May 9, 2015 UCSD Faculty Club What Science Can Do

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May 9, 2015 UCSD Faculty Club What science can do

Ardea Biosciences is Proud to Support the Association for Women in Science (AWIS)

Ardea Biosciences, Inc. is located in San Diego, California and is a member of the AstraZeneca Group. Ardea is leading the development of AstraZeneca’s gout portfolio, including lesinurad and RDEA3170. Ardea is committed to using innovative science to discover and develop small-molecule therapeutics for the treatment of serious diseases.

Welcome to the 2015 Women in Science and Technology (WIST) Conference presented by the Association for Women in Science, San Diego Chapter (AWIS-SD). The theme for WIST 2015 is “Passion and Purpose: The Pathway to Success.” This theme rings true because one cannot easily achieve success without the twin pil- lars of passion and purpose. In today’s program, we will listen to inspirational speakers who have achieved great heights in their personal and professional lives. In addition, we will present the annual AWIS-SD scholarships to seven accomplished female scholars who are earning their degrees at institutions of higher learning throughout San Diego County. (FYI, our chapter has presented over 75 scholarships since 1996.) We encourage you to actively participate in discussions and networking, to share your experiences, dreams, and lessons learned at today’s conference.

Established in 1983, AWIS-SD is one of the largest chapters of Association for Women in Science (AWIS), a nationwide professional society that champions the interests of women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). With over 200 active members, our chapter’s diverse membership is comprised of women and men who are students and professors, entry-level interns and executives, researchers and business entrepreneurs, and many more. Due to the efforts of our dedicated volunteer members, AWIS-SD organ- izes a variety of activities throughout the year, including professional development workshops, social events, networking, as well as community outreach science activities for students of all ages. AWIS-SD appreciates our generous sponsors whose support helps us to present programs and scholarships. WIST is our flagship event and serves our members as well as the greater STEM community. Launched in 1993 as the Women in Biosciences conference, WIST 2015 is our 13th event and we are delighted that you are joining us.

If you are not already a member, we encourage you to join AWIS-SD, participate in our activities, and serve on one of our volunteer committees. You will become part of an incredibly supportive network and have opportunities to gain new career-enhancing skills as a committee member. Visit www.awissd.org to learn more about AWIS-SD membership, programs, leadership, and volunteering.

Please enjoy this amazing event filled with top notch speakers, workshops, and networking. May this conference enable you to find your Passion and Purpose on your Pathway to Success! Many thanks to all the outstanding volunteers, speakers, and sponsors who have made WIST 2015 possible and who embody the mission of AWIS-SD. Welcome to WIST 2015!

Grace Nakayama President, AWIS San Diego

Please fill out the WIST 2015 survey at www.wist2015.org 3 Corporate Sponsors

Gold Sponsors

Ardea Biosciences UCSD Extension

Silver Sponsors

Celgene Corporation CareFusion

Hera Hub

Bronze Sponsors

Sony Computer Entertainment America Trilink BioTechnologies Vertex Pharmaceuticals Hologic Beckman Coulter Foundation WD-40 Qualcomm

Friends

FEI Kyowa Hakko Kirin

4 AWIS-San Diego Chapter

AWIS San Diego (AWIS-SD) is committed to supporting the advancement of women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields through facilitation of professional networking, mentoring, and leadership opportunities. 1. Membership is open to any individual, woman or man , who supports the advancement of women in STEM fields. 2. AWIS-SD offers monthly professional development, mentoring, and networking events. 3. AWIS-SD is one of the largest chapters of National AWIS with >200 active members. 4. Over 50% of AWIS-SD members hold an advanced degree in the life and physical sciences, mathematics, social sciences, or engineering. Approximately 50% work in academia, 40% in industry and 10% in service companies. 5. AWIS-SD offers competitive scholarships each year to community college, undergraduate and graduate women pursuing science-related degrees in San Diego County. 6. AWIS-SD maintains an active outreach program with local schools and educational organizations, including Expanding Your Horizons Girls’ Conference, San Diego Festival of Science & Engineering, career panel discussions for undergraduate women, and awards to top entries by young women in the Greater San Diego Science and Engineering Fair. 7. AWIS-SD hosts social events such as the AWIS-SD Scholars Celebration, happy hours, holiday social, family events, and an open house as a forum to recognize our dedicated volunteers and introduce the San Diego community to our organization. 8. AWIS-SD activities, such as the highly acclaimed biennial Women in Science and Technology (WIST) Con- ference, receive national attention. 9. AWIS-SD members-only benefits include: a. Bimonthly Strategy Sessions promote professional/personal development and facilitate networking and mentoring. b. AWIS-SD LinkedIn group facilitates networking via online discussions with fellow chapter members. c. AWIS-SD Coffee Clubs provide a forum for interactive, topical peer group discussions. Mid-Career and Back to Work Coffee Clubs meet at regular intervals. d. AWIS-SD Leadership Network supports peer networking and mentoring for members at the As- sociate Director/Professor/equivalent career level and higher. e. Free admission to most events and discounted rates for our Scholars Celebration, WIST Confer- ence and Holiday Social. 10. AWIS-SD positively influences present and future workforce development within STEM fields in San -Di ego County! AWIS San Diego Chapter PO Box 178096, San Diego, CA 92177 [email protected] www.awissd.org

