Women Who Influence set to bring small businesses to the power table at Pink Apple Awards

According to Caribbean Life, Small-business owners will sit alongside Brooklyn’s borough president and city economic development officials this month at an event organizers say is designed to turn recognition into real opportunity. Women Who Influence , a nonprofit founded in 2021, will host the Power Seat at the 2026 Pink Apple Awards on Thursday, Oct. 22, at Brooklyn Borough Hall. The daylong program runs from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and will include opening remarks from Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso and NYC Economic Development Corp. Chief Operating Officer Jeanny Pak. Founder and Executive Director Gabrieline Reece said the organization’s mission grew out of a gap she saw among underrepresented entrepreneurs. “How do we connect entrepreneurs to education, relationships and resources and into institutional opportunities?” Reece said in an interview ahead of the event. That question took shape after the