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The Women in Business Roundtable (WIBR) has been a Chamber signature program for dynamic, achievement-oriented businesswomen since 1993. WIBR is the most successful ongoing networking event of its kind in the country, supported by over 40 Bay Area women's organizations. If you are interested in speaking at a Women in Business Roundtable Click Here. Click here for current events. 2008 events Please check back for upcoming events in 2010! Updated by Admin on December 16, 2009This event has been postponed! Updated by Admin on September 10, 2009
Find Your Work/Life Balance A panel discussion moderated by Leslie Milloy, Sr. Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer, San Francisco Chamber of Commerce
Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009 5-5:30 Registration/Networking 5:30-7 pm Program
SF Chamber Boardroom 235 Montgomery Str., 12th Floor
Sponsored by
More and more women are struggling with the competing demands of meeting work obligations and caring for loved ones. America exceeds all other industrialized countries in average hours at work. And in an economic downturn there is competition at work and often more and more pressure at home. The time crunch we experience every day can leave us with a feeling of being off center or unbalanced and may be affecting our ability to feel successful. Understanding that Work-Life Balance does not mean an equal balance is an important criterion for finding our center. Trying to schedule an equal number of hours for each of your various work and personal activities is usually unrewarding and unrealistic.
Knowing that your individual work-life balance will vary over time is critical to success. The right balance for you today may be different for you tomorrow. Your center when you are single will be different when you marry, or if you have children or aging parents; when you start a new career versus when you are nearing retirement. There is no perfect, one-size fits all, balance you should be striving for and it is important to remember that the center is different for each of us.
But it is not all bad news, and we have plenty of successful women in the workplace to show us the way. In this panel discussion you will meet 3 successful women, all from Wells Fargo, who are at different stages of their private and professional careers and who have achieved their own individual center.
Panelists: Gabe Lucey, Vice President Business Direct Lucey assumed her current position supporting the small business segment, focusing on growth strategies, in 2006. She began her career with Wells Fargo as a private Banker in 1998 and has worked in small business marketing. She supports over 150 stores in the San Francisco Bay Area. Lucey graduated in 1995 from Santa Clara University and is the mother of 3 children under 6 years of age.
Jennifer MacCloskey, Sr. Vice President, Marketing Director for the San Francisco Bay Region MacCloskey has responsibilities for 150 stores in San Francisco, Marin, San Mateo, Santa Clara and parts of Santa Cruz Counties. In her role, she is responsible for the creation, development and collaborative execution of Marketing and Sales Programs. She manages sponsorships, events, targeted customer communications, leads programs and media. MacCloskey assumed her current role in July 2004. She began her career with Wells Fargo/First Interstate in 1992 as a teller in Portland. She is actively involved in the community and serves on several non-profit boards. Jennifer earned a bachelor’s degree in Communications from University of Oregon and is the mother of 2 teenagers.
Wendy Haller, Vice President Mission-Coastal Market President, San Francisco Bay Area Region In her role, she is responsible for 14 stores in North Peninsula and outer San Francisco and more than 300 team members. Haller began her career at Wells Fargo as a teller. Throughout her career at the bank, she has held a number of positions including district manager, store manager, assistant manager, service manager and personal banker. Wendy earned her B.A. in social sciences from UC Berkeley.
Moderator: Leslie Milloy, Sr. Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer, San Francisco Chamber of Commerce Milloy is responsible for the strategic marketing, membership, events, programs and small business initiatives for the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce. Milloy began her tenure as a Chamber executive in 2001, after having held headquarter marketing management positions at AT&T and American Express. A San Francisco resident for more than a decade, she also serves as the Vice President of the San Francisco Small Business Network, Chair of the Presidio Middle School School Site Council, is an active member of the National Charity League and the mother of two daughters, a teen and a tween.
Cost is $25 for Chamber members and $35 for non-members if paid by Sept. 28; $5 additional after Sept. 28 and at the door.
Cancellations must occur 48 hours in advance to receive a refund. For more information, contact Nadia Chan at 415-352-8803.
Speak Up and Be Heard Updated by Nadia on June 15, 2009with Victoria Squier, communication consultant and executive speaking coach, Speakeasy, Inc. Tuesday, July 21, 5:30-7 pm San Francisco Chamber of Commerce How you say something is just as important as what you say. We tend to forget that. Few of us have had instruction in speaking; we’re self taught. We develop ways of speaking by imitating our parents, siblings, friends, and teachers. We form habits, many of which do not work for us as women in the business world. Most of us are unaware of how we can use our body language, our voices, and our manner of speaking to communicate our message. Women often find they are communicating in stereotypic patterns that do not help them look or feel as if they have the right, the ability, and the option to be powerful or to be strong leaders. Some of the most common communication mistakes women make are being too soft spoken, speaking hesitantly, not being clear and concise (rambling), holding back physically as they speak, racing through what they need to say, and looking timid or apologetic. In this interactive workshop, Victoria will demonstrate some simple options that you can practice with other attendees to become a more effective and compelling communicator. By practicing these simple things, you will begin to look and feel more powerful. You’ll learn what it takes to SPEAK UP AND BE HEARD.
