 |
|
July 2004
The Business Alphabet: NP CEO on the SBA NAC
College Station, Texas - The CEO of NP has been appointed to a two-year term on the SBA's NAC…which is a bureaucratic way of announcing that Rebecca Boenigk, CEO of Bryan-based, Neutral Posture, Inc., will now be one of the few female business owners ever to serve on the National Advisory Council (NAC) of the Small Business Administration (SBA).
Boenigk, who also recently accepted a two-year term on the board of directors for the Business and Institutional Furniture Manufacturers Association (BIFMA), says she is honored, and believes she can make a difference for other small businesses.
Boenigk has also been an active part of Women Impacting Public Policy (WIPP), a political action committee that lobbies on behalf of women in business and women's business enterprises (WBEs). She also spoke before Congressional committees and subcommittees last year at the invitation of Congressman John Carter, helping to pass legislation that would keep Federal Prison Industries from competing unfairly with private, tax-paying businesses for federal furniture contracts.
"The SBA is the only official agency created to assist small businesses," said Hector Barreto, Administrator of the Small Business Administration. "The NAC plays a unique role in advising the administrator and agency officials about vital issues affecting small business throughout our country."
Boenigk's two-year term began June 18th of this year, and Boenigk says she hopes to be able to bring a unique perspective to the council, as both a female business owner and a small business owner.
####################
Neutral Posture is a Bryan, Texas-based manufacturer of ergonomic office seating products and accessories. Neutral Posture also manufactures in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada. The company is the largest certified woman-owned seating manufacturer in the world, majority owned by the mother-daughter team of Jaye Congleton and Rebecca Congleton-Boenigk. Neutral Posture is a certified women's business enterprise (WBE), and is one of the top diversity suppliers for the U.S. government and for Fortune 500 companies worldwide. The company holds numerous patents and patents pending, including patents pending on its new AbStool™ and StandUp™ keyboard tray extender. The company's website is www.neutralposture.com.
|
|
|
|
|
