Women & Leadership Symposium

UW-Madison Women & Leadership Symposium

Thursday, July 23, 2009 The Pyle Center

OFFICE OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT Stained glass design of the W crest logo in the Main Lounge at the Memorial Union. Photo by Jeff Miller, University of Wisconsin-Madison. www.ohrd.wisc.edu UW-Madison Women & Leadership

Symposium Thursday, July 23, 2009 The Pyle Center

Agenda 7:30-8:00 am Check In

Welcome 8:00-9:15 am Keynote 8:30-9:15 am

9:30-10:45 am Featured Sessions

11:00-12:15 pm Featured Sessions

Lunch 12:15-1:30 pm Speaker 12:30-1:15 pm

1:30-2:45 pm Featured Sessions

2:45-3:00 pm Refreshment Break

3:00-4:00 pm Endnote

4:00-5:30 pm Networking Reception

Partners This day of learning and leadership was made possible by our generous event partners:

UW-Madison Committee on Women in the University The Pyle Center—Distance Education and Conference Center UW-Madison Office of Quality Improvement UW-Madison Office for Equity and Diversity Wisconsin State Employees Union—Local 2412 WISELI—Women in Science & Engineering Leadership Institute UW-Madison Vice Provost for Teaching & Learning UW-Madison Vice Provost for Faculty & Staff UW-Madison Vice Provost for Diversity & Climate University Communications ■ Schedule

7:30 am- Symposium Check In 8:00 am Pyle Center Lobby (Refreshments outside room 325/326)

Welcome & Introduction by Christine Ray, Lindsey Stoddard Cameron, & Sara Karon 8:00 am- Keynote 9:15 am “Leadership in a Changing University Environment” by Katharine Lyall, President Emeritus, UW System Room 325/326 (Refreshments outside room 325/326)

Room 121 Room 232 Room 335 Room 313 Room 309 Learning & Growing Leading in a Diverse Mentoring: Learning Leading with The Exploring Authority in 9:30 am- Into Leadership Roles: Environment: The How to Get It & Give It Clover Practice™ Leadership Roles 10:45 am A Panel Discussion Importance of Cultural Chris Pfund & Kathleen A. Paris & Joann Pritchett & Fluency Featured Mary Hoddy-Moderator, Char Tortorice Joanne Berg Vera Crowell Sessions Mary Behan, Kathy Louise Root-Robbins & Christoph, & Rita Hartung Cheng Julie Underwood

10:45 am- Beverages outside room 325/326 11:00 am

Room 121 Room 232 Room 335 Room 313 Room 309 Managing Multiple Leadership in the Mentoring Moments: The Challenge of the Unconscious Biases & Priorities & Projects: Digital Age Insights & Perspectives Difficult Employee Assumptions: 11:00 am- A Panel Discussion Lori Berquam from Doris Slesinger Sue Riseling Implications for 12:15 pm Eden Inoway-Ronnie- Awardees Evaluating Women’s Leadership Moderator, Melissa Nancy Mathews, Featured Amos-Landgraf, Elise Wendy Crone, Lindsey Jennifer Sheridan Sessions Barho, Mary Czynszak- Stoddard Cameron, Lyne, & Jocelyn Milner Molly Carnes, Laurie Beth Clark, & Margie Rosenberg

Lunch “Topics & Challenges for Women in Leadership” by Kitty Rhoades, Wisconsin State Representative, 30th Assembly District 12:15 pm- Introduction by Esther Olson 1:30 pm Alumni Lounge Overflow seating in room 121 (If you are registered in Overflow, pick up your lunch in the Alumni Lounge and proceed to room 121)

Room 121 Room 232 Room 335 Room 313 Room 309 Taking Care: Health & Being an Authentic What Every Woman Good Girls Don’t Creating Connections 1:30 pm- Wellness for Women in Leader Leader on Campus Brag…Do They? as Critical Leadership 2:45 pm Leadership Must Know: How to Roles Ellen Bergfeld Teri C. Balser Sarah Van Orman Secure Private Gifts in Mo Noonan Bischof, Featured Today’s Environment Sessions Jane Dymond, Sarah Martha Taylor Pfatteicher, & Monica Theis 2:45 pm- Refreshments outside room 325/326 3:00 pm

Endnote 3:00 pm- “Overcoming Obstacles with Optimism” by Carolyn “Biddy” Martin, Chancellor, UW-Madison 4:00 pm Introduction by Paula Bonner Room 325/326

4:00 pm- Informal Networking Reception 5:30 pm Rooftop Terrace at the Pyle Center (Refreshments served) *Rain location: Pyle Center Alumni Lounge 2nd Floor ■ Floor Plans

Featured Sessions

1st Floor

Lunch Location (with overflow in 121)

