Post-Impressionist Masterpieces

from the Musee D'Orsay

October 23, 2010

 

A Private Docent Led Tour
of this premier exhibit
for Women’s Forum West

                      Details Coming Soon!

Women’s Forum West is the

Northern California chapter of the International Women's Forum which advances women's leadership across careers, cultures and continents by connecting the world's most preeminent women of significant and diverse achievement.

Learn More >>
 

Welcome to our New Members

Deborah Messemer
KPMG LLP


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.

 

Katarina Bonde

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.

Upcoming Events

SEPTEMBER


September 7, 2010


  First Tuesday Breakfast
  Speaker:  Deborah Richardson
  Topic:   The Sexual Exploitation of Girls

  and What We Can Do To End It

  Location:   City Club, San Francisco
Time:   8:00am
Register: click here
Guests welcome.
                  
September 23, 2010    

 
  WFW Hang Around
  Loc
ation: At the home of
  Mary Bersot, Tiburon
  Time: 6-8 pm
  Register: email Mary
Members only.


OCTOBER

October 1, 2010     

        
WFW Movie Club
Location:
Suzie Woodward Morris
Register: TBD
Members only.

October 5, 2010    

        
  First Tuesday in October
  Breakfast

  Speaker: Dr. Denise Lucy
  Topic: Women & Leadership: Styles
  & Practice 
  Location: City Club, San Francisco
  Time: 8:00 am 
Register: TBD
Guests welcome.

October 7, 2010 

          
  UCSF Speaker Series
  Speaker: Dr. George Sawaya
  Topic: "Screening Controversies in

  Women's Cancers: Is There a Right

  Answer?"
  Location: Genentech Hall, Mission
  Bay Campus, UCSF
Time: 6:00 pm
Register: TBD
Guests welcome.
 
October 13-15, 2010  

   

  IWF World Leadership Conference
  Location: Montreal, Canada
  Register: click here
  Guests welcome.

 

 
October Date TBD  


WFW Hang Around
Location:
At the home of Sue Sprunk
Time: 6-8 pm
Register: email Sue
Members only.


October 23, 2010
 

          

Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cezanne, and Beyond; Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the Musee d'Orsay

Location: Docent Led Tour at the De Young, SF

Register: TBD

 

October 31, 2010  
     

New Member Luncheon
Location: At the home of Cindy Eisenberg

New members and invited WFW board members only.

 

NOVEMBER

November 2, 2010       

 

First Tuesday in November Breakfast
Speaker: Gwen Mazer
Location: City Club, SF

Time: 8:00 am 

Register: TBD

Guests Welcome

November 5, 2010 

         

WFW Movie Club

Location: Cynthia Eisenberg, Lafayette

Register: TBD

Members only.

 

 November 11, 2010

       

WFW Hang Around

Location: At the home of Dru Ramey.
Time: 6-8 pm  

Members only.

November Date TBD  

      

Topic: The Innovation Revolution,  
Speaker: Visiting Scholar, Vivek Wadhwa
Location: UC Berkeley 

 



DECEMBER

    
December 7, 2010         


First Tuesday Breakfast Briefing
Topic:
Elaine's Picks

Speaker: Elaine Petrocelli

Location: San Francisco Ferry Building Book Passage Store

Time: 8:00 am

 Register: TBA

 Guests Welcome


December 13, 2010   
   


WFW Holiday Party  
Location: At the home of Cecilia Herbert

 

 2011


January 11, 2011          

WFW Annual Meeting  

May 25-27, 2011          

IWF World Cornerstone Conference
Rome, Italy

October 26-28, 2011   

IWF World Leadership Conference
Washington, D.C.

Other Programs Coming in 2011

TBD - Jane Wales, World Affairs Council
TBD - Behind the Scenes Tour of Grace Cathedral
TBD - Tour of the new Oakland Museum

 

Learn More About WFW

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Members in the News

Brigadier General Barbara Faulkenberry recently received a Bronze Star in recognition of her extraordinary efforts during her 9-month assignment in the Middle East. There she provided direct oversight of 43,000 airlift flights to transport 1 million passengers and deliver 151,200 tons of cargo to meet the Presidential mandate to increase Afghanistan forces by 30,000 while simultaneously reducing forces in Iraq by 50,000. In August, Barb will move to Stuttgart, Germany, for a 2-year assignment to oversee the US military's logistics in Africa.

Laura Sanchez was honored by her alma mater, Stanford Business School, with the Jerry I. Porras Latino Leadership Award. The honoring committee noted: "Laura has demonstrated exemplary qualities of leadership through her professional achievements and community involvement."
 
Heidi Kuhn, founder and CEO of Roots of Peace, announced the agency was awarded a $30.4 million grant from the U.S. Agency for International Devt to aid farmers in some of Afghanistan's most dangerous provinces.  It is the largest such grant the federal government has given to a nongovernmental organization.

Mary Lou Lackey will become the new Vice President and Secretary to the Board of Regents at the University of the Pacific. In addition to supporting the Board of Regents, Mary Lou's new responsibilities will include supervising information technology, institutional planning, legal counsel, and the President's Office.

Elaine Petrocelli has been recognized among this year's "Woman-Owned Businesses of the Year" by Women's Initiative for Self-Employment, a Bay Area nonprofit.

WFW Member Linda Hawes Clever, MD, is the new Associate Dean for Alumni Affairs at the Stanford University School of Medicine. In January, 2010, her book, The Fatigue Prescription, Four Steps to Renewing your Energy, Health, and Life, was published by Viva Editions.

The University of Hawaii Board of Regents has chosen M.R.C. Greenwood as the university's next president. Learn more.

Susan Cook Hoganson was honored by the Junior League of SF as one of their 2010 WOMEN AT THE CENTER HONOREES. The honorees were selected because they are visionaries with strong leadership skills, who have given generously of their time, energy and resources in an effort to further philanthropic causes and improve the Bay Area community. Read her speech.

Jaleh Daie was named to the Board of Governors of the Commonwealth Club of California, the nation's oldest and largest public affairs forum, with more than 18,000 members and over 400 annual events on topics ranging across politics, culture, society and the economy.

Nancy Glaser has accepted the position of Administrative Officer for the Peace Corps' European/ Mediterranean/Asian region. Nancy will be assigned to Kazakhstan in January 2011 for a short (2 month) project and then reassigned to Moldova in the fall.

Nanette Lee Miller 
was honored by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and California Society of CPAs, as a Woman to Watch in the Experienced Leader category during its annual Women's Leadership Forum.

WFW Member Zelma Long has been honored several times this year. Zelma received the Alumni Distinguished Achievement Award by University of California at Davis Alumni Association; the American Society of Enology and Viticulture Annual Merit Award, the California State Fair Lifetime Achievement Award and the American Wine Society Merit Award.

 

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