Welcome to our New Members

Deborah Messemer serves as the Managing Partner of the San Francisco Office of KPMG. Deborah has spent a significant portion of her career serving financial services organizations, including banks and private equity and venture capital clients.

Barbara Kamm
Technology Credit Union

Barbara Kamm is the President & CEO of Technology Credit Union (TechCU), a San Jose-based, $1.4 billion financial institution with over 75,000 members in the Bay Area.  Barbara previously served as Chief Administrative Officer of Silicon Valley Bank and as a Board member of New Resource Bank of San Francisco.  

Dr. Jay Williams

Williams Health and Fitness

Dr. Jay Williams is an acclaimed physiologist and medical nutritionist, author, researcher, and health and wellness consultant.  Dr. Williams – most recently recognized for her workshops on the science of stress reduction and biofeedback – has dedicated most of her career to researching the optimal methods for combining physical health with emotional and energetic harmony.

Adrienne Horn
Museum Management Consultants

Adrienne Horn is founder and president of Museum Management Consultants, Inc. The firm, established in 1987, helps museums to be more strategic about being valuable resources in their communities.  Adrienne has been a speaker, graduate level instructor and mentor to many entering museum professionals.

Rebecca Barfknecht
Russell Investments

Rebecca Barfknecht is the Global Head of IT Infrastructure at Russell Investments, a financial services firm best known for their market indicies (Russell 1000, 2000, 3000). Before Russell Investments, Rebecca ran IT Infrastructure teams for Intuit and Charles Schwab.

Regina Miranda
Laban Institute

Regina Miranda, a Brazilian-born award-winning theatre director-choreographer, has been raising awareness and advising elected officials and urban planners on the role of the arts in the development of creative cities. An international cultural leader and leadership consultant, she brings more than 20 years of experience as the CEO of numerous private and public cultural institutions in Rio di Janeiro and in New York City, where, since 1999, she has been at the helm of the Laban Institute of Movement Studies.

Aptilo Networks

 Katarina has spent many years as an executive in the high-tech community, first in Sweden and, since 1992, in Seattle. Her interest in getting women in business connected to each other has also led her to help form a number of groups in Seattle and lately a women's angel fund in Stockholm. She moved into her Healdsburg home in the spring of 2009.

Katarina divides her time between her current work as Chairman of two high-tech companies based in Stockholm and as executive board member for one of Sweden's Social Security Trusts and her small winery in Dry Creek Valley.

Dr. Elizabeth Lindsey

Elizabeth Lindsey, Ph.D., is the first female National Geographic Fellow. An award-winning filmmaker and anthropologist, she is also the first Polynesian explorer for the National Geographic Society.

Dr. Lindsey is the Executive Producer of “Expedition: Wisdom”, a television series for PBS. Her documentary film, “Then There Were None”, has received numerous awards including the prestigious CINE Eagle.  

Antoinette Knorr

St. Regis Hotel

Antoinette (Toni) Knorr is the general manager of the St. Regis San Francisco. Toni is a seasoned hotelier with ties to the Bay Area since 1992. She has been with Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. since 2005 and prior to that she served as director of hotel operations/asset manager for Millennium Partners, where she managed five luxury properties and the opening of the Ritz Carlton in Boston and Georgetown, and the Four Seasons in San Francisco.