UPS you get outstanding reliability, more service options, and innovative technology – giving you the confidence and resources you need to compete globally. Choose UPS for any size shipment: small package, air freight, ocean freight, less-than-truckload or truckload. Let UPS turn our advantages into yours.

UPS is a proud National Sponsor of the Women Presidents' Organization, offering significant savings to all WPO members on UPS shipping – 70% on less-than-truckload freight shipments and up to 26% on Air and International services.

Hear from WPO Zenith Group member Mercedes LaPorta, president of Mercedes Electric, Inc., on how UPS added 20% to her bottom line. Visit here for video: www.womenpresidentsorg.com/Mercedes-WPO.1.wmv. Enrolling is easy. Visit www.savewithups.com/wpo to get started today!

* Based on annual revenue

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Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

About Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT)
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. operates Wal-Mart discount stores, supercenters, Neighborhood Markets and Sam’s Club locations in the United States. The company has operations in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Japan, Mexico, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom.

Every week, more than 127 million customers visit Wal-Mart Stores, Supercenters, Neighborhood Markets, and Sam’s Club locations across America. The company and its Foundation are committed to a philosophy of giving back locally. Wal-Mart is proud to support the causes that are important to customers and associates right in their own neighborhoods, and last year gave more than $245 million to local United States communities. The company's securities are listed on the New York Stock Exchange and NYSE Arca, formerly the Pacific Stock Exchange, under the symbol WMT. To learn more, visit www.walmartfacts.com, www.walmart.com, or www.walmartfoundation.org.

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Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo understands how important time, information and the right guidance is for a business owner. That’s why we’ve developed a unique banking approach for business owners who’ve grown beyond being a “small” business, yet don’t require complicated, large corporate products or programs.

Through a dedicated relationship team assigned directly to your business, you’ll receive an unprecedented level of support and access to expertise, objective guidance and solutions that work best for your situation. Your relationship manager will take the time to understand you and your business and provide the full-service banking solutions, backed by a team of product specialists, that work best for you.

Wells Fargo is proud to be a national partner of the Women Presidents' Organization. To learn more about us, please visit www.wellsfargo.com.
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Member FDIC

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Citrin Cooperman

Citrin Cooperman is a business consulting and accounting firm that prides itself on “Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed.”

The firm was founded by entrepreneurs - Joel Cooperman & Niles Citrin were in their 20s when they started the firm in 1979 as a rock-n-roll firm, providing accounting, tax and tour management services for the country’s best known arena rock bands.

We’ve expanded our offerings over time through internal growth as well as mergers and acquisitions, helping us grow into one of the nation’s top 30 CPA firms, with expertise in many industries and services. This entrepreneurial spirit infuses the firm, and we encourage all of our partners and staff to think, work and act like entrepreneurs.

Most of our clients are owner-operated businesses, built from the ground up by entrepreneurs. As advisors, we’re not just historians looking at past or present performance. We want to make a difference in our clients’ future. No matter how large or small the business, we deliver a comprehensive set of services, including:

• Meeting regularly to offer proactive, strategic advice and guidance – and to identify concerns before they have a chance to become problems.
• Profitability Planning – We help clients understand and manage the drivers of profitability.
• Tax Planning – We integrate business and personal tax planning, maximizing cash flow and helping avoid any last-minute surprises.
• Financial statements – We help clients use financial data strategically.

In short, we give our clients the tools – and the attention – they need to skillfully manage their business.

Meyers Norris Penny

At Meyers Norris Penny, it all starts with a relationship. The kind of relationship that helps us better understand you and your business – and offer you stronger advice. With more than 2,200 team members and offices across the country, Meyers Norris Penny LLP (MNP) is one of the largest chartered accountancy and business advisory firms in Canada. Our professionals deliver world-class expertise, in-depth knowledge and personalized services in assurance, taxation, consulting, corporate finance, risk management and more. Whatever your needs, wherever you want to go, MNP will help you get there. mnp.ca