Susan Bari, WBENC
2004 Outstanding Women's Advocate

Susan Phillips Bari is President of the Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), the leading advocate for the advancement of women owned businesses as vendors and suppliers to the nation's corporations. As a founding architect of WBENC in 1997, Bari as President has grown the organization to become the nation's leading third-party certifier of businesses owned and operated by women. As head of WBENC, Bari is committed to creating successful relationships between women owned businesses and America's corporations.

She is a member of the Women's Leadership Board of the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, and serves on advisory councils for Shan Industries, a women-owned firm, the Diversity Council of Merrill Lynch; the Women's Advisory Council of Wells Fargo Bank and the Board of Directors of the Women Presidents' Organization.

Her 2nd book, "Partnering for Profit: Success Strategies for Tomorrow's Supply Chain" was published in June, 2005. Breaking Through: Creating Opportunities for America's Women and Minority-Owned Businesses" was published in June, 2004 both by the Women's Business Enterprise National Council.

WBENC provides purchasing managers with access to more than 4,000 certified WBEs via an Internet database - WBENCLink and a business-to-business list serve - WEbuy@wbenc.org.