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Women Leaders as Architects of ChangeTuesday, October 7, 2014

Denver, CO

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Denver

Colorado Diversity Council presents

8:30AM - 11:30AM

Co-Title Sponsors

Our working culture thrives on diversity - the uniqueness that our people bring is a source of innovation and inspiration. Our cohesive project teams bring together a rich variety of skills, experiences and perspectives enabling us to be thought leaders in our chosen markets. We value inclusion and our ability to operate as ONE TEAM as a strategic advantage.

We actively seek to build on our diversity by attracting talented individuals from a wide range of cultural, geographic and educational backgrounds. Our priority is making sure that all our employees develop rewarding careers with us. Learn more about us or apply online for one of our many career opportunities: www.capgemini.com

Capgemini is an EEO/AA employer and provides equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, age, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, disability, citizenship status, genetics, or status as a Vietnam-era, special disabled and other covered veteran status.

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Welcome from the National Diversity Council

Dennis KennedyFounder & CEO, National Diversity Council

We are excited to welcome you to our Second Annual Denver Women in Leadership Symposium hosted by the National Diversity Council. This great event offers an opportunity for you to observe, learn network, and hear different perspectives from a diverse mix of executives who have made the climb up the “corporate ladder.” The theme for today’s symposium is “Women Leaders as Architects of Change.” You will gather a wealth of knowledge, experience, and expertise form some of the best female executives speaking on topics that will address the personal and professional challenges faced while successfully rising to the top in their respective organizations.

I encourage you to take the initiative to meet new colleagues, talk openly about today’s topics and exchange ideas. It is my hope that your experience today is rewarding and allows you to gain some insight as you reflect on your own goals and status, in effort to catapult you to the top in your career development.

We sincerely appreciate your attendance today in support of the Women in Leadership Symposium and the National Diversity Council. I would like to thank all of our planning committee members, program participants, and volunteers. Without each of you, this event would not be successful.

Dennis Kennedy


Corporate DiversityFIRST™ Award

The purpose of this award is to recognize organizations that have demonstrated outstanding achievements and sustained commitment to the pursuit of cultural diversity and inclusion in the community and workplace.

Nominations should reflect efforts and achievements in the field of diversity and inclusion by businesses, corporations, community groups or non-profit organizations. The efforts and achievements must have been demonstrated through specific work with other individuals or groups, or through a specific product, initiative, innovative program or activity that has a visible, tangible, or measurable impact that results in a truly inclusive environment where individuals are valued for their talent and are able to reach their full potential.

Criteria

• Developed and implemented an effective equal opportunity or affirmative action program as demonstrated by a diversified work force in which all persons are afforded oppotunities for employment and upward mobility, regardless of race, ethnic origin, gender, religion, age, sexual orientation, disability, or any other basis of discrimination.

• Exhibit visionary and insightful leadership to confront and resolve inequities through strategic decision-making, allocation of resources, and establishment of priorities.

• Improvement of equal opportunity and greater access to government and government services by multiracial, multicultural populations and increased citizen participation.

• Demonstrate a consistent pattern of an organizational commitment to the recruitment and retention of individuals of underrepresented populations.

• Cultivate and promote diversity initiatives that establish and foster a more inclusive and equitable work/learning. environment.

• Demonstrated continued corporate responsibility by devoting resources for the improvement of community at large.

Congratulations to our

Corporate DiversityFIRST™ Award Winner

Newmont Mining Corporation


National Diversity CouncilRepresentative

Angeles ValencianoPresident & EVP, National Diversity Council

Ms. Valenciano is a seasoned strategist with over 15 years in Human Resources, ten dedicated to Diversity, Organizational Change and Development. Ms. Valenciano has been recently appointed as president of the Healthcare Diversity Council. The mission of the Healthcare Diversity Council is to engage in dialogue with the healthcare community regarding inclusion and leadership best practices. A major goal is to build cultural awareness in the healthcare industry in order to create a positive impact on individuals, organizations and the community at large.

Ms. Valenciano was the National Diversity Council’s first Executive Director with responsibility to oversee the day-to-day operations of the corporation; implement policies as adopted by Board of Directors. As well as steering the Agenda of then 3 Diversity Council Chapters formed by HR Directors and Executives of various Corporate Member Organizations across Austin, San Antonio, Dallas and Houston. Under her leadership the Women in Leadership Symposium was created and is now a national event in over 12 States.

