Center for Women's Business Research appoints Lisa Kaiser Hickey as Director
Published: June 23, 2006
By Larry Villa
Douglass Screen Printers, Inc.

The Center for Women’s Business Research has appointed its next director on their Board of Directors – Lisa Kaiser Hickey, President and CEO of Douglass Screen Printers in Lakeland. Headquartered in Washington, DC, the Center for Women’s Business Research, also known as CWBR, began as a subsidiary of the National Association of Women Business Owners, also known as NAWBO, and within a short period of time, was able to become its own independent agency. CWBR is the premier source of knowledge about women business owners and their enterprises worldwide. CWBR began in 1989 and documented the economic and social contributions of women business owners and has continually challenged the perceptions of this growing economic force.

The board of directors and the advisory council consist of many distinguished women and men entrepreneurs and various leaders from across the country. The research team is afforded the responsibility of conducting high-visibility research projects on landmark topics. The center also connects corporate leaders with women business owners, non-profit advocates and government leaders at an annual Executive Roundtable; a foremost event for the latest intelligence on women entrepreneurs. The center also documents the growth of women-owned enterprises with the latest statistics and current trends in the United States, in each state and in each of the top metropolitan cities.

According to the statistical data collected by the CWBR; the top states for women-owned businesses are: Arizona, California, Florida, Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas and Washington. CWBR also documents businesses owned by Women of Color in the United States. Between 1997 and 2004, the number of African-American women-owned businesses increased by 35.5%, and the number of Hispanic women-owned businesses increased by 63.9%. The largest increase was businesses owned by Asian, Pacific Islanders and Native Americans/Alaska Natives; at 69.3%.

For more detailed information about the Center for Women’s Business Research including a list of sponsors, fact sheets, year-end reports, media highlights, and much more – please visit their website at www.womensbusinessresearch.org