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FountainBlue's When She Speaks, Women in Leadership Series

FountainBlue's When She Speaks was launched in May 2006 and provides ongoing networking and program benefits for 40-200 high tech women and men-who-support-having-women-in-leadership positions across Silicon Valley and beyond. Our monthly events are held on the second Fridays of the month, from 11:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. at high tech companies across the valley. Every month, we profile a panel of women senior executives in high tech companies speaking on a range of leadership challenges and issues for Silicon Valley high tech women in particular. Our series is designed to celebrate women leaders in Silicon Valley, stimulate critical thinking and conversation around leadership challenges and issues, empower and inspire all participants, including the next generation of leaders, and build a proactive, collaborative and supportive leadership community overall.

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Friday, February 10, 11:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m.

FountainBlue's When She Speaks, Women in Leadership Series

Topic: How to Throw More Balls Up Higher: Juggling Work-Life Balance in Demanding Times

Location: Symantec, 401 Ellis Street, Mountain View

Pre-register by February 9 at noon: $27 members, $32 partners, $42 general, $156 corporate passes for up to 10 people

Late and On-Site Registration: $42 for members, $52 for non-members

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How to Throw More Balls Up Higher: Juggling Work-Life Balance in Demanding Times

Silicon Valley women leaders are challenged by the corporate and business pressures of high-stress, high-impact positions, while still juggling the personal demands of life and family, and squeezing in time for themselves. Each ball, from the heavy, urgent demands in a corporate environment to the home-and-personal demands of children, spouses, friends and others, to your own always-addressed-last personal needs for balance, health and growth - is important.

Yet balls keep coming at you from more angles, and each ball is coming at you faster! So how do you juggle these often-competing balls and what we can do to adjust our own expectations and that of others on us, in order to ease the load and the stress? Our speakers will share their stories, commiserate with us, and challenge us to re-evaluate our roles, our priorities, and our own expectations for ourselves.

Facilitator Melissa McDonell, Brand Voice Marketing Consulting

Panelist Gina Diaz, Director, License Management Services (LMS) Group, Oracle

Panelist Irena Halsey, Director Women's Initiative, eBay

Panelist Jane Helfen, Director, Human Resources, Huawei

Panelist Shilpa Kolhatkar, Engineering Manager, Cisco

Panelist Cheryl Miller, Sr. Director, Product Management, Symantec

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Panelist Bios

Facilitator Melissa McDonell, Brand Voice Marketing

Melissa McDonell is a seasoned marketing professional with extensive experience in both B2C and B2B verticals. A fifteen year veteran of the fast food wars with YUM! Brands, she has worked with every aspect of the marketing mix, ranging from broadcast media to in-store merchandising to local store guerilla marketing. Leveraging a particular expertise in franchisee relationships, she transitioned from consumer to small business at Intuit, where she led channel marketing for the retail and OEM sales channels. Currently, Melissa is building a brand coaching and marketing consulting practice focused on enabling small business owners and start-up entrepreneurs to discover and develop their brand voice and then translate these insights into successful marketing, product and channel strategies She holds a BA from the University of Texas and an MBA from the UVA Darden Graduate School of Business Administration.

Panelist Gina Diaz, Director, License Management Services (LMS) Group, Oracle

Gina is a Director with Oracle's License Management Services (LMS) Group who helps Oracle customers manage their Oracle licensing and investment. Prior to joining Oracle, Gina was part of PricewaterhouseCoopers' Dispute Analysis & Investigations Advisory Group and has over 9 years of consulting and advisory experience. Gina has a wide range of experience in License Management, Contract and Royalty Compliance, Licensing Policies and Processes and Corporate Investigation engagements. Gina has industry experience in food, merchandising, consumer goods, energy, pharmaceutical, software, semiconductor, automotive, insurance, biotechnology, and lending firms. Gina has supported global license management engagements in South America, Central America, Europe and Asia Pacific and has supported large, worldwide organizations on a multi-regional global scale. Gina is also a Board of Director for Leading Women in Technology (LWT) a non-profit organization in Silicon Valley with the mission of unleashing the potential of professionals who advise technology businesses and executives. Since its initial launch in 2009, Gina helps strategically plan and coordinate LWT's Women in Licensing (WILPOWER) program which is aimed at connecting similarly situated women across business organizations and offer them an opportunity to develop their critical business skills through integrated multi-workshop programs and mentorship. Gina lives in San Francisco and enjoys running, golfing, traveling and keeping up with her 3 year old son. Gina received her J.D. and M.B.A from Arizona State University.

Panelist Jane Helfen, Director, Human Resources, Enterprise Global Competency Center, Huawei Technologies

Jane is a seasoned Human Resources leader, with extensive functional HR experience as well as 18 years in global senior HR business partner roles in HP, Agilent Technologies, Juniper Networks, and currently Huawei Technologies. She has deep expertise in leading and aligning culture, HR transformation, managing HR in high growth environments, M&A, leading change, executive coaching, leadership development, and organizational effectiveness. Jane's passion is engaging deeply with leaders to be their best selves and to achieve unimagined results.

Jane holds a bachelor's degree in Anthropology from UC Davis, with a minor in Linguistics. She also holds a certificate from the Human Resources Executive Program at the University of Michigan. Jane has done graduate-level coursework in Counseling, as well. She is currently pursuing certification as a Coach with the Coaches Training Institute. Jane lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, is married, and enjoys her two dogs, art, gardening, travel, languages, and the outdoors.

Panelist Shilpa Kolhatkar, Business Operations Manager, Telepresence Technology Group (TTG), Cisco

Shilpa Kolhatkar is a Business Operations Manager in Telepresence Technology Group (TTG) at Cisco. She started her career as a technical support engineer in a networking company, Digi International. She joined Cisco thereafter and has worked in various roles ranging from software engineer to engineering manager of globally distributed teams. Her previous role was focused on designing and testing solutions for customers. In her current role, she manages TTG's business scorecard and Value Engineering and Cost Reduction initiatives. Shilpa has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science from University of Pune, India and received her MBA degree from San Jose State University, San Jose, California.

As a mom of two, in her spare time, she enjoys music and outdoor activities like biking and hiking with her family.

Bios for Our Next When She Speaks Event

Panelist Karyn Corbett, Senior Director, Advanced Development Group, Chief Strategy Office, Cisco Systems, Inc.

Karyn Corbett is a results-oriented, collaborative leader with twenty years of experience in strategy and planning, operations management, process improvement, cross-functional governance, leadership development, and change leadership. She has had the opportunity to lead and work with many global, cross-functional teams, across many functions. She is particularly skilled in the definition and implementation of cross-functional and cross-organizational Governance models to drive business results in a global, matrixed environment. Her agility has been demonstrated by succeeding in nine different roles across 7 different organizations in the 15+ years she has been at Cisco. Change is FUN!

Panelist Kim Fox, Chief of Staff to the IIG President & Senior Director Business Operations, EMC

Kim leads the Business Operations organization and serves as Chief of Staff to the President of the Information Intelligence Group. She is responsible for the Total Customer Experience across this division of EMC. Over the past 12 years, Kim has been a leader in raising a customer-first focus. This includes senior management roles with Quality & Customer Advocacy, Worldwide Escalations and Global Services and Support. Prior to EMC, Kim worked at Sybase, American President Lines, and the US Department of Energy. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from California State University Hayward.

We would like to thank and acknowledge our hosts for FountainBlue's When She Speaks Series for 2012.

Below is a list of our upcoming 2012 themes, topics and locations.

