Conference Schedule at a Glance

Noon-5:00 pm	Registration
1:00-5:00 pm	Pre-Conference Seminar: Lorraine Monroe and Carrie Simpson

7:30 -8:45 am	Registration, Continental Breakfast and Galleria
8:45-9:00 am	Opening Remarks: Amy Levine Welcome: MRC Greenwood
9:00-10:00 am	Keynote Speaker: Naomi Wolf
10:00-10:30 am	Break and Exhibits
10:30-11:45 am	Workshops - Session #1 Leadership Where There's a Women There's a Way! A Panel of Distiguished Women: Stella Hsu Sheila O'Rourke Celeste Rose Moderator, Quita Keller Leadership Through Changing Times, Patti Chang Communication Managing Multiple Priorities, Elaine Fukuhara Schilling Positive Politics, Ellie Schindelman Personal Development Stand on the Edge and Break the Rules, Eunice Azzani Express Yourself!, Gloria Simoneaux
11:45-12:00 pm	Lunch Served
12:00-12:15 pm	Irene Agnos Dedication
12:15-1:15 pm	Keynote Speakers:Cecila Burciaga, Heather Hiles, Janice Mirikitani Moderator, Amy Levine
1:15-1:45 pm	Break and Exhibits
1:45-3:00 pm	Workshops - Session #2 Leadership Leading from the Heart, Cecilia Burciaga Leadership Behaviors That Increase Power and Influence, Rosemary Maxwell Lynch Communication Collaboration:Gaining Consensus and Support, Carol Lei Negotiation: A Women's Strength, Maria Ramos Chertok Personal Development Act the Part!, Rhodessa Jones Finding Your Voice as a Leader: Strategies for Writing More Effectively, Carla Trujillo
3:00-3:15 pm	Transition Break
3:15-4:30 pm	Workshops - Session #3 Leadership Coaching for Managers and Supervisors, Cynthia Lee Senior Women Managers Leading Sustainable Change (this session is designed especially for pre-conference attendees), Rayona Sharpnack Communication Tried, True & Rising Trends in Creating High Performing Teams, Rachel V. Rodriguez Cross Cultural Communication: Understanding and Being Understood, Lillian Roybal Rose Personal Development Discover the Power of Your Passion, Melissa Neofes Mischak and Alma Sisco-Smith Full Life Balance for Lesbian/Bi/Trans Leaders-It's a Process, Not a Destination!, Marj Plum
4:30-4:45 pm	Transition Break
4:45-5:15 pm	Closing Remarks/Raffle
5:15-6:30 pm	Reception

PATTI CHANG , JD has been the President and CEO of the Women's Foundation ( San Francisco ) since 1993, and i n 2003, she oversaw the merger with the Los Angeles Women's Foundation, to become the Women's Foundation of California. She has served as the President of the S.F. Commission on the Status of Women and is a co-founder of the Women's Leadership Alliance. Patti has a B.A. from Stanford in International Relations with a concentration on China , and a J.D. from Stanford Law. Patti has just been appointed by Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.

M.R.C. GREENWOOD, PhD, is currently Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs for the 10-campus UC system. She served as Chancellor of UC Santa Cruz from July 1996 to March 2004. Prior to these appointments, Dr. Greenwood was Dean of Graduate Studies, Vice Provost for Academic Outreach, and Professor of Biology and Internal Medicine at UC Davis. Previously, Greenwood taught at Vassar College where she was Chair of the Biology Department. From November 1993 to May 1995, Dr. Greenwood held an appointment as Associate Director for Science at the Office of Science and Technology Policy in the Executive Office of the President of the United States. Dr. Greenwood is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, a fellow of the California Academy of Sciences, and member of the Board of Directors of the California Healthcare Institute. In 1998, she was honored as Woman of the Year by the Santa Cruz Chamber of Commerce.

AMY LEVINE came to UCSF in 1979 as the first Coordinator of the Rape Prevention Education Program. In 1984, she became the founding Director of the Women's Resource Center and subsequently received her Ed.D. from UC Berkeley in 1994. In 1998 she became Director of the Center for Gender Equity . She has substantial experience and training on topics which effect women and places a high priority on being sensitive to issues of ethnic diversity, sexual orientation, age, ability, etc. while serving all members of the campus community. In addition, she has received numerous awards, including Women Who Make a Difference from the San Francisco Commission on the Status of Women, and the UCSF Chancellor's Award for the Advancement of Women, for her work promoting gender equity.

JANICE MIRIKITANI San Francisco's second Poet Laureate is the author of four books of poetry and editor of eight anthologies. She is the Executive Director of Glide Church , working with the poor and marginalized population of the San Francisco Bay Area for 38 years. She has developed groundbreaking multi-racial and multi-cultural programs-especially for women and children. She is recipient of more than 35 awards and honors including the American Book "Lifetime Achievement Award for Literature". Mirikitani received her teaching credential in secondary education from UC Berkeley and has received two honorary doctorate degrees, on from the Rosebridge Graduate school of Integrative Psychology , and the California Institute of Integral Studies.

DR. LORRAINE MONROE, founder of the Lorraine Monroe Leadership Institute, will facilitate this program. Dr. Lorraine Monroe was the founding principal of the renowned Frederick Douglass Academy in Central Harlem and is on extended leave from Bank Street College of Education where she taught graduate courses and founded and directed the Center for Minority Achievement. Dr. Monroe translates her extensive experience in New York City public schools—as teacher, dean, assistant principal, principal and deputy Chancellor for Curriculum and Instruction—into the guiding set of Monroe Leadership Principles that define the work of the School Leadership Academy . Dr. Monroe's groundbreaking work has been featured in The New York Times and on 60 Minutes .

CARLA TRUJILLO was born in New Mexico and received a Ph.D. in educational psychology from the University of Wisconsin , Madison . She is the editor of Chicana Lesbians: The Girls Our Mothers Warned Us About . Trujillo is also the editor of Living Chicana Theory and is the author of several short stories, and various articles on identity, sexuality, and higher education. She works as a Director of the Graduate Opportunity Program at U.C . Berkeley, and has focused some of her recent activities on improving the classroom climate for underrepresented students in the College of Engineering using Interactive Theater. She has lectured in Ethnic Studies at UC Berkeley and Mills College and in Women's Studies at S.F. State University . She has also written a novel entitled What Night Brings , published in April 2003.

NAOMI WOLF'S landmark international bestseller, The Beauty Myth, challenged the cosmetics industry and the marketing of unrealistic standards of beauty, launching a new wave of feminism in the early 1990s. Wolf has given voice to women of all ages, exploding the social myths that keep women struggling in their fight for equality.

Wolf is also co-founder the Woodhull Institute for Ethical Leadership, an organization that teaches young women how to become leaders and agents of change in the 21st century. A graduate of Yale and former Rhodes Scholar, Wolf has written numerous books and essays. She was a consultant to the Gore 2000 presidential campaign, a Glamour woman of the year and named by TIME as one of the 50 most notable leaders under age 40.

For a more detailed biography, please visit: http://www.roycecarlton.com/speakers/wolf.html

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