California 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005
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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

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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.

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2006 Participants:

Susan Abernethy
Regional Business Manager, West - Global Accounts Group
Microsoft Corporation
Marilyn Alexander
President & CEO
Alexander & Friedman, LLC, Strategic and General Management Consulting
Francine Allaire
Global Strategist, Partner Sales Organization, Sun Microsystems & Founder
The Daring LLC
Tara Balfour
CEO
Cranbrook Capital Advisors, Inc.
Julie Bennani
Partner
Accenture
Susan Bock
Founder & Principal
Susan Bock Solutions
Dr. Susan Bookheimer
Director, Behavioral Testing & Training Laboratory
Brain Mapping Center, UCLA School of Medicine
Kathy Bronstein
President
KB Bronstein Merchandising Consulting
Karen Wilhelm Buckley
Principal
Communicore Consulting
Mary Carrington
Attorney at Law
Carrington Collection
Kathleen Carter
Managing Partner
Hollins Schechter
Heidi Chan
Executive Vice President
Star Link Company, Inc.
Lorie Clark
Manager of Sales
Tiffany & Co.
Janet Cox
Director of Human Resources
Orange County Business Journal
Barbara Delgleize
Broker/Owner
Keller Williams Realty
Jennifer P.W. Dietz
President
FSSI
Judi Fouladi, Esq.
President & CEO
HydroTechnologies Inc.
Melissa J. Fox
Founder & Principal
The Fox Firm
Patti Daly Franklin
Account General Manager
Xerox Corporation
Shelley Furse
Education Sales Director, Microsoft Education Solutions Group
Microsoft Corporation
Kathy Gardarian
Founder & CEO
Qualis International
Laura Garrett
Vice President
Orange County Business Journal
Cynthia Graff
President & CEO
Lindora, Inc.
Veronica M. Gray
Partner
Nossaman Guthner Knox & Elliott, LLP
Kathryn Burton Gray
Senior Vice President & Managing Director
CIT Healthcare
Jane Glenn Haas
Columnist, Orange County Register & Founder
WomanSage
Cynthia Harriss
President, Gap Brand
Gap Inc.
Pam Hedges
Principal
Hedges & Associates
Mary Ellen Hennessy-Jones
Managing Director
Solera Capital
Michele Himmelberg
Columnist & Staff Writer
Orange County Register
Debbie Janes
GSM Sales Manager
Microsoft
Michelle Jordan
Principal
Jordan LLC, Strategic Communications
Pamela Jung
President & CEO
Workforce Solutions Group Inc.
Suzanne Kai
Founder & CEO
CSI International
Marilyn Katz
Senior Vice President, Global Shared Services & Payroll
Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc.
Irene Kinoshita
President & CEO
Ascolta Training Company
Mari Kurtz
CEO
Cal Pac Sheet Metal
Renee Landegger
Executive
Roseland Productions
Carol Larkin
Vice President of Clinical Services
Sun Mar Healthcare
Elaine R. Levin, Esq.
Partner
Whalen LLP
Patricia (Trish) Lindsay
CEO
Star Farm Productions
Frances Maier
Executive Director & President
TRUSTe
Melinda Masson
Founder & CEO
The Merit Companies
Ann Medina
Broadcaster
Medina Productions Inc.
Bonny Meyer
Principal
Meyer Family Enterprises
Paula Milano
President
KI Solutions
Theresa Morrison
President
Cagney Enterprises
Andrea Neuman
Partner
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Martha Newkirk
President
Newkirk Enterprises
Sue Parks
CEO/Founder
WalkStyles, Inc.
Judith Partridge
CEO
Eastwood Insurance
Yolanda de la Paz
Senior Vice President & Regional Manager
Sunwest Bank
Lisa Perrine
CEO
Cibola Systems
Alexandra Piacenza
Vice President, Planning
New Century Mortgage Corporation
Kimberly Porrazzo
Associate Editor
OC Metro Magazine
Shirley Quackenbush
Vice President, Wealth Management Advisory
Merrill Lynch
Cathryn Ramirez
Regional Vice President, Southwest
Tiffany & Co.
Sandra Robbie
KOCE
Jodi Rolland
Managing Director
Merrill Lynch
Allison Sesnon
Editor-in-Chief
Ikana Media
Paula Silver
President
Beyond the Box Productions
Ginger Silverman
Senior Vice President, Marketing & Advertising
Lindora Inc.
Cate Simons
Chief People Officer
Accenture
Dawn Sutherland
Controller, Southern California/Las Vegas Operations
Xerox Corporation
Sandi Thomas
General Manager, Southern California District
Microsoft Corporation
Rosemary Turner
Vice President, South California District
UPS
Laura Wallace
General Manager, Northern California Enterprise District
Microsoft Corporation
Nella Webster
Regional Vice President
First American Trust
Edie Weiner
President
Weiner, Edrich, Brown Inc.
Nancy Widmann
President
NCW, Inc.
Maggie Wilderotter
Chairman & CEO
Citizens Communications
Annette Wiley
Partner
Bauer and Wiley Architects
Meta Williams
CEO
MetaWorks
Lisa Wolter
Executive Director
The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
Tammy Wong
Global Sales Operations
Sun Microsystems
Gloria Zigner
Society Editor
Orange Coast Magazine

