BAY AREA DIVERSITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT CONFERENCE AGENDA
CALIFORNIA DIVERSITY
Nicole Howard
President, Bay Area Diversity Council WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2007
Supplier Diversity Advocate
Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) 11:00 am to 7:00 pm Registration Open – Yorkshire Room, Second Floor
1:00 pm to 4:00 pm Pre-Conference Mentoring Summit – Elizabethan Room B, Second Floor
Dear Participants,
6:00 pm to 7:30 pm Reception – California West Room, Second Floor
It is my distinct honor and privilege to welcome you to the California
Diversity Council’s (CADC) Inaugural Diversity & Leadership
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2007
Conference. As President of the Bay Area Diversity Council, I want to thank you for
your participation and this opportunity promote the importance of diversity and
inclusion in California. 7:00 am to 4:00 pm Registration Open – Registration Area, Mezzanine Level
8:45 am to 9:45 am Pre-Conference College Diversity Summit – Grand Ballroom, Mezzanine Level
The CADC is a collaborative network of organizations throughout Northern
California representing the private, public and education sectors. We are committed 9:45 am to 11:45 am West Coast Collegiate Diversity Job Fair – California West Room, Second Floor
to inclusion and the transformation of our workplace and community environment
9:00 am to 11:30 am Pre-Conference Summits – Mezzanine and Second Floor Level
to one where all individuals are valued, respected and are motivated to develop and
contribute their talents. Council members include Human Resources, Supplier and
12:00 pm to 1:30 pm Conference Kick Off Keynote Speaker Luncheon – Grand Ballroom, Mezzanine Level
Corporate Diversity leaders who advocate the importance of engaging our senior
leaders in promoting inclusion as a business strategy. The Council also consists of
educators and community advocates who recognize inclusion as an imperative for
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the economic sustainability of this region. The staff and board members are
committed to providing value-added services to our organizations and our 1:45 pm to 2:55 pm Concurrent Sessions – Mezzanine and Second Floor Level
surrounding communities.
3:15 pm to 4:25 pm Concurrent Sessions – Mezzanine and Second Floor Level
The 2007 California Diversity & Leadership Conference offers each of us an
4:35 pm to 6:00 pm Reception – California West Room, Second Floor
invaluable opportunity to learn from inspiring speakers. In addition, our breakout
sessions are designed to share knowledge and best practices in the areas of
workforce diversity, supplier diversity, marketing to diverse communities, corporate
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2007
citizenship, and leadership development.
7:00 am to 1:00 pm Registration Open – Mezzanine Registration Area
I would like to express my appreciation to the conference committee and conference
chairs for organizing this wonderful event, and recognize our founder Mr. Dennis 9:00 am to 10:10 am Concurrent Sessions – Mezzanine and Second Floor Level
Kennedy for bringing his vision of the Diversity Council to California. I would also
10:30 am to 11:40 am Concurrent Sessions – Mezzanine and Second Floor Level
like to thank all of the sponsors whose generous contributions made this conference
a distinguished event. 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm Keynote Speaker Luncheon – Grand Ballroom, Mezzanine Level
Finally, I thank you for supporting this event. I hope you find it interesting and
rewarding. GEENA DAVIS- ACADEMY AWARD WINNING ACTRESS
1:30 pm Conference Ends
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DIVERSITY SUMMITS COLLEGE STUDENT DIVERSITY SUMMIT & JOB FAIR
CALIFORNIA DIVERSITY
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 19, 2007 1 PM TO 4 PM
Mentoring Summit
Elizabethan B Room Second Floor Level Special College Events hosted by:
Dr. Rita S. Boags, Ph.D. Dr. Price Cobbs Jim Newman Van Gatlin
