Corporate Partners
NAWBO South Florida is supported by our local Corporate Sponsors
NAWBO South Florida is proud to have small business champion Bank of America as our corporate partner.
Bank of America Senior Vice President, Vivian Porcelli, is a tireless supporter of small business, especially women-owned businesses. We are so grateful for her, and Bank of America's continued support.
Vivian leads a team of Small Business Bankers in Broward County who are focused on acquisition, deepening, and retention of new and existing small business relationships. Vivian joined Bank of America in 1995 as a Banking Center Manager. She has held various positions in the Consumer channel, Commercial Banking, and Home Loans. Vivian completed the Six Sigma program at Bank of America and was certified as a Black Belt in 2007. Before joining the Bank, Vivian worked for HSBC Bank, where she was hired into their Management Training program for Financial Center Managers. Vivian graduated from State University of New York (SUNY) at Binghamton where she majored in Business Administration. She earned an MBA from Pace University in New York. Vivian serves on the board of Metro Broward, a small business CDFI serving ethnic minority business owners, as well as Friends of MODS (Museum of Discovery & Science). She is also a member of the Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce and completed their Leadership Program in 2004 and their Senior Executive Orientation in 2015. She is married with 3 children.
Supporting Sponsors
NAWBO South Florida is proud to have Chris Humes of Car Man Chris Auto Consulting as our Supporting Sponsor.
Chris Humes previously worked in Financial Services in various leadership roles. However, his passion and true love has always been centered on cars and helping others. As a result, Chris has assisted many new car shoppers to buy or lease cars for many years...hence the name "Car-Man-Chris". Chris graduated from Barry University in Miami, Florida where he majored in Business Administration. He also earned an MBA from Nova Southeastern University (Wayne Huizenga School of Business) in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Chris is now the Owner and President of Carmanchris Auto Consulting, a firm based in South Florida serving car shoppers all over the United States, parts of Europe and the Caribbean.
Chris is a seasoned automotive professional, with a vast knowledge of the automotive industry and how to purchase cars for less. He has helped numerous clients to buy or lease the car of their dreams while saving hundreds if not thousands of dollars at the same time. Understanding the needs of his clients, Chris provides consumers with his expert automotive knowledge and successfully helps them to purchase cars smartly. The company assists clients to save both time and money when leasing or purchasing both new and pre-owned cars, as well as advise clients on the best way to sell their current cars. Chris has great interpersonal skills, and easily connects with people. As such, he is able to build lasting relationships with both clients and car dealership staff, that are mutually beneficial to all parties.