2015 AWIS Board Members President: Grace Nakayama Treasurer: Christina Niemeyer Past President: Dorothy (Dody) Sears Past-Treasurer: Corine Lau Secretary: April Cresse Member at large: Supriya Gaitonde Member at large: Kristina Henthorn Member at large: Amy Duncan 5

WIST 2015 Schedule

Registration 7:30 - 8:30 am Continental Breakfast - Generously Sponsored by CareFusion

Welcome Remarks by AWIS-SD President Dr. Grace Nakayama 8: 30 - 8:40 am

Dining Room

Morning Plenary Address: “Invention & Reinvention: Academia, Government, Military & Industry Collaborating to Grow san Diego’s Innovation Economy”

Dr. Mary L. Walshok 8:40 - 9:40 am

Dining Room

(Page 10) 9:40 - 10:00 am Break Workshop A TRACK III - EMERGING SCI- TRACK I - PURPOSE TRACK II - PASSION ENCE Antibodies Against Ebola Women and Power Finding Your Passion Virus: The Roadmap and the VIC 10:00 - 11:00 am (Short Lectures) (Workshop) (Lecture)

Dr. Pamela Smith Pam Reyes Dr. Erica Ollmann Saphire Dr. Bess Marcus Dining Room Lounge Atkinson Pavilion

(Page 15) (Page 16) (Page 17) 11:00 - 11:15 am Break Workshop B TRACK III - EMERGING SCI- TRACK I - PURPOSE TRACK II - PASSION ENCE

Navigating Your Passions: How to Start & Manage Advocating For Yourself Our Changing Ocean Your Successful Business & Non-Profit 11:15 am - 12:15 pm (Panel) (Lecture) (Lecture)

Diane West Jenni Prisk Dr. Margaret Leinen Dr. Velia Fowler Susan Howington Dining Room Lounge Atkinson Pavilion

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12:15 - 1:15 pm Lunch in the Courtyard

Afternoon Plenary Address: “AWIS Strategic Plan 2015-2017”

Dr. Ann Lee-Karlon 1:15 - 2:15 pm Dining Room

(Page 11) 2015 AWIS-SD Scholarship Presentations

2:15 - 3:00 pm Dining Room

(Page 12) 3:00 - 3:15 pm Break Workshop C TRACK III - EMERGING SCI- TRACK I - PURPOSE TRACK II - PASSION ENCE

Leadership, Future Female Balancing Your Passions: Leadership Wireless Technology Work/Life Satisfaction Women‘s Leadership Lab

3:15 - 4:15 pm (Workshop) (Panel) (Short Lectures)

Dr. Tina Beranbaum Dr. Masako Murai Dr. Todd Coleman Amy Bernal Raee Dasnurkar Liza Blumenfeld

Dining Room Lounge Atkinson Pavilion

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4:15 PM Closing Remarks and Networking Reception in the Courtyard

