Hang Around in Tiburon

Nannette Has Penguins!!

Saturday, February 25, 2012 - 12:00 Noon - 3:00 PM

 Potluck Brunch will be served.


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International Women's Forum (IWF), Northern California, advances women's leadership across careers, cultures and continents by connecting the region's most preeminent women of significant and diverse achievement. IWF-Northern California was founded in the mid-1970's.

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Welcome to our New Members

Kavita Ramdas
Stanford University


Kavita Ramdas is the Executive Director of Ripples to Waves Program on Social Entrepreneurship at Stanford University. She served as President and CEO of the Global Fund for Women from 1996-2010.  Kavita serves on the boards of Planned Parenthood Federation, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, AWDF (USA), Princeton University, and Mount Holyoke College.
 
Barbara Adachi
Deloitte Consulting, LLP
Kavita Ramdas
Stanford University

Barbara Adachi is the national managing director for Deloitte Consulting LLP’s Human Capital practice. In this role, she is responsible for overall strategy, P&L/financial performance and operations, talent recruitment and development and delivery of human capital consulting services across the country. She joined Deloitte in 1990 to start the Bay Area Human Capital practice in San Francisco and became the Western region leader in 2001.

Michele Barry
Stanford University


Michele Barry, MD, FACP is Professor in Medicine, the Director of the Center for Innovation in Global Health and the Senior Associate Dean for Global Health at Stanford School of Medicine.

Linda Thor
Foothill-De Anza Community College District

Linda Thor is chancellor of the Foothill-De Anza Community College District.  A nationally recognized educational innovator, Linda served for 20 years as president of Rio Salado College in Arizona, a college serving working adults through online learning and worksite training. Earlier Linda was president of West Los Angeles College.

 

Van Ton-Quinlivan
California Community Colleges

Van Ton-Quinlivan is Vice Chancellor of Economic and Workforce Development of California Community Colleges, the largest higher education system in the nation with 112 colleges.  Van's pragmatic public policy perspective and track record in forming effective private-public partnerships are shaped by 15+ years of corporate leadership roles, an MBA and an MA in education policy from Stanford, and extensive community involvement.  Van previously was with the energy and utility industry.

Jacqueline P. Kane
Clorox

Jackie Kane is the VP of Human Resources and an officer of the Board of Directors of Clorox. Prior to joining Clorox in 2004, Jackie served as the vice president of executive leadership and human resources at Hewlett-Packard. In addition to her HP experience, Kane spent 22 years in human resources within the financial services industry.

Anne Chermak Dillen
Dillen Associates

Anne Chermak Dillen is Co-Director, Dillen Associates, LLC, based in San Francisco and Croatia, specializing in strategic communications, public relations and marketing consulting.  Formerly, she was Minister Counselor for Public Affairs, U.S. Department of State, recognized by the Secretary of State for her leadership in public diplomacy assignments at U.S. Embassies throughout Europe and Eurasia.  She was also Diplomat in Residence at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.

Kathy Anderson
Charles Schwab


Kathy is a Senior Vice President at Charles Schwab & Co.  Kathy leads Client and Trading Solutions Technology (CTS) which provides the critical data, processes and applications for all core Schwab broker-dealer functions and customer-facing channels.   In addition, Kathy is the president of the Board of Directors for Girl Ventures, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping adolescent girls build on their strengths through outdoor and leadership activities.


Caryl Athanasiu

Wells Fargo & Company

 

Caryl Athanasiu is Executive Vice President and chief operational risk officer of Wells Fargo and Company.  She provides enterprise leadership and oversight for operational risks including regulatory compliance and anti-money laundering activities.  Athanasiu also heads the company's Enterprise Risk Management Committee, comprised of senior business heads accountable for identifying, evaluating and ensuring remediation of the most significant existing and emerging risks for the enterprise.

Upcoming Events


February 2012

February 13 - Board of Directors Meeting,
The World Affairs Council, 6 - 8 PM.

February 21 - Peninsula Book Club - 6:30 PM
Book - Steve Jobs, by Walter Isaacson
 
Venue: Home of Rebecca Barfknecht

Format: Heavy Horsd’oeuvres

Moderator: Barbara Kamm

Contact: Cailean Sherman
Learn more about the Peninsula Book Club.

February 25 - Hang Around in Tiburon
Click Here for details and registration. There will be Penguins!!


