There aren’t many associations that have stood strong for 50 years and had such transformative impacts on the women’s business landscape as NAWBO—year after year and decade after decade. This calls for a celebration for the ages, and you’re invited to be part of it…back in Washington, DC where it all began for NAWBO in 1975 as the first women’s business advocacy organization.
June 5-8, 2025
Omni Shoreham Hotel
Washington, DC
Join us for this once-in-a-lifetime golden anniversary event that’s curated from start to finish with special guests, speakers and events, including:
Let’s set the stage for NAWBO’s next 50 years together!
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“Get a seat at the table or build your own table, and make sure to include other women.”
—Susan Hager, NAWBO’s founding president
Susan and NAWBO’s 11 other founders didn’t start out as advocates. They were women business owners, just like the women NAWBO serves today, with big dreams and obstacles keeping them from fully achieving those.
They formed NAWBO in 1975 in Washington, DC, because they knew they were better together. They began sharing information about federal contracts, access to capital and more. And their efforts, and the number of women who joined them, grew.
Today, 50 years later, NAWBO is the unified, bi-partisan voice of America’s more than 14 million women-owned businesses, and the only dues-based membership organization representing the interests of these women with businesses of all sizes, stages of growth and industries through our three pillars:
NAWBO propels women entrepreneurs into economic, social and political spheres of power worldwide by:
Learn more about NAWBO here.