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TRACK II PASSION

TRACK I PURPOSE LUNCH AND NETWORKING KEYNOTE SESSION SPEECHES

TRACK III: EMERGING SCIENCE

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WIST Committee Co-Chairs Linda Manza Robina Shaheen Corporate Sponsorship Committee Facilities Committee Supriya Gaitonde Melanie Nelson (co-chair) Radhika Gopal Dorothy Sears (co-chair) Emily Greene Virginia Hazen Erilynn Heinrichsen Scholarship Committee Laura Ruff Julia Bordowitz Kathleen Ogilvie (co-chair) Risa Maruyama Broyer Kerstin Kirchsteiger (co-chair) Eileen Collyer Renee Garza Eva Goellner Public Relations Committee Juliati Rahajeng Jenya Antonova Robina Shaheen Amy Duncan Tobey Tam Danielle John Varykina Thackray Lin Chien Huang Olive Yu Maki Kaneko Laura Cervino (c0-chair) Kerstin Kirchsteiger Erna van Niekerk (co-chair) Aditi Singh Yashashree Joshi (co-chair) Gloria Lefkowitz (co-chair) Speakers Committee Registration Committee Emily Greene Kerstin Kirchsteiger Alyson Smith Karrie Kwok Dominique Lenoir (co-chair) Lorena Martin Sophia Tsai (co-chair) Georgina Salazar Robina Shaheen Publications Committee Jean Spence Elizabeth Clark Aniko Hastings (co-chair) Jennifer Kuo Anna Tanguma (co-chair) Grace Nakayama Rosemarie Walter (co-chair) Lori Yang Yashashree Joshi (chair)

Website Committee Barbara Armstrong Mindy Sam Davis Tracy Duong Kristina Henthorn Elizabeth Clark (co-chair) Maki Kaneko (co-chair) 9 Morning Keynote Speech

Mary L. Walshok, PhD is an author, educator, research- er, and Associate Vice Chancellor for Public Programs and Dean of Extension at the University of California San Diego.

She is the author of more than 100 articles and reports on aligning workforce development with regional economic growth. She has authored and co-authored Blue Collar Women (1981), Knowledge Without Boundaries (1995), Closing America’s Job Gap (2011), Creating Com- petitiveness: Entrepreneurship and Innovation Policies for Growth (2013) and Invention and Reinvention: The Evolution of San Diego’s Innovation Economy (2013), Public Universities and Regional Growth: Insights from the University of California (2014) and the Oxford Hand- book of Local Competitiveness (forthcoming 2015).

An industrial sociologist studying the dynamics of re- Speaker: Mary Walshok, PhD gional economic transformation, with a particular focus Associate Vice Chancellor for Public on how globalization and rapid changes in technology Programs and Dean of Extension at the are affecting the social dynamics and economic challeng- University of California, San Diego es of regions across America, Walshok has researched various communities with support from the U.S. Depart- “Invention & Reinvention: Academia, Gov- ment of Labor, NSF, and the Lilly Endowments. She is ernment, Military & Industry Collaborating currently engaged in research on binational innovation to Grow San Diego’s Innovation Economy” dynamics. Location: Dining Room She oversees a $45 million, 250-employee division that Time: 8.40-9.40 am annually serves more than 65,000 enrollees through innovative local and online programs, as well as provides access to a vast array of intellectual resources through the award-winning UCSD-TV and nationwide through UCTV, which reaches over 22 million households and mil- lions more around the globe on the Web. The Division also serves more than 3,000 foreign students annually.

A co-founder of the San Diego Dialogue in the 1990s, a program focused on opportunities in the San Diego- Tijuana region, she currently serves on the boards of San Diego CONNECT (which she helped found in 1985), the United States-Mexico Foundation for Science, the International Community Foundation, La Jolla Playhouse, Olivewood Gardens and the Girard Foundation. 10 Afternoon Keynote Speech

Ann Lee-Karlon, PhD serves as President and Chair of the Board of Directors for the Association of Women in Science (AWIS), based in Washington, D.C.

Dr. Lee-Karlon also serves as Senior Vice President at Ge- nentech. At Genentech, Dr. Lee-Karlon leads Portfolio Management and Operations with oversight for over 35 drug development teams in the pipeline across multiple therapeutic areas, including oncology, immunology, oph- thalmology, infectious diseases, and neuroscience. She heads business operations for the R&D division. Prior to joining Genentech in 2002, Dr. Lee-Karlon was a venture leader at Eli Lilly. She has served as a senior scientist in bio- tech in La Jolla, California and interned at UBS investment bank in London.

Dr. Lee-Karlon holds an MBA from Stanford University, BS in Bioengineering from the University of California at Berke- ley, and PhD in Bioengineering from the University of Cali- Speaker: Ann Lee-Karlon, PhD fornia at San Diego as a National Science Foundation (NSF) President, AWIS National Senior Vice President, Genentech Research Fellow. She completed an NSF international postdoctoral fellowship at the University College London. She Title: “AWIS Strategic Plan 2015-2017” holds U.S. and international patents in vascular tissue engineering. Dr. Lee-Karlon also serves on the Board of Trust- Location: Dining Room ees for the Genentech Access to Care Foundation, one of Time: 1.15- 2.15 pm the top foundations in the U.S. by total giving.