Date, all events held from 11:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m.	Topic and Speakers	Description
Jan 20 @ NetApp, 495 East Java Drive Sunnyvale	Expanding Your Influence, With or Without Direct Authority Facilitator Camille Smith, Work In Progress Coaching Panelist Claudia Galvan, Lead International Program Management Group, Microsoft Corporation Panelist Amy Love, Vice President Brand Communications, NetApp Panelist Mary McDougall, Director, SaaS Strategy & Product Management, BMC Software Panelist Kristi McGee, Principal Consultant with Office of the CIO and acting Director of Business Applications at Rambus Inc.	Women who make an impact in business know that you do not need to hold an impressive job title to be a leader who makes a difference. Being an influencer requires knowledge of effective influencing techniques, leveraging your personal influencing style, as well as the determination and persistence to make great things happen. Hear first-hand how our panelists establish credibility, gain buy-in for ideas, engage co-workers and lead business results, with or without direct authority.
Feb 10 @ Symantec, 350 Ellis Street, Mountain View	How to Throw More Balls Up Higher: Juggling Work-Life Balance in Demanding Times Facilitator Melissa McDonell, Brand Voice Marketing Consulting Panelist Gina Diaz, Director, License Management Services (LMS) Group, Oracle Panelist Jane Helfen, Director, Human Resources, Huawei Panelist Irena Halsey, Director Women's Initiative, eBay Panelist Shilpa Kolhatkar, Engineering Manager, Cisco Panelist Cheryl Miller, Sr. Director, Product Management, Symantec	Silicon Valley women leaders are challenged by the corporate and business pressures of high-stress, high-impact positions, while still juggling the personal demands of life and family, and squeezing in time for yourself. Each ball, from the heavy, urgent demands in a corporate environment to the home-and-personal demands of children, spouses, friends and others, to your own always-addressed-last personal needs for balance, health and growth - is important. Yet each balls keeps coming at you from more angles, and each ball is coming at you faster! So how do you juggle these often-competing balls and what we can do to adjust our own expectations and that of others on us, in order to ease the load and the stress? Our speakers will share their stories, commiserate with us, and challenge us to re-evaluate how roles, our priorities, and our own expectations for ourselves.
March 9 @ EMC, 2831 Mission College Boulevard, Santa Clara	Agility - The Key to Building a Successful Career Facilitator Caroline Margozzi Panelist Karyn Corbett, Senior Director, Cisco Services Panelist Kim Fox, Chief of Staff to the President, Sr. Director Operations, Information Intelligence Group, EMC Panelist Brigitte Ricou-Bellan, Senior Director and GM, International, eBay Panelist Mona Sabet, Corporate VP, Business Development, Cadence Panelist Christine Westland, Director of Account Management, International OEMs, Japan Channel, Brocade	Global megatrends are making it much more difficult to plan your career path, as there is more fluidity within and across corporations, across global markets, plus greater acceptance of people moving from one role or industry to another. Our panelists will focus on agility as the key to building a successful career, regardless of gender, featuring women who have changed roles and industries, positions and companies. They will share their stories of successes and challenges, and also share how they are supporting others to do the same.
April 13 @ Life Technologies to be confirmed	Building and Reinforcing Your Executive Brand Facilitator Cynthia Holladay, Founder, Principal and CEO, Upright Marketing Panelist Monica Bajaj, Senior Engineering Manager, Cisco Panelist Megan Bozio, Senior Director, License Management Services, Oracle Panelist Susan Hailey, Director, Executive Talent Acquisition, eBay Panelist from Life Technologies to be confirmed	Your brand tells people who you, and what to expect from you whether at work or at home. It helps people decide whether to trust you, and what to trust you about. Effective executives, both women and men, proactively build their brand, to ensure that others think highly of them, and have the confidence that they can execute under specific circumstances, and even in situations where they have little connections and expertise. Indeed, your executive brand can limit or launch your success. This month, our panel of women leaders will talk about what they have done to build and reinforce their executive brand, and how they leverage that brand to build credibility, position themselves and their teams and organizations for success, and strategically manage their career development.
May 11 @ Altera, 101 Innovation Drive, San Jose	Standing on the Shoulders of Mentors Facilitator Sasha Grinshpun Panelist Monica Kaldani-Nasif, Director of Talent Acquisition for the Americas, Hitachi Data Systems Panelist Jocelyn King, Director of Corporate Marketing, Altera Panelist Gayatri Patel, Director Prod Mgt, Analytics Platform, eBay Panelist Joyce Reitman, VP, JP Morgan Panelist Blythe Yee, Director, Corporate Communications, Intuit, to be confirmed	As leaders, we appreciate the mentors, leaders and role models upon whose shoulders we stood. We carefully consider the support and guidance we are consciously and unconsciously providing for those who come after us. Our panelists this month will focus on our mentoring relationships, how we can share more of what we know with others and how we can identify the potential mentors available to us. Our panelists will share the ways that their mentors have impacted their thinking and development, and how this has, in turn, stimulated thoughts and actions in support of others. In addition, we will discuss how you can promote mentoring in your organization.
June 8 @ Cisco, 3600 Cisco Way, San Jose, Building 18, Deep Space 9 Conference Room	Millennials in Our Midst! Facilitator Cathy Light, Assessment Leaders and Business Builders Panelist Stefi Ganeson, Program Manager, CDO Inclusion & Diversity, Cisco Panelist Bella D'mar Shimun, HR Business Partner, eBay Panelist Blair Dugan, Senior Recruiter, ONYX Pharmaceuticals, to be confirmed Panelist Chloe Fortunato, Program Manager, IBM	The Millennial Generation otherwise known as Generation Y is no longer made-up of just kids and teens. The eldest are now graduating college and entering the professional workforce. They are in our workplace, impacting what we do, how we do it! They bring their share of perspectives and challenges, but they also bring new ideas and innovations and approaches, a mix of pluses and minuses. A successful corporation will embrace the diversity offered by this influential generation. Our panel will speak on the general profile of millennials, recruiting and engagement strategies for millennials, and how to embrace all the millennials in our midst!
July 13 at @ Adobe, 345 Park Avenue, San Jose	Leveraging Social Media for Work and Play Facilitator Cherie Del Carlo, President, Gather Your Crowd Panelist Sudha Jamthe, eBay Panelist Brenda Rogers, Vice President of HR, Roku Panelist Natascha Thomson, SAP Panelist from host company, to be confirmed	FaceBook, Twitter, LinkedIn; Blogs, Web, E-mail . . . They are all tools for communicating your brand and your message. They can help you tout your expertise, expand your network, clarify your position, advance your cause. But they can also deter from your message, distract from your objectives, taint your brand. Come hear our panel of experts share their advice on their social media strategy for themselves personally, as well as for their company, product and team.
August 10 @ eBay Inc, Whitman Campus, Building 7 Voices Conference Room 2065 Hamilton Ave San Jose, to be confirmed	Politics in the Workplace: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Facilitator Roberta LaPorte, RAL & Associates, Career and Leadership Consultants Panelist Peggy Abkemeier Alford, VP, CFO PayPal North America Panelist Amy Rubin, Senior Director, Corporate Marketing, Hewlett-Packard Panelist to be confirmed	Office politics is a reality for everyone, regardless of the size of your organization or your position. As professionals we have all dealt with the challenges of doing our job while watching our backs, managing up, and dealing with difficult co-workers who treat others around them badly. With all the advances women have made in the workplace, why is this issue still holding us back? Our panel of high tech leaders will share how they have achieved their leadership positions by successfully navigating office politics, amplifying the contributions of others (men and women), and generously supporting high potentials on the leadership track. These and other questions on navigating politics in the workplace will be explored by our panel this month.
Sept 14 @ EMC, 2831 Mission College Boulevard, Santa Clara	Women Making Their Own Rules Facilitator Pat Obuchowski, Chief Empowerment Officer, InVisionaria Panelist Preethy Padmanabhan, Manager, Business Development for Cisco Smart + Connected Communities, TelePresence Services Team VP for iCON Inclusion & Diversity Group Panelist from EMC to be confirmed	Successful women create their own brand - their own personal way of making things happen. Sometimes they play within the rules, sometimes they make up their own rules, but the results speak for themselves. Join us and hear the stories from dynamic women who are making up the rules as they go. Learn from them, and start thinking about how you can change the rules that are hindering your own success.
Oct 12 @ Applied Materials, Building 12, 3223 Oakmead Village Drive, Santa Clara	Women Leading Innovation Facilitator Francine Gordon, FGordon and Associates Panelist Catherine Moore, Head of HR, Nokia Research Panelist Leila Pourhashemi, Director Technical Services, eBay Panelist from Applied Materials to be confirmed Panelist from Cisco to be confirmed	Innovation is the buzzword, considered integral to an organizations culture, its competitive advantage. As women rise in leadership positions in the tech companies in Silicon Valley, how are they approaching the question of culture and innovation? How have they successfully navigated the challenges of advancement in high tech companies of today? What is their advice to the rest of us?
Nov 9 @ Adobe, 345 Park Avenue, San Jose	Tips for Enlarging Your Sandbox: Learn to play with people who don't act right (like you) Facilitator Pat Cross, Consultant, Trainer, and Co-Founder of CrossApps.net, to be confirmed Panelist Daniela Mielke, Senior Director, Strategy & Consulting, eBay Panelist from Adobe to be confirmed	In our fast-paced, global world, both men and women leaders are faced with the need to communicate clearly and rapidly to teams in all corners of the globe and drive results. Gender and culture and other factors affect how well any exec can perform. Our panel will discuss best practices on cross-cultural communication, suggest tips for enlarging your sandbox, and strengthen your capacity to collaborate with people extremely unlike you to maximize results.
Dec 14 @ LifeScan tbd	Getting The Most Out Of Both You and Your Team Facilitator Lucie Newcomb, President and CEO, The NewComm Global Group, Inc. Panelist Vijaya Kaza, Director of Engineering, Cisco Panelist Marie Tahir, VP, Design, Marketplaces, eBay Panelist from host company to be confirmed	The two adages are true: It’s all about the team, and there’s no ‘I’ in team. With a more diverse and distributed workforce, it has become increasingly more difficult to creating bonding experiences for teams, to help teams collaborate on goals, and to celebrate achievements. Come hear our panel of experts share stories about team successes and challenges, and their advice on how to get the most out of and for your team.

