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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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Kavita Ramdas
Barbara Adachi
Michele Barry
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.
May 21 - May 28 - IWF Northern California visits Israel. Click Here for Itineray!
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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
July 13 - 15, 2012 - IWF Northern California
SUMMER CAMP - Stillheart Insitute, Woodside, CA .
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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.
Interested in supporting a local Fellow to participate in the upcoming IWF Leadership Foundation Fellows program? Make a contribution.
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Mary Bersot Chosen as Community Leadership Award Finalist By Investment News
Marjorie Randolph
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.