Principal CEO (former head of State Farm Supply Chain Manager
Leadership Technologies, LLC Pacific Management Systems California Mentoring Program) Intel Corporation
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 20, 2007 8:45 AM TO 9:45 AM
College Diversity Summit
Grand Ballroom Mezzanine Floor Level COLLEGE DIVERSITY & LEADERSHIP SUMMIT
Special College Events hosted by: Abercrombie & Fitch
SEPTEMBER 20, 2007
Todd Corley, Vice President Diversity and Inclusion Abercrombie & Fitch
Major McIntyre, Founder & President Psalm 23 Ministry
8:45 am to 9:45 am Student Summit – Grand Ballroom,
Mezzanine Level
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 20, 2007 9 AM TO 11:30 AM
Speakers: Major McIntyre, Founder & President
\"Crash\" the Movie: A Dialogue on Race
Psalm 23 Ministry
Georgian Room Mezzanine Floor Level
Dr. Lora Villarreal, Ph.D. Dr. Julia Waiyan So, Ph.D. Jamey Seely Wallace Greene Dr. Ralph Carmona
Todd Corley, Vice President Diversity
Chief People Officer Director of Vice President Director, Global Director of Government
& Executive Vice President Community Develpoment and General Counsel Diversity & inclusion and Community Affairs and Inclusion Abercrombie & Fitch
Affiliated Computer Dallas County U.S. Direct Energy Microsoft Sacramento Municipal
Services, Inc. Community Colleges Utility District
Diversity in Higher Education
COLLEGE DIVERSITY JOB FAIR
Elizabethan B Room Second Floor Level
Dr. Juan Sanchez Munoz NewName 9:45 am to 11:45 am California West Room, Second Floor
Associate Provost and Special New entry to go here
Assistant to the President New entry to go here
Texas Tech University New entry to go here 1:30 pm to 4:00 pm Individual job interviews
California Law Firm Diversity
Elizabethan A Room Second Floor Level
TARGETED COLLEGES
Deborah J. Broyles Michelle Ballard Miller Warren Loui
Partner Managing Partner Partner
Thelen, Reid & Priest, LLP Miller Law Group Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, LLP
Winston-Salem State University of California Berkeley
University of Texas-Dallas Loyola University Chicago
University of California San Francisco State University
HealthCare Diversity Summit
Olympic Room Second Floor Level
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Title Title Title Title
Company of Employment Company of Employment Company of Employment Company of Employment
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CONCURRENT SESSIONS CONCURRENT SESSIONS
CALIFORNIA DIVERSITY
Concurrent Sessions September 20, 2007 Concurrent Sessions September 20, 2007
9:00 am to 11:30 am 3:15 pm to 4:25 pm
OUR DIVERSE VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES: ARE THEY READY TO SHAKE, RATTLE & ROLL?
CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY: INNOVATIVE STRATEGY TO ATTRACT DIVERSE INVESTOR,
Borgia Room Second Floor Level
EMPLOYEE & CONSUMER SEGMENTS
Hampton Room Second Floor Level
Moderator: Sandi Swiderski Director Prepare Bay Area
Speaker: Kellie A. McElhaney, PhD Consultant Professor & Executive Haas School of Business University of
Panelists Michael Wong Manager Asian Preparedness & Youth
Director Center for Responsible California- Berkeley
Madelyn Mackie Program Manager Prepare Bay Area
Business
Jesus Verduzco Manager Latino Community Preparedness
Karen Chan High School Student Burton High School
CREATE A NETWORK OF COACHES, MENTORS AND SPONSORS (PANEL DISCUSSION)
1:45 pm to 2:55 pm Elizabethan A Room Second Floor Level
BUILDING CULTURAL COMPETENCIES THROUGH STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS
Moderator: Dr. Rita S. Boags, Ph.D. Principal Leadership Technologies, LLC
Hampton Room Second Floor Leve
Speaker: Mori Taheripour Diversity Consultant Panelists: Lia Shigemura Chief Diversity Officer ABM Industries
Ophelia B. Basgal Vice President of Civic Partnership Pacific Gas and Electric Company
MULTICULTURAL MARKETING CASE STUDY FROM A TO Z and Community Initiatives
Victorian Room Second Floor Level Tuan Tran Vice President Marketing & Sales for Hewlett Packard
Imaging & Printing Division
