Conference Schedule at a Glance

Tuesday May 16, 2006

7:30-8:45 am	Registration, Continental Breakfast and Galleria
8:45-9:00 am	Opening Remarks: Amy Levine
9:00-9:15 am	Welcome Adress: President Dynes
9:15-10:00 am	Keynote: Linda Williams
10:00-10:15 am	Creating Change Activity #1
10:15-10:45 am	Break and Galleria
10:45-12:00 pm	Workshops - Session #1 Leadership From the Fields to the Executive Floor Rose Guilbault Implementing Powerful, Sustainable Change Diane Johnson Communication Non-defenseive Leadership Power for Women Sharon Ellison Are You a Smooth Operator? Buisness Etiquette: The Key to Success! Syndi Seid Personal Development Grassroots Option for Your Professional Development Vaneese Johnson Making Connections that Count! Marvel Allen
12:00-12:30 pm	Lunch-Galleria
12:30-1:15 pm	Keynote Panel: Michealene Cristini Risley, Jackie Speier, Jan Yanehiro
1:15-1:30 pm	Creating Change Activity #2
1:30-2:00 pm	Break and Galleria
2:00-3:15 pm	Workshops - Session #2 Leadership Advice From the Field: Women in Academic Leadership Dr. Yolanda Moses The Dance of Leadership Robin D. Johnson Communication Looking Through the Negotiation Lens: How to Ask For (and get) What You Want Lisa Barron Crossing Communication Borders Bettina Aptheker Personal Development The Seven Keys to Your Financial Freedom Cheryl Broussard The Female Brain or What Makes Us Women Louann Brizendine
3:15-3:45	Break and Galleria
3:45-5:00 pm	Workshops Session #3 Leadership Leadership Development: Successful Techniques and Lessons Learned Leslie Schilling, Mary Bitterman, Helen Kwong, Katie Cardinal Where There's a Woman There's a Way Stella Hsu, Sheila O'Rourke, Judy Sakaki,Vanessa George (moderator)   Communication Cross Cultural Communication: Understanding and Being Understood Lilian Roybal Rose Making a Case that Attracts Big Resources Elizabeth Seja Min Personal Development Stand on the Edge and Break the Rules Eunic Azzani From Burnout to Wellbeing: Tips from a Primary Care Physician Mary Beattie
5:00-6:30 pm	Reception and Galleria

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Wednesday May 17, 2006

7:30 -8:30 am	Registration, Continental Breakfast and Galleria
8:30-9:15 am	Keynote: Winona La Duke
9:15-9:30 am	Creating Change Activity #3
9:30-9:45 am	Break and Galleria
9:45-11:00am	Workshops - Session #1 Leadership Essential Elements of Leading Change Rayona Sharpnack Authenticy and Leadership: How Being Out Defines Leadership Eileen Blumenthal Communication How to Develop and Sustain the Human Connection Salome Rodriguez-Thorson Communicating Powerfully To Get What You Want Caterina Rando Personal Development Feng Shui: Creating Environments for Success and Well-being Deborah Gee The Solution: Skills to Nurture and Set Limits from Within Lauel Mellin
11:00-12:00 pm	Brunch-Galleria
12:00-1:15pm	Workshops - Session #2 Leadership Race and Gender in the White House Maria Echaveste Leadership That Transforms and Delivers Loretta Love Huff Communication Accessing the Leader Within Prestell Askia Banishing Burnout Christina Maslach Personal Development Power of Personal Accountability Jamie Wolf If You Can Dream It, You Can Have It Francine Ward
1:15-1:30 pm	Break and Galleria
1:30-2:30 pm	Keynote: Angela Davis
2:30-3:00 pm	Wrap up and Raffle
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This is Not the Life I Ordered: 50 Ways to Keep your Head Above Water When Life Keeps Dragging You Down!
Deborah Collins Stephens, Michealene Cristini Risley, Jackie Speier, and Jan Yanehiro
Collectively, we have a history of 6 marriages, 10 children, 4 stepchildren, 6 dogs, 2 miscarriages, 2 cats, 12 koi fish, a failed adoption and foster parenthood. One of us was shot and left for dead on a tarmac in South America . Two of us have lived through the deaths of spouses. We have built companies, lost companies and sold companies. We have made mistakes...big and small; we have learned to re-invent ourselves again and again; and we believe in the power of friendship!  Join us for a lively discussion of mistakes that women make (and the ones we made!) and a new mindset for turning blunders into opportunities.