We would like to thank and acknowledge our speakers and hosts for
FountainBlue's 2011 When She Speaks events:

Date	Title and Speakers	Description
Jan 21 @ Hitachi, 750 Central Expwy, Bldg 700, Santa Clara	Expanding Your Influence, With or Without Direct Authority Facilitator Leila Bulling Towne, The Bulling Towne Group, LLC Panelist Barbara Adey, Senior Director, Strategy and Operations, Borderless Networks, Cisco Panelist Sheryl Chamberlain, Senior Director Technology Alliances, EMC Corporation Panelist Claudia Galvan, Lead, International Program Management Group, Microsoft Panelist Cecily Joseph, Director, Corporate Responsibility, Legal and Public Affairs, Symantec Panelist Jean Stein, Vice President, GSSD Business Operations, Hitachi Data Systems	Women who make an impact in business know that you do not need to hold an impressive job title to be a leader who makes a difference. Being an influencer requires knowledge of effective influencing techniques, leveraging your personal influencing style, as well as the determination and persistence to make great things happen. Hear first-hand how our panelists establish credibility, gain buy-in for ideas, engage co-workers and lead business results, with or without direct authority.
Feb 11 @ NetApp, 495 East Java Drive, Sunnyvale	How to Throw More Balls Up Higher: Juggling Work-Life Balance in Demanding Times Facilitator Laura Lowell, President, Impact Marketing Group Panelist Deborah Coburn, Manager, Sales & Operations Planning, Americas, Johnson & Johnson Diabetes Care Franchise, LifeScan & Animas Panelist Komal Lahiri, Senior Product Manager, eBay Panelist Lilia Rose, Senior Corporate Counsel, NetApp	Silicon Valley women leaders are challenged by the corporate and business pressures of high-stress, high-impact positions, while still juggling the personal demands of life and family, and squeezing in time for yourself. Each ball, from the heavy, urgent demands in a corporate environment to the home-and-personal demands of children, spouses, friends and others, to your own always-addressed-last personal needs for balance, health and growth - is important. Yet each balls keeps coming at you from more angles, and each ball is coming at you faster! So how do you juggle these often-competing balls and what we can do to adjust our own expectations and that of others on us, in order to ease the load and the stress? Our speakers will share their stories, commiserate with us, and challenge us to re-evaluate how roles, our priorities, and our own expectations for ourselves.
March 11 @ Life Technologies, 850 Lincoln Centre Drive, Foster City	Agility - The Key to Building a Successful Career Facilitator Melissa McDonell, BrandVoice Marketing Panelist Caroline Cornely, Senior Finance Manager, Cisco Panelist Nancy Cryer, HR Director for Global Finance and Global HR, Hitachi Data Systems Panelist Phyllis Stewart Pires. Director Community Experience and Learning and Talent Management lead, SAP Labs North America Panelist Shirley Welsh, Senior Director, Market Development, qPCR Platform, Life Technologies	Global megatrends are making it much more difficult to plan your career path, as there is more fluidity within and across corporations, across global markets, plus greater acceptance of people moving from one role or industry to another. Our panelists will focus on agility as the key to building a successful career, regardless of gender, featuring women who have changed roles and industries, positions and companies. They will share their stories of successes and challenges, and also share how they are supporting others to do the same.
April 8 @ Adobe, 163 S. Almaden Blvd, San Jose	Building and Reinforcing Your Executive Brand Facilitator Linda Popky, Founder and President, Leverage2Market Associates Panelist Erna Arnesen, Head of Global Services Channels and Alliances, Cisco Panelist Aditi Dhagat, Director of Client Engagement & Business Architecture, Adobe Panelist Praveena Varadarajan, VP of Product Management, FICO Panelist Alexandra Woody, Program Director, EFI	Your brand tells people who you, and what to expect from you whether at work or at home. It helps people decide whether to trust you, and what to trust you about. Effective executives, both women and men, proactively build their brand, to ensure that others think highly of them, and have the confidence that they can execute under specific circumstances, and even in situations where they have little connections and expertise. Indeed, your executive brand can limit or launch your success. This month, our panel of women leaders will talk about what they have done to build and reinforce their executive brand, and how they leverage that brand to build credibility, position themselves and their teams and organizations for success, and strategically manage their career development.
May 13 @ EMC, 2831 Mission College Boulevard, Santa Clara	Standing on the Shoulders of Mentors Facilitator Renee Remy, Dovetail Consulting Panelist Barbara Clayton, Senior Manager, Product Lifecycle, eBay Panelist Carol Evanoff, former Director, Lockheed Strategic Weapons Facility Pacific Panelist Stefi Ganesan, Marketing Program Manager, CDO, Cisco Panelist Sara Hepner, Sr. Direct Worldwide Support Sales at IIG, a Division of EMC Panelist Maria Olson, SAP	As leaders, we appreciate the mentors, leaders and role models upon whose shoulders we stood. We carefully consider the support and guidance we are consciously and unconsciously providing for those who come after us. Our panelists this month will focus on our mentoring relationships, how we can share more of what we know with others and how we can identify the potential mentors available to us. Our panelists will share the ways that their mentors have impacted their thinking and development, and how this has, in turn, stimulated thoughts and actions in support of others. In addition, we will discuss how you can promote mentoring in your organization.
June 10 @ EMC, 2831 Mission College Boulevard, Santa Clara	Millennials in Our Midst! Facilitator Pat Cross, Consultant, Trainer, and Co-Founder of CrossApps.net Panelist Marla Britt, Process Engineering SSG/FEP/Anneals, Applied Materials Panelist Nehal Mehta, Senior Leader, Quality Assurance, NetApp Panelist Kristin E. Nelson, Inside Sales Manager, Americas Renewals, EMC Corporation Panelist Josie Zimmermann, Global Marketing Team, Juniper Networks	The Millennial Generation otherwise known as Generation Y is no longer made-up of just kids and teens. The eldest are now graduating college and entering the professional workforce. They are in our workplace, impacting what we do, how we do it! They bring their share of perspectives and challenges, but they also bring new ideas and innovations and approaches, a mix of pluses and minuses. A successful corporation will embrace the diversity offered by this influential generation. Our panel will speak on the general profile of millennials, recruiting and engagement strategies for millennials, and how to embrace all the millennials in our midst!
July 8 at @ Oracle, 300 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores	Your Gender and Its Impact on Your Leadership Styles Facilitator Nancy Monson, Nancy Monson Coaching Panelist Caroline Cornely, Senior Finance Manager, Cisco System Panelist Natalie Guillen, Integrated Business Planning, PayPal Panelist Luanne Tierney, VP of Global Channel Marketing, Juniper Networks Panelist Barbara Williams, Sr. HR Manager, Oracle, and President of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Oakland Bay Area Chapter	This month, women technology executives will share how they have adapted their leadership styles to succeed to a male-dominated technology world. Come hear their thoughts on gender-specific leadership traits, woman-to-women and woman-to-men interactions, and overcoming adversarial conversations with both men and women. Also hear their stories of successes and challenges under different circumstances and most importantly, their learnings from these encounters. You are sure to leave with new ideas, and be inspired by our accomplished panel of speakers.
August 12 @ LifeScan, 1051 S Milpitas Blvd. Bldg 2 Cafeteria Annex Room in Milpitas	Politics in the Workplace: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Facilitator Karen Mathews, Real Change Experts Panelist Sandy Orlando, VP of Marketing, IP Infusion Panelist Niamh Pellegrini, Vice President, Rhinology, Acclarent Panelist Eileen Sullivan, Director of IT, Symantec Panelist Margie Thomas, SR Director, Services GTM Operations, Cisco	Office politics is a reality for everyone, regardless of the size of your organization or your position. As professionals we have all dealt with the challenges of doing our job while watching our backs, managing up, and dealing with difficult co-workers who treat others around them badly. With all the advances women have made in the workplace, why is this issue still holding us back? Our panel of high tech leaders will share how they have achieved their leadership positions by successfully navigating office politics, amplifying the contributions of others (men and women), and generously supporting high potentials on the leadership track. These and other questions on navigating politics in the workplace will be explored by our panel this month.
Sept 9 @ Symantec, 350 Ellis Street, Mountain View	Women Making Their Own Rules Facilitator Roberta LaPorte, RAL & Associates, Career and Leadership Consultants Panelist Wendy Wei Liang, Director, Program Management and Globalization at Oracle Panelist Judy Priest, Distinguished Engineer and Engineering Manager, Scalable Networks Group, Cisco Panelist Merline Saintil, Chief of Staff to VP of Architecture, eBay Panelist Yvonne Thomson, Senior Director, Internal Communications, Symantec	Successful women create their own brand - their own personal way of making things happen. Sometimes they play within the rules, sometimes they make up their own rules, but the results speak for themselves. Join us and hear the stories from dynamic women who are making up the rules as they go. Learn from them, and start thinking about how you can change the rules that are hindering your own success.
Oct 14 @ EMC, 2831 Mission College Boulevard, Santa Clara	Women Leading Innovation Facilitator Francine Gordon, FGordon Group Panelist Raji Arasu, VP Product Development, eBay Panelist Cornelia Davis, Senior Technologist, Office of the CTO, EMC Corporation Panelist Linda Holroyd, CEO, FountainBlue Panelist Vijaya Kaza, Director of Engineering, Cisco	Innovation is the buzzword, considered integral to an organizations culture, its competitive advantage. As women rise in leadership positions in the tech companies in Silicon Valley, how are they approaching the question of culture and innovation? How have they successfully navigated the challenges of advancement in high tech companies of today? What is their advice to the rest of us?
Nov 11 @ Synopsys Building 2 455 N. Mary Ave., Sunnyvale	Tips for Enlarging Your Sandbox: Learn to play with people who don't act right (like you) Facilitator Rossella Derickson, Performance and Culture Strategist, Stanford Graduate School of Business Panelist Sabina Burns, Sr. Director Corporate Marketing, Synopsys Panelist Gina Diaz, Director, License Management Services (LMS) Group, Oracle Panelist Monali Jain, Head of Salesforce.com Engineering at PayPal, eBay Panelist Natascha Thomson, Sr. Director, Social Media Audience Marketing, SAP AG	In our fast-paced, global world, both men and women leaders are faced with the need to communicate clearly and rapidly to teams in all corners of the globe and drive results. Gender and culture and other factors affect how well any exec can perform. Our panel will discuss best practices on cross-cultural communication, suggest tips for enlarging your sandbox, and strengthen your capacity to collaborate with people extremely unlike you to maximize results.
Dec 9 @ eBay Inc, Whitman Campus, Building 7 Voices Conference Room 2065 Hamilton Ave San Jose	Leadership in a Time of Accelerated Change Facilitator Amy Gonzales, Director, Women Unlimited Panelist Erna Arnesen, Head of Global Services Channels and Alliances, Cisco Panelist Deepika Bajaj, Marketing Director, Fierce Wombat Games, Inc., Panelist Elisa Jagerson, Founder and CEO, Speck Design Panelist Leila Pourhashemi, Director, Technical Services, PayPal, an eBay company	In business, you have to keep moving quickly, in response to market and customer demands. Standing still can mean a death sentence, even if the short-term numbers look good! This is especially true today and will become more pervasive and REAL, with the acceleration of technology development, the expanding global markets, the rapid evolution of business trends, and of course the hot M&A market. Our panel this month has found a way to manage these rapid changes within their organizations, both strategizing to stimulate change, and quickly assimilating changes in teams, products and markets, while keeping an eye on the all-important of the bottom-line impact of change.