Speaker: Prentice Parrish CEO Cerebro Communications
Angeles Valenciano Director of Diversity & Inclusion 84 Lumber
DIVERSITY RECRUITING STRATEGY: INCREASING THE DIVERSITY PIPELINE
Elizabethan A Room Second Floor Level
CREATNG MIRACLES THROUGH INCLUSION - THE MASTERS TELL ALL (PANEL DISCUSSION)
Elizabethan B Room Second Floor Level
Speaker: Carmen M. Carter Founder and Chief Executive Officer Multicultural Womens Council
Moderator: Cathy Campbell Employee Development & Inclusion Charles Schwab
SMART WOMEN TAKE RISK (PANEL DISCUSSION)
Elizabethan B Room Second Floor Level
Panelists: Phyllis Jackson Senior Vice President of Diversity Countrywide Home Loans
Moderator: Paula McHam Director, Client Management Cigna HealthCare Lisa Toppin Vice President, Employee Charles Schwab
Development & Inclusion
Panelists: Mary Cranston Chair Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Nigel Henry President & Founder Mastery Unleashed
Caryl Athanasiu Executive Vice President & Deputy Wells Fargo Bank
Head Compliance & Enterprise Risk
Management
WHAT WOMEN NEED TO KNOW ABOUT CLIMBING THE CORPORATE LADDER (PANEL DISCUSSION)
Olympic Room Second Floor Level
Helen Vu Vice President of SLCR Workplace CSAA
Programs & Services
Moderator: Paula McHam Director, Client Management Cigna HealthCare
Lora Villarreal Ph.D. Chief People Officer and Executive Affiliated Computer Services, Inc.
Vice President Panelists: Annette Carnegie Partner Morrison & Foerster, LLP
Kristin Gannon Managing Director Goldman Sachs
Dimetria Jackson Senior Vice President,General First American
DIVERSITY BEST PRACTICES (PANEL DISCUSSION)
Counsel, Secretary
Olympic Room Second Floor Level
Heather Mayo Vice President, Merchandising Sam's Club
Moderator: Antoinette Salvadori Director, Diversity The Walt Disney Studios
Panelists: Steve Leder Director of Diversity Pacific Gas and Electric Company DIVERSITY STRATEGY – CREATING YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN
Bill Ingham Director of Global Talent Acquisition The Clorox Company Victorian Room Second Floor Level
and Diversity
Nereida Perez Chief Diversity Officer KPMG
Speaker: Glenda Shelby Vice President of Diversity and ACCOR
Diane K Bauer Director of CA Diversity & Inclusion CISCO Systems, Incorporated
People Department
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CONCURRENT SESSIONS CONCURRENT SESSIONS
CALIFORNIA DIVERSITY
CONCURRENT SESSIONS SEPTEMBER 21, 2007 CONCURRENT SESSIONS SEPTEMBER 21, 2007
9:00 am to 10:10 am 9:00 am to 10:10 am
EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP SKILLS (PANEL DISCUSSION) MENTOR YOUR FUTURE: DEVELOP TOMORROW'S LEADERS TODAY
Elizabethan A Room Second Floor Level Oxford Room Second Floor Level
Speaker: Leslie Rapp Vice President Programs MENTTIUM Corporation
Moderator: Hul Kenney National Sales Manager Employment Screening Services
Panelists: Dr. Roland Smith Associate Provost Rice University
10:30 am to 11:40 am
Gary Hill Vice President & Chief Ethics Officer. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Peter Welch President & General Manager of Our Cigna HealthCare
MAKING DIVERSITY WORK÷AN INDIVIDUAL PERSPECTIVE
Oakland California
Oxford Room Second Floor Level
Michele Ballard Miller Managing Partner Miller Law Group
Speaker: Elizabeth A. Campbell Partner & Chief Diversity Officer Andrews Kurth, LLP
DIVERSITY BEST PRACTICES (PANEL DISCUSSION)
Elizabethan B Room Second Floor Level DIVERSITY & ANGLO MALES: WHAT'S IN IT FOR THEM (PANEL DISCUSSION)
Elizabethan A Room Second Floor Level
Moderator: Antoinette Salvadori Director, Diversity The Walt Disney Studios
Moderator: Hul Kenney National Sales Manager Employment Screening Services
Panelists: Eddie Freeman Vice President, Diversity The Staubach Company
Panelists: Michael Carrillo President CPGJobs
Paul Odanaka Director of Diversity Chilis Bar & Grill
Rodney Morris Senior Vice President HR Recruiting Fired Up
Ron Whitley Chief Diversity Officer Cushman & Wakefield
& Performance Development
Diane K Bauer Director of CA Diversity & Inclusion CISCO Systems, Incorporated
