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One - Embracing the Change
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| Nadine
Schiff is the co-President of Two Smart Blondes, a
media and communications company specializing in speechwriting
and media coaching. Most recently she worked as a political
strategist and speechwriter on behalf of Richard Riordan's
campaign for Governor of California. The author of If I
Don't do it Now … Career Makeovers for the Working Woman,
Ms. Schiff is also a former CBS Evening News reporter and
Vice President of Production for Michael Douglas' Sony Stonebridege
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Robert
Stephens pursued a degree in computer science at the
University of Minnesota in 1990. In April 1994 he formed The
Geek Squad with $200. Nine years later The Geek Squad provides
24-hour computer support for individuals and businesses in
the Twin Cities, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago. With
45 Special Agents, The Geek Squad has serviced over 55,000
computer problems for clients such as 3M, Cargill, General
Mills, The Rolling Stones, U2, and The Oscar Mayer Weinermobile.
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Jan
Yanehiro is the co-host of “Appraise It!”
on Home and Garden TV, and hosts “Women of Vision”
and “The New Americans” on KCSM-TV. She also consults
as the Executive Director of Business Development for the
California State Automobile Association (AAA) and reports
on KCBS News radio. Previously, she hosted “Evening Magazine”
on KPIX-TV in San Francisco. She holds a Journalism degree
from California State University, Fresno.
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Two - Workplace Trends
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| Deanne
M. Aguirre is Booz Allen Hamilton's Chief Personnel
Officer worldwide, a vice president in the Information Technology
Group and leads the firm's Global Strategic Security practice.
Based in San Francisco, she has also worked in the company's
New York and Sao Paulo, Brazil offices. Previously, Ms. Aguirre
was in the financial services industry, with responsibility
for $40 billion in assets with FIserv, Inc. She holds an MS
from Stanford University and a BS from Fort Hays State University. |  |
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| Debra
Boblitt is the vice president-agency for the Bay Area
Market Area in State Farm's California Zone, a position she
assumed in 2001. She joined State Farm in 1988 as an agent
in Toledo, Ohio, was named agency manager there in 1992 and
agency field executive in 1995. She transferred to corporate
headquarters in 1998 as director of marketing programs in
the agency department and was promoted to assistant vice president
- agency sales in 1999. |  |
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| Theresa
Isaacs joined Catalyst in 2001 in the new position
as Vice President of Western Region, and is based in the San
Francisco area. She currently leads the team responsible for
developing new business, managing relationships with Western
Region members, speaking to corporate audiences about Catalyst
research, and conducting Advisory Service engagements with
Western Region companies. She began her career as the Assistant
Dean of Undergraduate Admissions at Stanford University, where
she received a BA degree in psychology. |  |
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| Quinn
H. Tran is Founder and Chief Marketing and Sales Officer
of KnowledgeTek Software, a software company focusing in enterprise
applications and content management. Previously, she was Chief
Marketing Officer of Prism Software as well as Vice President
and General Manager with Xerox ColorgrafX Systems, a Xerox
company she co-founded and grew to more than $100 Million
in less than five years. Ms. Tran became an American citizen
after the fall of South Vietnam in 1975. |  |
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| Lisa
Tealer is Diversity Manager for Genentech, a leading
biotechnology company that is based in South San Francisco.
She joined the company 17 years ago as a Lab Research Assistant,
and two years ago, she transitioned into her current position.
Ms. Tealer currently serves as chair of Genentech's Diversity
Council and works with teams throughout the entire company
in support of Genentech's 3-Point "Diversity in Action
Plan," which focuses in the areas of recruitment, development
and inclusion. |  |
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Three - The Enterprising Woman
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| Fran
Zone is a nationally recognized communication expert,
executive coach, and creator of The Zone Method, a proven
process for getting the outcomes you want. Her clients include
White House staff, Olympics representatives, best-selling
authors, magazine editors, CEOs, corporate spokespersons and
sales executives. An award-winning radio and television producer
and media strategist, Fran is the first San Francisco recipient
of the “Headliner of the Year award,” a national
honor for lifetime achievement in the field of communication. |  |
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| Mindy
Kirkpatrick leads Visa's Corporate Internet and Intranet
group, responsible for the company's technical platform and
corporate strategic initiatives for the web. Previously, she
worked on information privacy initiatives for the company.
Prior to joining Visa, Ms. Kirkpatrick was with Bank of America
in various positions, including marketing, finance and strategic
planning, and in the bank's Merchant Card Services group.