Indigenous Woman Politics and Leadership
Winona LaDuke
The original United States representative democracy drew much inspiration from indigenous people. However, the role of the feminine as a guiding principle was forgotten. Historic and traditional roles of indigenous women in leadership provide a foundation for today's native women and feminists. Throughout history, there are examples of leaders exhibiting generosity, kindness, respect and honor for all living things. Spirituality, consensus building, and mutual understanding are frequently key elements of successful leadership. Winona will explore the styles and techniques that are demonstrated by indigenous leaders that we can adapt in our own roles in the University.

PRESTELL ASKIA is an entrepreneur, writer and trainer. She is the founder and CEO of The Askia Group, a team of professional consultants and associates who provide innovative solutions to meet individual and organizational needs for professional development and training for corporations, nonprofits and government organizations. Ms. Askia's passions include management and leadership development, team building, diversity training and coaching. Her twenty-five years experience as an executive in private industry serve her well as an Executive Coach and mentor. She earned a BA in Public Administration from the University of California, Los Angeles and was awarded an Advanced Management Program Certification from the University of Southern California 's Executive Business School. She has also earned the title of CPP from ASIS International. Ms. Askia was awarded the Martin Luther King Legacy Award, the Women in Leadership Award, named Woman of the Year -63 rd Assembly District, and Citizen Of The Year - Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Orange County Chapter.

EUNICE AZZANI is managing director at Korn/Ferry International. She proudly calls herself a head farmer, a California Improved Texan and a Pushy Broad. Her mission is to change the world and place women and people of color at every decision making table. Eunice is outspoken, courageous and never shy about offering a contrarian view. She has a BA in English from Texas Tech University and a MLS from Texas Woman's University. She received the Eleanor Reynolds Award from The Association of Executive Search Consultants for combining excellence in search with commitment to volunteerism.

EILEEN BLUMENTHAL is the managing partner of Rocket Science Coaching & Consulting, a firm specializing in executive coaching and organizational development for social justice and health-related non-profits. She has extensive experience as a consultant, trainer, facilitator and coach, focusing on leadership and professional fulfillment. She was board president of New Leaf, which provides mental health and substance abuse services for the LGBT community, and is a faculty member at the Coaches Training Institute. She received a Bachelor of Arts from Bucknell, Masters of Education from Harvard, and law degree from Hastings College of the Law, UC.

LOUANN BRIZENDINE, MD, neuropsychiatrist, educator, writer, researcher, is professor of clinical psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco/Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute. She is the founder and director of the Women's and Teen's Mood and Hormone Clinic and author of many scholarly articles as well as the upcoming book: The Female Brain , Random House, April 2006. She received her BS from the University of California, Berkerley, her MD from Yale and did her residency at Harvard. She has served as faculty at both Harvard and UCSF.

CHERYL BROUSSARD is CEO of Cheryl Broussard & Co., Inc., a California based financial and small business consulting, training and personal financial advisory firm, which conducts consulting and informational seminars on topics such as financial and estate planning, investment and retirement planning, entrepreneurship and money empowerment issues.  Broussard is the author of three bestsellers, including Sister CEO; The Black Woman's Guide To Starting Your Own Business, and The Black Woman's Guide To Financial Independence; Smart Ways To Take Charge of Your Money, Build Wealth, and Achieve Financial Security. Broussard is a former personal financial adviser on CNN Financial Network, and CNN & Co. and is the creator of Sister CEO™ Boot Camp and The Ms. Money Millionaire ™ Financial Boot Camp.

ANGELA Y. DAVIS, PhD, is Professor of History of Consciousness at the University of California Santa Cruz and in 1994 received the distinguished honor of appointment to the University of California Presidential Chair in African American and Feminist Studies. She is known internationally for her ongoing work to combat all forms of oppression in the US and abroad. Professor Davis has lectured in all of the fifty United States, as well as in Africa, Europe, the Caribbean, and the former Soviet Union. Her articles and essays have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies, and she is the author of seven books including Women Race and Class ; Angela Davis: An Autobiography; Women Culture Politics; Blues Legacies and Black Feminism: Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday; and The Angela Y. Davis Reader.

ROBERT C.DYNES, PhD, a renowned physicist and an expert on semiconductors and superconductors, is the 18th president of the University of California. Before becoming President in 2003, he served as Chancellor of the University of California, San Diego for seven years. He also spent 22 years at AT&T Bell Laboratories, where he served as department head of semiconductor and material physics research and director of chemical physics research. His numerous scientific honors include the 1990 Fritz London Award in Low Temperature Physics and election to the National Academy of Sciences. President Dynes holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics and physics from the University of Western Ontario and master's and doctorate degrees in physics.

