WEDC CEO JOINS HVEDC BOARD

Hudson Valley Economic Development Corp. (HVEDC) in Poughkeepsie recently announced the appointment of Anne Janiak, CEO of Women”™s Enterprise Development Center (WEDC) to its Board of Directors.

“We look forward to partnering with HVEDC to spur economic development in the region. With WEDC”™s focus on strengthening women and minority-owned businesses by providing a wide range of business-training programs and services, we are confident that this collaboration will result in providing additional economic opportunities for the growing number of women and minority enterprises in the area,” said Janiak.

WEDC, a nonprofit microbusiness development organization in White Plains, founded by Janiak in 1997 helps women achieve economic self-sufficiency through entrepreneurship in Westchester County and the lower Hudson Valley. She has been instrumental in its growth and development, including its designation as a Women”™s Business Center by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) in 2003. A former mayor of the village of Scarsdale, a former chair of the Westchester County Women”™s Advisory Board and a former president of the Scarsdale chapter of the League of Women Voters. Janiak has many community and professional affiliations and is actively involved with both the state and national microenterprise development program associations.

“Providing opportunity to women and minority-owned businesses is an important focus for HVEDC”¦.” said Mike Oates, president and CEO of HVEDC.