We would like to thank and acknowledge our speakers and sponsors for 2010.

Date	Title	Panelists	Description
Jan 15 @ NetApp, 495 East Java Drive, Sunnyvale	Expanding Your Influence, With or Without Direct Authority	Facilitator Jo Miller, CEO, Women's Leadership Coaching Inc. Panelist Kristine Gallegos-Haehl, Trade Professional Manager, PG&E Panelist Linda Holroyd, CEO, FountainBlue Panelist Gwen McDonald, SVP, Human Resources, NetApp Panelist Titina Ott, Vice President, Organizational Effectiveness, Oracle	Women who make an impact in business know that you do not need to hold an impressive job title to be a leader who makes a difference. Being an influencer requires knowledge of effective influencing techniques finding your own unique influencing style, as well as the determination to make great things happen. Hear first-hand how our panelists establish credibility, gain buy-in for ideas, engage co-workers and lead business results, with or without direct authority.
Feb 12 @ Adobe, 345 Park Avenue, San Jose	How to Throw More Balls Up Higher: Juggling Work-Life Balance in Demanding Times	Facilitator Deborah Campbell, Director, Western Region, Catalyst Panelist Karen Catlin, Vice President, Core Services, Adobe Systems Inc. Panelist Pat Cross, VP Career Management, Right Management Panelist Lisa Dearborn, Vice President, Leadership Development, Hitachi Data Systems Panelist Natascha Thomson, Director, Global Ecosystem and Partner Marketing, SAP	Silicon Valley women leaders are challenged by the corporate and business pressures of high-stress, high-impact positions, while still juggling the personal demands of life and family, and squeezing in time for yourself. Each ball � from the heavy, urgent demands in a corporate environment to the home-and-personal demands of children, spouses, friends and others, to your own always-addressed-last personal needs for balance, health and growth - is important. Yet each balls keeps coming at you from more angles, and each ball is coming at you faster! So how do you juggle these often-competing balls and what we can do to adjust our own expectations and that of others on us, in order to ease the load and the stress? Our speakers will share their stories, commiserate with us, and challenge us to re-evaluate how roles, our priorities, and our own expectations for ourselves.
March 12 @ Hitachi, 750 Central Expwy, Bldg 700, Santa Clara	Agility - The Key to Building a Successful Career	Facilitator Linda Popky, L2M Associates Panelist Amanda Dutra, Senior Vice President of Career Management, Practice Leader for the Global Transition Center of Excellence in the Pacific Region NA, Right Management Panelist Linda Holroyd, CEO, FountainBlue Panelist Lisa Jing, Program Manager, Cisco Panelist Shari H. Moore, GPHR, SPHR, Vice President, Human Resources-Global and Americas Sales and Services, Hitachi Data Systems Panelist Phyllis Stewart Pires, Director Community Experience and Learning and Talent Management lead, SAP Labs North America	Global megatrends are making it much more difficult to plan your career path, as there is more fluidity within and across corporations, across global markets, plus greater acceptance of people moving from one role or industry to another. Our panelists will focus on agility as the key to building a successful career, regardless of gender, featuring women who have changed roles and industries, positions and companies. They will share their stories of successes and challenges, and also share how they are supporting others to do the same.
April 9 @ Applied Materials, 3050 Bowers, Santa Clara	Building and Reinforcing Your Executive Brand	Facilitator Lisa Orrell, CPC, The Promote U Guru Panelist Erna Arnesen, Vice President, Worldwide Services Partners and Alliances, Cisco Systems Panelist Christine Crandell, Senior VP of Marketing, Accept Software Panelist Cissy Leung, Chief of Staff, Applied Solar Panelist Whitney Tidmarsh, Chief Marketing Officer, Content Management and Archiving Division, EMC Corporation Panelist Luciana Vecchi, Globalization Business Manager, Core Services, Adobe Systems Incorporated	Your brand tells people who you, and what to expect from you whether at work or at home. It helps people decide whether to trust you, and what to trust you about. Effective executives, both women and men, proactively build their brand, to ensure that others think highly of them, and have the confidence that they can execute under specific circumstances, and even in situations where they have little connections and expertise. Indeed, your executive brand can limit or launch your success. This month, our panel of women leaders will talk about what they have done to build and reinforce their executive brand, and how they leverage that brand to build credibility, position themselves and their teams and organizations for success, and strategically manage their career development.
May 14 @ Cisco in their New Frontier Conf Room, 225 East Tasman Dr, Bldg 3, 2nd floor, San Jose	The Mentors in Our Lives	Facilitator Kim Wise, Mentor Resources Panelist Erna Arnesen, Vice President, Worldwide Services Partners and Alliances, Cisco Systems Panelist Claudia Galvan, Principal Lead Program Manager, Windows Live, Microsoft Panelist Vidya Venkatesh, Senior Specialist, Global Product Support, Life Technologies	As leaders, we appreciate the mentors, leaders and role models upon whose shoulders we stood. We carefully consider the support and guidance we are consciously and unconsciously providing for those who come after us. Our panelists this month will focus on our mentoring relationships, how we can share more of what we know with others and how we can identify the potential mentors available to us. Our panelists will share the ways that their mentors have impacted their thinking and development, and how this has, in turn, stimulated thoughts and actions in support of others. In addition, we will discuss how you can promote mentoring in your organization.
June 11 @ LifeScan, 1051 S Milpitas Blvd. Bldg 2 Cafeteria Annex Room Milpitas	Millennials in Our Midst!	Facilitator Camille Smith, Work In Progress Coaching Panelist Cyndi Stargiotti, Synaptics Panelist Jenny Xu Woo, HR Manager, Talent and Executive Assessment, Cisco Panelist Joan Watkins, IT Manager, LifeScan	The Millennial Generation otherwise known as Generation Y is no longer made-up of just kids and teens. The eldest are now graduating college and entering the professional workforce. They are in our workplace, impacting what we do, how we do it! They bring their share of perspectives and challenges, but they also bring new ideas and innovations and approaches, a mix of pluses and minuses. A successful corporation will embrace the diversity offered by this influential generation. Our panel will speak on the general profile of millennials, recruiting and engagement strategies for millennials, and how to embrace all the millennials in our midst!
