Teresa Rodriguez Williamson is a jet-setter extraordinaire. She discovered that traveling can be the perfect antidote for anything ailing the soul. And, believing so, she created TangoDiva.com—a worldwide online social network and travel magazine for women. Her dream was to connect and empower woman around the globe with the wisdom she gleaned from her solo …
Barbara Kate, a lawyer and journalist, has devoted her career to editing and writing about legal issues for consumers. She’s the author of WillMaker (Nolo), best-selling software that enables consumers to write their own wills, healthcare directives, powers of attorney, and final arrangements. She's also an instructor for AIDS caregivers, teaching about legal end-of-life issues …
Ms. Baker was most recently an executive-in-residence at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, which she joined in 2006. Prior to that, she was president of BabyCenter, LLC, a Johnson & Johnson company. Under her leadership, BabyCenter became the world's leading Web site for new and expectant parents, winning numerous online health awards and expanding significantly …
Cindy Solomon is an internationally recognized speaker, writer, executive coach and consultant and is sought after by companies large and small for her humorous, provocative and compelling insights on courage. Ms. Solomon is a Co-Founder of the Women's Success Forum and has appeared in articles in PINK Magazine, the NSAA Journal, Customer Service Cultures and …
No question social media is becoming an increasingly important set of tools for having conversations with customers. However, with any new set of technologies comes hype - and, consequently, the feeling that we have to jump on the bandwagon head-first or miss the ride. And, of course, let's not forget the pressure to 'monetize' our …
Dr. Judy C. Miner assumed the presidency of Foothill College on July 1, 2007. She has worked as a higher education administrator since 1977 and in the California Community Colleges since 1979 when City College of San Francisco selected her as the Dean of Admissions and Records. In the mid-1980s, she held two positions at …
Amidst the backdrop of huge global change, the question many are asking is: Can Silicon Valley maintain its edge in innovation and as a desirable place to live? Kim Walesh, San Jose's Chief Strategist, will chart the major forces of change shaping San Jose/Silicon Valley's future over the next 20 years. Like other city-regions around …
Persis M. Karim is an associate professor of English and Comparative Literature at San Jose State University, where she teaches literature and creative writing. Persis is the editor and a contributing poet forLet Me Tell You Where I've Been: New Writing by Women of the Iranian Diaspora (2006) and co-editor and contributor for A World Between: Poems, …
Patty Hannon is the online local news editor for the San Jose Mercury News. In her 23-year career she’s managed teams of reporters covering such varied subjects as politics, crime, religion, family, hurricanes and community news. She and the rest of her online colleagues are at the forefront of trying to figure out how to provide …
Dr. Standley conducted research at the Stroud Water Research Center (Avondale, PA), on the fate of natural and synthetic compounds in rivers for over 12 years. She then attended the Center for Energy and Environmental Policy to earn a Masters Degree under the guidance of Dr. J. B. Byrne (ICPP member). Recently, Dr. Standley conducted research for three …
Mary Lou Zoback is a seismologist and currently serves as Vice President, Earthquake Risk Applications with Risk Management Solutions in Newark, CA. She previously served as Chief Scientist of the USGS Earthquake Hazards team in Menlo Park, CA and also as Regional Coordinator for the Northern California Earthquake Hazards Program. Zoback joined the USGS in …
Lolly Winston is a freelance journalist and best-selling author. Her first novel, Good Grief, was a New York Times best-seller, a #1 Book Sense pick, and was translated into 15 languages. Her second novel, Happiness Sold Separately, also hit the New York Times best seller list. Her short stories have appeared in The Sun, The …
Mary V. Hughes heads a new initiative called the 2012 Project, a non-partisan group affiliated with the well-respected Rutgers University Center for American Women in Politics. Hughes is also co-founder and President of Staton Hughes, a strategic communications and political consulting firm in Palo Alto. She has directed campaigns and advised elected officials in contests …
Lisa Orrell is an award-winning author of Millennials Incorporated and Millennials Into Leadership. She is an in-demand speaker who helps companies understand Millennials, and improves generational dynamics within their workforce. As a certified Leadership Coach, Lisa supports millennial employees to become effective, respected young leaders through her popular seminars and workshops, and one-on-one coaching services. …
Ana Hays is the director of marketing and communications at Hospice of the Valley in San Jose, California. Previously she worked in academia leading executive education programs and fund development events at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business as the Associate Director of Conferences and Special Events and at Stanford Law School as …
Sharon Meers is the co-author of Getting to 50/50, a book about how men and women find common ground so that men can be full parents and women can have full careers. Launched on the Today show in 2009, Getting to 50/50 has been featured in Time magazine, Forbes, Business Week and USA Today. It …
Linda Alepin is the Founding Director of Global Women’s Leadership and Executive Professor of Entrepreneurship at Santa Clara University. Prior to her academic and not for profit career, Linda was a corporate executive in both startups and large corporations. Her career roots were at IBM and then Amdahl where she rose to be an officer …
Sandy Herz is Director of Strategic Alliances for the Skoll Foundation, which drives large-scale change by investing in, connecting and celebrating social entrepreneurs and other innovators dedicated to solving the world’s most pressing problems. Prior to the Skoll Foundation, Sandy worked with several innovative grassroots non-profit organizations and spent six years as Executive Director of …