Budd Bowen Manager, Diversity & EEOC KCI
Dr. Roland Smith Associate Provost Rice University
WOMEN \"TAKE CARE\" , MEN \"TAKE CHARGE\" THE CORPORATE VERSION OF DADDY'S LITTLE GIRL
AND MOMMAS BOY (PANEL DISCUSSION) WOMEN OF COLOR ROUNDTABLE (PANEL DISCUSSION)
Georgian Room Mezzanine Floor Level Elizabethan B Room Second Floor Level
Moderator: Paula McHam Director, Client Management Cigna HealthCare Moderator: Carmen Carter Founder and Chief Executive Officer Multicultural Womens Council
Panelists: Evelyn Dilsaver Executive Vice President Charles Schwab
Panelists: Marc Lowe Vice President & General Manager Adaptec
Charles Schwab & President & CEO
forEmerging Business & Corporate
Charles Schwab Investment Management
Development
Ingrid Moore Senior Vice President Wells Fargo
Lora Villarreal Ph.D. Chief People Officer and Executive Affiliated Computer Services, Inc.
Wholesale Banking
Vice President
Stacey Bryant President OPTIMA
Kelly Edwards Vice president , Talent Development NBC Universal
Lora Villarreal Ph.D. Chief People Officer and Executive Vice Affiliated Computer Services, Inc.
Laura Hodges Taylor Partner Goodwin Procter,LLP
President
DIVERSITY IN THE NEW GLOBALIZED WORLD BALANCING CAREER AND FAMILY (PANEL DISCUSSION)
Olympic Room Second Floor Level Georgian Room Mezzanine Floor Level
Speaker: Marco Helles Regional Director, Stockholm Region, Swedish Red Cross Moderator: Kathy Doan HRIS Consultant Regional Banking Wells Fargo
Sweden Human Resources
Panelists: Angela B. Cox Assistant General Counsel The Coca Cola Company
Renee Gallegos Director of Training and Development The Ryland Group
BUILDING BRIDGES: LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER PEOPLE IN THE WORKPLACE (PANEL DISCUSSION)
Christal Morris Regional Director of Leadership Time Warner Cable
Borgia Room Mezzanine Floor Level
Roseanne Saccone Senior Vice President, Worldwide BEA Systems, Inc.
Marketing
Moderator: Vicki Lynn Cartwright Diversity Manager JCPenney Co., Inc.
Panelists: natoyiniinastumiik Discrimination Incvestigator San Francisco Human Rights DRIVING CHANGE IN, NOT TALENT OUT
Commission Olympic Room Second Floor Level
Rodney Morris Senior Vice President HR Recruiting & Fired Up
Performance Development Speaker: Freada Kapor Klein, Ph.D. Pioneer in Organizational Level Playing Field Institute
Fernando Serpa Director Of Diversity & Inclusion JCPenney Co., Inc. Development, Human Resources,
Lia Shigemura Chief Diversity Officer ABM Industries and Diversity Consulting
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SEPTEMBER 20TH, LUNCHEON KEYNOTE SPEAKER SEPTEMBER 21ST, LUNCHEON KEYNOTE SPEAKER
CALIFORNIA DIVERSITY
Christopher Gardner Geena Davis
Chief Executive Officer Academy Award-winning
Christopher Gardner International Holdings Actor
C A
hristopher Gardner is the owner and CEO of Christopher cademy Award - winner Geena Davis is one of Hollywood's most
Gardner International Holdings with offices in New York, sought-after actors. In 1989, Davis received an Academy Award for
Chicago, and San Francisco. Surmounting acute obstacles on his Best Supporting Actress for her role as the offbeat dog trainer Muriel
road to success, Gardner is an avid motivational speaker, Pritchett in Lawrence Kasdan's The Accidental Tourist. She was again
addressing the keys to self-empowerment, beating odds, and nominated for an Academy Award and Golden Globe for her performance
breaking cycles. Gardner is also a passionate philanthropist as Thelma in Ridley Scott's Thelma and Louise, in which she co-starred
committed to many charitable organizations. with Susan Sarandon
The amazing story of Gardner’s life was published as an autobiography, The Pursuit of Davis Received Golden Globe nominations for Best Actress for her portrayals of a political
Happyness, (Amistad/Harper Collins) on May 23, 2006, and became a New York Times #1 speech writer in Speechless, a film which she also co-produced, and as a baseball
bestseller. Gardner is also the inspiration for the movie The Pursuit of Happyness, phenomenon in A League of Their Own.
