EMPRESS OF BIZ! Listen! Learn! Prosper! - Live & Recorded Episodes:

EMPRESS OF BIZ! Listen! Learn! Prosper! - Live & Recorded Episodes::

Certification...Is it good for my business? The Empress of Biz inteviews 
Ruth Byrd Smith Director of the Allegheny County M/W/DBE Office.

She is the expert on certification and how it can help you build your business. 

Now is the time to get your answers CERTFICATION: 

What is it? 

Do I need it. 

Do I qualify? 

Who do I talk to? 

Why should I do It? 

Join us as we talk certfication and the upcoming Open House on September 21, from 5:30 p to 7:30 pm. Tune in Listen and Learn and Prosper with the Empress of biz and her knowledgeable guest Ruth Bryd-Smith, Director of the Allegheny County M/W/DBE Office.



JoAnn R. Forrester founded S I Business
Associates, a growth management firm established in 1975.

JoAnn has secured 45 million dollars in loans for her clients. In 1998, she co-developed the
PRICE IT PERFECT(TM) cost management program. In 2008, JoAnn started the Empress of Biz Talkcast Show. JoAnn is a nationally certified site reviewer for the National Women's Business Owner Corporation. In 2004, she was appointed a Program Loan Coordinator of the M/W/D.B.E.

Working Capital Loan
Program of Allegheny County. | JoAnn twice received the U.S. Small Business
Administration Award for SBA Woman Business Champion for
Pennsylvania. In March of 1996, JoAnn was elected to the Pennsylvania Honor Roll of Women from the PA Department of Commerce.| She was chair of the Global Partnership with Pennsylvania in 1997,1998. In 1999, JoAnn received recognition as one of the Top 50 Women Business Owners in Pennsylvania.