11 About AWIS-SD Scholarship Program

The AWIS-SD Scholarship Program strives to encourage and reward aspiring women scientists pursuing their degrees at San Diego colleges and universities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).

AWIS-SD scholarships have supported community college, undergraduate, and graduate women in San Diego County pursuing their degrees, conducting research projects, or assisting with additional educational expenses, with an emphasis on STEM fields where women are underrepresented. The fields of study of past and current scholarship recipients include: Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Computer Science, Engineering, Materials Science, Mathematics, and Experimental Psychology. Each recipient receives a $1000 Scholarship Award.

Since 1996, AWIS-SD chapter has awarded over 75 scholarships thanks to the generosity of our corporate sponsors. Past AWIS-SD scholarship recipients have continued their education and enjoyed success in their chosen careers.

In 2015, over 150 applications were received, and we are delighted to present AWIS-SD scholarships to seven deserving and exceptional women scholars. We wish them success in their future endeavors!

Congratulations! Scholarship Recipients- 2015

Christine Wittich is pursuing her Ph.D. in structural engineering, where she focuses on understanding and predicting the seismic response of free- standing structures as well as guiding best practices for mitigation efforts. Christine has received NSF’s Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) fellowship. She traveled to Florence, Italy, where she conducted physical surveys to understand the underlying issues of some of the oldest and most vulnerable statues. Christine has also incorporated undergraduate mentoring as part of her research within the broader Jacobs School of Engineering. She hopes to run a laboratory of her own one day and continue a career in academia.

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Christine Rahal is pursuing her degree in Mathematics at Palomar College, where she hopes to pursue a Ph.D. in biochemistry. Due to her passion for science, she has worked with several excellent faculty mentors who have inspired, encouraged and guided her towards a career in science. Christine is also participating in a unique program at CSUSM, which provides undergraduates demonstrating exemplary academics in STEM an opportunity to assist faculty in math and science courses. As her advisor has stated, “I know implicitly that Christine will become a pillar of encouragement upon which other females will gain much needed support, thereby opening their eyes to their true scholarly and professional potential” – Joseph Lennox, Ph.D.

Riley Evans is pursuing her B.S. degree in mathematics at the University of San Diego. She developed a passion for education in mathematics and has been selected to the Preceptorial Assistant Council at USD. She also took part in research projects during her freshman year and has presented her findings at Creative Collaborations at USD and the Mathematical Association of Amer- ica (MAA) Meeting; and later at the MMA mathfest in August 2014. Her work focused on tracking lead through the body, where she built a three-compart- ment model and represented it with a system of linear differential equations. She solved several problems, both manually and with the use of MATLAB, and applied MATLAB to show the behavior of the solutions. Riley plans to conduct summer research in applied mathematics, which will provide insight into which type of research she would like to pursue for a future Ph.D. thesis.

Erika Johannessen is completing her B.S. degree in physics & biophysics at the University of California, San Diego. She has been conducting undergraduate research in the lab of Dr. David Kleinfeld, searching for potential projections from motor cortical areas to the premotor nuclei in the brainstem that drive chewing. Identification of such projections would help answer ques- tions on whether two actions (say licking and chewing) were coordinated at the level of cortex or at the level of the brainstem. Using viral tracers, she has been able to locate the three dimensional brain coordinates where the initiation of rhythmic chewing occurs. Erika is now working on simulating the electrical properties of the brain by implanting a stainless steel electrode into the mouse cortex and recording jaw movements on camera. Erika has also been involved in community, organizing physics symposiums between UC Irvine and UCLA. She hopes to pursue a MD/PhD to 13 further her career in science. Scholarship Recipients- 2015

Kimberly Bowes’ great passion for various designs of buildings and bridge structures got her into the prestigious 5-year BS/MS Structural Engineering Program at UC San Diego. Currently, she is on her 4th year and ranked among the top 5% of her peers. Last summer, she completed her first internship with Fuscoe, a civil engineering firm located in Irvine, CA and got certified as Engineer in Training; which is the first step towards professional licensure. She has already secured a second internship for next summer with Parsons Transportation Group, working in the Bridge and Tunnel Division. She is also very active in several organizations, such as UCSD’s Society of Civil and Structural Engineers and Society of Women Engineers. Kimberly is expected to graduate with her B.S. degree in 2015 and M.S. degree in 2016.