July 9 at Pillsbury in Palo Alto	Women's Leadership Styles: What's Right for You?	Facilitator Kristi Royse, KLR Consulting Panelist Shalini Govil-Pai, Group Manager, YouTube and TV, Google Panelist Ruchi Goyal, Product Manager, NetApp Panelist Robin Kwok, Technical Program Manager, Energy and Display Systems, Applied Materials Inc. Panelist Allison Leopold Tilley, Partner, Co-Head Corporate Securities & Technology Section, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Panelist Shobhana Viswanathan, Senior Marketing Manager, Global Alliances, VMware	This month, women technology executives will share how they have adapted their leadership styles to succeed to a male-dominated technology world. Come hear their thoughts on gender-specific leadership traits, woman-to-women and woman-to-men interactions, and overcoming adversarial conversations with both men and women. Also hear their stories of successes and challenges under different circumstances and most importantly, their learnings from these encounters. You are sure to leave with new ideas, and be inspired by our accomplished panel of speakers.
August 13 @ Synopsys, 700 East Middlefield Rd. Mountain View	Politics in the Workplace: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly	Facilitators Krista Henley and Rossella Derickson, Corporate Wisdom and SBODN Panelist Haripriya Devnath, Pricing Manager, NetApp Panelist Yvette Huygen, Worldwide PR Director, Synopsys Panelist Kim Elisha Proctor, Senior Manager Holistic Quality, PayPal and BAODN Panelist Eileen Sullivan, Group Director, Cadence	Office politics is a reality for everyone, regardless of the size of your organization or your position. As professionals we have all dealt with the challenges of doing our job while watching our backs, managing up, and dealing with difficult co-workers who treat others around them badly. With all the advances women have made in the workplace, why is this issue still holding us back? Our panel of high tech leaders will share how they have achieved their leadership positions by successfully navigating office politics, amplifying the contributions of others (men and women), and generously supporting high potentials on the leadership track. These and other questions on navigating politics in the workplace will be explored by our panel this month.
Sept 10 @ LifeScan, 1051 S Milpitas Blvd. Bldg 2 Cafeteria Annex Room Milpitas	Women Making Their Own Rules	Facilitator Pat Obuchowski, inVisionaria Panelist Daniela Bayer, Business Intelligence Manager for Central & Eastern Europe, Cisco Panelist Sheryl Chamberlain, Director VMware Technology Alliance, EMC Panelist Sudha Jamthe, Social Media Strategist, PayPal Panelist Sharon Vondera, Director, Americas Customer Solutions, LifeScan	Successful women create their own brand - their own personal way of making things happen. Sometimes they play within the rules, sometimes they make up their own rules, but the results speak for themselves. Join us and hear the stories from dynamic women who are making up the rules, as they go, while succeeding and advancing within the traditional system. Learn from them, and start thinking about how you can change the rules that are hindering your own success.
Oct 8 @ EMC, 2831 Mission College Boulevard Santa Clara	Women Leading Innovation	Facilitator Francine Gordon, FGordon Group and SDForum Tech Women's Program Panelist Nina Bhatti, Principal Scientist, HP Labs, Hewlett Packard Panelist Jenny Dormoy, VP of Customer Experience, EMC Panelist Linda Holroyd, CEO, FountainBlue Panelist Mirjana Spasojevic, Research Leader, Nokia Research Center	Innovation is THE buzzword - considered integral to an organizations culture, its competitive advantage. Our panel will feature women who are leading innovation within tech companies. Come hear them speak passionately about innovation, and how their leadership practices are fostering a cultural shift embracing innovation and entrepreneurship, and facilitating collaboration between women, people with diverse viewpoints and the management team.
Nov 12 @ eBay Inc, Whitman Campus, Building 7 Voices Conference Room 2065 Hamilton Ave San Jose	Tips for Enlarging Your Sandbox: Learn to play with people who don't act right (like you)	Facilitator Kare Anderson, Say It Better Panelist Karen Bartleson, Sr. Director, Interoperability and University Programs, Synopsys Panelist Adriane McFetridge, Director, eBay Panelist Preethy Padmanabhan Manager, Business Development in Cisco's Smart + Connected Communities team and Advisory board member - iCON Inclusion & Diversity Group Panelist Luciana Vecchi, Globalization Business Manager, Adobe Systems, Inc.	In our fast-paced, global world, both men and women leaders are faced with the need to communicate clearly and rapidly to teams in all corners of the globe and drive results. Gender and culture and other factors affect how well any exec can perform. For this special When She Speaks session, we will first feature a panel discussing best practices on cross-cultural communication, with thoughts on Enlarging Your Sandbox: Learn to play with people who do not act right (like you).
Dec 10 @ Oracle in Redwood Shores	Leadership in a Time of Accelerated Change	Facilitator Marcia Ruben, Ruben Consulting Group Ltd. Panelist Swati Dasgupta, IBM Venture Capital Group Panelist Vijaya Kaza, Director of Security, Cisco Panelist Michelle Kerby, Senior Manager, Technical Marketing and Communications, CTO Office, EMC Corporation	In business, you have to keep moving quickly, in response to market and customer demands. Standing still can mean a death sentence, even if the short-term numbers look good! This is especially true in our current economy, with the acceleration of technology development, the expanding global markets, the rapid evolution of business trends, and of course the hot M&A market. Our panel this month has found a way to manage these rapid changes within their organizations, both strategizing to stimulate change, and quickly assimilating changes in teams, products and markets, while keeping an eye on the all-important of the bottom-line impact of change.

Please join us in thanking our speakers and facilitators and sponsors for FountainBlue's 2009 When She Speaks events.

