Congratulations to Gwendolyn VanSant!
Berkshire Business and Professional Women honors Gwendolyn VanSant as recipient of the 2019 Woman of Achievement Award! Celebrated at the Pittsfield Country Club (above photos by www.triciamccormack.com)
2019 Woman of Achievement Celebration!
Welcome to Berkshire BPW!
Bringing Professional Women Together
We empower women to engage, learn and share at our monthly events.
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When you join Berkshire BPW, you are investing in yourself and other women in the Berkshires.
Why is the Berkshire BPW such a valuable local resource?
Read what our members and guests have to say
What We Do
We Have Over 50 Years Of Experience!
Facilitate Personal and Professional Networking
Through our monthly gatherings, we connect, we share, we laugh, and we learn. All of which builds our personal and professional connections.
Provide Informative Programs at Monthly Dinner Meetings
Each month we work to provide interesting and fun programing. Our programs are fun, educational, interesting, and inspiring.
Recognize Outstanding Women
We love our community and we love supporting women. Since 1965, we have been honoring a local woman and all she does for our community in the Berkshires at our Woman of Achievement Awards Dinner.
Provide Local Scholarships
Our Woman of Achievement Awards dinner is our largest fund raising event supporting our Berkshire BPW Scholarship Program, which provides career advancement scholarships to working women residing in Berkshire County.
Instill Lasting Friendships
And we mean this!
What Our Members Say...
"What value about BBPW is the advocacy and education, great group support and teamwork, networking and wonderful committees."
"BBPW is a tremendous networking platform. At my first meeting I met many new women from the Berkshires who I instantly connected with and have forged working relationships and friendship."
"As a longtime member of BBPW (and a family history that goes back 60 years!) I have always valued the friendships, networking and advocacy for the rights of working women."
"It is great to be in a room with such talented and caring women who are doing good in the community: impacting change and taking active leadership roles."
"I have thoroughly enjoyed meeting all of the women in this group. They are very welcoming and encouraging. I recommend for new and old to any business professional."
Our Scholarship Sponsors
Thank you to our generous 2018 scholarship sponsors!
What's New at Berkshire BPW?
100th Anniversary of Business and Professional Women USA; July 16, 1919
July 16, 2019
The legacy of Business and Professional Women USA began in 1919. While mobilizing for World War I, the U.S. Government recognized the need for a cohesive group to coordinate identification o 
Congratulations to our 2018 Scholarship Recipients
October 18, 2018
This year, Berkshire BPW was able to award $12,000 to twelve individuals from all areas of Berkshire County and many programs & aspects of continuing education. Congratulations to all... 
Oct 2018: A message from Programming Vice President
October 10, 2018
The first women's rights convention in the U.S. took place in Seneca Falls, New York in 1848. Convened by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, and others active in the anti-slavery movemen... Become a BBPW Member Today!
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