10:15 am – 11:45 am

2:15 pm – 3:45 pm

Track I – Career Advancement/ Leadership

Track I – Career Advancement/ Leadership

Creating a Culture of Courage: The New Leadership Challenge

*Cindy Solomon, President, Solomon & Associates, Inc.;

Shirley Gordon, Vice President-Operations, State Farm Insurance (mod.)

Women Reaching the Top: How Close Are We and How Do We Get There?

Elmy Bermejo, Chair, Women’s Foundation of California; Past Chair, State Commission on the Status of Women

Kim Elsbach, Ph.D., Professor of Management; Co-Director, Center for Women and Leadership, UC Davis Graduate School of Management

Stephanie Flores, Director of Education, California Society of Association Executives (CalSAE) (mod.)

Teresa Halleck, President & CEO, The Golden 1 Credit Union

Track II –Reaching Out, Speaking Out, Getting Results

Track II –Reaching Out, Speaking Out, Getting Results

Leaving Microsoft to Change the World: The Exponential Power of Connection

*John Wood, Founder and CEO, Room to Read; Author, Leaving Microsoft to Change the World: An Entrepreneur’s Odyssey to Educate the World’s Children 

Ann Lucas, Executive Director, Sacramento Non-Profit Resource Center (mod.)

Male and Female Brains: How Differences Affect Behavior and Success in the Workplace

 *Louann Brizendine, M.D., Clinical Professor;Director,  Women's and Teen's Mood and Hormone Clinic, UCSF; Author, The Female Brain

Petie Mazzoni, Director, North America Classroom Operations, Oracle University, Oracle Corporation (mod.)

Track III – Life Strategies

Track III – Life Strategies

New Solutions to the Work/Life Challenge

Stacy Parson, Senior Manager/Career Coach, Deloitte & Touche

*Joan Williams, Distinguished Professor of Law, Director, Center for WorkLife Law, University of California, Hastings College of Law; Author, Unbending Gender: Why Family and Work Conflict and What to Do About It

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.; Co-Author, This is Not the Life I Ordered

Sharon Levine, M.D., Associate Executive Director, The Permanente Medical Group, Kaiser Permanente

Track IV – All About Health  

Track IV – All About Health

Prescription to Thrive: How Healthy Eating and an Active Lifestyle Can be Yours

Janine Bera, M.D., Internal Medicine, Kaiser Permanente

The Integrative Way to Better Health

Kandeel Judge, M.D., Co-Medical Director, Sutter Downtown Integrative Medicine, Sutter Health

Maxine Barish-Wreden, M.D., Co-Medical Director, Sutter Downtown Integrative Medicine, Sutter Health

Dodie Lutes-Burnett, Marketing Director, Sacramento Magazine (mod.)

Track V – Making Your Retirement A Reality

Track V - Your Financial Future

Smart Ways to Manage Your Money

Michael Lee, Member Education Manager, The Golden 1 Credit Union

Patricia Williams, Director, Silicon Valley Complex, Merrill Lynch (mod.)

The Path to Financial Success

*Robert Pagliarini, Certified Financial Planner; Senior Consultant, Allied Consulting Group; Author, The Six-Day Financial Makeover: Transform Your Financial Life in Less Than a Week!

Track VI – Entrepreneurial Strategies

Track VI – Entrepreneurial Strategies

Women Entrepreneurs Leading the Way

Griselda Barajas, President/CEO, Griselda’s Catering and Event Planning; Director, Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

*Leslie Sbrocco, Wine Expert; Author, The Simple and Savvy Wine Guide: Buying, Pairing and Sharing for All

Build-A-Business With Heart

*Maxine Clark, Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Bear, Build-A-Bear Workshop; Author,
The Bear Necessities of Business: Building a Company with Heart

Ann Barlow, Partner, Peppercom Strategic Communications (mod.)

Track VII – Young Women’s Program

Track VII – Young Women’s Program     

Careers of the Future: Which One is Right For You?

Panel of women from a variety of industries just starting out in their careers will share the steps they took to land their current job and offer advice to the high school girls.

Self Esteem: You Can Never Have Enough

*Yasmin Davidds, CEO and Founder, Empowering Latinas, Inc.; Author, You Go, Girl!: Give Your Daughters the Tools to Be Powerful Women

Susan Wheeler, President, SAGE (mod.)