MARIA ECHAVESTE, JD an attorney, formed her consulting firm, the Nueva Vista Group, in 2001 after completing eight years in the federal government. With four years experience running the Wage and Hour Division of the US Dept of Labor, and then four years in the Clinton White House as a senior advisor, including more than two years as deputy chief of staff to President Clinton, Echaveste knows intimately the challenges of working in organizations where women are breaking new ground. Today she represents both corporate and non-profit organizations on a variety of issues providing political, policy and strategic advice. Ms. Echaveste currently lives in Berkeley,California, and is also a lecturer at the University of California, Boalt Hall School of Law and the Goldman School of Public Policy.

DEBORAH GEE is an internationally renowned Feng Shui practitioner. She has been featured on PBS TV with her popular program, "Feng Shui: Creating Environments for Success and Well-being." With over 20 years of Feng Shui study, Deborah is a senior disciple of world-leading authority, H.H. Grandmaster Lin Yun. In demand worldwide, Deborah has been called upon by Fortune 500 companies, Silicon Valley corporations, film studios, the media, educators, retailers, restaurants, architects, designers and many homeowners.

VANESSA GEORGE, MBA, is Assistant Director at the University of California , San Francisco 's Center for Gender Equity where she directs the Center's outreach activities in the community and leads several leadership, mentoring and personal development programs for women, with a particular focus on young women, women of color and executive development. A dedicated activist for women's rights, Vanessa has served in leadership capacities on numerous boards and steering committees of organizations dedicated to the advancement of women and girls, such as the Women's Foundation of California and the Women of Color Action Network. She is also a Marketing and Fundraising professional with over 18 years of experience in both the for-profit and non-profit sector and received her BA in English from Stanford and her MBA in Marketing from Georgetown University .

LORETTA LOVE HUFF is a leadership coach and performance improvement consultant. She helps clients optimize performance and accomplish their business, personal and career goals. Using her 4-step process, business owners, corporate leaders and teams clarify goals, overcome obstacles, resolve conflicts and deliver levels of productivity, innovation, effectiveness and impact that would not have otherwise been obtained.

DIANE J. JOHNSON, PhD, is Chief Programs Director for CompassPoint Nonprofit Services. She has more than 25 years experience in the business, public and social sectors in a multitude of roles including: practitioner, program director, project administrator, manager, researcher, trainer and technical assistance provider, resource developer, communications specialist, and program evaluator. She has published numerous articles, books and manuscripts on the areas of nonprofit organizational development, cultural competency and cross-sectoral collaboration.

ROBIN JOHNSON, PhD, author of Dance of Leadership, teaches leadership, diversity, and organizational behavior as an Associate Professor of Management at California State Polytechnic University, is the founding faculty director of the University of California, Los Angeles Anderson School of Management's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Leadership Institute (the only program of its type at a school of management in the world) and teaches in the UCLA Leadership Institutes for Women, African Americans, Head Start Directors and Multi-cultural Communications executives. Dr. Johnson earned her PhD in Organizational Behavior and her MA in Psychology from Harvard University and a BA in International Relations and History from Brown University.

WINONA LADUKE is a two time US Vice Presidential Candidate, author of five books, and recipient of a wide array of awards. She lives and works on the White Earth reservation in northern Minnesota and is a parent to five children. LaDuke serves as Executive Director of Honor the Earth, a Native American foundation working primarily on environmental and energy policy issues and through this work is involved in national renewable energy strategies for the new millennium. In addition, she serves as Founding Director of White Earth Land Recovery Project, the largest reservation based non-profit organization in the state of Minnesota .

AMY LEVINE, EdD, came to UCSF as the first Coordinator of the Rape Prevention Education Program. She became the founding Director of the Women's Resource Center and subsequently received her EdD from UC Berkeley. In 1998 she became Director of the Center for Gender Equity. 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. She has also earned an appointment on teh Women's Leadership Board at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard.

CHRISTINA MASLACH, PhD, is professor of psychology and the vice provost for undergraduate education at the University of California , Berkeley. She received her AB, magna cum laude, in social relations from Harvard-Radcliffe College , and her PhD in psychology from Stanford University. She has conducted research in social and health psychology, and is best known as a pioneering researcher on job burnout.

