Our speaker, Van Ton-Quinlivan will speak on the future of higher education in the state of California. She will overview the Master Plan that designed the University of California (UC), California State University (CSU) and community college systems and discuss some major trends that will leave 1.8 million students over the next 10 years unable …
Denise Clark Pope (Stanford University AB '88, Ph.D. '99, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Ed.M. '89), is a lecturer at Stanford University School of Education. As director of the Stressed Out Students project, she has studied the rising stress and anxiety levels of middle school and high school students, and has developed practical intervention methods. …
Dr. Laraine Zappert, author of Getting It Right, is a leading scholar in the field of women, work and well-being, and a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences on the Adjunct Clinical Faculty at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Zappert is the founder of the Women's Group Program at Stanford's Graduate Schools of …
Linda has worked as a community leader and advocate for charter schools in San Carlos since 1996. She was deeply involved at the San Carlos Charter Learning Center (SCCLC) serving as a leader in the school¹s innovative seminar program for project-based learning as well as helping create their Personalized Learning Plan program. Since the SCCLC …
Jan Pendleton will speak about writing and publishing fiction, and will read from her current work at the February 23 TMD meeting. Since speaking/reading last year, she has completed a novel and published two new short stories. "Boarders" has just come out in the current winter issue of the Antioch Review. "Angels" will appear in …
Barbara Lamb Hall, Development Director from the Village Enterprise Fund (VEF) speaks about her organization's work in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. For the past 18 years, they have given "micro-enterprise" grants to East African villagers who then start businesses with support and training from VEF. These small businesses provide families with a sustainable source of …
Naomi Tickle is a face reading expert, career and personal development coach. She is the author of the You Can Read A Face Like A Book. She has appeared on CNN, NBC, BBC, Good Morning America and numerous television and radio interviews around the world. Her book is used as a tool for communications, understanding …
Hillary Freeman is a partner in Learn2Resolve, a company that trains elected officials, school communities and businesses in how to manage and resolve conflicts. Learn2Resolve has worked with such diverse clients as the National League of Cities and Jordan Middle School. She just recently completed a term on the Palo Alto City Council as the …
Iris Harrell, President of Harrell Remodeling, Inc., is a Certified Kitchen and Bath designer and a licensed General Contractor. She did not begin her working career in the building trades. Raised in North Carolina and Virginia, Harrell worked in the tobacco fields as a child. "I grew up in a house with two books -- …
Jesse Cool is the reigning diva of CoolEatz and the chef-proprietor of three restaurants: Flea Street Café, jZcool Eatery and Catering Co., and the Cool Café at the Cantor Center for the Visual Arts on Stanford University campus. A restauranteur for over 25 years, Jesse has consistently followed her vision of using as many organic …
Santussika (formerly Laura DeYoung) is a Buddhist nun. She will talk about the journey of the heart that has brought her to a life of renunciation and simplicity. Her former life and work involved: earning two master's degrees, developing a successful career in software design with a long client list including names like Xerox and …
