Corporate Partners Committee
The committee that protects and grows the chapter's most important relationships.
This committee is charged with the retention and engagement of new and existing corporate partners. Committee members serve as ambassadors to ensure corporate partners are receiving the full benefits of the partnership.
What's Changing
About corporate partners this term
We will keep saying "partners," not "sponsors."
This is intentional and it shapes the work. The chapter has been explicit for years that corporate relationships are reciprocal, and this presidency is going to lean into that more deliberately than ever.
We will pursue outcome-based partnerships.
This means going into partner conversations with specific shared objectives — supplier diversity matchmaking, procurement access, talent and mentorship exchanges, executive visibility — instead of generic sponsorship tiers.
We will measure what partnerships actually produce.
Number of introductions made. Number of procurement conversations opened. Number of mentorship matches. Number of speaking opportunities created. The high-value metric will not be sponsorship dollars alone, but the concrete opportunities partnerships create for our members.
We will expand the conversation.
Beyond current partners, there are categories of organizations we have not fully engaged — technology firms, financial institutions willing to co-create economic mobility initiatives, public agencies, universities, CDFIs. The committee will be a partner in opening those conversations.
Asks
What this committee will deliver
- Active stewardship of every existing corporate partner — proactive check-ins, not just renewal reminders
- A specific value plan for each partner: what they need from us, what we can offer them, and what measurable outcomes the partnership should produce
- Coordination with Programming so corporate partners have meaningful visibility at events and meaningful engagement with members
- Coordination with Communications so partner stories are told well and consistently
- Support for the President and Chapter Manager in opening new partnership conversations strategically
Who It's For
Members who…
- Have backgrounds in business development, account management, sales, or relationship management
- Are comfortable representing the chapter to corporate leaders
- Want to shape the chapter's most strategic external relationships
- Are interested in the intersection of women-owned business advocacy and corporate engagement
Next Step
How to get involved
To join the Corporate Partners Committee or learn more about current openings, visit the main committees page on the chapter site, or contact the Corporate Partners Vice President. For prospective corporate partners, the right starting point is the Partners page.