Katie will talk about her year-long trip around the world with her family. After much planning and organizing, Katie and her family left home on Sept. 8, 2001. The events of 9/11 almost derailed the whole plan but they decided to persevere in spite of numerous pleas from family and friends to return to their …
Yvonne Schwab, Director of Foundations In Success, and the San Jose HypnoBirthing Center is a Certified Hypnotherapist through the National Guild of Hypnotists, and the Center for Hypnotherapy Certification, a Certified HypnoBirthing Childbirth Educator with the HypnoBirthing Institute and a Certified Spiritual Counselor through the International Hypnosis Federation. She is the Director for Northern California …
In recent decades, there has been a revolution in women's education and employment, which has created enormous monumental changes not only in our work organizations, but also in our personal relationships and child rearing. But the revolution is unfinished. What do women and men, work organizations, and governments need to do now to complete the …
Rhonda is the co-owner and CFO of Rollz Royce Limousine Service. Established in 2001 by Rhonda's husband Mo, Rollz Royce Limousine Service is a family-owned business committed to outstanding personal service, and is the official transportation company for the San Francisco 49ers, Make a Wish Foundation, Ronald McDonald House, City Flight Online, Stanford Athletic Department, …
Kimberly Wiefling is the founder and principal of Wiefling Consulting. She works with leaders of rapidly changes organizations to implement practical, common sense business leadership and program management solutions that get RESULTS! And these results are not the result of heroics or fire-fighting, but predictable and most importantly, reproducible. Kimberly's philosophy in a nutshell: "Business …
As Senior Manager of Partnership Development within Corporate Responsibility at Cisco Systems, Kate Roberts leads Cisco's Networking Academy Program partner development efforts that accelerate the advancement and sustainability of IT and Internet knowledge in developing countries. The Cisco Networking Academy positively transforms individual lives and communities through Internet-based learning and educational opportunities, giving people the …
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 …