Julia Hammett is enrolled in the Psychology Master’s program at SDSU with the goal of obtaining a Ph.D. in clinical psychology and becoming a professor at a research-oriented university. She volunteers at the San Diego Center for Community Solutions, a non-profit organization with the mission of ending relationship and sexual violence. Currently, she works in the Youth Violence Pre- vention Laboratory and has 3 manuscripts that are either in press or accepted for publication, 5 that are currently under review, and has accumulated a total of 10 research conference presentations. Her research focuses on examining risk and protective factors and consequences associated with intimate part- ner violence (IPV). In her future Ph.D. research, she would like to examine antecedents and outcomes of relationship distress.

Daniella Bardalez is pursuing her Ph.D. in Astrophysics at the University of Cal- ifornia, San Diego. She did her undergraduate degree at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where she conducted research under Dr. Adam Burgasser. Her current research focuses on the identification and characteri- zation of binary systems of brown dwarfs. Brown dwarfs are objects with a mass intermediate between stars and planets (about 8%), which does not al- low them to create the conditions necessary to ignite hydrogen fusion in their cores. As a consequence, they cool and dim over time, becoming brightest in infrared wavelengths. As one of the very few women in the physics department at UCSD, she believe it is important to create a supportive community of women who are role models for the next generation of female scientists. Daniella has volunteered at many outreach events, including Camp Ciencia, 14 organized by the Institute of the Americas at UCSD. Workshop A-Track I- Purpose

Workshop A - Track I : Purpose - Women and Power Speakers: Dr. Pamela Smith and Dr. Bess Marcus

Location : Dining Room Time: 10.00-11.00 a.m

Pamela K. Smith, Ph.D., is currently Assistant Professor of Management and Strategy at the Rady School of Management at the University of California, San Diego.

Her research primarily focuses on the social cognition of power: how lacking versus having power affects the way individuals think and behave. She also studies the subtle cues individuals use (consciously or nonconsciously) to de- termine their own and other people’s level of power. She received her PhD in social psychology from New York University.

Bess H. Marcus, Ph.D., is Professor and Chair of the Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, and the Senior Associate Dean for Public Health at the University of California, San Diego. For more than 25 years, Dr. Marcus has conducted research on physical activity behavior, and has published more than 225 articles on this topic. Dr. Marcus developed a series of assessments for understanding the stages and processes of exercise behavior change, and has also developed interventions to promote moderate-intensity physical activity in community, workplace, and primary care settings. She has participated in American Heart Association, American College of Sports Medicine, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and National Institutes of Health panels which have created the recommendations on the quantity and intensity of physical activity necessary for health benefits. Dr. Marcus is currently Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator on 11 grants from the National Institutes of Health and the American Cancer Society. Her work increasingly focuses on promoting physical activity in underserved and vulnerable populations.

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Workshop A -Track II : Passion - Finding your passion Speaker: Pam Reyes

Location : Lounge Time: 10.00-11.00 am

Pamela Reyes is an expert at working with professionals to identify their true talents and build them into strengths, then align what they do with who they are so their life begins to flow – allowing them to be the best contributor to their work, family and community. Pam spent more than 20 years in corporate America in various international leadership roles working with Fortune 500 companies such as Sun Microsystems, Hitachi Data Systems, Accenture and EDS, traveling regularly within the US, Japan and South America.

She understands all too well what it’s like to strive, lead, achieve; and at times feel overwhelmed and undervalued. After years of corporate and societal pressures to be and act a certain way to fit in, she began to lose touch with who she really was and what her greatest strengths are. Pam also experienced some major life transitions which lead her to question her pri- orities and ultimately decide to re-discover her true talents, “own her value” and create the life she desired. That was the catalyst that drove her to follow her true calling and inspire others to do the same.

Co-founder of Savvy Women by Design, Pam teaches and mentors high achieving professionals to own their value and reach their greatest potential. Believing so many people lose touch with who they really are and what they’re good at, Pam is an expert at identifying, focusing on and then maximizing a person’s true talents so they lead from a position of strength and live their life on purpose, not by accident.

