Women Leaders 2002
Tuesday, May 16 and Wednesday, May 17

SCHEDULE
Conference Schedule at a Glance Wednesday, March 6 Thursday, March 7 Friday, March 8 Wednesday, March 6, 2002 4:00-8:00 pm Early-Bird Registration 5:00-8:00 pm Pre-Conference Reception Back to Top Thursday, March 7, 2002 7:30 am Registration and Continental Breakfast and Exhibits 9:00 am Welcome and Opening Remarks 9:15-10:15 am Keynote Speaker: Bertice Berry, Finding Your Purpose 10:15-10:45 am Break and Exhibits 10:45-12:00 pm Workshops - Session #1 Leadership Mentoring: Making a Difference, Paula Doss Building Alliances Through Institutional Change, Elena Featherston Communication The Power of Positive Linking: How to Build Professional Connections, Roseanne Sullivan Feedback Without Judgment, Ellie Schindelman Personal Development Managing Multiple Demands, Odette Pollar The Ch'i of Success: Using Feng Shui in Your Career, Deborah Gee 12:00-12:30 pm Sponsored Lunch 12:30-1:30 pm Positions of Power: Women Taking the Lead! Where There's a Woman There's a Way! Keynote Panel: Jacqueline Mimms, Carol Tomlinson-Keasey and Cecilia Burciaga; Moderator: Odessa Johnson 1:30-2:00 pm Break and Exhibits | 2:00-3:15 pm Workshops - Session #2 Leadership Developing High Performance Teams, Carol Lei Lessons Learned from Indigenous Leadership, Joely De La Torre Communication We've Got to Stop Meeting Like This, Inette Dishler How to be a More Effective Communicator at Work, Robin Lakoff Personal Development Silence the Voice of Doubt!, Patti Hiramoto Being Multicultural in a Monocultural world, Linda Gonzalez 3:15-3:45 pm Break and Exhibits 3:45-5:00 pm Workshops - Session #3 Leadership Power, Performance and Position: Strategies for Highly Effective Leadership, France Cordova Take the Leadership Leap: Turning Cultural and Gender Differences into Professional Assets, Stella Hsu Communication Using Your Whole Brain As A Leader, Kathleen Brown Tried And True Communication Techniques for Creating Powerful Interactions, Carina Celesia Moore Personal Development Financial Planning For Women: Improve Your Financial I.Q, Leona Lau Getting it Right: How Working Mothers Successfully Take Up the Challenge of Life, Family and Career, Laraine T. Zappert 5:00 pm Reception and Networking Event Back to Top Friday, March 8, 2002 7:30-8:30 am Continental Breakfast and Exhibits 7:30-8:30 am JUST ADDED: Self Defense Demonstration (eye, throat, groin, yelling & lecturette) with Helen Grieco, Executive Director of California NOW and founder/teacher of a self-defense school, Defending Ourselves. To learn more about Helen Grieco, read her bio at the California NOW website at http://www.canow.org/about/helen.html or visit her Defending Ourselves website at http://www.selfdefenseschool.com/. Room 1 8:30-9:30 am Keynote Speaker: Helen Zia, Lifting Our Voices, Raising Our Expectations 9:30-9:45 am Break and Exhibits 9:45-11:00 am Workshops - Session #4 Leadership Managing Organizational Change, Sandra Hernandez Don't Sabotage Your Success! Make Office Politics Work, Karen Wood Communication He Said, She Said: Communication Styles in the Workplace, Edith Ng Between the Extremes: Finding the Balance Between "Correct" and Caustics, Joyce Hammel Personal Development A Woman's Zest: Health, Happiness and Sexuality From 40 Forward, Louann Brizendine Does Your Thinking Limit Your Success?, Betty Jo Waxman 11:00-12:00 pm Brunch 8:30-9:30 am Keynote Speaker: Helen Zia, Lifting Our Voices, Raising Our Expectations 9:30-9:45 am Break and Exhibits 12:00-1:15 pm Workshops - Session #5 Leadership Beyond the Ivory Tower: Women and Activism, Aileen Hernandez Leading With Soul: Toward an Authentic Leadership Style, Julia Armstrong-Zwart Communication Navigating Negotiation: Learning to Compromise Without Compromising Yourself, Maria Ramos Presenting Yourself, Elaine Fukuhara Schilling Personal Development Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Women in the Workplace, Shane Snowdon The Triumph of Individual Style, Helen Connor 1:15-1:45 pm Break and Exhibits 1:45-2:45 pm Keynote Speaker: Molly Ivins, Molly Ivins Can't Say That Can She? 3:00 pm Adjourn and Exhibits Back to Top

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

Keynotes

Thursday, March 7th

9:15-10:15 am	Finding Your Purpose, Bertice Berry Finding Your Purpose means finding your place to serve at home, at work or in the community. Award winning lecturer, comedienne, and former talk show host, Dr. Berry uses humor to help women understand the reason for our commitment to work. With an emphasis on working together as a community Dr. Berry will provide information on getting the most out of life, and finding the balance we all need.
12:30-1:30 pm	Positions of Power: Women Taking the Lead! Where There's a Woman There's a Way!, Keynote Panel: Jacqueline Mimms, Carol Tomlinson-Keasey and Cecilia Burciaga; Moderator: Odessa Johnson A panel of distinguished women leaders in higher education will share examples of how they made their way to the top, and what it takes to stay there. They will discuss a variety of approaches to effective decision making, drawing upon their personal and professional challenges and successes.

