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.
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.
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.
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.
Laureen Seeger
McKesson Corporation
Laureen E. Seeger is Executive Vice President, General Counsel and
Chief Compliance Officer of McKesson Corporation. As the corporation’s
chief legal officer, Ms. Seeger oversees the Law Department for McKesson
and its subsidiaries. Prior to her appointment in March 2006, Seeger
was Vice President and General Counsel of McKesson Provider Technologies
(MPT), McKesson’s healthcare information technology solutions business.