Laurel Mellin, PhD, is an associate clinical professor of family and community medicine and pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco, the director of the Institute for Health Solutions and the developer of The Solution Method for adults and The Shapedown Program for children. She is a nationally-recognized authority on obesity and addictive behavior and has written 34 books including the national bestseller, The Pathway and her new book, an introduction to The Solution Method, The 3-Day Solution Plan. Her research focuses on obesity, depression and addictive behavior and she wrote for President Clinton the National Guidelines for the prevention and treatment of child and adolescent obesity.

ELIZABETH SEJA MIN consults to foundations and organizations focused on social change. An expert in fund development and communications, she is the principal creative and lead consultant for the Women's Funding Network's Women of Color International Development Incubator, an advanced fundraising program for leaders in women's funds in North America, Europe and the Global South; and for U.S. Women Without Borders, an online engagement project designed to influence U.S. foreign policy and media as it impacts violence against women abroad. She is the co-author of Making the Case: A Learning and Measurement Tool for Social Change, an online instrument that evaluates the results of work toward social justice, and builds the case for investment. She was a key leader on the U.S. NGO Coordinating Committee for the 2001 United Nations World Conference Against Racism, and comes to consulting from a distinguished career in music, including two Grammy nominations in jazz, and serving as the Founding Music Director and Conductor of the Women's Philharmonic.

YOLANDA MOSES, PhD, is Professor of Anthropology, Vice Provost for Conflict Resolution and Special Assistant to the Chancellor for Excellence and Diversity at the University of California, Riverside. In addition to her parallel academic track, Moses has 24 years of administrative experience in the California State University System, the University of California System (where she served as Department Chair, Dean and Provost), and the City University of New York System, where she served as President of CCNY, for 6 years. In addition she served as President of the American Association for Higher Education Association in Washington DC for three years.

SHEILA O'ROURKE, JD, is currently the Executive Director – Academic Advancement and Special Assistant to the Provost at the University of California Office of the President. Prior to this poisition, she served as Assistant Vice Provost for Academic Compliance at the University of California, Berkeley, staff attorney for the U.S. Department of Education Region IX Office for Civil Rights, adjunct professor of constitutional law at the University of San Francisco Law School, teaching fellow at Stanford Law School, and director of non-profit community organizations. She earned an AB degree from Stanford University in 1978 and a JD. from Boalt College of Law at the University of California , Berkeley in 1986.

CATERINA RANDO, MA, MCC shows working women strategies to help them succeed and bring out their leadership abilities. She is a success coach, international speaker and author of the award winning, national best seller Learn to Power Think. Caterina is a monthly columnist for Bay Area Business Women's Newspaper and she is featured as a success expert in four leading business books: Get Clients Now!, The 11 Commandments of Wildly Successful Women, NAFE Guide to Starting Your Own Business and Get Slightly Famous.

MICHEALENE CRISTINI RISLEY is an entrepreneur who has crated some of the largest deals in the consumer products and entertainment industries. As an executive with over 20 years experience, Michealene launched the first ever branded maternity license for Adidas. As Vice President of Licensing and Character Development for Sega of America, she championed the Sega's Girls Task Force.  She also produced, directed and funded a documentary on child abuse called "Flashcards", which was shown at the Cannes Film Festival.

SALOME´ RODRIGUEZ-THORSON is Vice President and Training Consultant for Bank of the West, the second largest commercial bank based in California. She designs and facilitates curriculum focusing on Sales, Personal Effectiveness, and Leadership. Her expertise has been developed over the past 20 years in several industries including banking, advertising, and corporate training. Salomé is passionate about the spoken word and in her conference workshop: Making the Human Connection, will discuss how we can all develop our communication and presentation style in order to maximize our impact in daily and high stakes interactions. She has a BA in Economics and Political Science from Yale University and a Master of Science in Organization Development from the University of San Francisco.

LILLIAN ROYBAL ROSE is an educator, author, and cross cultural communication consultant. She has a BA in sociology from California State University, Los Angeles and MS in education from the University of Southern California. She also trained at the Stanford Institute for Intercultural Communication. Lillian teaches her nationally acclaimed three-day cross cultural leadership awareness seminars to academic, corporate, civic, and community groups, implementing powerful learning frameworks for long-term, effective cooperation and communication. Her style is dynamic, personable, and sensitive.