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Workshop A -Track III : Emerging Sciences Antibodies against the Ebola Virus: The Roadmap and the VIC Speaker: Dr. Erica Ollmann Saphire

Location : Atkinson Pavilion Time: 10.00-11.00 am

Erica Ollmann Saphire, Ph.D. is a Professor of Immunology and Microbial Science at The Scripps Research Institute. Her research explains how and why viruses are pathogenic and provides the roadmap for medical defense. Her team has explained how the viruses drive themselves into cells, how they suppress immune function, where human antibodies can defeat them, as well as the structure of the entire human antibody itself.

A recent discovery expanded the central dogma of molecular biology by proving that certain viral proteins actually rearrange into different structures at different times for different functions. Her work has been recognized with the Presidential Early Career Award in Science and Engineering, an Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease and a Career Award in the Biomedical Sciences from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund, by young investigator awards from the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and the American Society of Microbiology, and by the Surhain Sidhu award for the most outstanding contribution to the field of diffraction by a person within five years of the Ph.D. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology, serves on the Scientific Leadership Board of the Global Virus Network and is the Director of the Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Immunotherapeutic Consortium. This organization, the VIC, united the field into a single force to understand and provide antibody therapeutics against Ebola, Marburg, Lassa and other viruses.

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Workshop B -Track I : Purpose - Advocating For Yourself Panelists: Diane West, Dr. Velia Fowler, Susan Howington

Location : Dining Room Time: 11.15-12.15 pm

Diane West co-founded 2Connect in 2000 because she saw a need to help professionals present with cla- rity and deliver with confidence. She brings nearly 25 years of training and coaching experience to each and every 2Connect engagement. Diane and her team have been fortunate to share their expertise with national and international clients such as Genentech, Thermo Fisher Scientific, The Food Network, Heidrick and Struggles and General Atomics.

Prior to starting 2Connect, Diane served as Vice Pre- sident of Tamayo Consulting, Inc., a leadership training firm. In that capacity, she designed and delivered training for companies such as Baxter Healthcare, Kyocera and Idec Pharmaceuticals. Prior to Tamayo Con- sulting, Diane led the training department of a multi-million dollar nationwide services company, Rescue In- dustries. Diane holds a BA in Economics from San Diego State University and certifications in AchieveGlobal, Leadership Management, Inc., Myers-Briggs and Temperament.

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Velia M. Fowler has been a Professor at The Scripps Research Institute for over 25 years and was recently named Associate Dean of the graduate program and acting Chair of the Cell and Molecular Biology Department. She received a B.A. from Oberlin College in 1974, and then worked with Daniel Branton and D. Lansing Taylor in graduate school at Harvard University to obtain her Ph.D. in 1980. She then studied as a postdoctoral fellow with Vann Bennett at Johns Hopkins Univer- sity School of Medicine before obtaining a faculty position as an Assistant Profes- sor in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at Harvard Medical School in 1984. Velia moved to TSRI in 1987, where she has continued studies of actin fila- ment dynamics and regulation by tropomodulins and tropomyosins in diverse cell types. She has published over 100 papers, mentored over 25 graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, organized numerous scientific conferences, and is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Biological Chemistry.

Susan Howington is an expert in the Executive Career Transition and Career Management field, applying her practical knowledge as a career consultant, executive coach, industry author and speaker. She is the CEO of Power Connections, a boutique Outplacement firm that specializes in providing a highly customized approach to each person’s job search campaign. In addition, she has an active practice in designing career management programs and developing senior and emerging leaders. As a national career coach, she has been profiled in the OC Metro Magazine as one of 15 Orange County Women Who Inspire Others. She has appeared in the Orange County Register, Los Angeles Times, national online publications like ABC7 New York, CBS2 Chicago, Fox Business News, and CareerBuilder.com to name a few. She recently published a book called “How Smart People Sabotage Their Job Search: 10 Mistakes Executives Make and How to Fix Them.”