8:30-9:30 am	Lifting Our Voices, Raising Our Expectations, Helen Zia Helen Zia, the former executive editor of Ms. Magazine and the author of the acclaimed "Asian American Dreams: The Emergence of an American Dreams," describes how she found her voice within and learned to raise her expectations--not just for herself, but for others around her. As a woman of color, Helen fought invisibility in her journeys as a medical student, a construction laborer, an autoworker, a journalist and magazine editor, and feminist activist. She shares her own lessons on how we can transform ourselves by lifting our own voices, and in doing so, we can also transform society.
1:45-2:45pm	Molly Ivins Can't Say That Can She?, Molly Ivins You would be surprised by what Molly Ivins can, and does say! Her astute political analysis and incisive wit, cut through the red tape and challenge you to rethink your point of view. Constantly questioning our leaders, and holding them accountable for their actions and answers, Ivins uses humor to expose the facts.

10:45-12:00 pm	Workshops - Session #1 Leadership Mentoring: Making a Difference, Paula Doss How can women be more effective through mentoring? How can we give mentees the guidance, support and nurturance they need to make positive choices and fulfill their potential? How do we find role models that provide counsel, leadership and constructive example to those following in their footsteps. If you want to be a mentor, or want to find one, come hear what qualities make for an effective mentoring relationship. Building Alliances Through Institutional Change, Elena Featherston Influential leaders foster excellence by creating and maintaining equitable workplace environments that support, welcome and honor cultural differences. Learn specific tools and exercises to encourage new levels of exchange in the work environment and explore techniques for addressing cultural beliefs and misconceptions that affect professional and personal relationships. Elena Featherston's approach to building alliances is interactive, politically astute and genuinely inclusive. Communication The Power of Positive Linking: How to Build Professional Connections, Roseanne Sullivan Your personal and professional success doesn't depend on who you know, or what you know - it's all about who knows you! In this interactive program, Communications Expert Roseann Sullivan will teach you how to make comfortable connections, turn chance meetings into long-term business relationships, and set yourself apart with timely and appropriate follow-up. Isn't it time you stopped making excuses and started making connections? Feedback Without Judgment, Ellie Schindelman Have you found it challenging to give feedback that is both truthful and useful to the recipient and does not lead to a defensive reaction? In this workshop, we will explore a model for giving non-judgmental, behavioral feedback. Through practicing this feedback model, we can offer our colleagues, friends and family a chance to see themselves from our perspective, reflect on the impact of their behaviors, and open communication channels that will enhance our relationships. Personal Development Managing Multiple Demands, Odette Pollar Getting more work done in the same amount of time requires clearly defined priorities, a realistic schedule and consistently assigning key tasks to specific time periods. Learn about internal traps that can sabotage your efforts including: ego, not saying NO, needless complexity and poor delegation. This session covers how to manage multiple demands, reduce interruptions and distractions, combat the tyranny of the urgent and reduce stress and simplify daily life. The Ch'i of Success: Using Feng Shui in Your Career, Deborah Gee Feng Shui, the ancient Chinese art of design and placement can enhance careers by improving leadership, productivity, creativity, teamwork, and harmony in the workplace. In this session, individuals will interact with their surroundings to discover how "ch'i," the vital life energy force, can influence mind and body. Learn how to use the bagua compass and how colors can encourage better communication and create a stress-free work environment. We'll also focus on how to balance yin-yang (female-male) energies and strengthen intution -- both vital to successful living.
2:00-3:15 pm	Workshops - Session #2 Leadership Developing High Performance Teams, Carol Lei We rarely work alone -- and getting people to work together on a project isn't always easy. So how do you turn a group of people into a team when each member has diverse ideas, goals, needs, and working styles? This session will help you discover what it takes to build and sustain a high performing team, whether it's a team of two or twenty. You will explore various aspects and actions that can contribute to successful team results, and identify the changing role of the leader as the team develops. Included in the workshop will be tools and instruments you can use to assess yourself and your team. Lessons Learned from Indigenous Leadership, Joely De La Torre Many American Indian cultural and traditional values have had a unique influence on Indigenous leadership. Throughout history, there are examples of leaders exhibiting generosity, kindness, respect and honor for all living things. Spirituality, consensus building, and mutual understanding were frequently key elements of successful leadership. In this workshop, we will explore specific leadership styles and techniques that were demonstrated by great Native American leaders. We will also find ways to integrate and adapt these approaches in our own roles as women leaders in the university. Communication We've Got to Stop Meeting Like This, Inette Dishler Have you ever walked out of a meeting feeling like you'd just wasted your time? Or dreaded going to an upcoming meeting? Well, I can't run your meetings for you, but I can help you make them more effective and productive. This session will help you define objectives, identify and analyze the audience, establish boundaries and keep the meeting on track, Meetings may be unavoidable, but good meetings are possible! Come find out how! How to be a More Effective Communicator at Work, Robin Lakoff Communication in public venues, such as the workplace, must be different from informal or private communication among family and friends. It must be efficient and clear, yet friendly -- but not excessively so. While men have developed public styles of speaking over millennia, women have only very recently acquired a public presence and therefore the need for a public language form of their own. Should we imitate male business style or find our own? This workshop will focus on these and related communicative issues, questions, and problems. Personal Development Silence the Voice of Doubt!, Patti Hiramoto Do you feel that the more you succeed in your career, the more you feel like you're an impostor? Do you harbor feelings that you're fooling people with your abilities and secretly fear that you'll be "found out" to be incompetent? Do you hold back on taking on new responsibilities or approach work tasks with dread because of these fears? If so, chances are you suffer from The Impostor Syndrome. Find out why women go through their lives waiting to be discovered as incompetent and how to silence the performance doubt that can keep us in fear. Being Multicultural in a Monocultural world, Linda Gonzalez This workshop is designed for women of color and biracial women who want to explore the benefits and costs associated with living and working in a world that presumes one right way to be successful, intelligent, and honored. It will give you an opportunity to more fully understand the overt and covert processes inherent in the educational system which deny difference and force an either/or paradigm of achieving personal and professional success.
3:45-5:00 pm	Workshops - Session #3 Leadership Power, Performance and Position: Strategies for Highly Effective Leadership, France Cordova What are the significant factors which enable women to move up through the UC system? How does gender, ethnicity, age or sexual orientation affect career advancement? What skills are needed for upward mobility? Join Vice Chancellor France Cordova as she addresses the issues raised in the keynote panel and shares her unique perspective on leadership. In this interactive workshop, participants will have an opportunity to examine the traits of women leaders and gain insight into their own career trajectory. Take the Leadership Leap: Turning Cultural and Gender Differences into Professional Assets, Stella Hsu Self -assessment and self-advocacy are key activities for anyone seeking career advancement. It is especially important for women of color to explore their unique professional challenges, in order to become leaders. Participants in this interactive workshop will be encouraged to discuss their current work situations and share their career goals. Learning from each others successes and setbacks, participants will generate ways to leverage cultural and gender differences to excel in the work place. Communication Using Your Whole Brain As A Leader, Kathleen Brown Wouldn't it be nice to have a tool to help you understand your own approach to work, communication, problem-solving and decision-making? It would be even better if the same tool could also provide you with insight into the way others approach challenges. This interactive workshop will introduce you to Whole Brain Technology, a research-based model to help you better understand others' working and thinking styles as well as your own. A self-assessment activity, group discussion and other exercises will help you to recognize your own thinking strengths and weaknesses, likes and dislikes. You will also develop a new appreciation for, and work better with, the variety of styles you encounter in the workplace. Tried And True Communication Techniques for Creating Powerful Interactions, Carina Celesia Moore Even as a successful woman in higher education you may sometimes find yourself in challenging interpersonal exchanges. You have the wisdom and experience for successful communication, but sometimes you may need to fine tune what you already know. How can you be most effective when communicating across gender, hierarchy or competing agendas? How can you maximize your confidence? In this interactive and lively workshop you will have the opportunity to talk through communication challenges and tap into a collection of tried and true techniques for creating powerful interactions. Personal Development Financial Planning For Women: Improve Your Financial I.Q, Leona Lau It is essential to take stock of your money wisdom. By doing so, you improve yourself financially. In this workshop, my focus is to "Get Financially Smart". The information contained in this workshop will help you move through the next stages of money management and investing. I will help you continue on your financial journey. So, expect to succeed and learn the steps you need to stay on track. Getting it Right: How Working Mothers Successfully Take Up the Challenge of Life, Family and Career, Laraine T. Zappert Career or motherhood? Do you have to sacrifice one to be truly successful in the other? Is "having it all" even realistic, or is it just plain fantasy? Dr. Zappert draws upon her twenty years of clinical and research experience to answer these questions and create a road map of innovative solutions. She will address such concerns as: How do I handle the stresses of my job and the demands of parenting? How do children affect my career and when is the best time to have them? Where does my partner fit in? This workshop will help you make smarter, more informed decisions for creating a satisfying and fulfilling work/life balance.

