UPCOMING EVENTS 

                                                  For dates and information on the South Bay 
                                                  Book Club, please click here. For dates and
                                                  information about upcoming Hang Arounds,
                                                  please click here.


                                              

July 7 2009                         First Tuesday in July Breakfast
                                              Speaker, WFW Member Deborah Richardson
                                              Topic: Bridging the Waters: Women from Liberia to
                                              the USA are transforming the lives of women and
                                              girls.

July 8, 2009                        Dine Around at Cindy Eisenberg's home 
                                              with guests from the U.S. Air Force   Members Only

                                              
July 21, 2009                      South Bay Book Club
                                              6:30 pm Hosted by Carol Marshall.
                                              The book is Zeke Emanuel's, Health Care,
                                              Guaranteed: A Simple, Secure Solution for America.
                                              RSVP to Carol at carolmmarshall@comcast.net. 
                                              Members Only
                                        
July 24-26, 2009                 Summer Camp at Westerbeke Ranch Sonoma

                                               SpiritQuest 2009 Summer Camp  Members Only

August 4, 2009                   First Tuesday in August Breakfast
                                              Speaker WFW Member Teresa Curran on the
                                              Federal Reserve System.

August 8, 2009                   Travis Air Force Base Tour and Cargo Plane Ride
                                              Members Only.

August 15, 2009                 American Craft Council Show and Lunch
                                               Fort Mason Center

                                               More information to follow

August 18, 2009                South Bay Book Club
                                              6:30 pm Hosted by TBA Members Only

September 1, 2009           First Tuesday in September Breakfast
                                              Topic and Speaker, TBA

September 11, 2009         Picnic & Woodminster Performance of  

                                              Brigadoon

September 15, 2009         South Bay Book Club
                                              6:30 pm Hosted by TBA   Members Only

September 26, 2009         North Bay Hangaround and hike at the home of
                                              WFW Member Linda Clever. More Information TBA.
                                              Members Only

To be rescheduled             UCSF Program

                                               How the Environment Affects Your Health - What Can
                                               I do to Protect Myself and My Family? Speakers
                                               Tracey Wooddruff, PhD, MPH and
                                               Linda C. Giudice, MD, PhD, MSC
                                               More information to follow

October 2, 2009                 WFW Movie Club  

                                              More information to follow.  Members Only

October 3, 2009                 San Francisco Hang Around

                                              at the home of Heather Kitchen.  Members Only

October 6, 2009                 First Tuesday in October Breakfast
                                              Topic and Speaker, TBA
                                                                                            
October 7-9, 2009              IWF World Leadership Conference
                                              Miami, FL

October 17, 2009              Safari West - A private safari excursion
                                              More information to follow

October 20, 2009              South Bay Book Club
                                              6:30 pm Hosted by TBA   Members Only

November 3, 2009            First Tuesday in November Breakfast
                                             Speaker WFW Member Nancy Ramsey on
                                             her jewelry import business.

November 6, 2009             WFW Movie Club  

                                              More information to follow.  Members Only

November 17, 2009          South Bay Book Club
                                              6:30 pm Hosted by TBA. Members Only

December 1, 2009           First Tuesday in December Breakfast
                                             WFW Member  Elaine Petrocelli
                                             Book Passage in the Ferry Building
                                            
December 8, 2009           Holiday Party

                                             Jointly held at the homes of Nina Grun and 
                                             Alexis Wong .       

December 15, 2009         South Bay Book Club
                                              6:30 pm Hosted by TBA.  Members Only

May 26-28, 2010                IWF World Cornerstone Conference
                                             Guayaquil, Ecuador

October 13-15, 2010        IWF World Leadership Conference
                                             Montreal, Canada 

2011                                    IWF World Cornerstone Conference
                                             Spring, Rome, Italy 

2011                                    IWF World Leadership Conference
                                             Fall, Washington, DC   

2012                                    IWF World Leadership Conference
                                             Fall, San Francisco, CA

 
                                                                 

 NEW MEMBER PROFILES

Drucilla Ramey
After 7 wonderful years in New York City, where I enjoyed my membership in the NYC Forum, I am delighted to return home to San Francisco and to rejoin all my friends, and many new ones, at Women's Forum West.  I am thrilled to shortly be commencing my new position as the new Dean of Golden Gate University School of Law, which begins a radically new chapter of my professional life. I had hitherto served as the longtime Executive Director/General Counsel of the Bar Association of San Francisco and, most recently,  as E.D. of the National Association of Women Judges; in my earlier years, I was a test case civil rights litigator and a law professor at GGU.   I have been married a surprising number of years to Marvin Stender, and our daughter, Jessica, a recent law graduate, is about to start her own career as a civil rights attorney.  I also have three stepchildren who, among them, have given us the gift of four grandchildren.



Carol Fleming 
If it's about human communication, I'm interested, actually fascinated. Always have been. Even made a career out of it. And I've never been bored. I am particularly interested in how women speak and present themselves. Does it work for them? Are they contented with the impression they make by the way they speak? How can I help them?

I care deeply about the interdependent web of all life. All creatures, great and small and you can throw in the geography behind it all. What's not to like?

The Commonwealth Club has been a focus of my energy and  community service for many years. I have a leadership role in member programming that has brought me considerable satisfaction and many of my friends.

Do you like adventure travel? Then call me up; maybe we'll take a trip together. Africa is nice, but Madagascar is better.

I love the performing arts. If you'd like to go to a performance, and would like a companion,  please give me a call.


Deborah Richardson, new Chief Program Officer of the Women's Funding Network headquartered in San Francisco, has a 30-year track record in program development, administration, and fund-raising. Prior to her appointment as Chief Program Officer, Deborah was the CEO of The Atlanta Women's Foundation (AWF). She has also served as the Vice President of Programs and Strategic Initiatives at AWF; Director of Program Development for Fulton County Juvenile Court; founding Executive Director of the Juvenile justice Fund, managing Director of the National Black Arts Festival, Executive Director of Capital Area Mosaic and Director of The Phyllis Wheatley YWCA.

As an advocate on child sexual exploitation, Deborah has designed leading programs for girls victimized by commercial sexual exploitation, such as Angela's House and is the co-author of "Ending Sex Trafficking of Children in Atlanta" (Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work, Spring 2007).

Maxine Papadakis is the student affairs dean for medical students at UCSF, and she practices internal medicine at the San Francisco Veterans Administration Medical Center. Her area of research interest regards the correlation of professional performance by medical students and residents with their subsequent performances as practicing physicians. She co-edits an annually published textbook in general medicine, Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment. Maxine lives in Tiburon with her husband, Bill. They are travelers, and are lucky to enjoy the camaraderie of friends. Bill has two sons and, most importantly, the first grandchild has entered the family.

 INTERNATIONAL VISITOR TO SAN FRANCISCO?                      

We welcome IWF members visiting our area to let us know. Please contact our Administrator so he can put you in touch with members of WFW who share your interests. Please click here for his contact info.