Meet the Board of Directors

Meet the Board of Directors

Dominica C. Anderson

PBWC Chair
Managing Partner of Duane Morris’ Las Vegas Office, Member of the Firm’s Governing Partner’s Board, and Vice-Chair of the Duane Morris Women’s Impact Network for Success Steering Committee

 

Dominica C. Anderson, managing partner of Duane Morris’ Las Vegas office, practices in both the firm’s Las Vegas and San Francisco locations.

She is a member of the firm’s governing Partners Board and Vice-Chair of the Duane Morris Women’s Impact Network for Success Steering Committee. Ms. Anderson has over 30 years of experience in high stakes commercial litigation, including banking; shareholder disputes; breach of contract; unfair competition; business interference; false advertising; securities; antitrust; defamation; e-commerce and intellectual property issues; and trademark, trade secrets and copyright issues, throughout the U.S. She is a member of Duane Morris’ Insurance Practice Group and the firm’s Commercial Litigation Group. She is also a trusted advisor to and represents iconic and budding fashion designers and retail entities as part of Duane Morris’ Fashion, Retail, Luxury and Consumer Goods practice group.
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Kathleen (Katy) Brown

PBWC Vice Chair
Vice President, Enterprise Commercial, West Region, Microsoft

 

Katy Brown is Vice President for Microsoft’s Enterprise Commercial West Region, responsible for directing sales, services and partner efforts across

Northern California, Portland and the Seattle area which equates to $1.3B of annual revenue.  She leads a broad team of sales and technical professionals with a key focus on enabling some 300 customers embark on their digital transformation journey.  A 21-year Microsoft veteran, Katy is also an active Board Member of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce.
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Tani Girton

PBWC Treasurer
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Bank of Marin

Tani has more than 25 years of experience delivering growth and performance to financial institutions and is currently Executive Vice President and Chief Financial

Officer for Bank of Marin. As Treasurer/EVP at Bank of the West, she founded the Women’s Connection, a grassroots organization supporting the personal and professional growth of employees through coaching, education and networking. Tani was a founding manager of Charles Schwab Bank, has taught finance at the college level and mentored many successful professionals. Tani serves on the Board of Directors for Junior Achievement of Northern California and volunteers in classrooms to bring financial literacy to underserved K-12 school kids. She has an MBA in Finance from San Francisco State University, a B.A. in International Affairs from Lewis and Clark College, and is married with two children.
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Shirley Gordon

PBWC Board Secretary, CPCU, CLU, CHFC
Retired Vice President, Operations, State Farm Insurance

Shirley J. Gordon joined State Farm® in 1973 as an accounting intern in Bloomington, Illinois. Over the

course of her 46 year State Farm career, she held numerous Operations leadership positions within Accounting, Management Planning & Information, Service and Systems, P&C Operations and Executive. She retired June 1, 2020 as Vice President Operations in Underwriting.

 

Shirley received a B.S. Degree in Business Management from Hampton University, a MBA Degree from Illinois State University, and a Juris Doctorate Degree from Empire College School of Law. She earned the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) designation in 1984, Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) designation in 1987, and Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC) designation in 1989.

 

Shirley is a philanthropist who has served in a variety of leadership roles within the community. She is currently member of the Board of Directors of the United Way of Kern County, Co-Chair of the Scholarship and Board Development Committees of the Professional Business Women of California (PBWC), Advisory Committee for Leadership California, and past Vice Chair of the FAIR Plan of CA. She is also a director for the Bridge to the Future – Rites of Passage Mentoring Program in Santa Rosa, a Steward at Cain AME Memorial Church, and a life member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority – Kappa Omega Omega Alumni Chapter and the NAACP.

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Congresswoman Jackie Speier

Emerita Board Member and PBWC Founder
U.S. Congressswoman

Representing the 14th District of California, Congresswoman Speier formerly served as a California State Senator, where she authored groundbreaking legislation in health care, privacy, consumer protection,

child welfare, education, and prison reform; and served as Assistant Pro Tem of the State Senate, Chair of the Senate Finance, Banking and Insurance Committee, Chair of the California Legislative Women’s Caucus, and others.
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Deepti Srivastava

PBWC Chair Young Women’s Professional Summit And Director At Large
Head of Product, Observable

Deepti Srivastava is passionate about technology and its ability to be a positive change enabler. She currently leads product strategy at Observable, a fast-growing, data

visualization startup. Previously, Srivastava worked on best-in-class Cloud Database products at Google Cloud. Prior to that, she was at Oracle Corporation creating scalable database and cloud computing technologies. Srivastava is a strong advocate of STEM education, especially for girls. She has served on several panels across the San Francisco Bay Area as an expert on women’s leadership and technology. Srivastava enjoys dancing and has performed on stage with Salsa and Bollywood dance troupes. She also enjoys snowboarding and all things fashion.
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Judy Bloom

Emerita Board Member and PBWC Founding President
Floral Design and Organizational Development Consultant

Judy has served as the District Director for then-Assemblywoman Jackie Speier, Executive Director of Resourceful Women, Director of Employer Services at

Jewish Vocational Service and Development Officer/Director of Imprint Giving at the Jewish Community Endowment Fund. Judy retired from full-time employment at the end of 2010 and now enjoys studying Hebrew, traveling, volunteering on community boards, working with flowers, and spending time with her family.
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Nicole Soluri

PBWC Past President and Director at Large

 

Nicole, Past President and Board Chair of PBWC, proudly served Governor Brown’s administration as Chief Deputy Director of the California State Lottery from 2017 to 2019.

