Newport Beach, California
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buzz: an executive women's think tank

2008 Attendees:
Marilyn Alexander
President & CEO
Alexander & Friedman, LLC, Strategic and General Management Consulting
Sally Anderson
Partner
Ernst & Young
Loreen Arbus
President/Executive Producer
Loreen Arbus Productions, Inc.
Lisa Ashworth
Managing Director, Orange County Office
Resources Global Professionals
Tara Balfour
CEO
Cranbrook Capital Advisors, Inc.
Regina Birdsell
President & CEO
Center for Nonprofit Management
Sherri I. Bovino
President & CEO
Global Inc.
Stephanie Brecher
Partner
Bingham McCutchen LLP
Heather H. Breidenthal
Vice President, Human Resources
Standard Pacific Corp.
Joanna Bressel-Wilder
Director, Financial Systems Strategy & Support (FSSS)
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Kathy Bronstein
President
KB Bronstein Merchandising Consulting
Peggy Brooker
Partner
Ernst & Young
Donna Camp
DH Companies Inc.
Mary Carrington
Designer
Carrington Collection
Kathleen Mary Kushi Carter, Esq.
Managing Partner
Hollins Schechter
Lynn Chalk
Senior Area Director of Resident Care
Sunrise Senior Living
Heidi Chan
Executive Vice President
Star Link Company, Inc.
Sharon Cheever
Senior Vice President & General Counsel
Pacific Life Insurance Company
Diane Coon
Merrill Lynch
Janet Cox
Director of Administration
Orange County Business Journal
Lyn Cox
Partner
Vaco Resources
Kathleen Curran
General Manager, LA Market
Waterworks
Susan De Grassi
Senior Vice President, Community Management
The Merit Companies
Marie Deary
President & CEO
Shore Books and Art Gallery
Kristine Delgado
Area Vice President of Sales and Marketing
Sunrise Senior Living
Marissa Dempsey-Kirby
Area Manager of Operations
Sunrise Senior Living
Celina Doka
Partner
KPMG LLP
Kate Duchene
Chief Legal Officer
RC Management Group LLC
Robin Evitts
Chief Information Officer
Clorox
Ferri Fathi
Area Manager of Operations, Southern California
Sunrise Senior Living
Patti Daly Franklin
Account General Manager, Financial Services
Xerox Corporation
Kathy Gardarian
Founder & CEO
Qualis International
Laura Garrett
Vice President, Marketing & Advertising
Orange County Business Journal
Kathryn Burton Gray
Senior Vice President & Managing Director
CIT Healthcare
Veronica M. Gray
Partner
Nossaman Guthner Knox & Elliott, LLP
Shelley Greenwald
Organization Effectiveness R&D Lead
Accenture
Lesley Hall
President
Aeroflite Enterprises
Karina Hamilton
Director, SAGE Scholars Program
University of California, Irvine
Patricia Harding
CEO
Patrician Company
Judie Harrington
Area Director of Resident Care
Sunrise Senior Living
Cynthia Harriss
Consultant
Michelle Hodges
Partner
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Jeanette Horn
Area Sales Manager
UPS
Shaheen Husain
Executive Director, Corporate Relations
The Paul Merage School of Business/UCI
Michele Johnson
Partner
Latham & Watkins LLP
Laurie Jones
Marketing Manager
XEROX Corporation
Marilyn Katz
Senior Vice President, Participations & Residuals
Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc.
Lisa Kennedy
Area Sales Manager
Sunrise Senior Living
Sue King
Partner
KPMG
Dr. Sabina Kobylinski
Medical Director
Lindora, Inc.
Denni Kopelan
Founder
Mamba Inc.
Renee Landegger
Executive
Martian Leasing
Kelly Lee
Chief Administrative Officer
The MERIT Companies
Shelly Lummus
Director, Lindora Online
Lindora, Inc.
Michele Maryott
Partner
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Melinda Masson
Founder & CEO
The Merit Companies
Queene Mavor
Manager, Business Strategy and Operations,
& Partner Development and Education

Cisco Systems Inc.
Monika Lemhoefer McCarthy
Consultant
New Century Mortgage Corporation
Amy McCombs
President & CEO
The Women's Foundation of California
Donna McNicol
Senior Vice President, Human Resources Strategic Support
TELUS Consumer Solutions
Donna Mumford
Assistant Dean, External Relations
The Paul Merage School of Business/UCI
Nancy Nygren
CEO
Girl Scouts Council of Orange County
Lorette Oliver
Area Sales Manager
Sunrise Senior Living
Anna Ouroumian
President  & CEO
Academy Business Leadership
Dena Parker
Senior Vice President, Finance
Apria Healthcare Group
Jackie Parker
Managing Director
River Lee International, Inc.
Sue Parks
CEO
WalkStyles, Inc.
Michelle Patterson
Founding Partner
TouchPointe Solutions
Marilyn Platfoot
Executive Vice President, Operations
Lindora, Inc.
Melissa Pollard
Senior Vice President & Group Manager, Middle Market Lending
Comerica Bank
Debra Richardson, PhD
Dean, Donald Bren School of Information & Computer Sciences
University of California, Irvine
Kimberly Roush
Founder
All-Star Executive Coaching
Diane Sagey
Senior Director, Marketing & Communications
The Paul Merage School of Business/UC Irvine
Karen Salem
Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer
Ingram Micro Inc.
Carla Sanchez
Area Manager of Operations
Sunrise Senior Living
Ginger Silverman
Senior Vice President, Marketing & New Business
Lindora, Inc.
Julie Sokol
Vice President of IT Services
The Irvine Company
Pat Soldano
President & CEO
Cymric Family Office Services
Beth Springer
Executive Vice President, Strategy & Growth
Clorox
Christine St. Clare
Advisory Partner, Women's Advisory Board, Southeast Leader, Consumer Mkts.
KPMG LLP
Missy Stern
Senior Vice President, Middle Market Lending
Comerica Bank
Mimi S. Taylor
Chief Financial Officer
SC Fuels
Mary Tennyson
President (Retired)
Basix Business Solutions
Rita Tennyson
President
Tennyson Communications
Margaret Thurmond
CFO
RSM Equico
Kati Vlaskovits
Marketing Manager
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Meta Williams
Interim Director, Fund Development
Los Angeles Urban League
Vikki L. Vander Woude
Vice President & Counsel
Mercury Companies, Inc.
Marci Wright-O'Gara
Vice President Sales
UPS
Gloria Zigner
Founder & President
Gloria Zigner & Associates