released by Columbia Pictures on December 15, 2006. Will Smith stars as Gardner, and
Davis made her feature film debut starring opposite Dustin Hoffman in Tootsie. She then
Gardner is an associate producer. The movie was #1 at the box office its opening weekend.
went on to star in such films as The Fly, Beetlejuice, Earth Girls are Easy, Angie, The Long
Always hard working and tenacious, a series of circumstances in the early 1980’s left Kiss Goodnight, and Stuart Little.
Gardner homeless in San Francisco and the sole guardian of his toddler son. Unwilling to
On television, Davis is currently starring as the first female President of the United States
give up Chris Jr. or his dream of financial independence, Gardner started at the bottom.
in \"Commander-in-Chief.\"
Without connections or a college degree, he earned a spot in the Dean Witter Reynolds
training program. Often spending his nights in a church shelter or the bathroom at a Bay
Davis, a member of the genius society Mensa, is also a trustee of the Women's Sports
Area Rapid Transit station in Oakland, Gardner was the sole trainee offered a job at Dean
Foundation, and supports Title IX and girls' participation in sports through her own
Witter Reynolds in 1981. He spent 1983-1987 at Bear Stearns & Co., where he became a
website, GeenaTakesAim.com.
top earner, and then in 1987, he founded the brokerage firm Gardner Rich & Co in Chicago.
Although she took up the sport in 1997, Davis was one of only 32 women to qualify to
Gardner reaches out to many programs serving the homeless, donating time, assistance,
compete in the 2000 Olympic Trials for archery. She attained the rank of thirteenth in
and funds. Foremost among these are the Glide United Methodist Church in San
the nation the next year.
Francisco and The Cara Program in Chicago. At Glide, Gardner assists with fundraising,
donates clothes and shoes, and speaks at services and events. He is also involved in a plan Davis is also the founder of SeeJane, a program to dramatically increase the percentages
to revitalize and provide new housing in the neighborhood around Glide. At Cara, which of female characters - and to reduce gender stereotyping - in media made for children 11
assists the homeless and at-risk populations in Chicago with comprehensive job training and under. See Jane seeks to engage professionals and parents in a call to dramatically
and placement, Gardner speaks at counseling sessions, assists with permanent job increase the percentages of female characters - and to reduce gender stereotyping - in
placement, and also donates clothing and shoes. media made for children 0 - 11.
Chris Gardner’s remarkable story of struggle, faith, entrepreneurialism, and fatherly The project is a collaboration between an Advisory Board of media professionals and
devotion has catapulted him beyond the notoriety he has found on Wall Street. He has educators and Geena herself, and is administered by the respected national non-profit
been featured on the Evening News with Dan Rather, 20/20, Oprah, Today Show, The Dads & Daughters. Research, education, activism and collaboration are the project's
View, Entertainment Tonight, CNN, CNBC, Fox News Channel as well as being the subject hallmarks as they work hand-in-hand with professionals to improve children's earliest
of profiles in numerous newspapers and magazines including People, USA Today, media exposure from the inside out.
Associated Press, New York Times, Fortune, Jet, Reader’s Digest, Trader Monthly, Chicago
Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, The New York Post and the Milwaukee Journal
Sentinel. He is also a highly sought-after speaker.
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