Prior to accepting the position of vice president of development with the TXDC, Ms. Valenciano was the director of diversity and inclusion for 84 Lumber Company, a private organization headquartered in Pittsburgh PA. As director, she provided leadership and direction in the infrastructure, design, formulation, implementation and execution of the organization’s overall diversity strategy, which included external communications, public relations and community engagement. She was also responsible for ensuring that business practices, processes and procedures to support 84 Lumber’s commitment to diversity and Inclusion were in place and effective. In addition, Ms. Valenciano was involved in the company’s business expansion into Mexico and Canada.

Active in charitable and civic affairs, Valenciano is a graduate of the Instituto Tecnologico Y de Estudios Superiores de San Luis Potosi located in the City of San Luis Potosi in Mexico with a Degree in Business and Computer Information Systems. Professional in Human Resources Certificate (PHR) from University of Villanova (Dec. 2003). She has completed various Leadership and Professional Development programs from ongoing continuous studies and associations across the country and abroad.


Panelists

Kathleen currently serves as Vice President of People & Culture at Trust Company of America, a Denver based software provider and asset custodian partner for Registered Investment Advisors. She is focused on building a competitive people and culture strategy that creates empowered teams, builds and retains top talent and positions the firm for future growth.

Previously, Kathleen served as Sr Manager of Business HR at Baxa Corporation. In this role, she integrated Baxa’s core principles to launch a new performance management system and led the company change management strategy following an acquisition by Baxter Healthcare. Kathleen has also held HR positions at EchoStar/DISH Network, The Home Depot, and High Speed Access Corp.

Kathleen is a graduate of Marymount University with a liberal arts degree concentrating on psychology and human development. Her certifications include the Six Sigma Greenbelt, Risk Management, SPHR, and Kenexa 360 Coaching.

KATHLEEN BRENKVice President of People and Culture, Trust Company of America

REBECCA ALEXANDER Partner, BakerHostetler

Rebecca Alexander’s practice consists of high-end family law and fiduciary/estate litigation for families with estates valued upwards of $5 million, routinely involving estates in the $25 million to $100 million range. She also frequently serves as a consultant for divorce lawyers on trust issues and she takes a hands-on approach in complex divorces involving substantial assets, business valuations, tax, and trust issues. Rebecca appreciates the many situations where the law intersects with personal relationships and, having reached positive outcomes in divorces involving some of Colorado’s wealthiest families, she understands the issues that can arise in high-profile divorce cases involving individuals with substantial community ties. Rebecca believes family disputes are best solved outside the courtroom, and brings diplomacy and creativity to the dispute resolution process while achieving outcomes not possible in court. Having drafted hundreds of marital agreements throughout the country, Rebecca utilizes insight from all aspects of her family law and estate litigation practice to individually help each client consider the types of provisions that can be most beneficial for them.

Rebecca is listed in The Best Lawyers in America© in the area of Family Law. She is a member of the firmwide Women’s Committee and Investment Committee, a member of the Denver office Executive Committee and is the office’s Finance Partner. In addition, Rebecca developed and chairs the GOT Initiative, a program designed to assist seven-plus year associates, counsel, and non-equity partners in their growth as business developers.


Panelists

SHERYL CHAMBERLAIN VP Global Partner Executive, EMC II – VMware – Pivotal – VCE, Capgemini

Sheryl is a global leader who brings together diverse groups of people to jointly create innovative solutions that achieve new levels of success for a company. She thrives on, tackling challenges of difficult, complicated problems. Moving easily between strategic planning and execution, she energizes and inspire others with a vision of what is possible.

Sheryl is a VP at Capgemini who oversees alliance strategy; go to market activities and co-innovation with EMCII, VMware, Pivotal and VCE. Prior to joining Capgemini, she worked at EMC for 14 years most recently as Senior Director, Strategic Initiatives at EMC in the Global Office of the CTO. Prior to working at EMC, Sheryl was CEO and President of LSE, Ltd, a business/technology consulting organization that provided IBM midrange solutions to customers. She began her career in finance rising through the ranks of auditor with Deloitte, internal auditor with Norton Simon and Controller & CFO with Johnson Carlier. Sheryl sits on the Board for the Association for Corporate Growth Silicon Valley, and the California Diversity Council. Sheryl has served as an international innovation judge for Hult Prize and MassChallenge. Her leadership has been recognized as a winner throughout her career, with accomplishments like Tribute to Women Award and California Diversity & Leadership Award.

