By: Kathy Kelly
1^st Vice President of Membership, NFBPWC (2021-2024)

Welcome BPW Washington!

It’s official!  We have a new Affiliate charter for Washington state.  We want to congratulate President Rosalind Scott and the 17 Founding Members and welcome them back to BPW National and International.  We are looking forward to many more BPW WA joining us in the months ahead.

Patrice Beckwith	Judith Johnson-Keyt
Betty Buckley	Milly Lewendon
Katerina Canyon	Katherine Meade
Diane Duranti	Jacqueline Petrick-Lee
Peggy Harris	Patty Slagle
Michael Healy	Nancy Sorensen
Evelyn Hinken	Sylvia E. Valine
Jayne Huston	Margaret Way

NEW AND RENEWING MEMBERS IN JANUARY

RENEW	Dr. Trish Knight	Virtual (Gypsy)
RENEW	Michele Guarino	Virtual (Maine)
RENEW	Barbara Schmouder	Virtual (PA)
RENEW	Titilola Adisa	Virtual (Georgia)
RENEW	Daneene Monroe Rusnak	Virtual (Ohio
New	Roberta Sexton	Michigan
New	Dana Brown	Michigan
New	Patrizia Hironimus	California - Chico
RENEW	Carolyn Grady	Virtual (Wisconsin)
New	Carolina Flores-Helizon	California - El Monte
New/Renew	Betty Allums	California - Berkeley
New/Renew	Theresa Amador	California - East LA Montebello
New	Lalwani Muskan	California - Burbank
New	Stacy Gonyou	Colorado - Boulder
New	Frances August	Colorado - Boulder
New	Tracey MacDermott	Colorado - Denver
RENEW	Linda Miller	Virtual (Ohio)
New	Denise Stepanik	Pennsylvania
New	Beth Gibson Lilja	VPennsylvania
New	Elizabeth (Anne Marie) Mitchell	California - East LA Montebello

2023 Membership Reconciliations

I want to personally thank the Federation and Affiliate presidents, membership chairs and others who supported the process to report our year-end membership numbers to BPW International.  Although we did experience some attrition with two clubs folding, we are so excited to report that, at this writing, we are reporting 439 NFBPWC members, 24 students for a total of 463 members.  The 2023 official count was 342 members. That is an official 35% increasein our overall NFBPWC membership.  Well done ladies!

In a time when most community service organizations are declining, BPW continues to attract amazing women from all over the United States who share our mission to be the leading advocate for working women.

We continue to reach out to lapsed members with the hope of converting them back to active membership. To support this effort, the Membership Committee developed a lapsed-member survey to (1) re-engage that member, (2) discover what brought them to BPW initially and (3) support them in finding their BPW niche.  Please find that survey in the Member Resources section (Members Only login) on the NFBPWC website.

We did need to add some members who were missed in the National database.  Be sure to forward your new member’s name, email and club to newmember@nfbpwc.org so we can get welcome them and give them access to all our benefits of membership.

The Membership Committee wishes each of our BPW Sisters a Happy 2024! We have some big plans for this year!

Next, get ready for our BIG membership drive: 

Double or More in 24 

with a chance to win fabulous prizes with every new member you bring in before the National Convention next summer.  More details will follow shortly via email.

The National Membership Committee usually meets on the first and third Mondays of each month, holidays excluded.  In February, we plan to meet on the 5^th and 19^th.  We welcome members to join us and learn more about the tools and events NFBPWC offers that can support your club to “Double or More by ’24!”

Contact Kathy Kelly, vpmembership@nfbpwc.org for more information.

CSW 68 March 11-22, 2024

If you missed our January 23^rd webinar on the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) please contact Kathy Kelly for the recording or check out the CSW portal on our website.  Also, Kathy is collecting NFBPWC members’ names who want to attend and share a room with another member (or 2 or 3) to save on hotel costs.

We have two options in New York City with excellent room rates.  Djenabou Bou is serving as our NFBPWC Travel Agent.  Contact Kathy or Djenabou for more information.