9:45-1:30	Workshops - Session #4 Leadership Managing Organizational Change, Sandra Hernandez Academic Institutions are complex organizational systems. In order to be effective leaders and successful professionals, women must be able to understand and manage the implicitly political nature of these environments. In this informative workshop you will learn how to navigate the maze of organizational politics. Don't Sabotage Your Success! Make Office Politics Work, Karen Wood Most people believe if they do an outstanding job, they will impress their superiors and through osmosis they will enjoy a strong secure relationship. But good work does not always equal a successful career. Some people have more power, influence and accountability in the organization. These relationships become the key to creating success and happiness in one's career. This workshop focuses on how to build professional intimacy, taking a look at some of the reasons why we don't build trust in our professional relationships and suggesting ways to begin securing critical relationships. Communication He Said, She Said: Communication Styles in the Workplace, Edith Ng Research suggests that men and women behave according to two separate sets of cultural rules about what "right" is. Dr. Pat Heim, a nationally acclaimed consultant in leadership, team building and gender differences, explores the internal "rules" men and women use to define appropriate adult behavior in her video, The Power Dead-Even Rule. After viewing the video, Edith Ng will facilitate a discussion to provide the basis for better understanding, communication and teamwork between men and women in the workplace. Between the Extremes: Finding the Balance Between "Correct" and Caustics, Joyce Hammel Are you self-censoring at every turn, for fear of offending someone? Do you respect, or are you even aware of others' boundaries? Learn to navigate your way through the workplace minefield of acceptable language and behavior without losing your sense of humor, freedom of expression or job! Personal Development A Woman's Zest: Health, Happiness and Sexuality From 40 Forward, Louann Brizendine What should you know about your changing hormones, your mental and emotional function and your sexuality as you enter the best years of your life? There is more to preparing for the future than contributing to your 401k! How much are you investing in the power, passion and other pleasures that make life worth living? Now is the time to develop a health plan that will serve you well into the decades to come. From changing hormones to matters of memory, get information from this workshop that can help you make informed decisions and improve your quality of life. Does Your Thinking Limit Your Success?, Betty Jo Waxman There is a direct correlation between our thoughts and the results we have in our lives. Discover how and why our perspectives are limited through participation in a series of dynamic, experiential exercises. Along the way, we will see ways to expand our pre-programmed notions about a particular situation and gain knowledge of what it takes to make better choices and thereby improve the quality of our lives.
12:00-1:15 pm	Workshops - Session #5 Leadership Beyond the Ivory Tower: Women and Activism, Aileen Hernandez If you wore bell-bottoms when they were first fashionable, and can remember Gloria Steinem before she was married, then you are probably a member of feminism's second wave generation. How far have we come on the trail blazed by second wave feminists? How far do we have to go before achieving gender equity? While women today move freely between academe and activism, there is more work to be done. Participants in this workshop will share their success stories and challenges, and create new ways to advance systemic change. Leading With Soul: Toward an Authentic Leadership Style, Julia Armstrong-Zwart The workshop will discuss different styles of leadership and present participants with the opportunity to explore their own characteristics as leaders. In addition, participants will discuss the traits of a good leader, whatever her style of leadership may be, in light of what people say they expect and want from a leader. Participants should come away from the workshop with a better understanding of their own strengths as potential leaders, as well as an awareness of areas in which they will need to develop greater strength in order to become more effective leaders. Communication Navigating Negotiation: Learning to Compromise Without Compromising Yourself, Maria Ramos Negotiation is not a code word for maneuvering someone into an unfair agreement. Successful negotiation improves the terms of an agreement or relationship, benefiting all parties involved. This workshop will help you to understand the dynamics at play when seeking a win-win outcome, by providing you with an opportunity to engage in a mini negotiation. Participants will learn the value of brainstorming and the role of the BATNA (the best alternative to a negotiated agreement) process. They will also have an opportunity to discuss the issues that arise when trying to assert one's needs. Presenting Yourself, Elaine Fukuhara Schilling As Bernard Baruch said, "The ability to express an idea is well nigh as important as an idea itself." The positive news is that presentation skills are learnable. Many of you already possess skills needed for good presentations - eye contact, passion for your topic, clear speaking - and only need to apply these to a different setting. Armed with tips, feedback, and practice, you will be on the way to presenting yourself with confidence and poise. Personal Development Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Women in the Workplace, Shane Snowdon Attendees at this informal workshop will focus on the particular workplace experiences of lesbian, bisexual, and transgender women. Join a panel of UC staff members in discussing the problems that LBT women face, the solutions they have created, and the networks and alliances they have developed. All interested are welcome to attend. The Triumph of Individual Style, Helen Connor Learn to see your body's unique design through the elements of art (line, shape, proportion, body particulars, scale, color and texture) and see what the art masters have shown for centuries: that beauty belongs to all women. Today's woman knows that despite fashion trends, women's bodies are as individual as their thumb prints and that this diversity is only half-heartedly reflected by the fashion world. Come see how your unique Body Design Pattern tells a story that will lead you to self-acceptance and set your own standard of beauty through the author's revolutionary approach and timeless principles to personal style.