Debbie Welle-Powell serves as the Vice-President of Accountable Health & Payer Strategies for SCL Health System, a $3B Health Care system with 9 hospitals spanning the states of California, Colorado, Kansas, and Montana. As a seasoned executive she leads the strategic and market activities for Accountable Health readiness while developing innovative products, services, and technologies that move the enterprise beyond optimizing reimbursement based on volume to optimizing care across the continuum, with the goal of

achieving the Triple Aim of lower costs at the highest value for our patients. Additional focus is on developing a vision, strategy and key tactics to support e-health business with leading e-health technology companies and industry based organizations.

Welle-Powell has more than twenty years-experience in healthcare executive positions within multi-state regions, integrated provider delivery systems and physician alignment strategies. She has extensive experience leading mergers and acquisitions and developing reimbursement strategies supporting full global capitation, professional services risk, PCMH, and bundled payments contracts with employers, carriers and state and federal agencies. She led the efforts at Saint Joseph Hospital in Denver, Colorado to be selected as one of four Demonstration Sites across the country with CMS to test the bundled payment in cardiology services. This work led to again being chosen by Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation Center to test bundled orthopedic services across five care sites in several states.

She has a proven track record of developing effective external partnerships and relationships with national and local leaders, Federal and State legislators and policy makers, health plans, brokers and consultants, businesses, chambers and other organizations. She is often asked to speak at national, state and local conferences, chambers, businesses, brokers, hospitals, physicians and employer groups. She earned her undergraduate degree in Sociology from Moorhead State University and her Masters in Public Affairs from University of Colorado.

DEBBIE WELLE-POWELL Vice-President, Accountable Health & Payer Strategies, SCL Health System


Panelists

MAGGIE ANDERSON Senior Vice President, Apex Division, DaVita

Maggie Anderson is Senior Vice President of DaVita Apex Division. She came to Davita with extensive operational leadership and private equity experience. Prior to joining DaVita, Maggie was the President of Biomet 3i, a global dental implant company based in Palm Beach. She was a member of the senior leadership team at TPG, a private equity fund in San Francisco from 2006-2009. At TPG, she led the complex carve out of Fenwal, the transfusion therapy business, from Baxter.

Prior to joining TPG, Maggie was a member of the senior team of AlixPartners. While there, she led the operational turnarounds of New World Pasta and dj Orthopedics, as well as the operational restructuring of LTV Steel and Kmart. From 1998 to 2001, she was a Principal with Caledonia Group, a lean manufacturing consulting firm serving private equity. From 1988 to 1998, Maggie was with GM Powertrain in a variety of leadership positions within operations, engineering and product development. She received an M.B.A. from Wright State University and a B.S. from General Motors Engineering & Management Institute.

Nancy Lipson was elected Vice President, Deputy General Counsel in February 2013, after having served as Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary since January 2010 in the substantive areas of commercial litigation, employment advice/litigation and executive compensation legal advice. Ms. Lipson’s role expanded to also include responsibility for global ethics and compliance. Additionally, she serves as the Executive Sponsor for one of Newmont’s Business Resource Groups and is unwavering in her advocacy and support of diversity and inclusion related efforts. From July 2005 to January 2010,

Ms. Lipson was Assistant General Counsel. Prior to joining Newmont in July 2005, she was Senior Counsel for Sports Authority, and Qwest Communications and an associate with the law firm of Otten, Johnson, Robinson, Neff & Ragonetti, P.C. She earned a law degree from University of California, Hastings College of the Law in 1995 and received a Bachelor of Arts in political science from Colorado College in 1991.

NANCY LIPSON Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, Newmont Mining Corporation

Ruthanne K. Orihuela entered her role as Academic Dean for the Center for Arts & Humanities at Community College of Denver in June 2013 after having served as Department Chair for Performing Arts and Humanities at the Community College of Aurora since 2010. Prior to entering higher education administration, Ruthanne taught college-level Spanish for ten years at several four-year institutions. In her role at the Community College of Denver, Ruthanne provides college leadership and oversees the disciplines of English, Journalism, Visual Art, Graphic Design, English as a Second Language, World Languages,

Humanities, Literature, Philosophy, and Communication. Community College of Denver’s Confucius Institute is also housed within the Center for Arts & Humanities. Ruthanne earned a Master’s degree in Spanish Linguistics from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 2001 and a Bachelor’s degree in Spanish from the University of Idaho in 1999. A mother of six year old twins, she works to balance her two fulltime jobs as dean and mom while also working toward a Ph.D. in Higher Education Student Affairs Leadership from the University of Northern Colorado.

