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  • Ann Springer, Attorney

    Ann shared her expertise in labor law and gave us answers to our workplace-related questions.

  • Nancy K. Weeks, CFP

    Nancy is a fee-only certified financial planner. With our membership voting that personal finances are the topic of greatest interest, her session focused on the the specific issues of concern to us.

  • Rob Ryan, Center for Health, Astrologer

    Rob is a business astrologer and coach. Together with his partner Carol Jensen, he runs the Center for Health in Santa Cruz and does astrology broadcasts on the radio. They help executives evaluate what to best do with their careers and then coach them on how to make those dreams come true. Rob demonstrated his …

  • Fran Lent, President & Founder, Fran’s Healthy Helpings

    Fran's Healthy Helpings was incorporated in 1995 with a mission to provide healthy, frozen meals for children ages 2-8. Fran is a classic entrepreneur, having started the company out of her house using household savings to address a pressing market need she herself experienced. She spoke about the challenges of starting a consumer packaged goods …

  • Business 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.

  • Nora Denzel on “The Top 10 Ways Women Shoot Themselves in the Foot in the Workplace”

    Nora Denzel, Sr. VP and Corporate Officer Legato Systems, spoke on "The Top 10 Ways Women Shoot Themselves in the Foot in the Workplace". She has over 14 years experience and prior to joining Legato was the director of IBM's storage management software products. She outlined the most common mistakes that women make in the …

  • Karen Csejtey, Director, Women’s Entrepreneurs Program at the Mid-Peninsula YWCA

    Karen spoke about women's entrepreneurship and how to help teen girls think about economic self-sufficiency. Prior to her work at the YWCA, she was Executive Director of Touchstone Support Network, a nonprofit agency serving children with life-threatening illnesses. She owned and operated two businesses, co-founded two nonprofit agencies, managed a local business association, and served …

  • Jan Pepper, Automated Power Exchange

    Jan has 18 years of experience in electric power, renewable energy, and marketing activities. She is currently Director of Green Power Marketing for Automated Power Exchange (APX), a start-up company which is operating a commodity-like exchange for wholesale buyers and sellers of electricity in California's deregulated electricity industry.

  • Anita Borg, Xerox PARC and the Institute for Women & Technology

    Anita is the head of the Institute for Women and Technology, an organization focused on increasing gender diversity in the technology industry and impacting women through the development of high technology tools and products, and a member of the research staff at the Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center (PARC). She received the Pioneer Award from …

  • Audrey Soule, Middle School Math & Science Teacher

    Audrey discussed how she became an electrical engineer and what caused her to decide to become a middle school teacher. Audrey also takes the lead in bringing technology into the school.

  • Colleen Wilcox, Santa Clara County Superintendant of Schools

    Colleen has been County Superintendant of Schools for Santa Clara County since February 1994. Prior to that, she was Superintendant of the Northern Suburban Special Education District serving the North Shore area of Chicago. A speech pathologist by training, she served as a special education administrator in Los Angeles and as Assistant Superintendant in Tucson, …