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Nobody defies stereotypes, generalizations or cliches more than Dr. BERTICE BERRY. Growing up poor in Wilmington, Delaware, the sixth of seven children, Bertice was told by a high school teacher that she was "not college material." Fortunately, she chose to listen to the inner voice that had always told her she was destined for more. Bertice graduated magna cum laude from Jacksonville University and earned a Ph.D. in sociology from Kent State University. After teaching at Kent State, Dr. Berry left to become an award-winning entertainer, lecturer and comedienne. She has won the coveted National Comedian of the Year Award several years in a row, and has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, and The Tonight Show With Jay Leno. Among her best-selling publications are the inspirational memoir, I'm On My Way, But Your Foot is on My Head and two recent works of fiction, Redemption Song, and The Haunting of Hip Hop. Despite all her honors and achievements, Dr. Berry is most proud of becoming the "instant mother" to her sister's three children, ages 6, 8 and 15.

LOUANN BRIZENDINE is Director of the UCSF Women's Mood and Hormone Clinic which specializes in treating premenstrual mood changes; menopausal and perimenopausal difficulties such as mood swings and memory problems; problems with sexual functioning and libido mood changes during pregnancy and after giving birth; and sexual side effects of psychiatric drugs. Dr. Brizendine is currently doing research on the effects of DHEA in healthy humans and the effects of Provera and natural progesterone in postmenopausal women. She has a B.A. in Neurobiology from University of California, Berkeley, an M.D. from Yale School of Medicine, and did her Residency in Psychiatry and Psychopharmacology from Harvard Medical School.

KATHLEEN BROWN has been at UCSF for almost 25 years, beginning as a staff physical therapist in the Medical Center in March of 1977 and eventually becoming Director of Rehabilitative Services at the Medical Center at UCSF and UCSF/Mount Zion Medical Center. In October 1997 she transferred to UCSF Human Resources Development & Training and assumed the newly created role of Organizational Development Specialist for the Campus community. Kathleen is passionate about self-development, women's leadership, and organizational learning. In April of 2001, she was recognized for her work with women, receiving the Chancellor's Award for the Advancement of Women as a member of the staff. Among her areas of expertise include conflict resolution/conflict management, facilitating groups, managing organizational and personal transitions, organizational assessments, strategic planning, and team building. She has a BA in Social Work from the University of California, Berkeley, a B.S. in Physical Therapy from the University of California, San Francisco and an M.A. in Organizational Development & Transformation from the California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco. A proponent of life-long learning, Kathleen is pursuing a PhD in Humanities, with a concentration in Transformative Learning and Change.

CECILIA PRECIADO BURCIAGA is currently AVP of Student Affairs at California State University Monterey Bay. Prior to this, she worked at Stanford University for 20 years. She has served on two Presidential Commissions: International Women's Year under President Carter and as Commissioner for the Study of Hispanic Education under President Clinton. Ms. Burciaga is a native Californian with roots in Southern California. Her parents were born in Jalisco Mexico and gave her the wealth of being bicultural and bilingual. Ms. Burciaga is the widow of Jose Antonio Burciaga, well known Chicano artist and writer. She has dedicated her life to issues of social justice and feminism and has received numerous honors and recognitions.