Date	Title	Panelists	Description
Jan 16, Hosted by EMC	Breaking Through The Glass Ceiling	Facilitator Jo Miller, CEO, Women's Leadership Coaching Inc. Panelist Sheri Atwood, VP of Global Solutions and Programs, Enterprise Marketing, Symantec Panelist Nina Bhatti, Principal Scientist, HP Labs Panelist Jennifer Bleakney, VP, Worldwide Distribution and Customer Support, National Semiconductor Panelist Jan Schlossberg, Senior Mgr, Intellectual Property & Compliance, Cisco	It has been 22 years since the term glass ceiling was coined by the Wall Street Journal to describe the apparent barriers that prevent women from reaching the top of the corporate hierarchy; and it has been twelve years since the American government's specially appointed Glass Ceiling Commission published its recommendations. In 1995 the commission found that women had 45.7% of America's jobs and more than half of master's degrees being awarded. Yet 95% of senior managers were men, and female managers' earnings were on average a mere 68% of their male counterparts'. Twelve years later women account for 46.5% of America's workforce and for less than 8% of its top managers. Join us for a stimulating panel and discussion about why progress is so slow and what we must do to effect real, and rapid, change.
Feb 13, hosted by Symantec	Juggling Work-Life Balance in Demanding Times	Facilitator Francine Gordon, FGordon Group and SDForum Tech Women's Program Panelist Jennifer Hall, VP of HR, Intuit Panelist Kristi McGee, Senior Director, Open Work Services Group, Sun Microsystems Panelist Linda Holroyd, CEO, FountainBlue Panelist Phyllis Stewart Pires, Director of Community Experience, SAP Labs	Silicon Valley women leaders are challenged by the corporate and business pressures of high-stress, high-impact positions, while still juggling the personal demands of life and family. In today�s streamlined, fast-moving workplace, it�s more important than ever to make the most of every day and every moment. This month's When She Speaks event focuses on how successful women are juggling these often-competing goals and what we can do to adjust our own and others' expectations on us, in order to ease the load and the stress. Our speakers will share their stories, commiserate with us, and challenge us to re-evaluate our roles, our priorities, and our own expectations for ourselves.
March 13, hosted by HP	Agility - The Key to Building a Successful Career	Facilitator Sandra Wales, President, Wales Investments, Inc. Panelist Pat Cross, Vice President, Career Management, Right Management Panelist Lisa Dearborn, Vice President, Leadership Development, Hitachi Data Systems Panelist Lisa Jing, Program Manager, Integrative Health, Cisco Panelist Patricia Wimberly, Sr. Manager, Solutions Practice, Global Services - Western Division, EMC Corporation	In this century, it is much more difficult to plan your career path, as there is more fluidity within and across corporations, across global markets, plus more acceptance of people moving from one role or industry to another. This month's panel will focus on agility as the key to building a successful career, featuring women who have changed roles and industries, positions and companies. They will share their stories of successes and challenges, and also share how they are supporting others to do the same.
April 10, hosted by EMC	Leading with Power, Influence and Integrity	Facilitator Camille Smith, Work In Progress Coaching Panelist Erna Arnesen, VP of Global Services, Channels and Alliances, Cisco Panelist Nina Bhatti, Principal Scientist, HP Labs Panelist Nancy Long, Sr Vice President of Human Resources, Hitachi Data Systems Panelist Alexandra Woody, Sr. Dir. Program Management & FPLC, Flextronics	We admire and applaud the heroes and mentors in our lives who are leading with power, influence and integrity. For this event, we will meet a panel of women who are successfully leading with power, influence and integrity, who will candidly share their barriers to and best practices for more effectively leading others and producing results that create successful businesses and fulfilling lives.
May 8, hosted by Symantec	The Mentors in Our Lives	Facilitator Kim Wise, CEO, Mentor Resources Panelist Martha Galley, Senior Director, Windows Live Business Development, Microsoft Panelist Ruth Gaube, VP and Deputy Executive Council, Symantec Panelist Amy Gonzales, Regional West Coast Director, Women Unlimited Panelist Shivani Govil, Corporate Strategy Group, Office of the CEO, SAP Panelist Darcy Kiefaber, HR, LifeScan	As leaders, we appreciate the mentors, leaders and role models upon whose shoulders we stood. We carefully consider the support and guidance we are consciously and unconsciously providing for those who come after us. This month's event will focus on our mentoring relationships, how we can share more of what we know with others and how we can identify the potential mentors available to us. Our panelists will share the ways that their mentors have impacted their thinking and development, and how this has, in turn, stimulated thoughts and actions in support of others. In addition, we�ll discuss how you can promote mentoring in your organization.
June 12, hosted by Cisco	Working with Millennials	Facilitator Lisa Orrell, The Generation Relations Expert, The Orrell Group, author of Millennials Incorporated Panelist Urvi Bhandari, AT&T Panelist Megan Campi, Customer Service Relationship Manager, Cisco Panelist Kristen Dearing, Sun Microsystems Panelist Claudia Galvan, Lead, International Program Management Group, Microsoft Panelist Shalini Govil-Pai, Lead PM, Google Panelist Lori Smith, Director of HR, Cisco	The Millennial Generation otherwise known as Generation Y is no longer made-up of just kids and teens. The eldest are now graduating college and entering the professional workforce. How will this affect corporations looking to recruit and retain them? What is unique about this generation, and how and why should corporations recruit and retain them? Our panel of esteemed hiring managers and HR professionals work closely with Millennials and proactively plan recruitment and management strategies for these uniquely prized workers.
July 10, hosted by EMC	Women's Leadership Styles: What's Right for You?	Facilitator Rosemarie Carbone, Serial VP of HR Panelist Nora Calvillo, Senior Product Manager, Adobe Panelist Michaela Guiney, Product Engineering Director, Cadence Panelist Nancy Long, Senior Vice President, Global Human Resources, Hitachi Data Systems Panelist Marleen McDaniel, Serial Entrepreneur and Business Adviser	In other months of our When She Speaks Series, we touch upon the gender issue tangentially, but this month, the gender issue will be the theme. Questions may include: What makes an effective woman leader, particularly one in a high tech world? What are some typically feminine leadership traits, and how can they be leveraged in a male-dominated world? How does one interact with other women, and their unique leadership styles? How can one better understand her one style, and proactively expand it? These and other questions on gender and leadership in high tech will be explored by our panel this month.
Aug 14, hosted by Symantec	Politics in the Workplace: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly	Facilitator Bobbie LaPorte, RAL & Associates Panelist Mercedes De Luca, Global Customer Experience and Chief Information Officer at myShape.com, previously VP of Global IT at Yahoo! Panelist Lise E Edwards, Oracle Women's Leadership (OWL), Program Manager, Oracle Human Resources Panelist Susan Lai, Senior Director, Finance, Symantec Corporation Panelist Eileen Sullivan, Group Director, Cadence	Let�s face it � office politics is a reality for everyone, regardless of the size of your organization or your position. As professionals we have all dealt with the challenges of doing our job while watching our backs, managing �up�, and dealing with difficult co-workers who treat others around them badly. With all the advances women have made in the workplace, why is this issue still holding us back? Our panel of high tech leaders will share how they have achieved their leadership positions by successfully navigating office politics, amplifying others� contributions (men and women), and generously supporting high potentials on the leadership track. These and other questions on navigating politics in the workplace will be explored by our panel this month.
Sept 11, hosted by LifeScan	Cross-Cultural Communications	Facilitator Francine Gordon, FGordon Group and President SDForum Tech Women�s Group Panelist Roya Afshar, Software Development Director, Oracle Panelist Khrystyne Heard, Manager, Human Resources, LifeScan Panelist Debi Hirshlag, VP, Worldwide Human Resources, Flextronics Panelist Neerja Raman, Research Fellow, Stanford University, MediaX Distinguished Visiting Scholar Panelist Peggy Wolf, Manager, Cisco Services Global I&D	In our fast-paced, global world, both men and women leaders are faced with the need to communicate clearly and rapidly to teams in all corners of the globe and drive results. Gender and culture and other factors affect how well any exec can perform. This month's panel of women executives will share their secrets on how to effectively communicate across cultures to drive results.
Oct 9, hosted by EMC	Women Leading Innovation	Facilitators Krista Henley and Rossella Derickson, Corporate Wisdom and SBODN Panelist Nina Bhatti, Principal Scientist, HP Labs Panelist Daniela Busse, Director of User Experience, SAP Labs LLC Panelist Christine Duran, Translation Technology Manager, Globalization, Core Services Group, Adobe Panelist Claudia Galvan, Lead, International Program Management Group, Microsoft Panelist Jessica Roland, Director, International Product Operations, Content Management & Archiving, EMC Corporation	Innovation' is today's buzzword - considered integral to an organization's culture, its competitive advantage. As women rise in leadership positions in the tech companies in Silicon Valley, how are they approaching the question of culture and innovation? How have they successfully navigated the challenges of advancement in today's high tech companies? What is their advice to the rest of us?
Nov 13, hosted by Symantec	Corporate Women On Nonprofit Boards	Facilitator Wendy Beecham, FWE&E Panelist Pamela E. Evans, Director, Executive Programs, NetApp Panelist Cecily Joseph, Director, Corporate Responsibility, Legal and Public Affairs, Symantec Panelist Marilyn Nagel, Director, WW Diversity & Inclusion, Cisco Panelist Keren Pavese, Program Manager, Western Division Office of Sustainability, Community Outreach & Diversity Councils, EMC	Corporate leaders have the experience, impact, and authority to support their communities, yet often times, they don't have the time or bandwidth to actively participate in nonprofit boards. This month, we will feature some inspirational corporate women who are passionate and dedicated to their corporate AND their community causes, and they will share how supporting one cause, benefits the other.
Dec 11, hosted by LifeScan	Leading Through a Changing of the Guard	Facilitator Marcia Stein, Stein Consulting Inc. and HR Women and Friends Panelist Deborah Colburn, Sales Manager, LifeScan Panelist Laura Debacker, Sr. Director of Leadership Development and Employee Engagement, Sun Microsystems Panelist Julie Criscenti Heck, Director, Global Partner Marketing, VMware - Virtualization Software Solutions Panelist Lori Smith, Director of HR, Cisco	In business, you have to keep moving quickly, in response to market and customer demands. Standing still can mean a death sentence, even if the short-term numbers look good! So corporate strategies are proactively changed, and new corporate executive teams assume the reigns in the quest of proactive change. Our panel this month has participated in many of these 'changing of the guards' as an executive from the incumbent and from the newly-hired perspective. They will share their insights on how new corporate management teams really hit the ground running: - by leading a smooth changing of executive suite members, - by minimizing cultural impact, while ushering in necessary near processes, people and procedures, and - by maximizing efficient bottom-line progress through a transition?

Below is a list of our past events for 2008, all of which were hosted at EMC. We would like to thank our speakers and our sponsors for their support.