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Workshop B -Track II : Navigating Your Passions: How to Start and Manage Your Successful Business and Non-Profit Speaker : Jenni Prisk

Location : Lounge Time: 11.15-12.15 pm

Jenni Prisk founded Prisk Communication in 1990 to provide exemplary public speaking and communication skills. She has coached hundreds of individuals and corporate teams in the United States and internationally. Jenni is a dynamic motivational speaker. She is the author of Communication Skills Training, a publication of the American Society of Trainers and Developers (ASTD). For six years she was a faculty professor at the University of San Diego in the Nonprofit Ma- nagement and Leadership Program. In collaboration with PRIDE Inc. San Diego, she developed and led a recurring course in public speaking for developmentally disabled adults. Jenni was born and raised in New Zealand, where she gained a Diploma in Adult Teaching and qualified as a Human Relations and Communi- cations Instructor for the New Zealand Marriage Guidance Council. She has a Diploma in Speech & Drama from Trinity College of London, England. Jenni is a member of the San Diego Rotary Club where she serves on the following committees: Rotaract Vice Chair (SDSU students pre-Rotary); Small Clubs Joint Venture Initiative Chair (with SouthEast San Diego Rotary Club) ; Chair: Peace Committee. Jenni presented at TEDx SDSU; she emcees TEDx programs. She is a member of the Advisory Committee of the Women Peacemakers Program at the Joan B.Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice at USD.

For two decades she has anchored (live) KPBS-TV San Diego fundraisers and has interviewed numerous guests: Dr. Ken Blanchard, Sarah Brightman, Paul Anka, John Tesh, Patti LuPone, Dr. Wayne Dyer, Dr. Andrew Weil (and more). Jenni is Chair of the San Diego County Commission on the Status of Women.

In 2001, she founded Voices of Women (VOW), a nonprofit organization with the Mission to support and promote local and global educational programs that uplift and empower women and children. VOW has presented 80+ educational events, and raised significant funds for global nonprofit organizations. VOW supports the Daraja Academy for Girls in Kenya. In San Diego, VOW collaborates with refugee women from East Africa to provide professional development workshops.

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Workshop B -Track III : Our changing ocean Speaker : Dr. Margaret Leinen

Location : Atkinson Pavilion Time: 11.15-12.15 pm

Dr. Margaret Leinen is currently UC San Diego Vice Chancellor for Marine Sciences, Director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and Dean of the School of Marine Sciences. Leinen is an award-winning oceanogra- pher and an accomplished executive with extensive national and international experience in ocean science, global climate and environmental issues, federal research administration, and non-profit startups. Her work focuses on ocean sediments and their relationship to global biogeochemi- cal cycles and the history of Earth’s ocean and climate.

She served for seven years at the National Science Foundation (NSF) as Assistant Director for Geosciences and Coordinator of Environmental Re- search and Education. She oversaw a budget of $700 million, led government-wide planning for climate research, and co-led government planning for ocean research. She is President-Elect of the American Geophysical Union, past chair of the Atmospheric and Hydrospheric Sciences Section of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and past president of The Oceanography Society. She serves on the board of the National Council for Science and the Environment and previously served on the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON).

She also served as vice chair of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme and on the board on Global Change of the National Research Council/National Academy of Sciences. She is vice chair of the Re- search Board of the $500 million Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative. She received her doctorate in oceanography from the University of Rhode Island, her masters degree in geological oceanography from Oregon State University, and her bachelors degree in geology from the University of Illinois. She is a Fellow of the Ameri- can Association for the Advancement of Science, a Fellow of the Geological Society of America, and has been awarded Distinguished Alumni Awards from all three universities she attended as a student.

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Workshop C - Track I : Leadership, Future Leadership, Women’s leadership Lab Workshop Conductor : Dr. Tina Beranbaum

Location : Dining Room Time: 3.15-4.15 pm

Dr. Tina Beranbaum is a behavior scientist bringing over 25 years of experience in organization development and executive coaching to her role as trusted advisor to senior executives and their teams. She has a knack for seeing the potential in people and situations in which they find themselves. Tina has a passion for bringing out the best in individuals and organizations. Whether she is coaching an executive, aligning a leadership team or designing a large group experience, Tina offers a unique blend of strategic insights, practical understanding of organizational dynamics, and a focus on elevating performance.

She has worked with women leaders at Deloitte, Dimensional Fund Advisors, CBRE, Chubb, HP, 3M and TD Bank - to name just a few. She is passionate about giving back and, as leader of a women’s foundation, has overseen funding of programs aimed at developing teenage girls’ self esteem and leadership skills. For the Patton Foundation, Tina designed and facilitated innovative inter-generational leadership dialogues, providing an opportunity for leaders of all ages to learn from each other. Currently, she is on the Board of Advisors for the Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering and the Kroc School for Peace & Justice at USD. In her spare time, she enjoys meditation, long walks on the beach and her family.

