Carol Townsend, president and chief executive officer of Sunrise Enterprises Inc., doing business as Sedona Staffing Services in Lawrence, had received national certification as a Women’s Business Enterprise by the Women’s Business Development Center, a regional certifying partner of the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council.

The council is the largest third-party certifier of businesses owned and operated by women.

Sedona Staffing Services is located at 825 Vt., and has been serving the Lawrence area since 2004.