JUDY SAKAKI, PhD, was appointed Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs at the University of California, Davis in July 2002. She provides administrative leadership to a Division of over 50 student support programs and a team of over 900 staff/faculty members. Vice Chancellor Sakaki has a bachelor's degree in human development and a master's degree in educational psychology, both from California State University, Hayward. In addition, she received her PhD from UC Berkeley in education, specializing in counseling psychology and higher education administration.

LESLIE SCHILLING is Director of Union Square Investments, Inc., an investment management company she founded in 1982. For the past 25 years she has been active in the community, serving on numerous non-profit Boards including KQED, SF Zoological Society and The Committee of 100. She is also a Commissioner at the Asian Art Museum of SF and a member of the Board of Regents of the University of California. Leslie earned her BA from UC Berkeley and a Masters in International Management from Thunderbird in Arizona.

SYNDI SEID is a professional speaker and trainer and founder of Advanced Etiquette, based in San Francisco. In her words, “ Advanced Etiquette provides the missing link to a complete professional education,” Syndi is the etiquette expert of choice to companies, organizations, and individuals seeking comprehensive training in international business and social etiquette and protocol. Her clients include Hewlett-Packard Worldwide, the Marriott Corporation, and the Miss Universe Pageant. Her media credits include Good Morning America, CBS Evening News, and Picture This, a Discovery Home Channel series. What Syndi enjoys most is tailoring every seminar to meet the goals of each individual client and seminar participant.

RAYONA SHARPNACK founded the Institute for Women's Leadership in 1991 – an organization renown for its' groundbreaking work throughout the United States, Australia, and Canada. Drawing from her successful careers in education, professional sports and business, Rayona has become an inspirational coach and mentor for executives in Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, emerging businesses and non-profit organizations. More than 5000 professionals have relied on Rayona and the Institute for Women's Leadership to produce breakthrough results both at work and in their personal lives. Her groundbreaking work has earned her an appointment on the Kennedy School, Women's Leadership Board at Harvard.

JACKIE SPEIER is a State Senator who has introduced 300 pieces of legislation into law!  Shot five times and left to die on a tarmac in Jonestown, Guyana, Senator Speier follows her own mantra, "Don't just survive, survive and thrive!"  She worked for 4 years before her bill on Financial Privacy was made into law; she pushed for worker's comp reform and coordinated the vision for women's healthcare in California. She is also the founder of PBWC: Professional Business Women of California Conference, 17 years strong!  Married and mother of 2, Jackie is making an historic run for Lt. Governor of California. (And when she wins, she will be the first woman to hold the office in California.) 

DEBORAH COLLINS STEPHENS is the Co-founder and Managing Partner of the Center for Innovative Leadership which works with leaders and organizations on improving customer service, creating inspired teams and building the link between employee motivation and customer loyalty. Deborah is the author of six books--three bestsellers:  Maslow on Management, One Size Fits One, and Revisiting the Human Side of Enterprise. She has taught at the Stanford School of Business and is married, the mother of two.

FRANCINE WARD is a lawyer, inspiring author, success strategist, and a powerful motivator with a proven track record of achievement, who shares tips for creating economic and personal power.  She is living proof that actions speak louder than words. From high school drop-out, drug addicted, alcoholic prostitute to Georgetown educated lawyer, successful entrepreneur, twice published author, philanthropist, and loving wife, hers is a story that movies are made of. Ms. Ward has created masterful changes in her own life, and has helped hundreds of thousands of people create significant changes in their lives too.

LINDA MORRIS WILLIAMS is the Associate President for the University of California Office of the President (UCOP), the administrative headquarters of the ten-campus University of California System. Williams is an 18 year veteran of the University of California system and began her appointment as Associate President in October 2003, and in that capacity serves as the senior-most administrative and policy advisor to UC President Robert C. Dynes.

JAMIE WOOLF has over 20 years of experience working with leaders to prepare organizations for change. Her experience includes managing the training unit at the University of California, Berkeley, facilitating training programs, conducting organization development interventions, and facilitating retreats and strategic planning efforts. Jamie Woolf holds a MS in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from San Francisco State University, and a BA in Psychology from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

JAN YANEHIRO is best known hosting for "Evening Magazine" on KPIX TV 5 in San Francisco for 15 years.  She traveled the world in search of extraordinary people, bungee jumped and skydived with the Army's Golden Knights. She went on to Host "Appraise It!" on the Home and Garden Channel and currently is the producer of the syndicated show, "Pacific Fusion."  Jan and two businesswomen launched Fair Advantage, a company which helps high school girls make sound career choices. Jan has a degree in Journalism from Fresno State University and is the mother of five children.