For Corporate Partners
We say 'partners,'
not 'sponsors,'
for a reason.
The relationship we want with corporate partners is reciprocal. You help us grow our organization and our members' businesses. We help you reach your goals, fill pipelines, and form meaningful relationships with the women who drive central Ohio's economy.
A check is the beginning of the conversation.
It is not the conversation.
Worth Knowing
About this chapter
Our members run businesses across nearly every industry in central Ohio. Together, their companies contribute over $250 million annually to Ohio's economy. NAWBO Columbus is among the largest NAWBO chapters in the country.
These are not businesses you should know about because it is virtuous to know about them. These are businesses you should know about because they are buyers, suppliers, hiring managers, customers, vendors, and decision-makers for organizations across the region.
The Approach
What partnership will look like
Outcomes-based conversations
We will come to you with specific, mutual objectives — supplier diversity matchmaking, procurement, mentorship exchanges, workforce pipeline access, executive visibility. Not generic exposure packages.
Deeper relationships
We want to be a place where your supplier diversity team, DEI leadership, community engagement team, and talent acquisition team can all find value — because the same woman business owner can be a vendor, a board candidate, and a thought partner.
Honest measurement
We will track and share the specific outcomes our partnerships generate for our members. We will also be honest about what is working and what is not.
Conversations
What we want to talk about
If you represent a corporation, financial institution, healthcare system, university, or public agency, here are the conversations we are most interested in having during this term.
Supplier diversity & procurement
Connecting your supplier diversity team with certified women-owned businesses in our network.
Workforce & talent pipeline
Where the women business owners in our network are hiring, partnering, or growing.
Executive visibility & thought leadership
Bringing your senior leaders into our programming as panelists, mentors, and connectors.
Capital access & financial readiness
For the banks and CDFIs: conversations about co-created economic mobility initiatives — not just sponsorship checks.
Technology & AI readiness
For tech partners: helping our members navigate the operational and competitive shifts coming over the next 24 months.
Start the Conversation
How to begin
Partnership conversations start with the chair of our Corporate Partners Committee.
To Existing Partners
A note for partners already in the relationship
If your organization is already a NAWBO Columbus corporate partner, thank you. This presidency is going to be more proactive about asking what is actually working for you and what is not — and about creating new touchpoints between your team and our members where the value is concrete on both sides.
Expect a conversation. Or initiate one yourself.