HELEN VILLA CONNOR is an author, publisher and design consultant. She co-authored The Triumph of Individual Style, a landmark book adopted by many design schools including FIT, Cornell, and SFSU. Her articles include See Your Beauty, Change Your World: Creating Beauty and Style with Substance. Helen's concepts advance the knowledge base in such fields as image, fashion, color, body analysis, and clothing design. Her design awards for innovation, excellence, and education include the Association of Image Consultants International's 1995 IMMIE (Image Makers Merit of Industry Excellence).

FRANCE CORDOVA is Professor of Physics and Vice Chancellor for Research at the University of California at Santa Barbara. She received her B.A. degree in English cum laude from Stanford, and her Ph.D. in Physics from the California Institute of Technology. From 1993-1996, Cordova was the Chief Scientist of NASA, the youngest person and the first woman to hold this position. An expert in multiwavelength observational astronomy and space instrumentation, Cordova has played a leading role on many space science missions, and has authored more than 100 scientific papers. Cordova is the recipient of NASA's Distinguished Service Medal, its highest honor, and is an Honorary Doctorate from Loyola-Marymount University. She serves on many boards and committees for the National Academy of Sciences, federal agencies and national laboratories. In 1996 she was featured in the TV documentary Breakthrough: The Changing Face of Science in America, and in 1999 in PBS's Life Beyond Earth. In 1997 she was named one of the 100 Most Influential Hispanics by Hispanic Business Magazine.

JOELY DE LA TORRE, of the Pechanga Band of Luiseo Mission Indians, is Assistant Professor of American Indian Studies at San Francisco State University (SFSU), having previously served as the Chair of the American Indian Studies Department at SFSU. De La Torre holds an M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science with emphasis in Public Policy and American Indian Studies from Northern Arizona University (one of only a few American Indians with a Ph.D. in Political Science and the first recipient of the American Political Science Association Native Fellows Program) and a B.A. in Political Science with an emphasis in Public Law from California State University, Long Beach. De La Torre serves on numerous boards and committees, and is committed to serving the American Indian community in a number of capacities. She has also participated in a number of media venues such as National Public Radio, Television and news specials on issues relating to tribal gaming, American Indian political development, Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation and California Indian issues.

INETTE DISHLER has been teaching and training adults professionally for over 13 years. She received her B.S. in Speech Communication from Illinois State University, and her M.S. in Higher Education Administration from Florida State University. She has diverse work experience in non-profit agencies, universities, and the private sector. Her professional activities include serving on the executive board of her chapter of the American Society for Training and Development, and speaking at professional conferences.

PAULA DOSS, J.D., is Director of the division of Equal Opportunity/Staff Affirmative Action (EO/SAA) in the Human Resources Department at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). Prior to coming to UCSD she worked at IMED, Corporation, an international biomedical manufacturer and at the San Diego Community College District's Career Planning and Placement Center. She has developed successful mentoring programs in both the public and private sectors. Paula has 25 years of career development experience working with people transforming their dreams into realities.

ELENA FEATHERSTON is an educator, writer, and social critic challenging inequity on interconnected cultural fronts. She is the founder of Featherston & Associates, a collaboration of cross-cultural consultants, facilitators, and mediators helping clients create and maintain equitable, personal and professional multicultural relationships. Featherston specializes in multicultural alliance-building, organizational development, management and implementation. Striking a balance between humor and astute analysis, she helps participants recognize, understand and appreciate their own culture and that of others in social and workplace environments. Featherston produced and directed Alice Walker: Visions of the Spirit, an award-winning documentary, edited a groundbreaking classroom text Skin Deep: Women Writing on Color, Culture & Identity and designs curriculum for business, not-for-profit and educational institutions.

ELAINE FUKUHARA SCHILLING, MPA, is a principal with The Schilling Group and The Evaluation Institute, which specialize in training design and delivery, organization development, and program evaluation. She partners with clients in the public and private sectors, and in higher education to build their competencies in supervision, management, service excellence, working together more effectively, and giving presentations. She is former manager of training and development at UC Berkeley and teaches graduate level supervision classes at San Francisco State University.

Noted East-West Feng Shui expert, DEBORAH GEE has lent her expertise on how to create environments for "successful living" to Fortune 500 companies, architects, designers, the media, and homeowners. She has been featured on PBS, DirecTV, and the Home & Garden Network. Ms. Gee has studied under one of the world's leading Feng Shui authorities, His Holiness Grand Master Lin Yun, for the past 14 years. She has combined her first career as a six-time Emmy Award-winning TV producer and her Feng Shui knowledge to produce the acclaimed PBS program, Feng Shui: Creating Environments for Success and Well-being.

LINDA GONZALEZ is a Diversity and Organizational Development consultant, trainer and facilitator with over fifteen years of experience in the non-profit, educational and corporate sectors. She is a principal for Diversity Matters, a consulting firm specializing in human resource management, strategic planning and long-term cultural change management. Ms. Gonzalez holds holds a B.A. from Stanford University and an M.S.W. from the University of Southern California. She is a member and past president of Bay Area MANA, a chapter of MANA, a National Latina Organization. She is an acknowledged leader in her family and community in healing the wounds of oppression for the sake of her six-year old twins and all generations to come.

JOYCE HAMMEL is a Labor and Employee Relations Analyst in UCSF's Office of Sexual Harassment Prevention & Resolution. Prior to this position, Hammel served in the UCSF Staffing and Compensation Division of Human Resources. She has more than a decade of experience as a human resources consultant. Her client list includes such organizations as Oracle, Esprit de Corps, Noah's Bagels, and United Jewish Community Center.

