Press Release
MassMutual Financial Group Begins Eighth Year as Corporate Sponsor With Center for Women’s Business Research
Washington, DC – Center for Women’s Business Research is pleased to announce that the MassMutual Financial Group is starting its eighth year as a corporate sponsor. MassMutual is a premier corporate sponsor at the Leadership Circle level.
As a corporate sponsor, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual) supports the work of the Center in continuing to create entrepreneurial opportunities for women through conducting research and sharing knowledge about women business owners and their enterprises worldwide. The Center’s research informs both private- and public-sector decision-makers and policy-makers, as well as women entrepreneurs.
“MassMutual’s early support for research on retirement benefits in women-owned firms has provided the basis for understanding this critical issue,” said Marjorie Alfus, Chair, Center for Women’s Business Research. “In addition to the corporation’s ongoing support, the Center is proud that MassMutual executive Beverly Holmes, Senior Vice President and Executive Officer of Retirement Services, personally is involved with the Center as a member of the Board and Vice Chair of Corporate Relations.”
“The relationship with the Center enhances both our efforts to recruit talented women as agents, and our focus on providing services to women business owners and their enterprises,” said Susan Sweetser, Second Vice President of MassMutual “We are proud to have this prestigious affiliation.”
MassMutual is dedicated to helping business owners protect their investments through planning and preparing for long-term ownership. Over the past 16 years, the Center for Women’s Business Research has painted the picture of the women-owned business landscape by providing original research documenting the economic and social contributions of women-owned firms. Through this relationship, MassMutual and the Center will provide the knowledge to further empower women entrepreneurs.
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Center for Women’s Business Research The Center for Women’s Business Research is the premier source of knowledge about women business owners and their enterprises worldwide. The Center’s mission is to unleash the economic potential of women entrepreneurs by conducting research, sharing information and increasing knowledge about this fast-growing sector of the economy.
Since 1989, Center for Women’s Business Research has “painted the picture” of the women-owned business landscape by providing original research documenting the economic and social contributions of women-owned firms. This knowledge transforms entrepreneurial opportunities for women worldwide and is changing the face of the global business environment.
MassMutual Financial Group MassMutual Financial Group -- comprised of member companies with $285 billion of assets under management at year-end 2003 -- is a global, growth-oriented, diversified financial services organization providing life insurance, annuities, disability income insurance, long-term care insurance, retirement planning products, structured settlement annuities, trust services, money management, and other financial products and services.
The MassMutual Financial Group is a marketing designation (or fleet name) for Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company and its affiliates, which include: OppenheimerFunds, Inc.; Babson Capital Management LLC; Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers LLC; MML Investors Services, Inc.; The MassMutual Trust Company, FSB; Antares Capital Corporation; MML Bay State Life Insurance Company; C.M. Life Insurance Company; and MassMutual International, Inc. (www.massmutual.com)
Citation
Center for Women’s Business Research. “MassMutual Financial Group Begins Eighth Year as Corporate Sponsor With Center for Women’s Business Research.” Press Release. March 3, 2005. Washington, DC.