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Elaine Merritt, ABWA 2000-2001 National President
General Manager, WLBC-WXFN Radio, Muncie, Indiana

Empowering Women Express Network is the newest American Business Women’s Association (ABWA) Express Network in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Our name seems an appropriate choice because enabling women to achieve more than they ever thought possible, both professionally and personally, is exactly what we and the ABWA are all about!

Our group held its first networking event in September 2007 and our events since then have been very successful and enjoyable. Many guests enjoy themselves so much they join ’on the spot’! We’re extremely pleased to announce that because so many wonderful women became ‘Charter Members’ during our formation phase, we’re thrilled to announce we have won ABWA’s coveted ’Crystal Award’! this year! We’re going from strength to strength and it just goes to prove that networking really does work!

Members & guests at our charter ceremony in January 2008

We meet on the third Thursday of the month at Midlothian Conference Center. Express Network events are just 90 minutes long and we even enjoy a tasty buffet dinner while each evening’s varied program progresses. We usually have at least one special guest speaker, each carefully selected to provide us with a wide variety of educational, inspirational and entertaining business or career related information. [November’s guest speaker is Ellen Torbert, a vice president at Southwest Airlines - Click Here for more info about our speakers]. Most of our events also feature ’Member Spotlights’ and ’Vendor Tables’, so that our members can promote, display and sell their products and services.

We encourage guests to come along and discover what we and the ABWA are all about. We even offer our first time visitors a great discount on the meeting fee as well, so if you haven’t had a chance to visit us yet, you can spare just 90 minutes one Thursday evening a month, and you want to improve your life ... Come along and find out for yourself what else goes on. We ensure we have fun along the way, so please be ready to enjoy yourself in the company of other positive people!

For  more information about our events and how to book your place, please click HERE.

ABWA Mission Statement:

To bring together businesswomen of diverse occupations and to provide opportunities for them to help themselves and others grow personally and professionally through leadership, education, networking support and national recognition.