The International Federation of Business and Professional Women (BPW International) develops the professional, leadership and business potential of women on all levels through advocacy, mentoring, networking, skill building and economic empowerment programs and projects around the world. This is “about BPW” in a New York minute! To find out more details of the many activities of our organization please do navigate around the website.

One year has passed since our last Congress in Mexico City Oct 24-28, 2008. How the time has flown! It has been nonstop for me and the executive board and I am happy to report that through our hard work, many of the goals are now being achieved.
Our new interactive website is growing day by day as our main communication platform. It is filled with news and activities. If you have not registered on this website then you are missing most of the benefits which you can access as a member. All members can participate in discussions, the forum and meet up with friends in the community. It is all there for you and it is up to our members to make this tool vibrant and interesting.
Based on the many resolutions passed at Congress we are working at modernizing our organization. The constitution review and reform taskforce is well under way. All the information and latest updates are available here on the website so you can read and be informed. These will be posted regularly from all the workshops at conferences etc, so keep checking in.
In order to provide more value to our members with cost efficiency and continuity I am pleased to introduce you to our new outsourced organizational services team. These BPW staff members will be hard at work with the many systems and processes we are putting in place to improve our services. Any news, press releases, newsletters ,events etc from our affiliates should be emailed to the PR Director in order for the team to organize posting it on the website so that members around the world can enjoy reading about all our activities. There is so much going on in our 92 countries and we all want to know about it.
We are going to make BPW highly visible so keep checking the website for much, much more! Liz Benham,   International President

Member Services and Congress Organizer

Cathy Zambetti, USA
Email: Member.services@bpw-international.org

Fundraising Development Director

Elizabeth  Irwin, USA
Email: director.fundraising@bpw-international.org

Director of Public Relations and Communications

Anneli Majuri, Brazil
Email:    director.PR@bpw-international.org

Website Coordinator

Cathy Savioz, Switzerland
Email: coordinator.website@bpw-international.org

Committees Taskforces and Projects Coordinator

Barbara Chiavarino, Italy

United Nations Administrator

Ann Swain, United Kingdom
Email: administrator.un@bpw-international.org

News Coordinator

Jo-An Partridge, Australia
Email:coordinator.news@bpw-international.org