Date	Title	Panelists	Description
1/10/2008	The Glass Ceiling And Other Tragedies	Facilitator Linda Prowse Fosler, Linda Prowse Fosler and Associates Panelist Sarah Jane Militello, former Manager at HP, former General Manager at Agilent, President Varnare LLC Panelist Marilyn Nagel, Director, WW Diversity & Inclusion, Cisco Panelist Conchita Franco Serri, Ed.M., J.D., former Director of Affirmative Action, Santa Clara University; President Serri Compliance Training Panelist Darlene Solomon, Ph.D., Agilent Chief Technology Officer and VP Agilent Laboratories Panelist Whitney Tidmarsh, EMC Corporation, VP, Marketing, Content Management & Archiving	It has been 22 years since the term glass ceiling was coined by the Wall Street Journal to describe the apparent barriers that prevent women from reaching the top of the corporate hierarchy; and it has been twelve years since the American government's specially appointed Glass Ceiling Commission published its recommendations. In 1995 the commission found that women had 45.7% of America's jobs and more than half of master's degrees being awarded. Yet 95% of senior managers were men, and female managers' earnings were on average a mere 68% of their male counterparts'. Twelve years later women account for 46.5% of America's workforce and for less than 8% of its top managers. Join us for a stimulating panel and discussion about why progress is so slow and what we must do to effect real, and rapid, change.
2/14/2008	The Up and Comers	Four-Star Panel Facilitator Nancy Monson, Nancy Monson Coaching Panelist Katy Levine, Cisco Panelist Connie Lin, The Zitter Group Panelist Keren Pavese, EMC Corporation Five-Star Panel Facilitator Nancy Monson, Nancy Monson Coaching Panelist Terri Jordan, VP, Tech Operations, eBay Panelist Sridevi Koneru, Director, Engineering, Wireless Networking Business Unit, Cisco Panelist Susan Mernit, Senior Director for the Yahoo! Personals products Panelist Kathleen Murtha, EMC Corporation Panelist Eileen Sullivan, Group Director, Cadence	Women are making a difference in at all levels within corporations. In honor of Valentine�s Day, FountainBlue is pleased to partner with ATW and GWLN and EMC Corporation to produce a half day, interactive program which celebrates women in leadership roles and their contributions. Join us as we applaud their contributions and investigate questions such as: � What are the secrets to being recognized as an up and comer? � How did they get help along the way? � How can up and comers make work-life balance choices while climbing the corporate ladder? � How can we as women support each other whether we�re on the leadership tract or not? � How are up-and-comers giving back to the community? The event will provide much food for thought for women at all levels within organizations, whether they are up and comers or not.
3/13/2008	Work-Life Balance	Facilitator Kristi Royse, KLR Consulting Panelist Raji Arasu, eBay Panelist Lisa Jing, Program Manager, Integrated Health Team, Cisco Panelist Allison Leopold Tilley, Partner and Co-Head Corporate Securities & Technology Section, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Panelist Linda Levenson, CEO, Morphosis Rejuvenation Center Panelist Catherine Moore, Director Business HR, Nokia Research Center	Silicon Valley women leaders are challenged by the corporate and business pressures of high-stress, high-impact positions, while still juggling the personal demands of life and family. In today�s streamlined, fast-moving workplace, it�s more important than ever to make the most of every day and every moment. This month's When She Speaks event focuses on how successful women are juggling these often-competing goals and what we can do to adjust our own and others' expectations on us, in order to ease the load and the stress. Our speakers will share their stories, commiserate with us, and challenge us to re-evaluate how roles, our priorities, and our own expectations for ourselves.
4/10/2008	Leading with Power, Influence and Integrity	Facilitator Linda Holroyd, CEO, FountainBlue Panelist Bettina Koblick, VP of HR, Global Talent, Symantec Panelist Su Lim, VP of Business Development, EMC Corporation Panelist Bev Strand, Diversity and Inclusion, Cisco Panelist Barbara Williams, Sr. HR Manager, Sun Microsystems and President of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Oakland Bay Area Chapter	We admire and applaud the heroes and mentors in our lives who are leading with power, influence and integrity. For this event, we will meet a panel of women who are successfully leading with power, influence and integrity, who will candidly share their barriers to and best practices for more effectively leading others and producing results that create successful businesses and fulfilling lives.
5/8/2008	The Mentors in Our Lives	Facilitator Kim Wise, Mentor Resources Panelist Denise Brosseau, Invent Your Future Panelist Shelli Hendricks, Education Consultant, EMC Panelist Tanja Miller, Learning & Organizational Development, Genentech Panelist Greta Mowry, Keiretsu Forum Panelist Maria Schaffer, Strategic Alliances, Cisco	As leaders, we appreciate the mentors, leaders and role models upon whose shoulders we stood. We carefully consider the support and guidance we are consciously and unconsciously providing for those who come after us. This month's event will focus on our mentoring relationships, how we can share more of what we know with others and how we can identify the potential mentors available to us. Our panelists will share the ways that their mentors have impacted their thinking and development, and how this has, in turn, stimulated thoughts and actions in support of others. In addition, we�ll discuss how you can promote mentoring in your organization.
6/12/2008	Staying On Top In a Changing Global World	Facilitator Amy Gonzales, Women Unlimited Panelist Judy Armstrong, former CIO, Logitech Panelist Shirley Olerich, VP of Human Resources, Adaptec Panelist MeMe Rasmussen, VP and General Counsel, Adobe Systems Panelist Lisa Simpson, VP, Business Operations, Market Analysis and Messaging, Alcatel-Lucent	The World is changing - getting bigger, but better connected, with more opportunities, and more barriers. Are there more opportunities for women in lead in a more global world? What are the unique challenges and opportunities for women to take that next leadership step? How will networking, mentoring and education support that growing community of women leaders with global impact? This month's program will feature some of these women leaders as they share the challenges of leading in a changing, ever more global world.
7/10/2008	Women at the Top of Their Game	Facilitator Linda Holroyd, CEO, FountainBlue Panelist Sandra Hassett, Director of Customer Service, LifeScan Panelist Barbara Massa, Senior Director, Recruiting Services, EMC Corporation Panelist Patricia Perry, Vice President, Digital Health Group, Intel Corporation Panelist Amy Rubin, Marketing Director, Sandisk Panelist Jackie Seto, Vice President, Product and Strategic Marketing, Lam Research	For this month's When She Speaks conversation, we will gather women who leverage the disciplines of sports - endurance, strength, flexibility, stamina, and perseverance - to address the daunting work-life demands imposed on women leaders in today's corporations. We will cover the challenges and opportunities that leadership presents and how the important practices of self-leadership and personal accountability help them to more effectively leverage their leadership style and inspire others to also lead with power, influence and integrity.
8/14/2008	The Value of Culture	Facilitator Cathy Light, Business Builders and Assessment Leaders Panelist Denise Herrick, VP of HR, Panasas Panelist Dr. Bee Ng, Director Learning and Development, Intuit Panelist Titina Ott, Vice President, Organizational Effectiveness & Managing Director of Women's Leadership, Oracle Panelist Mary Stanton-Stern, HR Director, EMC Corporation Panelist Erica Wright, Director of Human Resources, Life Sciences Solutions Unit, Life Sciences and Chemical Analysis, Agilent	Leaders define the overall direction of an organization, and whether it achieves results for its stakeholders and shareholders. How leaders conduct themselves, and communicate and work with those around them sets the tone for an organization�s culture. This month�s When She Speaks panel will profile examples and counterexamples of company cultures and share advice on how you, as a leader, from any chair, can positively impact the organization for which you work.
9/12/2008	The Feminine Face of Leadership	Facilitator Beata Lewis, Bridging Lives Panelist Azlina Ahmad, Director of Engineering, Cisco Panelist Jessica Chan, R&D Group Director, Cadence Panelist Karen Pieper, Director of Synthesis at Tabula, Inc. Panelist Samantha Thomas, CSO, Information Security, California State Department of Financial Institutions Panelist Kathleen Murtha, QA Automation Manager, EMC Corporation	The pre-dominant gender of leaders, particularly in the high tech sector, are males. But the questions arise: How are women who gravitate to technology fields different than their peers? What unique challenges do women leaders in science face? What do women need in order to succeed and lead in their chosen technology field? How can women technology leaders shape leadership practices to be more inclusive of others, including women?
10/10/2008	Women Leading Innovation	Facilitator Krista Henley and Rossella Derickson, Corporate Wisdom and SBODN Panelist Elizabeth Churchill, Principal Research Scientist, Yahoo! Research Panelist Penny Howie, Director of Training and Technical Support, Varian Medical Systems, Executive on Loan to United Way Panelist Janice Nickel, Senior Research Scientist, HP Laboratories Panelist Liz Rajaram, Director of Engineering, Cisco Network Management Panelist Sandra Toms LaPedis, AVP/GM, RSA Conference	Innovation' is today's buzzword - considered integral to an organization's culture, its competitive advantage. As women rise in leadership positions in the tech companies in Silicon Valley, how are they approaching the question of culture and innovation? How have they successfully navigated the challenges of advancement in today's high tech companies? What is their advice to the rest of us?
11/14/2008	Overcoming Adversity	Facilitator Mary Beth Deans, Douglas Partners Panelist Lilly Chung, Lead Client Service Principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP; Regional Managing Principal, Initiative for the Retention and Advancement of Women, Deloitte Panelist Pat Dando, CEO, San Jose Chamber of Commerce Panelist Sharon Durey, Training Manager, Field Development, Content Management and Archiving, EMC Corporation Panelist Natascha Thomson, Director of Global Ecosystem and Partner Marketing, SAP	As we have heard from many past sessions, the leaders and heroes of today had experienced and overcome much adversity before achieving success. This event invites successful women to share their tales of adversity and offer advice and inspiration for the rest of us as we face our own obstacles.
12/12/2008	Leveraging Diversity for Business Results	Facilitator Deepika Bajaj, Invincibelle Panelist Genevieve Haldeman, Vice President, Corporate Communications, Symantec Corporation Panelist Michelle Kerby, Sr. Manager; Technical Marketing and Communications, CTO Office, EMC Corporation Panelist Catherine Moore, Director of Business HR, Nokia Research Center Panelist Connie Osborne, Director of Business Development, Singer Lewak Panelist Preethy Padmanabhan, Director of Professional Development, iCON Inclusion & Diversity Group, Cisco Systems	This month, we will celebrate the successes of women leaders who foster diversity within their organizations and demonstrate how and why diversity stimulates innovation, engages teams, and delivers results. Our esteemed panel will share their success stories, talk about how they rose to positions of authority, despite representing diverging viewpoints, and provide advice on how to embrace diversity within a team and an organization.

