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Recent New Members


Nora Denzel

Intuit

Nora is the SVP of Intuit's Small Business Payroll Group. In this capacity, she heads an over $400M SaaS (software as a service) business unit which serves over 1.2 millon small business owners. 

Prior to joining Intuit, she held executive level positions at IBM, HP and Legato Systems (acquired by EMC), in engineering , marketing and business planning.

Sara Holtz

ClientFocus

Sara Holtz is the Founder and CEO of ClientFocus.  ClientFocus helps successful women lawyers become rainmakers. She has coached hundreds of women partners from the nation's leading law firms to help them grow their practices. She is the author of Bringin’ In the Rain: A Woman Lawyer's Guide to Business Development.
 
Linda McKenzie
Ernst & Young

Linda McKenzie is a Partner with Ernst & Young, a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services with 135,000 people worldwide united by their shared values and an unwavering commitment to quality.  Ms. McKenzie is Director of State Legislative and Regulatory Affairs for Ernst & Young.  In this role she serves as Ernst & Young’s representative on The Accountants Coalition, a coalition of global accounting firms monitoring political affairs across the United States. 

  Judy Patrick

Women's Foundation of California

Judy Patrick is President and CEO of the Women’s Foundation of California. Prior to her appointment in 2008, Judy held the post of Executive Vice President of Programs for nine years. In that role, Judy led the Foundation’s advocacy and policy change work, including the development of the groundbreaking Women’s Policy Institute. She also worked to develop programs to strengthen grant partners’ organizational capacity and to evaluate the impact of their work.
 


About Us

IWF Northern California (formerly Women's Forum West) was founded in the mid-1970's by a small group of prominent Bay Area women. These women felt that an organization of women, each of whom had a national or international reputation in her field, would provide an excellent network to broaden personal contacts and to understand issues outside each woman's daily sphere of influence. IWF Northern California, as an organization, has two very important priorities: (1) creating an environment that fosters personal and professional growth, and (2) providing an infrastructure of personal and professional support. Membership is by invitation only and is based on an individual's leadership in her field.


  IWF Northern California Pioneer Members Currently Active (2012)

Eva Auchincloss
Katherine August-deWilde
Linda Hawes Clever, M.D.
Cynthia G. Cotter
Barbara B. Creed
Belva Davis
Carol Hehmeyer
Joanne Howard
Michele Hughes
Judith S. Johnson
Herma Hill Kay
  Rachel A. Mueller
Susan Passovoy
Roslyn Braeman Payne
Toni Rembe
Donna L. Weaver
Diane Winokur
Eleanor L. Zuckerman, Ph.D.

IWF Northern California Past Presidents

(1978 and 1979) Lorraine Legg
(1980) Judith Johnson
(1981 and 1982) Susan Bird
(1983) Anne Carol Brown
(1984 and 1985) Nancy Stark
(1986 and 1987) Michele Hughes
(1988 and 1989) Susan Shaffer
(1990 and 1991) Fran Streets
(1992) Linda Moriarty
(1993 and 1994) Susan Passovoy
(1995 and 1996) Nina Gruen
(1997 and 1998) Jeanne Allen
(1999 and 2000) Barbara Rambo
(2001 and 2002) Barbara Creed
(2003 and 2004) Sue Sprunk
(2005) Sylvia Kwan
(2006 and 2007) Susan Cook Hoganson
(2008 and 2009) Nannette Griswold
(2010 and 2011) Cynthia Eisenberg