March 2012


March 6, 1st Tuesday Breakfast,
8-9:30AM
Speaker: TBD
Location: City Club

March 20 - Peninsula Book Club - 6:30 PM
Book: Jacqueline Kennedy: Historic Conversations on Life with John F. Kennedy by Carolyn Kennedy & Michael Beschloss


Venue – Home of Denise Brosseau

Moderator –

Contact: Cailean Sherman
Learn more about the Peninsula Book Club.

April 2012

April 17 - Peninsula Book Club - 6:30 PM
Book: In the Garden of the Beasts, Love Terror and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin by Eric Larson


May 2012

May 21 - May 28 - IWF Northern California visits Israel.  Click Here for Itineray!

To make a deposit for this trip click here!!

Questions?  Email Patti or call the office at 925-969-1663.

May 30 - June 1 - IWF Morocco Conference

Morocco & The Future of the Arab World

 

Planning Ahead for 2012-2013

July 13 - 15, 2012 - IWF Northern California

SUMMER CAMP - Stillheart Insitute, Woodside, CA .

October 24-26– IWF World Leadership Conference - San Francisco, CA

October 23 – 25, 2013- IWF Vancouver Conference

 

Learn More About
IWF-Northern California


Online Member Directory

Connect to another IWF-Northern California member using the online member directory. (Don't forget to login!)

2012 Annual Meeting

Click Here to view the PowerPoint presentation from the 2012 Annual Meeting.

Nominate an IWF Fellow

The International Women's Forum-Northern California-Legacy Foundation is recruiting for the IWF Fellows Program. The Fellows Program is aimed at women who are high potential, mid-career employees. Candidates must have a minimum of 10 years work experience with a commitment to 10 years professional work after the completion of the program year. Local nominees are selected by the IWF Northern California Legacy Foundation. Learn more and nominate a Fellow. You can also download the IWF brochure to learn more about all their programs. The Fellows Program information is on page 9.


Make a Contribution

Interested in supporting a local Fellow to participate in the upcoming IWF Leadership Foundation Fellows program? Make a contribution.


Newsletters:

See our Holiday Party 2011
Read our November 2011 newsletter
Read our August 2011 newsletter

Read our May 2011 newsletter.

Read our February 2011 newsletter.

Read our September 2010 newsletter.

Read our Past Newsletters.

 

Members in the News

Mary Bersot Chosen as Community Leadership Award Finalist By Investment News

BREAKING NEWS:  She Won!  Mary Bersot was honored as Volunteer of the Year!! Read more....
 
MedShare, a San Leandro-based award winning nonprofit, announces their Trustee & Western Regional Council Chair, Mary Bersot, as a finalist for the 2011 Community Leadership Awards presented by The Invest in Others Charitable Foundation and Investment News.  Bersot was among three finalists selected in the “Volunteer of the Year” category. Invest in Others will make a charitable donation to each of the finalists’ charities of choice.

Former Member Barbara Faulkenberry Promoted
to Major General

Barbara Faulkenberry, former member of Women's Forum West who transferred to the Germany Forum was promoted to Major General in the United States Air Force.  Officers with at least a 2-star rank make up the top .5% in the United States Air Force.

The important day was held in Barbara's home town of Lone Jack, Missouri to allow her parents to be in attendance.  In Barbara’s words, there was no better place to commemorate this special event than in a church in Small Town, America.  The setting stands for the freedom that all of our military personnel seek to protect.  Major General Faulkenberry’s present duty assignment has taken her back to Germany where she is the senior logistician for US military relations with African partners.

Marjorie Randolph
Marjorie retired from Disney on June 30.  "It's been an amazing 15 years, but I am now going home to Berkeley."  

Heidi Kuhn

In May, Heidi Kuhn was invited to participate in the

Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace to present to the Plenary of some 300 delegates the mission of Roots of Peace. Learn More.

Asieh Mansour
In April, Asieh Mansour, PhD, was appointed  Head of Americas Research and Senior Managing Director of Global Research and Consulting of CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc. Prior to joining CB Richard Ellis, Ms. Mansour was a Managing Director and Head of Americas Research for RREEF.  Learn more.

Teresa Curran

Teresa Curran was recently promoted to Director of the Division of Banking Supervision and Regulation at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. In this role, Teresa oversees all financial institutions subject to supervision by the 12thFederal Reserve District, which includes nine Western states.  As Director, she is a member of the Bank’s Executive Committee.