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PROGRAM FACILITATORS AFTERNOON PROGRAM Welcome & Overview Rotating Table Discussions Informal Networking & Reception WOMEN’S NETWORKING May 11, 2015 4–6 p.m. UC Irvine Pacific Ballroom A & B Mandy Mount Director UCI Campus Assault Resources & Education [email protected] Kathy Dotson Assistant Director, Marketing UCI Career Center [email protected] Brittany Slater-Gautreau Senior Associate Clarity Capital Partners TABLE 16 Brittany is a Financial Advisor who specializes in helping Entrepreneurs and Business owners navigate their financial needs & goals for their business and personal lives. She also works in Business Development and Marketing for Clarity Capital Partners. [email protected] Davina Samuel Vice President Union Bank TABLE 15 A native New Yorker, Davina has a genuine commitment and zeal toward community and humanitarian activism. She possesses a desire to make the world a better place through collective efforts that seek the development of human potential from both individual and community perspectives. [email protected] Alexandra Steinberg Senior Counsel Sauer & Wagner, LLP TABLE 17 A frequent lecturer on employment law matters, Alexandra is a former adjunct professor at USC Gould School of Law. She has authored & edited several publications and has been a television legal expert. For several years she was the principal of her own law firm, and recently joined a boutique firm with a broader litigation practice. [email protected] Christina Zabat-Fran Manager of Legal Affairs St. John Knits TABLE 18 As the in-house attorney for St. John Knits, Christina works with the brand’s business stakeholders to provide legal advice on a variety of apparel manufacturing, distribution, and retail-related issues. She could be negotiating a celebrity sponsorship deal one minute, and drafting a trademark license with a partner in a new country overseas the next. [email protected] PROFESSIONALS
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PROGRAM FACILITATORS
AFTERNOON PROGRAM
Welcome & Overview
Rotating Table Discussions
Informal Networking & Reception
WOMEN’S NETWORKING
May 11, 20154 –6 p.m.
UC IrvinePacific Ballroom A & B
Mandy MountDirector UCI Campus Assault Resources & Education
Kathy DotsonAssistant Director, MarketingUCI Career Center
Brittany Slater-GautreauSenior AssociateClarity Capital Partners
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Brittany is a Financial Advisor who specializes in helping Entrepreneurs and Business owners navigate their financial needs & goals for their business and personal lives. She also works in Business Development and Marketing for Clarity Capital Partners.
Davina SamuelVice PresidentUnion Bank
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A native New Yorker, Davina has a genuine commitment and zeal toward community and humanitarian activism. She possesses a desire to make the world a better place through collective efforts that seek the development of human potential from both individual and community perspectives.
Alexandra SteinbergSenior CounselSauer & Wagner, LLP
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A frequent lecturer on employment law matters, Alexandra is a former adjunct professor at USC Gould School of Law. She has authored & edited several publications and has been a television legal expert. For several years she was the principal of her own law firm, and recently joined a boutique firm with a broader litigation practice.
Christina Zabat-FranManager of Legal AffairsSt. John Knits
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As the in-house attorney for St. John Knits, Christina works with the brand’s business stakeholders to provide legal advice on a variety of apparel manufacturing, distribution, and retail-related issues. She could be negotiating a celebrity sponsorship deal one minute, and drafting a trademark license with a partner in a new country overseas the next.
PROFESSIONALS
Pat BurnsExecutive Director & Co-FounderOrange County Children’s Book Festival
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• Non Profit and For Profit Executive • Brand and Marketing Expert • Investor Relations • Education Advocate • Film Reviewer • Published Author • Celebrity Journalist • Mom and Grandmother
Andrea LandisFounder and CEOA. Jayne Writes
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Andrea is a writer and coach who helps women get the jobs, titles and salaries they deserve through authentic and confident personal storytelling. She provides coaching and courses to young professional women ready to tap into the power of their stories to make the careers they truly desire and deserve their real-life realities. [email protected]
Leslie MartinezMembership & Events CoordinatorMcDermott & Bull
TABLE 11 Leslie coordinates all aspects of 25+ large and small-scale networking events per month and manages the marketing campaigns for each. She also works with channel partners to communicate group offerings and to recruit new members for the Executive Network.
Gina HeitkampCEOiBesties: Middle School Moguls
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As co-founder and CEO of iBesties: Middle School Moguls, Gina runs the day to day operations and strategy including product launches, manufacturing, investor relations and sales. Also an entrepreneur, Gina has created businesses in many industries ranging from apparel to technology. [email protected]
Marcelle HolmesAssistant Vice Chancellor UCI Wellness, Health & Counseling Services
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• College professor• Psychologist in campus mental health
centers• Psychologist in private practice• Student Affairs administrator
Diane KennedyNurse PractitionerUCI Student Health Center
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Diane is the Women’s Health Care Nurse Practitioner at the Student Health Center, where she provides health care to female undergraduate and graduate students.
Nancy ChristianoPartner Altitude 7 Group
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Nancy Christiano is a master connector, visionary, strategist and public relations expert focusing on national & international business development. Her expertise is in management and coalition building at the grassroots, state, national and international levels in business and non-profit sectors. [email protected]
Rachelle DavisSenior Software EngineerBlizzard Entertainment
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Rachelle works on the server, client and database code for a digital collectible card game called Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft. She partners with artists, producers, game designers, and many others to bring this game to life for millions of players across the globe.
Brianna DongPlant EngineerNBTY
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Brianna Dong is a Plant Engineer for NBTY, a regional technical resource serving two different sites in California for improving overall equipment effectiveness of manufacturing equipment as well as facilities improvements.
Mary BowersFashion Designer, President & Founder Eat! Be Mary!, Inc.
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Known throughout the Major League Eating universe as the “Chanel of Bechamel”, Mary designs fashion accessories to celebrate the culinary disciplines in which she competes. She is currently at #36 on the Major League Eating World Rankings list.
[email protected] EatBeMary.com
Suni GayleIndependent ConsultantSuni Gayle Coaching & Consulting
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As a consultant, Suni creates e-learning and instructor-led training programs for corporations. As a Personal and Business Coach, she helps people achieve the goals and dreams that they are unable to reach on their own. Suni is also the project manager of the Women’s Journey [email protected]
Jessica PridePartnerThe Pride Law Firm
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Jessica is an attorney who represents victims of sexual assault or sexual harassment in civil court, helping them to obtain justice and compensation for their pain and suffering. She has been practicing law for 8 years and has been a partner at her firm for 2 years.
Stephanie Reyes- TuccioDirectorUCI Center for Educational Partnerships
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Stephanie provides leadership and direction for a range of programs that work with teachers, K-12, Community College and undergraduate students with the goal of increasing the higher education success of first generation, underrepresented and low-income students.
The Women’s Empowerment Initiative is dedicated to empowering the next generation of women leaders in a global society to increase their influence, make distinctive contributions and take charge within their sphere of influence.
www.studentaffairs.uci.edu/wei O�ce of the Vice Chancellor
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Judy B. RosenerRetired Professor30 years at UC Irvine
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Judy’s research interest is about men & women in the workplace, and why women tend to be devalued. Her work has been published in the Harvard Business Journal and her book, titled America’s Competitive Secret Weapon: Women Managers, is published by Oxford Press.
[email protected]/~rosener