By profession, AILEEN CLARKE HERNANDEZ is an urban consultant. By choice, she is an activist. As a student at Howard University in Washington, D.C. in the mid-1940s, she combined her academic studies (which earned her a B.A. in Political Science and Sociology, magna cum laude) with picketing against the racial apartheid in the nation's capital, resulting in a lifetime commitment to the cause of human rights. Appointed by President Lyndon Baines Johnson in 1965, she was the only woman on the five-member United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission created by the Civil Rights Act of 1964. She was the second national President of the National Organization for Women and a founding Board member of Death Penalty Focus which opposes capital punishment. Since 1996, she has chaired the California Women's Agenda (CAWA), an electronic and grassroots network of 500+ women's organization which works to implement the Plan of Action adopted by 189 nations at the Fourth International Conference on Women in Beijing, China in 1995.

SANDRA R. HERNANDEZ, MD, Chief Executive Officer of the San Francisco Foundation, is the organization's fourth director and the first woman to lead the organization in its 50-year history. Serving the Bay Area, the San Francisco Foundation is one of the largest community foundations in the country. Dr. Hernandez's work in health policy included an impressive career in public health. She managed the AIDS office of the San Francisco Department of Public Health during the height of the AIDS epidemic, served as Health Officer for over five years, and culminated her career there serving as Director of Health from 1994-1997. She was appointed to and served on President Clinton's Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Healthcare Industry, and was a San Francisco delegate to the President's Summit for America. She is currently a member of the Board of Directors for the Corporation for Supportive Housing and for the American Foundation for AIDS Research (amFAR). Among her many honors and awards, Dr. Hernandez was a 1996 nominee by the San Francisco Chapter of the League of Women Voters as one of the Women Who Could Be President. Dr. Hernandez is a graduate of Yale University, Tufts School of Medicine, and the JFK School of Government at Harvard University. She is on the faculty of UCSF School of Medicine and maintains an active clinical practice at San Francisco General Hospital.

PATTI HIRAMOTO earned a B.A. in Architecture from UC Berkeley, an M.S. in Counseling from San Francisco State University and an Ed.D. in Higher Ed Administration from UC Berkeley. Dr. Hiramoto has had 20 years of experience in university administration, primarily in employment and student affairs. She was the Associate Director of Financial Aid at San Francisco State and the Director of Student Services at the Stanford University School of Education. Her EEO career began as the Director at the new Cal State University Monterey Bay and she is currently the Director of Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action at UC Santa Cruz. Dr. Hiramoto has given numerous workshops on diversity, particularly its role in the recruitment and retention of employees.

STELLA HSU, M.A., M.B.A., is Assistant Vice Chancellor of Campus Auxiliary Services at the University of California San Francisco. She is responsible for the management of auxiliary and support services including Housing, Childcare, Parking & Transportation, Reprographics & Mail Service, and Millberry Union programs & services. As a foreign-born Asian American manager, Stella has learned from the Eastern and Western cultures over the years, and has integrated the learnings into her daily life as a career woman, a wife, and a mother.

MOLLY IVINS, best-selling author of Molly Ivins Can't Say That Can She?, and widely syndicated political columnist for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, says politics, particularly in Texas, is great entertainment -- "better than the zoo, better than the circus, rougher than football, and even more aesthetically satisfying than baseball." One of the nation's wittiest and best-known political pundits, Mary Tyler Ivins, better known as Molly, was born August 30, 1944 in Monterey, Calif., but grew up in Houston. Ivins has a B.A. from Smith College, a master's in journalism from Columbia University and studied for a year at the Institute of Political Science in Paris. She served for three years on the board of the National News Council, is active in the Amnesty International's Journalism Network and the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. She writes about press issues for the American Civil Liberties Union and several journalism reviews. She has been a Pulitzer Prize finalist three times, and has won numerous journalism awards, including a 1991 Headliner's Award for best Texas column. She was named Outstanding Alumna by Columbia University's School of Journalism in 1976, and was a member of the 1992 Pulitzer Prize jury. She speaks both French and Spanish and has a love of the outdoors. Her column appears in 113 newspaper besides the Star-Telegram.

ODESSA JOHNSON is the Dean Emerita of Community Education at Modesto Junior College and a member of the Modesto City Schools Board of Education. Ms. Johnson received her bachelor of arts degree from Tennessee State University and her master of arts degree from Columbia University. She has served as Assistant Dean of Education at Modesto Junior College and previous to that was a counselor, career center specialist, instructor, and director of community education. She has over 25 years experience in community college education, particularly in the area of life-long learning. Ms. Johnson is a member of several organizations including the Stanislaus County Commission for Women and the Modesto Chamber of Commerce. She is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. Ms. Johnson was appointed Regent on May 4, 1999 to fill the remainder of a twelve-year term which expires on March 1, 2000 by Governor Davis. On March 1, 2000, Governor Davies reappointed her to a term expiring March 1, 2012.

ROBIN TOLMACH LAKOFF was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1942. She graduated from Hunter College High School, and received her A. B. (magna cum laude) from Harvard College in Classics and Linguistics, her M.A. from Indiana University in Linguistics and Classics, and her Ph.D. from Harvard University in Linguistics. She has been a faculty member in the Linguistics Department of the University of Michigan. Since 1972 she has been a member of the Linguistics Department of the University of California at Berkeley. She was a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University in 1971-72, and has been an NIMH Postdoctoral Fellow at M.I.T. and has been awarded a Guggenheim fellowship. Her latest book is The Language War, University of California Press, 2000. She has also published about 80 scholarly papers, reviews, and articles in newspapers and magazines, on topics including: the semantics of modality, the relationship between some and any, language and law, language and gender, language in psychotherapy, advertising language, narrative in group and individual identity formation, and the analysis of political rhetoric. She lives in Berkeley, California.

