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  • Mandatory Members Meeting

    520 Cowper St, Palo Alto, United States

    We discussed the purpose of the group, elected officers and committee chairs, brainstormed ways to expand our member base and improve the group, and collected annual dues.

  • Carolyn Caddes, Photojournalist

    Carolyn spoke about her 27 years of experience as a freelance photographer. She has photographed Steve Jobs (Apple Computer), Robert Noyce (Intel), John Doerr (Kleiner Perkins), Larry Ellison (Oracle), Jim Clark (Netscape) among many other high-tech tycoons. She told us why Steve Jobs insisted on being photographed at Stanford University, how she came to sell …

  • Irene Dalis, founder and General Director of Opera San Jose

    Before retiring in 1977, Irene was a major international opera star, having performed in every major opera house from Naples to San Francisco. She was a principal artist at New York's Metropolitan Opera for 20 consecutive seasons and was distinguished by the range and large number of roles in her repertoire. By the end of …

  • Ruthann Quindlen, general partner at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)

    With a strong interest in the software industry in the '80s, Ruthann was a Managing Director at Alex. Brown & Sons where she worked with a variety of software firms and was instrumental in the successful IPOs of leading software companies including Microsoft, AOL, Aldus, Borland, Broderbund, Electronic Arts, McAfee Associates and the 3DO Corporation. …

  • Lisa Chapman, Attorney

    TMD member Lisa spoke on the death penalty and traced the history of capital punishment from the inception of our country to the present bill that aims to replace the death penalty with life without parole. She gave a personal account of her involvement with this issue, discussed specific death penalty cases, presented current statistics …

  • Junko Matsubara, CEO of J-women.com Inc.

    J-women.com is a web portal targeted at the growing number of women Internet users in Japan. The company is unique, since it started as a spin-off of Mitsubishi Corp., a major Japanese trading firm, where Junko was the Manager of Business Development at its Palo Alto Office. Although targeting the Japanese market, J-women.com is headquartered …

  • Mary Singleton, Nuclear Facilities Manager and Research Chemist – Retired

    Mary Singleton is a distinguished scientist who worked at Lawrence Livermore Labs as Nuclear Facilities Manager and Research Chemist. She is now retired. She is extremely active in issues related to science and to women. She brought a still active class action suit against Lawrence Livermore Nuclear Labs for salary inequity for women. She spoke …

  • Shelly Luke, entrepreneur and former school teacher

    Shelly created an online curriculum project to highlight women scientists. Each year she spends one month in the Amazon with scientists studying fresh water dolphins and creating tools for teachers who want to use the experience in the classroom. Shelly spoke about changes in education, how she developed the project, and how she manages to …

  • Amy Gonzales, VP, West Coast, for Women’s Organization for Mentoring, Education & Networking (WOMEN) Unlimited Inc.

    WOMEN Unlimited teaches women how to navigate male-dominated business waters. Instead of focusing on generic leadership and management skills, the yearlong, once-a-month program caters to women's specific needs, such as how to communicate in all-male situations or when to say no. Amy shared some fascinating tips on how to be more effective at work and …