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Workshop C - Track II : Balancing your Passions: Work/Life Satisfaction Panelists: Dr. Masako Murai, Amy Bernal, Liza Blumenfeld

Location : Lounge Time: 3.15-4.15 pm

Dr. Masako Murai is a Director-level physician scientist with 20 years experience in academic and industrial settings, focused on target identification and validation, drug development; design, implementation and biomarker strategy, in Gastroenterology/He- patology, Microbiology, Oncology and Immunology. As a board certified Gastroenterologist, her passion is to contribute to the Gastroenterology community through drug development. Dr. Murai aspires to consult with companies that have Gastroenterol- ogy candidate drugs and to make new drugs available for patients with Gastroenterological diseases. Her scope also includes liaising with US/European companies to enter the Japanese market with Gastroenterology drugs, and vice versa. She is an impactful leader at work, at the same time she is a mother of a 8 years old boy at home. She seeks work/life balance as all working women do. She believes the tips for better work/life balance is (1) Tolerate to the guilt resulting from harm done by decisions you make. (2) Get support (family, friends, neighbors, colleagues) (3) Inspired by your role models. She belongs to Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association and Athena San Diego.

Amy Bernal is a Project Manager within the IT organization respon- sible for corporate broadcasts and events at Intuit She also chairs the San Diego Intuit Women’s Network, an employee organization whose mission is: Inspire and support women to lead with strength and compassion to make a difference for Intuit and our communities. Amy’s most challenging experience in work life balance was completing her M.B.A at the UCSD Rady School of Management while working full time and planning a wedding. But she does not have children yet and therefore defers all wisdom to women who do. Amy is involved in the Athena Technology Special Interest Group, Women Give San Diego, and a handful of other non-profit interests. Her hob- bies are few, and mostly include wine and food.

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Liza Blumenfeld has been a practicing speech patholo- gist for 20 years. She currently serves as clinical manager for Speech Pathology, Audiology and The Ronny Schwartz Center for Voice, Swallowing and Motility Dis- orders at Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla. Liza is also the Co-owner of Endo-education and Sinnova, Inc. which provide online clinical education as well as iOS mobile applications for individuals with voice and swallowing disorders. Liza’s prime professional passion lies assisting her patients in regaining the ability to swallow and eat normally. This is most challenging in her practice with head and neck cancer patients. Liza lectures both na- tionally and internationally and was recently awarded the Values in Leadership Award from Scripps Health. Liza blends a rigorous array of professional duties with a robust family life. She is a devoted wife and mother of three children. Her success in balancing work and family life has been a complex journey that includes both victory and failure. She attributes her recent success to capitalizing on systems of faith, interpersonal support and emotional regulation.

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Workshop C -Track III : Wireless Technology Speakers: Dr. Todd Coleman, Raee Dasnurkar

Location : Atkinson Pavilion Time: 3.15-4.15 pm

Todd P. Coleman received B.S. degrees in electrical engineering (summa cum laude), as well as computer engineering (summa cum laude) from the University of Michigan. He received M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from MIT in electrical engineering, and did postdoctoral studies at MIT in neuroscience. He is currently an Associate Profes- sor in Bioengineering at UCSD, where he directs the Neural Inter- action Laboratory and co-Directs the Center for Perinatal Health. His research is highly inter-disciplinary, lying at the intersection of bio-‐electronics, medicine, and machine learning. He is conducting research in wearable health by wedding his research group’s expertise in large‐scale analytics with their recent development of “epidermal electronics”, featured in Science in 2011. Current applications of those synergies include perinatal health, chronic disease management, and cognitive monitoring during aging. Dr. Coleman has been named a 2015 Gilbreth Lecturer by the National Academy of Engineering. He is a science advisor for the Science & En- tertainment Exchange (National Academy of Sciences) and his research has been featured on CNN, BBC, and the New York Times.

Raee Dasnurkar is Senior Program Manager, Global Operations at Qualcomm Life, Qualcomm’s Wireless Healthcare division. Prior to this, she has held progressive engineering roles at Qualcomm and Sprint in the areas of systems and network engineering. Raee is a board member of QWISE (Qualcomm Women in Science and Engineering), where she co-founded and led a highly successful mentorship program for women professionals. Raee holds a Master’s degree in Electrical En- gineering and Telecommunications Management from the University of Maryland. She has a three year old daughter and was profiled in San Diego’s premier lifestyle magazine, Riviera December special editi- on “The Luxury of Science”, that showcased 8 of Qualcomm’s unique technologies and employees. 25 Our Sponsors

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