LEONA LAU, CFP, EA is a certified financial planner and enrolled agent. She founded FOR YOUR FINANCIAL INFORMATION Group in 1991 for the purpose of pioneering financial literacy and independence for all ages. Her purpose was to provide access to financial planning information through education workshops and programs designed to help consumers make informed decisions about their finances. In 1992, through joint efforts of San Francisco Unified School District and San Francisco chapter of International Association of Financial Planners, she took part in a project to instruct teachers on how to conduct financial planning curriculum to high school students. She was a speaker at the Women Leaders 2000 Symposium. Recently she has provided financial information for articles on Lifetime TV website. In private practice since 1991, she is a fee-only certified financial planner specializing in taxes, personal financial planning and consumer education programs. She established her practice on the belief that consumers in today's economic environment require tax and financial planning counsel with demonstrated skill and high level of experience. Her clientele includes small business owners, high net-worth individuals/couples, and US citizens associated with large corporations working abroad.

CAROL LEI is a consultant, facilitator, speaker, and trainer specializing in interpersonal skills in today's business arena. Her focus on leadership and team development in a changing diverse environment addresses the needs of organizations in the midst of transformation. Carol's background includes fourteen years as a corporate employee where she was a manager, systems engineer, recognition programs coordinator, marketing training instructor, and leadership development consultant training all levels of management and employees. Since forming Adjunct Faculty in 1992, Carol has assisted individuals, non-profit organizations, as well as Fortune 100 organizations deal with change and transition, leadership styles, team development, conflict resolution, career management, multi-cultural diversity in the workplace, and identifying corporate cultures. Supplementing clients' training and development efforts is the primary focus of her organization.

DR. JACQUELINE M. MIMMS is the Assistant Vice President for School/University Partnerships (S/UP) in the Department of Educational Outreach for the University of California (UC) systemwide. She administers statewide programs for K-12 educational outreach programs and activities to more than 72 UC partner schools and their feeders, and community-based organizations. She earned her Ph.D. in Educational Administration from UC Riverside. In 1998-99, Dr. Mimms was distinguished an American Council on Education (ACE) Fellow.

CARINA CELESIA MOORE, MA, manager of Staff Development & Professional Services at the University of California, Davis, oversees an annual program of over 500 courses. She has been involved with promoting education and development in organizations for twenty years. Carina teaches at UC Davis University Extension and has served as part-time faculty at California State University. She presents at several national conferences as well as instructs the course Communicating With Confidence, annually for UC Davis's Women's Center. Her focus in presentations is to facilitate learning and bring out the best in participants. This year Carina received the UC Davis Affirmative Action and Diversity Achievement Award and the University Extension Outstanding Service Award in Teaching. Carina earned a Master of Arts degree in curriculum and teaching from Columbia University.

EDITH NG is Director of Staff Affirmative Action and Diversity Programs at UC Berkeley. She has had 13 years of experience in the diversity field and over 26 years of experience working in higher education. She developed and institutionalized the first student and staff diversity programs at UC Berkeley. In 1994, Project DARE (Diversity Awareness through Resources and Education) was one of eight Bay Area programs which received an Excellence through Diversity award for its work. The award was sponsored by the Center for Human Development.

ODETTE POLLAR is a nationally recognized author, trainer, speaker and organizing expert who directs the Oakland, California, firm Time Management Systems. Ms. Pollar travels nationally, delivering programs, which enhance performance, improve office management, and streamline day-to-day operations. Pollar is the author of three books, including 365 Ways to Simplify Your Work Life (Dearborn Financial Publishing). Odette writes a nationally syndicated newspaper column, Smart Ways to Work. Pollar uses her 17 years' experience as a successful entrepreneur, management consultant and writer in her work with clients including Levi Strauss, McDonald's, Hewlett Packard, Shell Oil, VISA, Pacific Bell, and the Million Dollar roundtable.

MARIA DIANA RAMOS is an independent consultant specializing in conflict resolution, negotiation, communication, team building, sexual harassment prevention, supervision and multiculturalism. She received her law degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Law (Class of 1987) and her undergraduate degree from the University of California, Berkeley (1984). In March 1998, Maria was hired by the Family Violence Prevention Fund to write a Benchbook for judges. The Benchbook, Cultural Considerations in Domestic Violence Cases, was published in August of 1999. Maria has recently been selected to participate in the National Hispana Leadership Institute (NHLI) Year 2001 Fellowship Program. The program prepares selected Latina women who have demonstrated leadership at the local level for positions of national influence and public policy impact. She is also a trainer with the National Indian Justice Center and has worked with members of numerous tribal communities in an effort to help make tribal court systems responsive to the needs of families in crisis. Maria's mediation practice focuses on employment issues and conflicts involving nonprofit organizations. She has received 75 hours of mediation training from the Center for Mediation in Law. Maria is bilingual in Spanish.

ELLIE SCHINDELMAN manages the UC Berkeley Leadership Development Program and designs and teaches classes on management, communication, working styles, organizational culture and giving feedback. In addition, Ellie provides organizational development consulting for campus departments and leadership coaching. Ellie has worked in various university-wide programs, including the Business Officers Institute, the Management Skills Assessment Program, and the UC Management Institute. Ellie holds a B.A. in Human Development from Cornell University and an M.P.H. from UC Berkeley. Off campus, Ellie leads travel adventures for lesbian/gay (and all kinds of) families and has just started teaching Hebrew School to 5th graders.