Lisa Hammann is a patient access champion in her volunteer role as the Vice-President of the San Francisco Public Health Foundation Board of Directors and in her job as a Director of Access Solutions for Genentech. Her values and how she lives her life are fully aligned. In her nine-year career with Genentech, Lisa has …
Gayle Keck is a Lowell Thomas Award-winner who writes about travel and food – preferably both at the same time. She has written for Gourmet, National Geographic Traveler, Islands, Executive Traveler, GQ, ForbesLife Executive Woman, Four Seasons, VIA, 360, the Zagat San Francisco Bay Area Restaurants guides and AARP The Magazine. Gayle is a frequent …
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The Smart Grid promises to change our relationship with electricity from that of a passive, unaware consumer to an active, engaged prosumer (as defined by Alvin Toffler, a producing consumer). This talk will discuss some of the greatest beneficial impacts Smart Grid technologies will have on consumers, energy markets, and our environment. Christine Hertzog is …
Carole Leigh Hutton will discuss managing through such crises as a merger of competitors, a lengthy and bitter strike, the death of a company leader, the sale of two companies and the slow, painful decline of the newspaper industry. Carole Leigh Hutton is an accomplished executive and dynamic public speaker, experienced in strategic planning and …
Do you have a children's book idea in the back of your mind? Celebrities such as Madonna, John Lithgow and Jamie Lee Curtis did. But authors need illustrators to bring their words to life. Ashley Wolff, the illustrator of over 60 books, many by well known authors such as Margaret Wise Brown, Robert Louis Stevenson …
Marleen McDaniel, successful serial entrepreneur and visionary internet pioneer, will share how and why she has decided to spend her time working toward transforming education after a career of growing seven technology startups. Higher Education teaching methods go back to the time of Socrates and Plato. Ingrained methods, policies and culture have caused the education …
Jan Oldenburg will talk about personal health records and discuss what role they can play in helping you take charge of your health and the health of your family. In the process, she’ll talk about what it took for Kaiser Permanente to create personal health records for its members, what some of the public policy …
Wendy Lea is an accomplished entrepreneur, angel investor and CEO of Get Satisfaction, a network of online support communities. She’s also an active philanthropist, serving on the board of Silicon Valley Social Venture Capital and Watermark (formerly The Forum for Women Entrepreneurs and Executives). In the many chapters of her business life, from bootstrapped entrepreneur, …
Linda Gass is an environmental artist whose work is informed by the wilderness, maps, aerial photography and her activist passions. Her most recent work explores land use and water issues by portraying aerial views of the human marks on our landscape. Linda’s presentation will take you on a photographic journey to the places that inspire …
Julia will describe her climb up the corporate ladder from scientist to CEO. As a clinical scientist inventor she shares her process of inventing medical devices, and as an entrepreneur and CEO she emphasizes the value of a flat organizational structure and provides management tools she learned from working with 60 medical device companies (you …
The US is detangling itself from two wars that have taken its toll on the American people as well as the civilians where US troops are fighting. President Obama wants to get out of both Iraq and Afghanistan and leave those countries to govern themselves. But years of foreign intervention and aid have left these …
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Betty Jo completed her BA in Economics at UCLA in 1976. Her interest in education motivated her to go on to Vanderbilt University where she earned her MA in Art History. While pursuing a career in business, Betty Jo discovered she had a gift for teaching and public speaking, and a passion for Personal Growth, …
People sometimes come to a fork in the road that re-directs their lives. Michele Raffin (venture capital consultant, soccer mom and gold medal master’s olympic weightlifter) was on her way to the gym when she passed an injured dove by the side of the road. A few miles later, she turned back in order to …
Carol Firenze Anglin, the renowned author of The Passionate Olive, will tell us all we ever wanted to know about olive oil (and then some) featuring stories from growing up in her Italian-American family and using olive oil for everything. She will share photos and tales from her Olive Harvest Adventure tours to Umbria and Tuscany. …
Carol Realini is a successful Silicon Valley executive and an expert in financial services innovation. She is the author of Bankrupt, an optimistic book that uses the crisis we are experiencing as a way to look forward to a very different kind of future for banking—one that will benefit both the banks and their millions of …
What do you want to do? How do you want to live your life? What one thing would you want to be remembered for? With this presentation, Michealene Cristini Risley talks about women’s roles, the effect women have on the world, and how women can make change happen. Using her personal story of moving through …
Our August meeting is all about our members and getting to know one another better. Instead of a guest speaker, we'll have time for some extended sharing and a lively conversation about relationships: romantic and professional. Sandra Clark and Alison van Diggelen will lead the discussion with topics such as: 1. Success/ disaster stories about …
5.4 Million Americans have Alzheimer's or a related disorder but fewer than half of these people will be diagnosed. In this presentation by Dr. Elizabeth Edgerly, we'll learn about how to identify and treat this disease, as well as reduce our own risk of developing Alzheimer's. We'll explore ways scientists are identifying the disease early--even …
It’s been well documented that emotional intelligence, or EQ, is crucial to leadership success. That should be great news for women who are naturally higher in EQ than men. Yet, when it comes to getting ahead in the workplace, women often fall short of using this innate gift to get promotions, projects and raises. Why? …
