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buzz: an executive women's think tank

2007 Participants:

Marilyn Alexander
President & CEO
Alexander & Friedman, LLC, Strategic and General Management Consulting
Celeste Alleyne
Community Affairs & Relationship Marketing
Microsoft
Laurie Amirpoor
RVP, Pharmacy Operations
WellPoint
Sally Anderson
Partner
Ernst & Young
Robin Cook Auerbach
President
Agire Mortgage Corp
Tara Balfour
CEO
Cranbrook Capital Advisors, Inc.
Debbie Barragan
National Manager
Toyota Financial Services
Regina Birdsell
President & CEO
Center for Nonprofit Management
Sherri I. Bovino
President & CEO
Global Inc.
Kathy Bronstein
President
KB Bronstein Merchandising Consulting
Mary Carrington
Designer
Carrington Collection
Kathleen Mary Kushi Carter, Esq.
Managing Partner
Hollins Schechter
Heidi Chan
Executive Vice President
Star Link Company, Inc.
Sharon Cheever
Senior Vice President & General Counsel
Pacific Life Insurance Company
Lorie Clark
Manager of Sales
Tiffany & Co.
Janet Cox
Director of Administration
Orange County Business Journal
Cathryn Cronin Cranston
Executive Vice President, Strategy & Sales Development
Mansueto Ventures LLC
Kelly Day
CEO
Display Spot
Kate Duchene
Chief Legal Officer
RC Management Group LLC
Tricia Esser
CEO
KTGY Group Inc.
Ferri Fathi
Area Manager of Operations, Southern California
Sunrise Senior Living
Mary Floyd
Vice President, ISG Sales
WellPoint
Debbi Frazier
Managing Director
Jefferson Wells
Kathy Gardarian
Founder & CEO
Qualis International
Judith Garfi-Partridge
CEO
Eastwood Insurance
Laura Garrett
Vice President, Marketing & Advertising
Orange County Business Journal
Karen Gifford
Principal
Gifford Management & Leadership Coaching
Terry Goldfarb-Lee
Director of Business Development
Resources Global Professionals
Cynthia Stamper Graff
President & CEO
Lindora, Inc.
Judy Grant
President
Grant & Associates
Veronica M. Gray
Partner
Nossaman Guthner Knox & Elliott, LLP
Susan Greenstadt
President
Susan Greenstadt & Associates
Shelley Greenwald
Organization Effectiveness R&D Lead
Accenture
Kellie Gundling
Area Vice President, Southern California
Sunrise Senior Living
Tamara Heathcote
Partner
Hollins Schechter
Lesa K. Heiks
Director, Customer & Market Insights
WellPoint
Maria Hensley
Senior Director, Client Services
Resources Global Professionals
Michelle Hodges
Partner
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Janice Hopkins
Director of Advertising
WellPoint
Kathy Hosford
CFO
CHOC Pediatric Subspecialty Faculty, Inc.
Shaheen Husain
Executive Director, Corporate Relations
The Paul Merage School of Business/UCI
Camille Jayne
President & CEO
The Jayne Group
Marilyn Katz
Senior Vice President, Participations & Residuals
Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc.
Irene Kinoshita
President & CEO
Ascolta
Deborah Klar
Partner
Liner Yankelevitz Sunshine & Regenstreif LLPB
Jennifer Klein
VP, Investor Relations
Autobytel Inc.
Denni Kopelan
Founder
Mamba Inc.
Renee Landegger
Executive
Martian Leasing
Tenley K. Lawton, MD
Irvine Plastic Surgery Center
Elaine R. Levin, Esq.
Partner
Whalen LLP
Nancy Lockhart
Director of Brand Strategy
WellPoint
Nanette Macbeth
First Vice President
Merrill Lynch
Julia Maicki
National Manager
Toyota Financial Services
Frances Maier
Executive Director & President
TRUSTe
Melinda Masson
Founder & CEO
The Merit Companies
Debra McClendon
Relationship Manager, Business Support Services Systems
Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc.
Donna McNicol
Senior Vice President, Human Resources Strategic Support
TELUS Consumer Solutions
Leigh Minter
Business Manager
Microsoft
Sherene Vander Molen
President & CEO
Signature Insurance Services, Inc.
Lisa Moriyama
Vice President, Human Resources
WellPoint
Donna Mumford
Assistant Dean, External Relations
The Paul Merage School of Business/UCI
Linda Nelson
Assistant Vice President, Claims Field Operations
Farmers Insurance
Laleh Neppell
Business Productivity Advisor
Microsoft
Andrea Neuman
Partner
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Nancy Nygren
CEO
Girl Scouts Council of Orange County
Lorette Oliver
Area Sales Manager
Sunrise Senior Living
Eileen Padberg
President
Eilen Padberg Consulting
Sue Parks
CEO
WalkStyles, Inc.
Shelley Patchin
Director of Advertising
WellPoint
Michelle Patterson
Founding Partner
TouchPointe Solutions
Mary Jane Perez
ATU Director
Microsoft
Lisa Perrine
CEO
Cibola Systems
Marilyn Platfoot
Executive Vice President, Operations
Lindora, Inc.
Betty Mower Potalivo
Region President
Northern Trust Bank
Shirley Quackenbush
Senior Vice President, Wealth Management Advisory
Merrill Lynch
Georgette Ratangee
Worldtrade Printing
Patricia Ryan
General Manager, PacWest District Sales Office
Microsoft
Ginger Silverman
Senior Vice President, Marketing & New Business
Lindora, Inc.
Ellen M. Snee
President
Fine Line Consulting
Julie Sokol
Vice President of IT Services
The Irvine Company
Becky Stein
Senior Client Partner
Korn Ferry
Missy Stern
Senior Vice President, Middle Market Lending
Comerica Bank
Dawn Sutherland
Controller, Southern California/Las Vegas Operations
XEROX Corporation
Mary Tennyson
President (Retired)
Basix Business Solutions
Rita Tennyson
President
Tennyson Communications
Deborah Thayer
Director of Marketing
WellPoint Health Networks
Denise Tobin-McCarthy
Senior Client Partner
Korn/Ferry International
Marjorie Torres
Founder & CEO
Concrete Stories
Debbie Vaillancourt
Staff VP, Operations & Marketing
WellPoint
Doriene Viera
Corporate Manager
Toyota Financial Services
Nella Webster
Regional Vice President
First American Trust
Nancy Widmann
President, NCW, Inc. and Former President, CBS Radio
NCW, Inc.
Harriet Wieder
President
Linkage
Meta Williams
Interim Director, Fund Development
Los Angeles Urban League
Janet Wiscombe
Independent Journalist, Writer and Editor
Lisa Wolter
Executive Director
The Susan G. Komen For The Cure
Tammy Wong
Founder/CEO
Fostering Executive Leadership
Leslie Wulff
EVP, Clinical Division
Lindora, Inc.