Anne Janiak Joins Hudson Valley Economic Development Corp BOD

Hudson Valley Economic Development Corp. is pleased to announce the addition of Anne Janiak, CEO of Women’s Enterprise Development Center, to its Board of Directors.

Janiak is a founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Women’s Enterprise Development Center Inc., a non-profit microbusiness development organization in White Plains that helps women achieve economic self-sufficiency through entrepreneurship in Westchester County and the Lower Hudson Valley. She has been involved with the organization since its formation in 1997 and has been instrumental in its growth and development, including its designation as a Women’s Business Center by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) in 2003. She has been active in women’s issues, local government, and public policy matters in Westchester County for more than 25 years and serves as part-time Executive Director of the Westchester Municipal Officials Association.

She is a former Mayor of the Village of Scarsdale, a former chair of the Westchester County Women’s Advisory Board, and a former president of the Scarsdale chapter of the League of Women Voters.