California 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005
agenda l speakers l participants l trends

2009 SPEAKERS & HONORARY CO-CHAIRS:

HONORARY CO-CHAIRS:
Catherine Collins

Senior Executive
Accenture
Andrea E. Neuman
Partner
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP
Shirley Quackenbush
Senior Vice President, Wealth Management Advisory
Merrill Lynch
Dawn Sutherland
Controller, Southern California/Las Vegas Operations
XEROX Corporation

EVENING KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Tamara Erickson
Executive Vice President, nGenera & Author,
Plugged In: The Generation Y Guide to Thriving at Work

MODERATOR:
Deborah Piscione
Co-Founder & CEO
BettyConfidential.com

PANELISTS:
Martha De Laurentiis

Film Producer, Owner & President
Dino De Laurentiis Company
Kristi Erickson
Executive Director, HR, North America and US
Accenture
Lindsay Guetschow
Project Director
Cool Globes LA
Julie A. Hogan
Region Vice President
San Francisco Bay Area, Sacramento, Reno
United States Solutions Group
Xerox Corporation
Janet Kennedy
Regional Vice President,
Western Region
Microsoft
Janet Lamkin

President, Bank of America California
Bank of America
Gina Marie Lindsey
Executive Director
Los Angeles World Airports
Linda LoRe
CEO
Frederick’s of Hollywood
Andrea E. Neuman
Partner
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP
Anna Ouroumian
President and CEO
Academy of Business Leadership
Launi Skinner
President & COO,
1 800-Got Junk
& Former President, Starbucks US
Gayle Tauber
CEO, Seedling Funds
& Founder, Kashi Foods
Lisa Vogel
Co-President
RAJ Manufacturing, LLC

 

2008 SPEAKERS & HONORARY CO-CHAIRS:

HONORARY CO-CHAIRS:
Andrea Neuman
Partner
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP
Shirley Quackenbush
Senior Vice President, Wealth Management Advisory
Merrill Lynch
Dawn Sutherland
Controller, Southern California/Las Vegas Operations
XEROX Corporation
Tiffany Tomasso

COO
Sunrise Senior Living

SPEAKERS:
MORNING KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Edie Weiner

President
Weiner, Edrich, Brown Inc.
LUNCHEON KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Tiffany Shlain
Filmmaker & Founder
The Webby Awards
CLOSING REMARKS:
Dr. Judy B. Rosener

Professor, Paul Merage School of Business
University of California, Irvine

PANELISTS & MODERATORS:
Lisa Barron
Professor, Paul Merage School of Business
University of California, Irvine
Susan Y. Bookheimer, PhD
Director, Behavioral Testing & Training Laboratory
Brain Mapping Center
UCLA School of Medicine
Julie Chaiken
CEO & Founder
CHAIKEN
Catherine Collins
Senior Executive
Accenture
Inga Estes
CEO & Founder
The Coaching Corporation
Cynthia Stamper Graff
President & CEO
Lindora, Inc.
Nancye Green
CEO
Waterworks
Stephanie Handelson
Senior Vice President, Operations - East Coast
Sunrise Senior Living
Julia Klein
President & CEO
C.H. Briggs Company
Rikki Klieman
Journalist/Legal Analyst
Ivy Ross
Chief Creative Officer
Disney Store North America
Claire Shipman
Senior National Correspondent
ABC NEWS
Paula Silver

President
Beyond the Box Productions
Dr. Jacqueline Smethurst
Co-Founder
Wingspan Partnerships
Susan Wilson Solovic

CEO
SBTV.com
Linda Stone
Lecturer, Writer, Consultant
Denise Tobin-McCarthy
Senior Client Partner
Korn/Ferry International
Sharon Waxman
Author & Journalist
Edie Weiner

President
Weiner, Edrich, Brown Inc.

2007 SPEAKERS & HONORARY CO-CHAIRS

HONORARY CO-CHAIRS:
Katie McDivitt

Partner, Communications & High Tech
Accenture
Kate Quinn
Vice President of Customer and Marketing Insights
WellPoint
Sandi Thomas
General Manager, Southern California District
Microsoft Corporation
Tiffany Tomasso
COO
Sunrise Senior Living

MORNING KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Edie Weiner

President
Weiner, Edrich, Brown Inc.

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

PANELISTS:

Marty Avery
Chief Catalyst
What If?
Growth Strategists
Michelle Bennett
Director of Operations
Los Angeles Unified School District
Yolanda De La Paz
Senior Vice President
Sunwest Bank
Anthea Disney
Executive Vice President, Content
Newscorp
Lynne Greene
Global President
Clinique
Iris Grossman
Talent Agent
International Creative Management (ICM)
Pamela Hawley
Founder & CEO
UniversalGiving
Jane Hyun
Principal, Crossroads Associates
& Author, Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling
Gale Kaufman
President
Kaufman Campaign Consultants
Karen Lawrence
Dean, School of Humanities
University of California, Irvine
Jacqueline Macias
Vice President, Planning and Program Management Office
WellPoint
Marissa Mayer
Director of Consumer Web Products
Google Inc.
Geraldine Méhu
Director & Group Manager, Private Wealth Management
UBS Financial Services Inc.
Julie Ros
Publisher
Shattered Magazine
Taryn Rose, MD
CEO/Founder
Taryn Rose International, Inc.
Paula Silver
President
Beyond the Box Productions
Chell Smith
COO
LRN
Kristine Stewart
Chairman, Internet Home Alliance & Director, Commercial Solutions
Cisco Systems Inc.
Sandi Thomas
General Manager, Southern California District
Microsoft Corporation
Tiffany Tomasso
COO
Sunrise Senior Living
Sharon Waxman
Correspondent
The New York Times

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

2005 SPEAKERS & HONORARY CO-CHAIRS

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