2006 PBWC San Francisco Conference Program

10:15 am – 11:30 am	2:00 pm – 3:15 pm	3:35 pm – 4:50 pm
Track I – Career Advancement/ Leadership	Track I – Career Advancement/ Leadership	Track I – Career Advancement/ Leadership
Creating a Culture of Courage: The New Leadership Challenge   *Cindy Solomon, President, The Solomon Group, Inc.; Author, Creating a Culture of Courage   Kathy Klitzner, Vice President, Information Systems, Guidant Corporation (mod.)	Positive Risk Taking: Set Yourself Up for Success   Alison Levine, President, Climb High Foundation; Team Captain, First American Women’s Everest Expedition   *Barbara Stoker, President, IntelligentRisking, Inc.; Author, Positive Risk: How Smart Women Use Passion to Break Through Their Fears   Elena Morado, Sr. Manager, HR Strategic Partnerships, Cisco Systems (mod.)	Climbing the Corporate Ladder in High Heels   *Kathleen Archambeau, Director of Corporate Outreach, Holy Names University; Author, Climbing the Corporate Ladder in High Heels   Nora Denzel, Senior Vice President, Hewlett-Packard (ret.)   Shari Slate, Manager of Corporate Development, Sun Microsystems (mod.)
Track II –Reaching Out, Speaking Out, Getting Results	Track II –Reaching Out, Speaking Out, Getting Results	Track II –Reaching Out, Speaking Out, Getting Results
Making the World a Better Place: Going Forward With Your Career While Giving Back to Your Community   *Po Bronson, Author, Why Do I Love These People? and What Should I Do With My Life?   Bess Stephens, Vice President, Philanthropy and Education, Hewlett-Packard   Eunice Azzani, Senior Client Partner, Korn/Ferry International  (mod.)	Secrets of a Great Communicator   *Sam Horn, President, Action Seminars; Originator and Author, Tongue Fu®!: How to Deflect and Disarm Any Verbal Conflict   *Rose Castillo Guilbault, Vice President, Corporate Affairs, CSAA; Author, Farmworker’s Daughter: Growing Up Mexican in America (mod.)	Managing a Cross-Cultural or Virtual Team *Jane Hyun, Principal, Crossroads Associates, Inc.; Author, Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling: Career Strategies for Asians   Titina Ott, Vice President Oracle University Global Business Operations, Oracle Corporation   Jackie McNab, World Wide Factory Quality and Six Sigma Executive, Western Digital (mod.)
Track III – Life Strategies	Track III – Life Strategies	Track III – Life Strategies
Workplace Flexibility: On-Ramp, Off-Ramp, Expressway, Side Road   Cathy Benko, Principal and High Technology Sector Leader and National Managing Director of the Retention and Advancement of Women, Deloitte & Touche   Eirene Chen, Group Marketing Manager, Intuit   Donna Klein, Executive Director, Corporate Voices for Working Families (mod.)	Get A Life!: How Do They Do It?   *Lonnae O’Neal Parker, Reporter, The Washington Post; Author, I’m Every Woman: Remixed Stories of Marriage, Motherhood and Work   Lisa Stevens, Regional President, San Francisco Bay Community Banking, Wells Fargo   Jody Miller, Founder, United Talent; Venture Partner, Maveron; (mod.)	The Best Mistakes We’ve Made: Turning Setbacks Into Opportunities for the “Survive and Thrive” Lifestyle   *Michealene Cristini Risley, Writer and Director; Co-Author, This is Not the Life I Ordered   *Deborah Collins Stephens, Executive Director, Center for Innovative Leadership; Co-Author, This is Not the Life I Ordered   *The Honorable Jackie Speier, California State Senate; Co-Author, This is Not the Life I Ordered   *Jan Yanehiro, Media Personality; Co-Founder, Fair Advantage, Inc.   Sherie Hickman, COO, Richmond Medical Center, Kaiser Permanente (mod.)
Track IV – All About Health	Track IV – All About Health	Track IV – All About Health
Shattering the Diet Myth   *Michelle May, M.D., Author, Am I Hungry?: What To Do When Diets Don’t Work   Joanie Greggains, Health and Fitness Host, KGO Newstalk AM810 (mod.)	Women’s Health: Thriving in Your 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s and Beyond   Ruth Shaber, M.D., Director of Women’s Health, Northern California Kaiser Permanente   Lisa Tealer, Diversity Manager, Genentech (mod.)	The Future of Healthcare: Trends that Can Help You Today   Michael Black, M.D., Chief, Congenital Heart Program, California Pacific Medical Center   Michelle Leydon Li, Director, Strategic Business Development, Digital Health Group, Intel Corporation   Karen Frederiksen, Director, Application Development Technologies, Sybase, Inc. (mod.)
