BCM Media certified as Women’s Business Enterprise

The national Women’s Business Enterprise National Council recently certified BCM Media, a private media-consulting firm in Darien, allowing the woman-owned company to take advantage of diversity supplier programs at hundreds of major U.S. companies. Twelve-thousand companies nationally have earned the certification as a Women”™s Business Enterprise.

“Two-year old BCM Media has made great strides in building a solid media planning and buying company that provides national and local clients with high-quality service and smart media solutions,” the company said in a statement.

The certification announcement also said, “A media consultancy headed by a woman is rare in the industry. Managing director and founder Brenda McKenna has worked with many high-profile clients, such as Crowley Maritime Corp., Copper Development Association, Fuji Film Medical Systems and many other traditional business-to-business clients.”

“Women Presidents”™ Educational Organization is proud to welcome BCM Media as one of 12,000 certified Women”™s Business Enterprises in the U.S.,” said Marsha Firestone, founder and president of the national Women Presidents”™ Educational Organization, made of female presidents of multimillion-dollar companies. “These companies go through an extensive evaluation process in order to meet the requirements of WBENC certification. High standards are necessary in order to serve our impressive Corporate Members, which represents over 270 major U.S. Corporations and government agencies that have established supplier diversity programs.”

McKenna said, “WBENC certification will help us expand our company’s visibility among corporate supplier diversity programs. Our knowledge and expertise in a multitude of B2B target markets positions us for substantial growth in the upcoming year.”