“I’m very pleased about this affiliation and ready to listen, learn and share with other women business owners in this region,” Warren said.

Membership in the WPO is restricted to women who have an ownership interest in a privately held business and an annual revenue from that business of more than $2 million for product-based businesses and more than $1 million for service-based businesses.  

Warren represents the only Rutherford County-based business in the Nashville chapter. @Home Care provides skilled non-medical caregiving services to older adults throughout Rutherford County and middle Tennessee.

“I’ve been very fortunate to grow a successful business in Rutherford County over the past four-and-a-half years. Now, I look forward to moving to the next level with the input, knowledge and support of these accomplished middle Tennessee women,” she said.

In the Nashville chapter, other members include Ramona Fox, CPA, managing partner of Fox Kolb & Associates; Rhonda Marko, president and CEO of Destination Nashville; Christie Wilson, managing broker and owner of The Wilson Group Real Estate Services and Patricia Shea, president and CEO, YWCA of Nashville and Middle Tennessee.

“We are so pleased to welcome Melissa Warren and @Home Care to the Nashville chapter of WPO,” said WPO Nashville Chapter Chair Pat Shea. “We look forward to a collaborative sharing of knowledge, experience and expertise as we learn from each other and grow our businesses and organizations.”

Each of the 93 WPO chapters across North America, Peru, the United Kingdom and South Africa has a maximum of 20 members and includes women from every industrial sector. Each chapter serves as a peer advisory group based on the four Cs of WPO: Collaboration, Confidentiality, Commitment and Connections.

In order to allow members to be comfortable sharing organizational, financial and sales details, WPO does not allow competitive businesses within the same chapter.

Currently, there are more than 1,500 women across the U.S. engaged in the WPO. Internationally, just 3 percent of women-owned businesses gross more than $1 million annually and qualify for WPO membership.