About Women TIES

Women TIES, which stands for Women Together Inspiring Entrepreneurial Success, is promoting, fostering and forging strong economic connections between women entrepreneurs in New York State. Women TIES popularity has led to an increasing number of national and international members who are also welcomed in our organization. Women TIES exists to help women business owners promote their companies, exchange corporate success strategies, and inspire each other to higher levels of entrepreneurial success.

Women TIES has become a powerful network as women designate their companies as women-owned businesses; promote their corporate services, specials and events online to increase sales; shop our online directory when they need to purchase services and products; and form strategic, collaborative alliances with other women in our network to help grow each other’s ventures.

If you are a woman entrepreneur doing business in New York State and are looking for an organization of strong and successful women entrepreneurs interested in advertising their companies, buying from each other, and forming collaborative relationships, join Women TIES today at www.womenties.com!

Women TIES founder, Tracy Higginbotham, has been an entrepreneur for thirteen years as President of Five Star Events, a special event management company specializing in the execution, planning and coordination of events for corporations, organizations, and individuals. Five Star Events also specializes in planning and management of diverse events for women owned businesses.

Higginbotham is a columnist for the Syracuse Post Standard; Advisory Board Member of the State University of New York at Oswego School of Business; Board Member of the Upstate Women’s Business Center in Utica; Board President of Khoros Performing Arts for Children; Advisory Board Member of Maureen’s Hope Foundation; Past Chairwoman of the 40 Below Emerging Entrepreneurs Program; Past Public Relations Co-Chair of the Women’s Fund of New York; and Past Emcee for three years at Syracuse University’s WISE Conference.

She is a guest speaker at local colleges including Syracuse University, Le Moyne College, Onondaga Community College, and Oswego State University; guest speaker regarding entrepreneurial issues on local television and radio stations; and guest speaker on a wide range of business topics for local chambers of commerce and business organizations. Higginbotham is also a published writer whose inspirational short stories and articles appear in several national publications and books.