California 2006
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2006 SPEAKERS & HONORARY CO-CHAIRS

HONORARY CO-CHAIRS:
Patti Dodge

Executive Vice President & CFO
New Century Financial Corporation
Gerri Elliott
Corporate Vice President, Worldwide Public Sector
Microsoft Corporation
Julie Sokol
Partner
Accenture
Tiffany Tomasso
COO
Sunrise Senior Living

MORNING KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Edie Weiner

President
Weiner, Edrich, Brown Inc.

LUNCHEON KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Dr. Una S. Ryan, O.B.E.

President & CEO
AVANT Immunotherapeutics, Inc.

CLOSING REMARKS:
Dr. Judy B. Rosener
Professor, Paul Merage School of Business
University of California, Irvine

PANELISTS:
Susan Y. Bookheimer, PhD
Director, Behavioral Testing & Training Laboratory
Brain Mapping Center
UCLA School of Medicine
Susan V. Bryant
Dean, School of Biological Sciences
University of California, Irvine
Brendan Burnett-Stohner
Vice Chair
Christian & Timbers
Sila Calderon
Former Governor of Puerto Rico
Susan Cramm
President
Valuedance
Patty DeDominic
Founder, Chairman & CEO
PDQ Careers Group of Companies
Anne Globe
Head of Consumer Products & Worldwide Promotion
Dreamworks Animation SKG
Judge Glenda Hatchett
Presiding Judge
Judge Hatchett Show
Christina Carlisle Jones
CEO
Extend Fertility Inc.
Meera Kanhouwa, MD, MHA, FACEP
Executive Director, Worldwide Public Sector, Healthcare Strategy
Microsoft Corporation
Anastasia D. Kelly
Executive Vice President & General Counsel
MCI
Stephanie McClellan, MD
Director
Hoag Hospital
Katie McDivitt
Partner, Communications & High Tech
Accenture
Karen Neuburger
President
Karen Neuburger
Cornelia Pechmann, PhD
Professor of Marketing,
Paul Merage School of Business
University of California, Irvine
Carol Reed
President
Carol Reed Associates
Tiffany Shlain
Filmmaker & Founder/Ambassador
The Webby Awards
Paula Silver
President
Beyond the Box Productions
Maureen Spivack
Managing Director
Merrill Lynch
Patricia Stensrud
Former President, Women's Sportswear, Tommy Hilfiger USA
and Former CEO & Vice Chair, Victoria & Co., Jones Apparel Group
Kristine Stewart
Chairman, Internet Home Alliance & Director, Commercial Solutions
Cisco Systems Inc.
Tiffany Tomasso
COO
Sunrise Senior Living
Nancy Widmann
President, NCW, Inc.
and Former President, CBS Radio

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LAST YEAR AT BUZZ 2005

HONORARY CO-CHAIRS & SPEAKERS:

Cathleen Benko
High Technology Leader & Principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP;
National Managing Director, Retention & Advancement of Women, Deloitte & Touche USA LLP
Honorary Co-Chair

Gail Berman
President, Entertainment
Fox Broadcasting Co.

Karen Breslau
San Francisco Bureau Chief
Newsweek

Moderator - Taming the Beast
Karen Wilhelm Buckley
Principal, Communicore Consulting
and Founder, Wisdom Leadership Initiative
Ursula Burns
SVP & President, Business Group Operations
Xerox Corporation
Diane Davies
Principal, National WIN Leader & Board Member
Deloitte Consulting LLP
Patti Dodge
EVP & CFO
New Century Financial Corporation
Honorary Co-Chair
Gerri Elliott
Corporate Vice President, Worldwide Sector
Microsoft Corporation
Honorary Co-Chair
DeeDee Gordon
Co-President and Co-Founder
Look-Look, LLC
Christie Hefner
Chairman and CEO
Playboy Enterprises

Amy Dorn Kopelan
President
Bedlam Entertainment Inc.
Moderator - Who's on First?

Elaine Levin, Esq.
Partner
Preston, Gates & Ellis, LLP
Honorary Co-Chair
Ronna Lichtenberg
President
Clear Peak Communications
Moderator - You Say You Want A Revolution?
Linda LoRe
President & CEO
Frederick's of Hollywood Inc.
Patt Morrison
Op-Ed Columnist, The Los Angeles Times
Commentator and Host, PBS & NPR

Mary Murphy
Senior Writer
TV Guide

Brenda Reichelderfer
President, Electronic Components Group
ITT Industries, Inc.
Debra J. Richardson, PhD
Dean, Donald Bren School of Information & Computer Sciences
University of California, Irvine

Judy B. Rosener, PhD
Professor, Graduate School of Management
University of California, Irvine
Morning Keynote & Panelist

Dr. Nancy Snyderman
Vice President, Medical Affairs
Johnson & Johnson

Moderator - Media Matrix

Julia Stewart
President, CEO & COO
IHOP Corp.

Linda Stone
Writer, Consultant & Professional Pollinator

Holly Towle
Partner
Preston, Gates & Ellis LLP

Maggie Wilderotter
President & CEO
Citizens Communications

Mahvash Yazdi
SVP, Business Integration and Chief Information Officer
Edison International

Narda Zacchino
Deputy Editor
San Francisco Chronicle