About

Our mission is to be the leading resource to empower women to succeed through leadership, training, networking and advocacy.

We meet the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month at noon at The Forum, 2120 Speedway, Wichita Falls, TX. We always welcome guests, so feel free to visit us at any meeting. View our Calendar to see the current schedule of meetings and other events.

2011 – 2012 Officers

Officers: President – Keli McCord
President Elect – Rita Vokes
1st VP Finance – Sarah Eads
2nd VP Membership – Sally Gray
Recording Secretary – Stacia Murphy
Corresponding Secretary – Cheryl Cogdell
Treasurer – Robert Eads
Appointed: Parliamentarian – Keri Orsak

Committee Chairs:

TBW Page – Penny Miller
By-Laws – Brooke Boren
Personal Development – Martha Hall
Legislation – Sandra Sims
Meeting Coordinators – Sheryl Moses & Evelyn Lucus
Women’s History Celebration – Edwina Wight
Newsletter – Cheryl Zachary
Photographer – Joan Gray
Public Relations – TBD
Scholarship – Meredith Kennedy-Lee
Yearbook – June Anderson
Webmaster – Sandra Sims

History of our Club:

On May 1, 1976, thirteen women met in the home of Carolyn Gary for the organizational meeting of a daytime Business and Professional Women’s Organization. The new club was formed from the Wichita Falls Club which met in the evening. It was known as the “noon time” BPW Club and was given the name of Metropolitan Business and Professional Women. New officers were elected on June 9, 1976, from a total of 18 charter members.

Our Charter President was Carolyn Gary. The members elected to meet on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month at the Wichita Club from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. All these preliminary decisions led up to the moment when Metropolitan officially received its charter from State BPW officials in an impressive charter ceremony and officer installation banquet on Friday evening, September 22, 1976!

In July 2009 our state organization voted to officially change its name to Texas Business Women.

Over the years we may have changed our name, meeting day, and time, but the overall focus of our organization remains the same. We are still in the business of “Women Helping Women.”