She graduated from the University of California Santa Cruz
with a BA in psychology. |  |
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Four - Your Personal Landscape
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| Marilyn
Barrett is the author of
The Ten Biggest Legal Mistakes Women Can Avoid, a
manual for women young and old to take charge of their finances,
their families, and their careers. A partner with the Los
Angeles law firm Alschuler Grossman Stein & Kahan LLP,
in 2001, Ms. she received the Southern California Motion
Picture Council's Humanitarian Award and the year before
the Century City Chamber of Commerce's recognized her with
its 2000 Women of Achievement Award. |  |
Ellen
Y. Sloan, CPA, CFP, is Senior Vice President - Wealth
Strategist and Western Regional Director of Wealth Management
Consulting for Bank of America's Private Bank. In this capacity,
she advises clients on retirement and estate planning, charitable
giving and asset allocation. A frequent speaker on financial
planning, Ms. Sloan is a founding member of the Board of Families
with Children from China, a non-profit organization that supports
families who have adopted or are considering adopting children
from China.
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Patricia
G. Williams has, since October
2001, served as the Director of Merrill Lynch's Silicon Valley
Capital Complex, which includes the San Jose, Cupertino, Carmel,
and the Asian Pacific offices. She began her career with Merrill
Lynch 16 years ago, with the first decade spent as a financial
advisor in the Menlo Park office. A graduate of Vassar College
with a BA in political science, Ms. Williams also serves on
the firm's National Diversity Task Force.
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| Lynn
Jimenez keeps listeners up-to-date on money matters
every weekday morning and afternoon on KGO Newstalk AM 810.
Previously, Ms. Jimenez worked as a manager of media relations
for Pacific Bell in San Francisco, where she helped to develop
California's first statewide Hispanic AIDS education television
program and telephone hotline. | |
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Five - Innovative Thinking
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| Kathy
Ranek is Vice President, Global Corporate Operations
and Chair of the North American Operating Committee for Futurestep,
which she joined in 1998. Her current responsibilities include
Futurestep's company operations in North America and performance
metrics, reporting and information management worldwide. Previously,
she spent 11 years with the international executive search
firm Russell Reynolds Associates as a member of the firm's
global Technology and Financial Services Practices. Mrs. Ranek
holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from UCLA. |  |
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Valerie
Frederickson, CMP, serves as
a confidential career advisor to many Silicon Valley senior
executives. Under her namesake company, she leads a team of
executive search, human resource, career management and executive
coaching experts. Named one of "the top business thinkers
in the country" by the San Francisco Chronicle,
Ms. Frederickson authored Folio: Silicon Valley's Comprehensive
Career Transition Manual, and was a featured expert in
The Change Agents: Decoding the New Workforce and the New
Workplace.
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Joyce
Gioia is a sought-after speaker
for corporate and association audiences who has spoken on
six continents and in 38 states sharing her philosophy on
the future of the workforce and workplace. Regularly featured
in the Wall Street Journal and National Public Radio,
she co-authored How to Choose Your Next Employer, as
well as How to Become an Employer of Choice, which
was runner-up for the Benjamin Franklin Award for the Best
Business Book of the Year.
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| Jane
Robertson is the Senior Director of Diversity &
Compliance for Oracle Corporation. Prior to joining the company
in 1995, she provided human resources and change management
consulting services in the high-tech industry for 15 years,
including international assignments in Asia and Europe. Ms.
Robertson's project focus ranges from working with political
refugees to creating mentoring programs and online training
courses. She recently addressed the British House of Lords
in favor of social equity in the global workplace. |
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Six - Young Women's Program
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Tiffany
Bass Bukow is a veteran "Netpreneur"
who has founded and managed two successful Internet companies.
She started her first company, Tiff.Com, in 1985, which designed
and developed web sites for America Online, Sun Microsystems,
Lucent, Xerox, Microsoft and Bechtel. In 1999, Ms. Bukow founded
MsMoney.com Inc., which has a special focus on addressing
women's unique financial needs. She has been the weekly host
for Sony's Redband Radio program "MoneySense" and
the financial analyst on TechTV.
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| Vanessa
Summers is a registered investment advisor with the
Department of Corporations in the State of California and
author of Get In The Game - The Girls' Guide to Money and
Investing. A former fashion model in New York and top-ranked
USTA tennis player in Florida, Glamour Magazine
named Ms. Summers the "Money Model" in their September
2001 issue and Mark Haines of CNBC's Squawk Box recently
named her the "Financial guru of the MTV generation." |  |
Annette
Motoyama, an Enterprise Account Executive for Microsoft
since 1999, has 15 years of successful selling in the high
technology industry. She possesses a proven track record for
leading and coordinating teams of sales, consulting, services
and partners. Prior to Microsoft, Ms. Motoyama worked at Digital
Equipment and SGI. Financial investing is a hobby of Annette's
- ask her about the rule of 72! Ms. Motoyama is a graduate
of the
University of Hawaii in Honolulu, Hawaii.
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