Personnel Firm Recieves National Recognition

SPRINGFIELD, Missouri – Penmac Personnel Services, Inc. has been named one of the Top 25 Women Business Enterprises in the nation as recognized by the Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC). This is the first year Penmac has received the honor.

In order to achieve this recognition, a company must be certified as a Women’s Business Enterprise. This national certification indicates a company is 51% or more owned operated, and controlled by a female.

The Top 25 Women Business Enterprises are chosen on specific criteria. The WBENC cited Penmac’s revenue, rapid recent growth within the business, and owner Patti Penny’s outstanding involvement in the community as reason for the selection.

“As a WBE, I am proud to be able to continue to expand Penmac, offer more flexibility and services for our clients and more opportunities for our associates,” Penny said. “We are committed to continuing to provide the best services for our clients and associates.”

Penmac Personnel, based out of Springfield, MO, is an employment service that serves over 4,000 associates working for more than 600 business clients, with fourteen vendor-on-premise locations, 191 branch employees and 26 corporate employees

About Penmac Personnel Services

Penmac, a certified woman-owned Missouri corporation headquartered in Springfield, is the largest employment firm in southwest Missouri. Founded in 1988 by Patti Penny, Penmac has experienced phenomenal growth from one home office to 41 branches in seven states. For five consecutive years, Inc. 500 magazine ranked Penmac as one of the fastest growing privately held companies in the U.S., and in 2005, Penmac ranked #38 of the top 500 Women-Owned Businesses in the U.S. Penmac was recently named one of the top 500 women-owned businesses in the country by Working Women magazine.

About Women’s Business Enterprise National Council

Founded in 1997, the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) is the nation’s leading third-party certifier of businesses owned and operated by women, and the leading advocate of women’s business enterprises (WBEs) as suppliers to corporate America.

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