Track V – Your Financial Future	Track V - Your Financial Future	Track V – Your Financial Future
It’s Not Your Parents’ Retirement: Getting a Handle on Your Money   *Liz Perle, Editor in Chief, Common Sense Media; Author, Money, A Memoir: Women, Emotions, and Cash   Michelle Belmonte, Account Executive, Bank of America   Lynn Jimenez, Financial Reporter, KGO Newstalk AM 810 (mod.)	How to Live Up to Your Financial Potential   *Barbara Stanny, Author, Overcoming Underearning: Overcome Your Money Fears and Earn What You Deserve   Tracey Warson, Executive Vice President, Private Client Services, Wells Fargo (mod.)	Preparing for the Workplace of the Future: It’s Closer Than You Think   *Mary O’Hara Devereaux, President & CEO, Global Foresight; Author, Navigating the Badlands: Thriving in the Decade of Radical Transformation   Debbie Hancock, Vice President, Global Leadership and Learning, Seagate Technology   Sandra Gauthier, Professional Services Global Sourcing Manager, Intel Corporation (mod.)
Track VI – Entrepreneurial Strategies	Track VI – Entrepreneurial Strategies	Track VI – Entrepreneurial Strategies
The Right Stuff: What it Takes to Succeed as an Entrepreneur   *Brent Bowers, Business Editor, The New York Times; Author, If At First You Don’t Succeed…The Eight Patterns of Highly Effective Entrepreneurs   Joey Tamer, President, SOS, Inc.   Debra Kolosky, Regional Center Support Manager, BMW of North America (mod.)	Woman Entrepreneurs Leading the Way   Judi Henderson-Townsend, CEO, Mannequin Madness, Inc.   Frances Nevarez, President & CEO, PowerUP!   Karol Powell, Agent, State Farm Insurance   Diana Beckman, Northern California General Manager, Microsoft Corporation (mod.)	Meet the Buyers   Learn about the small business certification process and sign up for appointments to meet with public and private sector company representatives.   Brenda Gambardella, Team Leader 8(a) Business Development, U.S. Small Business Association (mod.)   Aida Caputo, Golden Gate Highway and Transportation District Lori Falkenstrom, General Services Administration Tita Gray, PG&E; Beverly Johnson, EBMUD Janet Lee, Wells Fargo Pam Mondrey, Department of Veterans Affairs Sharon Moore, BART Judy Wong, City and County of San Francisco
Track VII –Women’s Initiative	Track VII –Women’s Initiative	Track VII –Women’s Initiative
Jumpstart Your Business Kathryn Nobrega, Small Business Trainer/Consultant, Women's Initiative for Self-Employment Thais Rezende, Client Services Associate, Women's Initiative for Self-Employment	Grow Your Business Katherine Denee Clark, Small Business Trainer/Consultant, Women's Initiative for Self-Employment Kathryn Nobrega, Small Business Trainer/Consultant, Women's Initiative for Self-Employment	Personal Empowerment Julie Abrams Castro, CEO, Women's Initiative for Self-Employment Katherine Denee Clark, Small Business Trainer/Consultant, Women's Initiative for Self-Employment
Track VIII – Young Women’s Program	Track VIII – Young Women’s Program	Track VIII – Young Women’s Program
Careers of the Future: Which One is Right For You? Annie Chou, Project Manager, Information Technology, Chevron Tina Fonacier, Human Resources Specialist, Sybase Courtney Herbert, Research & Development Engineer, Guidant Corporation Christina Leveque-Broomes, Genentech Charlotte Narvaez, eBusiness Project Manager, Seagate Technology Katherine Ricossa, Workforce Planning Consultant, HR Strategic Workforce Management, Kaiser Permanente Wanda Yu, Information Worker Technology Specialist, Microsoft Rosie Allen, Co-Anchor, Afternoon News, KGO Newstalk AM810 (mod.)	Self Esteem: You Can Never Have Enough   *Bertice Berry, Ph.D., Sociologist, Lecturer, Educator, Author, When Love Calls, You Better Answer: A Novel   Sharon Powers, Director-Tax Services, PricewaterhouseCoopers (mod.)	Economic Power: How to Get It and Keep It   Amy Pouncy, Training Specialist, Girls Inc.   Tiffany Vu, Financial Advisor, Global Private Client Group, Merrill Lynch   Kimberly Davis, Vice President, Sales, TeaLeaf Technology; Founder, PBWC Young Women's Program (mod.)

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