Ms. Johns is also chairman of the board of the Nashville Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. Simone Desjardins, senior vice president and area manager of the Business Development Bank of Canada. Ms. Desjardins provides financial and consulting services to small businesses in the Toronto area. Women business owners can participate in the satellite conferences through many of the 4,500 Edward Jones investment company locations in the U.S. and Canada, as well as SBA- sponsored small business development centers, chambers of commerce, business councils and other organizations nationwide. Organizations interested in receiving the downlink should contact the Edward Jones company at the number or Web site listed below.
Admission is free but seating is limited.
Practical Advice to Grow Your Business, are now available on videotape through your local Edward Jones office. Cosponsors of the event include the investment firm Edward Jones, IBM, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the American Business Women's Association, the SBA's Office of Women's Business Ownership, and the agency's resource partners SBA's Service Corps of Retired Executives and SBA s Small Business Development Center Program.