Janet St. Clair Lazar has been a social worker for nearly 20 years, primarily working in mental health services for children and families. Currently, she is Program Director for FamiliesFirst, a private foster family agency serving children and families in San Mateo and Santa Clara County. In addition to her professional work, Janet and her …
Reiko Nakayama has been a Feng Shui consultant and teacher in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1997. She completed Feng Shui training with Helen and James Jay in June 1997 and advanced training with Seann Xenja in May 2002. Since 1993, she has practiced the martial art of Aikido, which is based on sensing …
Kathy Keenan is an award-winning local artist whose paintings combine realism, surrealism and impressionism in a way that connects the divine and the natural. An engaging and humorous speaker, Kathy will discuss her journey from Silicon Valley PR executive to dedicated artist as she shares her philosophy of art along with slides of her paintings. …
Ysabel Duron is an award-winning journalist with more than 30 years in television broadcasting. In 1997 she was inducted into the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences' "Silver Circle" for more than 27 years of meritorious work as a journalist. Duron is a weekend anchor of "KRON 4 News Daybreak." She joined KRON 4 …
Humor is power in life and in business, and Kathy's goal is to empower people and organizations through humor skills. Her company, The Humor Group, provides coaching and consulting services to both individuals and organizations. Kathy shows individuals how to use their own humor voice in everyday communications, in presentations, and in dealing with corporate …
Jan Pendleton has published more than thirty short stories in literary journals such as The New England Review, The Antioch Review, The Quarterly, Quarterly West, Story Quarterly, Noon, and a reprint in Brown University's Impossible Object. She won a Phelan Award in poetry, made it through the final rounds at the Nelson Algren fiction competition, …
Kim Walesh joined the City of San Jose in January of 2003 as Assistant Director of Economic Development. In this role, she recently led the development of an economic strategy for the City that will help shape policies, investments, and partnerships over the next five years. Prior to joining the City, Kim was Co-Founder and …
Molly Morgan is a peace and social justice activist currently living in San Diego and Point Arena, California. In the late 1990s she left a successful 20-year career in the computer graphics field to pursue more social change work—"without," she says, "even knowing exactly what that meant." For the past six years she's been on …
Caroline Barlerin is a founding member and current Board Chair of Taproot Foundation whose mission is to strengthen nonprofits by engaging business professionals in service. Her experience includes management and leadership roles in both the corporate and nonprofit sectors. She is currently the Managing Director at Level Playing Field Institute, a nonprofit committed to promoting …
April Bignell spoke about the role the community can play in small non-profits such as the Center for Healthy Development, CHD. She talked about the various programs and the philosophy of our agency which serves as both a counseling agency and training ground for interns. April Bignell is the Business Development Director at the Center …
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Amelia Tess Thornton is our February speaker. Her focus now is women in leadership, and she'll start with talk to us about her beginnings at FedEx, where she was promoted to management at the age of 25. (Picture yourself at 25, managing Teamsters!) She will talk about the Women's Accelerated Leadership Institute, and why she …