RUTHANNE ORIHUELADean, Center for Arts & Humanities, Community College of Denver


8:00 a.m. -8:30 a.m. REGISTRATION, CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST, & NETWORKING

8:30 a.m. -8:35 a.m. WELCOME & RECOGNITION OF SPONSORSAngeles Valenciano — President & EVP, National Diversity Council

8:35 a.m. -8:45 a.m. CO-TITLE SPONSOR REMARKSNewmont Mining Corporation and Capgemini

8:45 a.m. -8:55 a.m. DIVERSITYFIRST™ AWARD RECOGNITIONNewmont Mining Corporation

8:55 a.m. -9:00 a.m. INTRODUCTION OF PANELISTSAngeles Valenciano — President & EVP, National Diversity Council

9:00 a.m. -9:15 a.m. A WOMAN’S SECRET TO SUCCESS: DEVELOPING & BALANCING SELF-CONFIDENCEKathleen Brenk — Vice President of People and Culture, Trust Company of America

Self-confidence is extremely important in almost every aspect of our lives. People who lack self- confidence struggle to achieve success at work and in their personal life. But the good news is that self- confidence can be learned and developed by following some concrete steps. With the right amount of confidence, people are able to take informed risks and stretch themselves to reach their goals.

9:15 a.m. -9:30 a.m. GENDERED LEADERSHIP: HOW TALENTED WOMEN THRIVERebecca Alexander — Partner, BakerHostetler

Today, women make up half of the U.S. workforce. They start careers in business and other professions with the same level of intelligence, education, and commitment as men. However, according to Catalyst, women in Fortune 500 Companies only make up 16.9 percent of board of directors, 14.6 percent of executives and 4.6 percent of CEOs. There is a significant gap.

Schedule of Events


9:30 a.m. -9:45 a.m. PURPOSEFUL LIFE: LIVING AND FOLLOWING YOUR DREAMSDebbie Welle-Powell — Vice-President, Accountable Health & Payer Strategies, SCL Health System

Clarity, focus and direction are essential to understanding what you really want – and to taking the steps to make it happen. Find out what female leaders in today’s workforce have done to achieve their dreams and to create a more successful life of meaning, fulfillment and purpose.

9:45 a.m. -10:00 a.m. QUESTION & ANSWER SESSION I

10:00 a.m. -10:10 a.m. BREAK

10:10 a.m. -10:25 a.m. LEADERSHIP BEYOND SURVIVOR: USING THE POWER OF ALLIANCESSheryl Chamberlain — VP Global Partner Executive, EMC II – VMware – Pivotal – VCE, Capgemini

According to the National Association of Working Women, women still face multiple challenges in the workplace: a culture that minimizes and trivializes their problems, patronizing coworkers, critics who say their efforts will lead to catastrophe, and the risk that they will be pitted against one another. This discussion will focus on harnessing the power of alliances to lead more effectively. Winning takes collaboration and support from others. As in the show Survivor, the winners have strong allies.

10:25 a.m. -10:40 a.m. LEAN IN: THE GOOD AND THE BAD Nancy Lipson — Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, Newmont Mining Corporation

The publication of Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead sparked a heated national debate. This discussion will focus on Sandberg’s contributions to the discussion of gender equality in the workplace as well as address criticisms of the novel.

Schedule of Events


10:40 a.m. -10:55 a.m. STOP PLAYING SAFE: COURAGEOUS ACTIONS TO CREATE A BRIGHTER FUTUREMaggie Anderson — Senior Vice President, Apex Division, DaVita

In her latest book, Stop Playing Safe, Margie Warrell argues that we often know what we want to do but fail to do it because of fear of putting our vulnerability on the line. While not particularly fulfilling, wesee the status quo as an easier and less scary option. There is proof of this as advances in brain imaging technology show that human beings are wired to avoid risk. It is easier to settle with the status quo than to take courageous action and make a change. But that leaves us with restricted opportunities to develop our potential and achieve our aspirations.

10:55 a.m. -11:10 a.m. GREAT LEADERSHIP: CREATING CHANGE FOR THE BETTERRuthanne Orihuela — Dean, Center for Arts & Humanities, Community College of Denver

Whether you are a company or an individual going through a transition, change can be difficult. It can also profoundly reduce an organization’s performance and productivity. People need support and guidance when going through major changes, which can range from mergers and acquisitions to transitioning into new leadership positions or changing careers. Great leadership is key to overcoming obstacles and creating transformational change.

11:10 a.m. -11:25 a.m. QUESTION & ANSWER SESSION II

11:25 a.m. -11:30 a.m. CLOSING REMARKS/ADJOURN

Schedule of Events


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We are proud to be a sponsor of the 2014 Colorado Women in Leadership Symposium

Newmont is committed to enhancing the representation and contributions of women and building a diverse workforce, which we believe is fundamental to our success.

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