See below for a list of program topics and facilitators for 2007. Register for any upcoming program by visiting http://www.acteva.com/go/FountainBlue by noon the day before the event.

Date	Title	Panelists
Friday, January 12	Succeeding in a Man's World	Patti Wilson, The Career Company Panliest Linda Prowse Fosler, Prowse-Fosler and Associates Panliest Francine Gordon, ATW and FGordon Group Panliest Mona Hudak, Cisco Panliest Praveena Varadarajan, Sun Microsystems
Friday, February 9	Healthy Lifestyle Choices	Facilitator Geetha Rao Panliest Lisa Jing, Cisco Systems, Integrated Health Initiative Panliest Julie Johnston, El Camino Hospital Panliest Linda Williams, Planned Parenthood Mar Monte
Friday, March 9	Women in Policy	Facilitator Leslee Guardino, Canyon Snow Panelist Cindy Chavez, former Vice-Mayor, City of San Jose Panelist Kathleen King, City of Saratoga City Council Panelist Liz Kniss, Supervisor, County of Santa Clara Panelist Bev Strand, Manager, Strategic Partnerships, Worldwide Diversity & Inclusion, Cisco, Member, California Commission on the Status of Women Panelist Michelle Wright-Conn, Cisco Global Policy and Government Affairs
Thursday, April 12	Leading with Power, Influence and Integrity	Facilitators Camille Smith, Work In Progress Coaching Panelist Michele Forte, Senior Director of Development, CARE Panelist Afsaneh Laidlaw, Senior Director of Engineering, Cisco Panelist Tammi Smorynski, Intel Capital Panelist Natascha Thomson, Senior Manager, Market Intelligence, EMC, Women's Leadership Forum at EMC
Thursday, May 10	The Mentors in Our Lives	Moderator Catherine Ngo, Startup Capital Ventures Panelist Joan Banich, Cisco Panelist Sheryl Chamberlain, Global Alliance Manager, EMC and Chair of Mentorship Program, ATW Panelist Carol Muller, MentorNet Panelist Eileen Sullivan, Cadence
Thursday, June 14	Optimizing Your Team	Moderator Rossella Derickson and Krista Henley, Corporate Wisdom and SBODN Panelist Sheryl Chamberlain, Global Alliance Manager, EMC, Director ATW Mentorship Program Panelist Vickie Grove, Development Director, Child Advocates Panelist Amy Heidersbach, Vice President, Product and Merchant Marketing, VISA Panelist Hali White, Director Process Excellence Office, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies
Thursday, July 12	Women at the Top of Their Game	Moderator Roberta LaPorte, RAL & Associates Panelist Lisa Felder, Team in Training, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Panelist Tracy Hughes, Global Lead for Cisco Sport and Entertainment Panelist Barbara Massa, Director of Recruiting Services, EMC Panelist Amy Rubin, Director, Digital Marketing Strategies and Programs, Intel Panelist Jackie Seto, Managing Director of SW, MEMS & 3D IC, Lam Research
Thursday, August 9	Corporate Social Responsibility and the Bottom Line	Moderator Theresa Wilson, Partner, Lighthouse Blue Panelist Brenda Hendricksen, AMD Panelist Tracy Meersman, EMC Panelist Joni Podolsky, Director of Community Programs, The Entrepreneurs' Foundation Panelist Kathy Wheeler, Senior Manager, Global Community Involvement, Cadence
Thursday, September 13	Leadership Styles: What's Gender Got to Do With It?	Moderator Bonita Banducci, Banducci Consulting Panelist Carolyn Crandall, Vice President Marketing and Channels, Seagate Panelist Pat Cross, VP, Career Management Consulting, Right Management Panelist Eileen Fussner, Vice President of Channel Sales for the Content Management & Archiving division, EMC Corporation Panelist Vinie Zhang, Vice President, Hitachi Corporate Ventures
Thursday, October 11	Women Leading Innovation	Moderator Beata Lewis, Bridging Lives Panelist Karri Carlson, Senior Product Manager, AOL, LLC Panelist Jenny Dormoy, Director Customer Deployability, EMC Panelist Joy Mountford, VP User Experience and Design, Yahoo! Inc. Panelist Marie Tahir, Director of Technology Innovation Group, Intuit
Thursday, November 8	Female Intrapreneurs	Facilitator Kimberly Wiefling, Wiefling Consulting Panelist Nina Bhatti, Senior Scientist, HP Labs Panelist Sheryl Chamberlain, Director, Global Alliances, EMC Corporation Panelist Cecily Joseph, Director of Corporate Responsibility, Symantec Corporation Panelist Diane Pennica, Senior Scientist in Molecular Oncology, Genentech
Thursday, December 13	Leveraging Diversity for Business Results	Facilitator Maria Hernandez, MGH Consulting LLC Panelist Sharon Durey, Training Manager, Inside Sales, EMC Corporation Panelist Wilma Flanagan, Partner and Managing Director for Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) Pacific Northwest Consulting Group Panelist Sharon Hughes, Director of HR, LifeScan Panelist Carin Taylor, Senior Manager of Global Diversity, Cisco

We are grateful to each of our 2006 facilitators and panelists for their participation and support and proudly acknowledge them below.

Date	Title	Panelists	Sponsored Nonprofit
Friday, May 12	Overcoming Adversity	Christine Comaford-Lynch, Mighty Ventures Linda Holroyd, FountainBlue	Support Network for Battered Women
Friday, June 9	Leaving a Legacy	Ann Tardy, LifeMoxie Jennifer Rowe, Community Foundation Silicon Valley	Community Foundation Silicon Valley
Friday, July 14	Empowering Others	Sally Pera, PeraConnect Ysabel Duron, KRON News Cindy Padnos, Outlook Ventures	Latinas Contra Cancer
Friday, August 11	Global Perspectives	Catherine Zinn, DLA Piper Michelle Messina, Explora International Catherine Ngo, Startup Capital Ventures	Global Women's Fund
Friday, September 8	Education is Fundamental: The Need for a Public-Private Partnership	Usha Sekar Geoff Ainscow, Sunnyvale School District Education Foundation Hillary Aitken, BUILD Anna Song, Santa Clara County Board of Education Paula Wasowska, Cisco Internet Business Solutions Group	Santa Clara County Office of Education
Friday, October 13	It Takes a Village: The Case for Collaborative Leadership	Katharine Fong, San Jose Mercury News Patricia Burbank, One World Children's Fund Dyan Chan, Lighthouse Blue Mona Hudak, Cisco	One World Children's Fund
Friday, November 10	Fostering Women Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries	Linda Alepin, Global Women Leadership Network Panelist Remi Matsumoto, Founder and President of the Hina Coral Restoration Network Praveena Varadarajan, Sun Microsystems	Global Women Leadership Network
Friday, December 8	Creating a Work-Life Balance	Michele Bolton, ExecutivEdge Jennifer Gill Roberts, Maven Ventures Jan Dukes-Schlossberg, Cisco Nivisha Mehta, El Camino Hospital Foundation Kristi Royse, KLR Consulting	El Camino Hospital Foundation

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