NAWBO® Installs Jacqueline Hayes to 2023-2024 National Board of Directors

Jacqueline joins the National Board to support women business owners nationwide

Washington, D.C. (June 5, 2023), The National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) installed Jacqueline Hayes to the 2023-2024 Board of Directors. NAWBO represents more than 12 million women business owners across America. The membership is diverse in many ways, including the size of their business, the sectors, and communities they serve, the stage of business development, their race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, geographic business areas, and political leanings that determine policy views.

On the local level, the members are servant and business leaders who want to impact their local communities positively. On a national level, NAWBO informs lawmakers on the challenges for women business owners and outlines how to address these obstacles. The NAWBO National Board leads this critical mission.

“Women business owners are an integral part of the nation’s economic vitality,” said Lisa Coppola, NAWBO National Board Chair. “NAWBO is the voice for these engines in our economy. I am proud to lead this organization to ensure all Americans hear and understand the importance of women business owners in their communities and nationwide. We will be successful with Jacqueline as part of the NAWBO Board of Directors.”

Jacqueline is the Principal and Chief Marketing Strategist of Crayons & Marketers, a full-service content marketing agency in Nashville. Under her leadership, Crayons & Marketers guides companies, nonprofits, and government agencies in attracting and engaging multicultural and multigenerational audiences responsibility. Jacqueline is a highly respected leader in the business community, serving on multiple boards and committees and volunteering her tie to several nonprofit organizations. She was awarded the 2013 PENCIL Foundation Volunteer of the Year Award and 2014 Community Enrichment Award by NAWBO Nashville. In 2019, she was among a small contingent of dynamic women in business awarded the WBEs Who Rock Award by MBE Magazine. In 2020, Jacqueline was named to the prestigious Marquis Who’s Who in America and honored as a 2020 Women of Influence Awards recipient by the Nashville Business Journal. Jacqueline also received a 2021 Enterprising Women of the Year Award from Enterprising Women Magazine.

“NAWBO started in the back room of an office in D.C. by women who refused to accept the status quo. Since then, that small contingent of trailblazers has grown into a nationwide organization with chapters across the country supporting women business owners in city centers and rural areas,” said Jacqueline, NAWBO National Board Member. “I am honored to serve on the NAWBO National Board dedicated to upholding NAWBO’s mission and ensuring its continued relevance for decades to come.”

The 2023-2024 NAWBO Board of Directors includes Lisa Coppola , Chair; Karen Bennetts , Immediate Past Chair; Janis Shinkawa , Chair-Elect, Megan Patton , Treasurer, Thresette Briggs – Secretary, Jacqueline Hayes, Lesa Seibert, Krista Martinez, and Sherrie Barr Mack , Chair of the Presidents Assembly Steering Committee.

The National Association of Women Business Owners Board of Directors was installed on June 5, 2023, before starting their Advocacy Days on June 6 and 7, 2023, in Washington, D.C.

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About NAWBO

Founded in 1975, NAWBO is the unified voice of America’s more than 12 million women-owned businesses representing the fastest-growing segment of the economy. NAWBO is the only dues-based organization representing the interests of all women entrepreneurs across all industries. NAWBO develops programs that help navigate women entrepreneurs through the various stages of their business growth. To learn more, please visit www.nawbo.org.