[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 94 (Monday, June 24, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1155]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 PHYLLIS HILL SLATER NAMED AS PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF 
                         WOMEN BUSINESS OWNERS

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                         HON. MICHAEL P. FORBES

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, June 24, 1996

  Mr. FORBES. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Phyllis Hill Slater 
for being elected president of the National Association of Women 
Business Owners [NAWBO]. She has been an active member in NAWBO for 
many years including being president of the Long Island Chapter from 
1987 to 1989.
  The NAWBO has been a successful influence on women business owners. 
This organization helps women entrepreneurs become successful by 
holding conferences and expositions to help better business practices 
and by giving scholarships to young women. Their mission is to 
strengthen the wealth-creating capacity of their members and promote 
economic development, to create innovative and effective changes in the 
business culture, to build strategic alliances, coalitions and 
affiliations, and to transform public policy and influence opinion 
makers. On Long Island alone, more than half of its members have close 
working relationships with a particular banker and have a current line 
of credit, showing that women-owned businesses on Long Island are 
financially sound and creditworthy. This organization is very important 
because according to national findings there are around 7.7 million 
women-owned businesses which provide 15.5 million jobs and generate 
$1.4 trillion in sales.
  Phyllis Hill Slater is president of her own company, Hill Slater 
Inc., which is an engineering and architectural support systems firm 
located in Great Neck, Long Island, NY. She has been on the board of 
directors for many enterprises including the NAWBO, National. She is 
the chair and founder of both the New York Black Women Enterprises 
[BWE] and the Women Business Owners Corporations [WBOC].
  She has won many awards for her hard work to help small businesses 
run by women including being a Three-time Delegate to the White House 
Conference on Small Business from the Caribbean-American Chamber of 
Commerce and Industry Inc. and winning the Pathfinder Award for Women's 
History Month from the town of Hempstead.
  Mr. Speaker, I would like to congratulate Phyllis Hill Slater for all 
she has contributed to women business owners and applaud the NAWBO for 
all it has offered to women-owned businesses. I wish her the best and I 
hope that she continues her efforts.

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