The IBA joins the City of Philadelphia, the LGBT Community and all those touched by her life in mourning the passing of Gloria Casarez! She lent her voice so that others might have one! THANK YOU, GLORIA! We are a better city and a stronger community because of you!
Our condolences & sincerest symapathies go out to all of her friends and family, particularly her wife, Tricia Dressel and her Mom, Elisa Gonzalez.
On October 14th, The IBA welcomed executives and business professionals from across the region to the annual IBA President’s Breakfast. Here corporate representatives gathered for networking and updates about Greater Philadelphia’s LGBT Chamber of Commerce and the national LGBT business movement.
IBA President, Rich Horrow, and the Board of Directors hosted this year’s event in the Plaza Ballroom of Philadelphia’s magnificent Ritz Carlton Hotel. The annual event is an opportunity for IBA leadership to thank its higher level members and Corporate Partners for their significant support of the work and mission of the IBA.
View more pictures of this year’s event.
The President’s Breakfast is a member benefit offered to Executive, President, and Chairman level members and the Corporate Partners of the IBA. For more information on these levels of membership and opportunities for corporate partnership, contact IBA Executive Administrator Tom Cavanaugh at 215-557-0190 or iba@independencebusinessalliance.com
This past July, the IBA released an RFP for the rebuild of its website. After an exhaustive process receiving and reviewing over 15 proposals from qualified web design firms from around the globe, the Greater Philadelphia region’s LGBT Chamber of Commerce has made a decision on the contract recipient.
The IBA is thrilled to announce that the project has been awarded to one of its own—web design firm and IBA Member business, YIKES, Inc. We are pleased to partner with YIKES, a woman and LGBT owned and operated company, whose values are closely aligned with those of the IBA.
YIKES, Inc. is a Philadelphia-based, full-service web design and development company who build smart, effective, creative web solutions for businesses and non-profit organizations. It’s an organization that prides themselves on outstanding quality and unsurpassed customer service.
There are many components to the YIKES proposal, not the least of which is the increased benefit to our Members—the backbone of the IBA. Here are just a few of the improvements and new features our Members can look forward to in order to help with business development and better market themselves, products or services:
The IBA is grateful to all of our Members, Member-businesses, Corporate and Community Partners who have made it possible for us to begin work on this new endeavor. Look for the launch of the new and improved IBA website, slated for January, 2015.
More about YIKES, Inc.
For 18 years YIKES has been observing the triple bottom-line philosophy of people, planet, and profit. YIKES is committed to making positive societal changes through our business practices and ethics.
YIKES is proud to have earned B Corporation Certification in 2010 and is a member and sponsor of the Sustainable Business Network of Greater Philadelphia. Additionally, YIKES contributes 5 hours a week to the WordPress Open Source Project.