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2005 Participants:

Leslie Adams
Senior Vice President, Marketing
Pinnacle Systems
Marilyn Alexander
Independent Consultant
Nadia Allaudin
Sales Manager, Wealth Management Advisor
Merrill Lynch Private Client Group
Tara Balfour
President
Casamar Communities, Inc.
Nancy Y. Bekavac
President
Scripps College
Keven Bellows
Premier Radio Network
Betsy Berkhemer-Credaire
Immediate Past Statewide President
NAWBO-CA
Sharon Blankenship
CEO
LAN International
Patricia Bonavia
Executive Vice President & COO
AMCORE Investment Group
Kathy Bronstein
President
KB Bronstein Merchandising Consulting
Janet Cox
Director of Human Resources
Orange County Business Journal
Martha Daniel
Founder, President & CEO
IMRI Inc.
Caroline Devine
Regional Vice President & Market Manager
Cox Radio Houston
Susan Dietz
President
Canon Theatricals
Dawn Dyer
President
Dyer Sheehan Group Inc.
Terry Feit
Partner, Strategic Relationship Management Group
Deloitte & Touche
Laura Garrett
Vice President
Orange County Business Journal
Chris Gibson
Chief Marketing Officer
UnitedHealthcare
Debbi Gillotti
Senior Director, Worldwide Customer Engagement, Public Sector
Microsoft Corporation
Suzi Good
VP, Southern California/Las Vegas Operations
Xerox
Gayle Goodman
Entrepreneurship Consultant
Cynthia Graff
President & CEO
Lindora, Inc.
Veronica Gray
Partner
Jackson, DeMarco & Peckenpaugh
Renetta Haas
Principal, Strategic Clients
Deloitte & Touche
Elaine Hagan
Executive Director
Price Center for Entrepreneurial Studies
Beverly Ham
CEO
BDS Marketing
Cynthia Harriss
President, Outlet Division
Gap Inc.
Judge Glenda Hatchett
Presiding Judge
Judge Hatchett Show
Marcia Haynes
Executive Vice President of Operations
NBC/Universal
Julie Hill
CEO & Owner
Hillsdale Development Company
Paula Holt
President
Tiffany Theatre Productions
Linda Horioka
Tax Partner, Japanese Business Services Group
Ernst & Young
Susan Howington
Managing Director & SVP
Lee Hecht Harrison
Christina Carlisle Jones
CEO
Extend Fertility Inc.
Michelle Jordan
Principal
Jordan LLC, Strategic Communications
Irene Kinoshita
President & CEO
Ascolta Training Company
Nancy Kirksey
Senior Vice President
Sweet Life Enterprises Inc.
Denni Kopelan
Executive Vice President & Designer
Fang, Inc.
Jan M. Krug
Managing Director, Los Angeles Complex
Merrill Lynch
Becky Lenaburg
Associate General Counsel
Microsoft
Laurie Leonard, Esq.
Attorney
Scarola Reavis & Parent
Cheryl Markham
Founder, VP Communications
PureOlogy Serious Colour Care
Melinda Masson
Founder & CEO
The Merit Companies
Monika Lemhoefer McCarthy
Senior Vice President & General Counsel
New Century Mortgage Corporation
Deena R. Merlen, Esq.
Attorney
Scarola Reavis & Parent
Paula Milano
President
AXION Solutions
Karen Neuburger
President
Karen Neuburger
Martha Newkirk
President
Newkirk Enterprises
Nicole S. Page
Attorney, and Development Executive, Engel Brothers Media Inc.
Scarola Reavis & Parent
Sue Parks
CEO/Founder
WalkStyles, Inc.
Lisa Perrine
President
Cibola Systems
Kimberly Porrazzo
Senior Writer
OC Metro Magazine
Betty Mower Potalivo
Region President
Northern Trust
Shirley Quackenbush
Vice President
Merrill Lynch
Helen D. (Heidi) Reavis
Co-Managing Partner
Scarola Reavis & Parent
Serene Rosenberg
Corporate Credit
New Century Financial Corporation
Tricia Salinero
Managing Director
Newforth Partners LLC
Paula Silver
President
Beyond the Box Productions
Ellen M. Snee
President
Fine Line Consulting
Julie Sokol
Partner
Accenture
Patricia Soldano
President & CEO
Cymric Family Office Services
Sheila Prell Sonenshine
President
Sonenshine Enterprises
Dawn Sutherland
Controller, Southern California/Las Vegas Operations
Xerox
Hiroko Tatebe
Principal
Global Integration
Sandi Thomas
General Manager, Global Partners
Microsoft Corporation
Nancy Trillo
Vice President & Controller
Freedom Communications Inc.
Nella Webster
Regional Vice President
First American Trust
Amanda Welsh, PhD
Privacy Consultant
Antics Online, Inc.
Sharon P. Whiteley
CEO
ThirdAge Inc.
Annette Wiley
Partner
Bauer and Wiley Architects
Tammy Wong
Global Sales Operations
Sun Microsystems
Linda Zecher
Vice President, U.S. Public Sector
Microsoft Corporation