Kathy White, President and CEO of Business Interiors, Irving, TX, received the Women's Business Enterprise Star Award on March, 20, 2008 in Washington, DC.

The annual event gives recognition to Women's Business Enterprises (WBE's) who have provided leadership in their respective local business communities, inspiration to other women business owners and remain at the helm of certified women-owned businesses.

"I was brought up in a very entrepreneurial household, and I had a great role model in my mother," Kathy says. Her mother, Joan Miller, started the company in 1970. Kathy has been President and CEO for the last 8 years and grew up in the business.

Her WBE certification has helped her not only to gain access to new customers, but also to find sources of support and advice as her business has grown and taken on new challenges.

Cynthia Johnson, member of the Board of Directors of the Chicago Women's Business Development Center and 2005 recipient of the Star Award says, "WBENC (Women's Business Enterprise National Council) is a national member organization of major corporations and certified women-owned businesses, that has a goal of fostering business opportunities."

We congratulate Kathy White, for this special honor.