Victoria Squier, communication consultant and executive speaking coach, addresses all of these issues with her clients. Victoria works with business executives from Fortune 500 companies from all over the world. For the past 25 years, she has been helping people become more powerful, engaging, and effective communicators by focusing on their speech, their voices and the way they hold and use their bodies as they speak.
Cost is $25 for Chamber members and $35 for prospective members if paid by July 16. Additional $5 after July 16 and at the door. Cancellations must occur 48 hours in advance to receive a refund. For more information please contact Nadia Chan at 415-352-8803. Women in Business Networking Mixer Updated by Nadia on April 8, 2009Tuesday, April 21, 2009 Please note venue change. New venue:
Take this opportunity to network and make new contacts with achievement-oriented professional women and women business-owners at the Women in Business Networking Mixer. Save the date to sip wine and mingle while enjoying an eclectic ambiance of Roots Restaurant. Cost is $20 for Chamber members and $30 for prospective members if paid by April 16. Additional $5 after April 16 and at the door. Cancellations must occur 48 hours in advance to receive a refund. For more information please contact Nadia Chan at 415-352-8803. Speed Networking for Business Updated by Nadia on April 8, 2009Thursday, May 14 235 Montgomery Street, 12th Floor Find it difficult to connect with the right people at networking events? Not meeting as many people as you could because you are caught in one long converation? Hesitant to walk up and start a conversation with someone new?
Here’s how it works: In the beginning of the session Debra will share her expert networking tips with the group. Then each pair will have a few minutes to introduce themselves and their company. You will explain what you are looking for or the value of your products/services, and then switch. After meeting with everyone on the opposite side of the room, we will break for informal networking over complimentary wine and light hors d’oeuvres.
Our group facilitator is Debra Mugnani Monroe, President of Monroe Personnel Service, LLC / Temptime.
Debra has always loved connecting people. Since 1982, Debra has assisted hundreds of Bay Area businesses in meeting their staffing needs. A native San Franciscan, Debra received a Juris Doctorate from the University of California at Davis and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History and French from the University of California at Berkeley. She founded Monroe Personnel Service in 1987. Monroe was ranked in the San Francisco Business Times’ Bay Area’s Top 150 Fastest Growing Privately Held Companies list for 2000 and 2001. Cancellations must occur 48 hours in advance to receive a refund. For more information please contact Nadia Chan at 415-352-8803. Get Noticed! How to get referrals, build your client base, and expand your business by making a name for yourself Updated by Nadia on February 20, 2009With Jill Lublin, CEO, Promising Promotion Thursday, March 19, 2009 San Francisco Marriott
In this exciting, fun, interactive presentation based on Jill Lublin’s upcoming book, Get Noticed, attendees will learn just that – how to get noticed! Learn how to:
Cost is $25 for Chamber members and $35 for prospective members if paid by March 16. Additional $5 after March 16 and at the door. Cancellations must occur 48 hours in advance to receive a refund. For more information please contact Nadia Chan at 415-352-8803. Media Sponsor Our Hearts. Our Choice. Finding Balance in Our Busy Lives. Updated by Nadia on January 27, 2009With Patty Fukami, Head of Global Finance Operations at Visa, Inc. Wednesday, February 18, 2009 Hyatt Regency San Francisco
Join Patty Fukami, Head of Global Finance Operations at Visa, Inc, as she shares the importance of balancing a career through networking, family and community involvement. In the spirit of the Go Red for Women movement, Fukami will explore the ways how you can map out a successful and fulfilling future by making the right choices.
Media Sponsor Cost is $25 for Chamber members and $35 for prospective members if paid by Feb. 16. Additional $5 after Feb.16 and at the door. Cancellations must occur 48 hours in advance to receive a refund. For more information please contact Nadia Chan at 415-352-8803. |
Lublin is the author of two national best selling books, Guerrilla Publicity (which is considered the PR bible and is used in university marketing courses), and Networking Magic (which went to #1 at Barnes and Noble). She is a renowned strategist and international speaker, who teaches powerful publicity, networking, and how to be influential techniques. As the CEO of the strategic consulting firm, Promising Promotion, Lublin has trained companies in innovative techniques to improve bottom line results. She has recently been featured in the New York Times, Woman’s Day, and Entrepreneur Magazine, as well as on ABC, NBC, CBS radio and TV national affiliates. Lublin’s third book, Get Noticed…Get Referrals was just published by McGraw-Hill and she is the host of a new TV show called Messages of Hope.
Fukami is the Head of Global Finance Operations of Visa Inc., responsible for the development and execution of key finance operation functions including accounts payable, billing operations, financial systems strategy, client incentives, legal entity management, and quality control and productivity improvement. Prior to joining Visa Inc., she worked as the Chief Financial Officer at both the Bar Association of San Francisco, and Dominican University of California. With over 25 years experience as a financial manager, her career includes 17 years at Bank of America as a Vice President of Finance. Fukami currently serves on the board of Delta Dental of California and the American Heart Association as well as the American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women Leadership Committee and chaired the Annual Luncheon in 2008. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from San Francisco State University.