SHANE SNOWDON is Coordinator of LGBT Resources at UC San Francisco and Chair of the UC LGBTI Association for faculty, students, and staff members. Previously, she directed the Women's Center at UC Santa Cruz, published the national women's journal Sojourner, and headed health, environmental, and social justice agencies. A longtime LGBT activist, she has written and lectured extensively on LGBT issues.

ROSEANN SULLIVAN attributes much of her personal and professional success to her ability to meet and make meaningful connections with people. A former radio producer, she is President of Sullivan Communications, a training firm that helps organizations, including Pepsi, AT&T, and the Clorox Corporation, improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their workplace communications. In addition to "walking her talk," Roseann earned a Master of Arts Degree in Communications from SFSU, where she graduated with honors.

CAROL TOMLINSON-KEASEY is the founding chancellor of UC Merced, the 10th campus of the UC system and the first new campus in over 35 years. Chancellor Tomlinson-Keasey, a psychologist, received her Ph.D. from UC Berkeley. During her career, she has served on the faculty and the administrative teams at UC Riverside, UC Davis, and the Office of the President at the University of California. Her research has focused on women leaders. She has authored three books and dozens of professional articles detailing the lives of women.

BETTY JO WAXMAN completed her B.A. in Economics at UCLA in 1976 and earned her M.A. in Art History from Vanderbilt University in 1980. She has extensive experience leading personal development courses on various subjects, including communication, personal presentation, relationships, problem solving, team building and self-esteem. She has received numerous awards for teaching excellence and growth in her field. Betty Jo is currently a course instructor with over 19 years of experience.

KAREN WOOD graduated cum laude from Pennsylvania State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Logistics. Over thirteen years working for some of the most prestigious companies in the world including management consulting companies Price Waterhouse and IBM, plus a graduate degree in finance, allowed her to develop the framework for the work place relationships and dynamics that she teaches today. As living proof this program produces measurable results, Mrs. Wood offers a proven break through program designed to greatly enhance work relationships.

LARAINE T. ZAPPERT, Ph.D., is a leading scholar in the field of women, work, and well-being, and a clinical professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Zappert is the founder and director of the Women's Group Program at Stanford's Graduate Schools of Business, Law, Medicine, and Engineering, and serves as director of the university's Sexual Harassment Policy Office.

HELEN ZIA is an author and award-winning journalist; she is a contributing editor to Ms. magazine, where she was formerly executive editor. Her articles and commentaries have appeared in Ms., The New York Times, NPR, Essence, The Advocate, and elsewhere. In 2000 and 2001, Zia was named "one of the most influential Asian Americans" by A. magazine. A second generation Chinese American, Zia has been a long-time activist for social justice. In 1995, Zia traveled to Beijing in 1995 to the UN Fourth World Congress on Women as part of a Journalists of Color delegation. Her work on the Asian American landmark civil rights case of anti-Asian violence is documented in the Academy Award nominated film, Who Killed Vincent Chin? Her most recent book, My Country Versus Me, is co-authored with Wen Ho Lee, the Los Alamos scientist who was falsely accused of being a spy.

WOMEN ARTISANS GALLERIA

A lively Marketplace Galleria, located just outside the Grand Ballroom, will feature talented artisans displaying their wares. Come support these women-owned businesses and find that special gift or a treat for yourself. You may also leave your business card at a participating table and enter for a chance to win one of their products. Continue to gain insight and knowledge from books and tapes of our speakers and other related subjects from our on-site bookstore.

List of Vendors

Champagne Pearls - Freshwater pearl and Swarovski crystal jewelry

Discovery Toys - Educational and developmental toys, games and books

Healing Solutions - Organic aromatherapy products for body, bath and home

HMR Duplications - Workshop/Presentation tapes in singles or sets

Kimonos And More- Handcrafted framed kimonos, asian cards, and photo albums

Mama Africa Crafts - Hand crafted jewelry, basketry and fabrics from Kenya

National Women's Political Caucus - Feminist memorabilia, t-shirts, jewelry, buttons, books and posters

Regina - Russian arts and crafts, souvenirs and gifts

Scarves & Such - Career-oriented accessories, "Flip-It"TM scarf

Silverwear - Sterling silver accessories from around the world

Stargate Events, Inc. - Conference and event management specialists

UCSF Millberry Union Bookstore - Books and author book signings

Ujama African - Indigo dye vases, amber necklaces, purses

Weekenders USA- Clothes to live in for fun plus jewelry to accessorize

HOTEL AND PARKING

Hotel Information
1101 Van Ness Ave. at Geary Blvd. San Francisco CA 94109
Reservations:1-800-622-0855
www.CathedralHillHotel.com

To book a room
Contact Cathedral Hill Reservations at 1-800-622-0855 and indicate UCSF Women's Leadership Symposium. Reservations will be accepted until February 3, 2002. The special room rate is $145.00 single/double plus tax. This rate will also be available for the two days following the conference.

About Cathedral Hill Hotel
Centrally located within walking distance to Union Square, the Cable Car Line, Symphony Hall, War Memorial Opera House and City Hall. A short cable car ride to Fisherman's Wharf, Ghiradelli Square, Chinatown and the Financial District.

Hotel Amenities & Services

• 400 spacious, newly renovated guest rooms and suites featuring balconies or city views
• All guest rooms feature voice mail and data port phone lines
• On-site parking garage offering discounted rates to hotel guests.
• HillTop Bar & Grill
• 30,000 feet of conference facilities
• Gift Shop, Hair Salon, Ticket Agency & Car Rental Agency
• Year-round heated swimming pool and sun deck
• Non-smoking and ADA guest rooms
• Valet service

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