Nicole was originally appointed Chief Counsel of the Lottery in early 2012 and was impressed by the number of women appointed to public sector leadership roles during Governor Brown’s tenure. Nicole began her legal career at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in Palo Alto. Nicole also serves on the Sacramento Children’s Home Board of Directors, and the membership committee of the Northern California chapter of the International Women’s Forum. Nicole lives in Sacramento with her husband Patrick, 8-year-old son Connor, 5-year-old daughter Sydney and rescue dog Cody.
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Alexandra Roddy

PBWC Past President and Director at Large
Executive Vice President, Zafin

Alex Roddy, past President and Board Chair, is Executive Vice President of marketing and partnerships for Zafin,

 the leading provider of product and pricing solutions for financial institutions. She is a collaborative, creative, high-energy executive who is deeply committed to ensuring that workplace cultures change to become more open and inclusive so that the halls of power better reflect the diversity of our communities.
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Sue Bunnell

PBWC Director at Large
Senior Vice President and Managing Counsel, Wells Fargo

Sue has served many legal roles at Wells Fargo, supporting technology transactions, fintech, third party

oversight, operations and corporate security in her nearly two decades with the company. She leverages her years of legal training to help internal clients readily identify legal and operational risks to better mitigate and manage them in the complex regulatory landscape of financial services. Sue has also served in leadership roles in Wells Fargo’s D&I efforts, helming their Bay Area Women’s employee resource group, serving on the Legal Department’s Global Diversity and Inclusion Council, and has been selected for numerous department and company-wide speaking engagements on professional development and managing inclusively. Sue is also the President and co-Chair of Leading Women in Technology, a national non-profit that helps high potential women map their own path to success, plan their progress using lessons learned in practical workshops given by nationally recognized speakers, and within LWT’s supportive community.
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Cheryl A. Cornelius

PBWC Director at Large
Client Relationship Director, PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP (PWC)

Cheryl’s role is to help clients in the technology sector leverage PwC’s breadth of tax, accounting and consulting services globally. Prior to PwC, Cheryl served in a variety

of roles including sales, product management and finance for technology companies like IBM, Siebel Systems and General Electric. Cheryl is passionate about promoting gender equality and lives in San Francisco with her husband and two children.
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Debbie Heard

PBWC Director at Large
Bay Area Inclusion & Diversity Leader and Tax Partner, KPMG LLP

Debbie is a Tax Partner at KPMG and leads the Bay Area team in her tax specialty, helping businesses find and retain tax incentives and benefits. Debbie also serves as

Lead Account Partner and Lead Tax Partner on several KPMG priority accounts. As a KPMG ambassador, she works with senior management to identify client needs, building an understanding of client businesses, and bringing ideas and teams to bear on those issues.

In addition to her expertise in Tax, Debbie has a passion for Inclusion & Diversity. She served as the partner champion for the San Francisco chapter of KPMG’s Network of Women (KNOW) for three years. Debbie has also served as a committee member of the Financial Women of San Francisco (FWSF). FWSF advances the success of women in finance in the Bay Area. They advance professionalism in finance and financial services by promoting the development, career progress and leadership of women.

Debbie currently leads the KPMG Inclusion & Diversity Council, San Francisco Chapter. The Council strives to grow inclusive and diverse leaders, and build collaborative teams while inspiring diverse perspectives and innovative client solutions.

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Deidra Lieberman

PBWC Director at Large
Vice President / Director Of Sales, CBS Television Stations, KPIX & KBCW

Deidra has served on the PBWC Board of Directors since 2012 and was the interim CEO in 2018. She brings her operations, marketing, sales and leadership experience,

along with her passion to encourage women at all levels to achieve their ambitions and work toward gender equality in professional settings to her job and the board. She has worked as a General Manager, VP of Sales, DOS and GSM in the radio industry for companies such as ABC/Disney, Citadel, Cumulus, and Entercom and has held multiple board positions. Deidra was recognized as one of the most influential women in radio by Radio Ink Magazine and one of the most influential women in Bay Area business by the San Francisco Business Times.
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Emma Pertat

PBWC Director at Large
General Auditor, Senior Executive Vice President, Bank of the West and BancWest Corporation

Emma Pertat joined Bank of the West and BancWest Corporation in 2016 as General Auditor. Emma is a French National and has been with the BNP Paribas Group

for more than 25 years being exposed to several positions in different countries. She considers herself a “world citizen” and enjoys every minute of her international exposure. She is a strong believer in women’s capabilities, their leadership skills, the ability to deliver high quality work in their jobs, and to strongly contribute to the sustainable performance of their companies and colleagues.
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Gizelle Robinson

PBWC Scholarship Committee Co-Chair and Director at Large
Senior Managing Director, Charles Schwab

Gizelle is an award-winning transformative information technology leader with broad-based global experience across multiple industries. She is the Technical Owner

for one of the critical Digital Accelerator Journeys at Schwab. In 2013, she was named one of the Professional BusinessWomen of California Industry Leader Awardees, and in 2017, one of the 100 Most Influential Filipina Women in the World by the Filipina Women’s Network in the category of Innovator and Thought Leader. She is a strong advocate for gender equity, diversity and inclusion. She believes the best way to achieve this is through partnership across the board and to generate sustained awareness of its importance for a high functioning society early and often. Gizelle majored in Industrial Management Engineering and minored in Chemical Engineering.
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