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Trestle Group Foundation Partners with WEConnect International to Empower Women Entrepreneurs in Emerging Economies

Zurich, Switzerland – September 27, 2011 – Trestle Group Foundation today announced a new partnership with WEConnect International to increase access to women entrepreneurs in emerging economies and benefit from WEConnect’s ability to certify women owned business. By providing Trestle Group Foundation’s human capital executive support to women entrepreneurs in emerging markets, and certifying their [...]

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PepsiCo Europe Helps Empower Women Entrepreneurs in Emerging Markets

Geneva, Switzerland – September 2011 – PepsiCo announces the second phase of its women entrepreneur programme, in partnership with the Trestle Group Foundation, to provide business support to high-potential women entrepreneurs in emerging economies. Nur Begen, the owner of OrganicEra, a Turkish company producing high quality cotton goods and Deniz Alkan, Finance Director of Beverages [...]

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DÉSIRÉE STEINMANN/STEINMANN INTERNATIONAL JOINS TGF EXECUTIVE COACHING TEAM

Zürich, Switzerland, June 8, 2011 – Trestle Group Foundation today announced the addition Désirée Steinmann to the executive coaching team. “As a professional coach and Success Group Leader at Professional Women’s Group Zürich, Désirée is an inspiring and motivating executive with the ability to think outside of the box and see possibilities where others see [...]

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TGF WELCOMES LISA SENNHAUSER-KELLY TO THE ADVISORY BOARD

Zürich, Switzerland, June 1, 2011 – Trestle Group Foundation today announced the addition of Lisa Sennhauser-Kelly to the Foundation Advisory Board. “Lisa is senior international executive with a passion to support women to achieve their best,” said Dana Brice Smith, Trestle Group Foundation Managing Director. “Her passion combined with board-level experience, makes Lisa a respected [...]

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TGF WELCOMES METTE SKJOLD ROTBØLL TO THE ADVISORY BOARD

Zürich, Switzerland, May 19, 2011 – Trestle Group Foundation today announced the addition of Mette Skjold Rotbøll to the Foundation Advisory Board. “Always looking for more-than-profit, Mette is a financial impact specialist,” said Dana Brice Smith, Trestle Group Foundation Managing Director. “What makes Mette unique is her understanding of, and commitment to, sustainable investment solutions [...]

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TGF & PepsiCo Partnership Featured in Forbes CSR Blog

Pepsi Takes Performance With Purpose to Heart The last couple of weeks have been nothing short of a roller coaster ride for the  food and beverage giant PepsiCo. First news hit the markets that for the first time ever, Diet Coke had overtaken Pepsi as the second-most popular soft drink in the country, behind Coca-Cola. Right [...]

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TGF WELCOMES PATRICIA GRICHTING TO THE ADVISORY BOARD

Zürich, Switzerland, April 28, 2011 – Trestle Group Foundation today announced the addition of Patricia Grichting to the Foundation Advisory Board. “In addition to being an award-winning author on microfinance, Patricia brings 20 years of business development experience in both developing and developed markets,” said Dana Brice Smith, Trestle Group Foundation Managing Director. “We welcome her [...]

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PepsiCo & TGF Partnership Highlighted In Vault’s CSR Blog

TGF & PepsiCo partnership interview excerpts below. To view the entire interview, please see: http://bit.ly/g1HcCT PepsiCo’s Most Powerful Recruitment Tool is a Marketing Campaign In Good Company: Vault’s CSR Blog Posted on Monday, March 28, 2011 9:09:23 PM GMT The last couple of weeks have been nothing short of a rollercoaster ride for food and [...]

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Celebrating International Women’s Day 2011 – Empowering Women Entrepreneurs in Emerging Economies

Zürich, Switzerland, March 8, 2011 –A recent opinion editorial by Hillary Rodham Clinton, U.S. Secretary of State, in Bloomberg’s Businessweek  (http://buswk.co/fDj1dU) stated that, “Today, there are more than 200 million women entrepreneurs worldwide. Women earn more than $10 trillion every year, which is expected to grow by $5 trillion over the next several years. In [...]

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We relaunch!

It has been a long time coming, but we have finally made it. Our new homepage is live, and there is much for you to see and read about. Join me on a quick tour through the new features available on our site: brand new programs section donate through Ammado twitter stream flickr stream new [...]

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