Community Business Partnership

About our Staff

Profiles of WBCNOVA Staff

Pauline Leitch, Director

Pauline Leitch has provided technical assistance and business counseling to clients looking to start-up or expand a small business for twelve years. As Director of the Business Finance Center at Community Business Partnership she managed three loan funds in excess of $1 million. She is highly skilled in assisting small business start-ups create and understand their cash flow statements and in analyzing financial statements for existing businesses. She has more than ten years of experience in microenterprise development and over twelve years extensive financial management experience. Ms. Leitch is excited to bring her knowledge and experience to the Women's Business Center to help women realize their dream of owning a small business.

She is a member of the Business Professional Women Organization, Virginia Microenterprise Network and Association of Enterprise Opportunities. She is a Certified Instructor for NxLevel, Fasttrac and FranklinCovey’s 7 Habits for Managers. Born and educated in England, Ms. Leitch proudly became a naturalized American in 2004.

Sonja Caison, Assistant Director

Sonja Caison, owner of Caison Janitorial Inc. d/b/a The Cleaning Authority, is known for her commitment to providing superior service within the residential housecleaning market. After graduating from Radford University with a BA degree in Finance and completing her MBA degree in Accounting from George Mason University, she worked at several different companies to include TRW and The NASDAQ Stock Market. She enjoyed her career working in finance and believed she had acquired the necessary tools to begin her own business. With the help of The Women's Business Center, and its NxLeveL program, she started her company in November 2003. She currently has 36 employees on the payroll and serves over 600 cleaning customers in Alexandria and Arlington, VA.

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