Featured Sessions & Lunch Overflow

3rd Floor

Keynote & Endnote

Refreshments & Resources Access to Rooftop Terrace Featured Sessions

Featured Sessions Check In ■ Plenary Sessions

8:30-9:15 am Leadership in a Changing University Environment Katharine Lyall, President Emeritus, UW System

Katharine Lyall is President Emeritus of the University of Wisconsin System which she led for 12 years. She was the fifth president of the UW System and its first woman president. During Lyall’s tenure, the System focused on boosting the state economic development and expanding access and accountability. Dr. Lyall is a Visiting Fellow at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching at Stanford for part of each year. She spends the rest of the year in Madison and serves on the boards of Wisconsin Public Television and Wisconsin United for Health. She coauthored with Dr. Kathleen Sell, a book on the de facto privatization of public universities titled: “The True Genius of America at Risk” (2006).

12:30-1:15 pm Topics & Challenges for Women in Leadership Kitty Rhoades, Wisconsin State Representative, 30th Assembly District

Kitty is currently serving her sixth term as a Wisconsin State Representative to the 30th Assembly District. Her current term committee assignments include: Aging and Long- Term Care (Ranking Member), Health and Health Care Reform, and Colleges and Uni- versities. Last term Kitty’s assignments included Co-Chair of Joint Committee on Fi- nance. Kitty was the first Assembly Republican Woman to hold the position of co-chair of the budget writing Joint Committee on Finance. Kitty is a fourth generation resident of Hudson, Wisconsin. Educated in the Hudson School District, Kitty graduated from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls with a bachelor’s degree in secondary education. Following gradua- tion, Kitty continued her higher education by attending Illinois State University, receiving a Master’s Degree in Cur- riculum and Supervision. Professionally, Kitty began her career as a high school social studies teacher. After her teaching tenure, Kitty moved into the private sector and with her husband, Frank, started her own business. In 1991, Kitty was hired as Director of the Hudson Chamber of Commerce, a position she held until 1996. In 1996, Kitty was named president of the Suburban Chamber of Commerce, a regional chamber encompassing 13 suburban communities around St. Paul, Minn. She was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly in November 1998. Kitty has been married to her husband Frank for the past 34 years. Together they have three adult sons. She re- sides in her childhood home in Hudson, Wisconsin. Kitty has received a fellowship for the Bowhay Institute for Legislative Leadership Conference for exceptional leadership and currently serves as an advisor to the Institute. She has received numerous awards for her work in the Legislature to ensure all people in Wisconsin including working families, children and senior citizens have access to essential health care services. Kitty is also a member of the American Legislative Exchange Council where she Chairs a task force on recycling prescription drugs in health care facilities. Kitty has previously served as a member of the Forward Wisconsin Board of Directors, the University of Wisconsin-River Falls Alumni Foundation, and Hud- son Rotary.

■ Plenary Sessions

3:00-4:00 pm Overcoming Obstacles with Optimism Biddy Martin, Chancellor, UW-Madison

Carolyn “Biddy” Martin began serving as chancellor of the University of Wisconsin- Madison in September 2008. During her first year, she and her administration formulated and won approval of the Madison Initiative for Undergraduates, a supplemental tuition program that paves the way for improvements in undergraduate education and affordability at UW-Madison. She also oversaw the critical final phases of the university's reaccreditation process and helped create the campus's strategic framework. Martin was also a driving force behind the university's common book project, "Go Big Read," which in 2009-10 will examine the Michael Pollan book "In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto." As provost at Cornell University from 2000-2008, Martin served as the president’s first deputy officer and reported to the president as Cornell’s chief educational officer and chief operating officer. She was responsible for overseeing all academic programs, with the exception of those programs reporting to the provost for medical affairs in New York City. Martin received her Ph.D. in German literature from UW-Madison in 1985. That same year, she joined Cornell’s faculty full time as an assistant professor of German studies and women’s studies. In 1991, she was promoted to associate professor in the Department of German Studies, with a joint appointment in the Women’s Studies Pro- gram. She served as chair of the Department of German Studies from 1994-1997, and in 1997 was promoted to full professor in the department. In 1996, she was named senior associate dean in the College of Arts and Sci- ences. Martin was appointed as provost at Cornell University effective July 1, 2000. Martin is a distinguished scholar of German studies and author of numerous articles and two books — one on a literary and cultural figure in the Freud circle, Lou Andreas-Salomé, and a second on gender theory. ■ Featured Sessions

9:30-10:45 am Exploring Authority in Leadership Roles 309 Joann Pritchett & Vera Crowell Learning & Growing Into Leadership Roles: 121 This session explores solutions to leadership and authority chal- A Panel Discussion lenges, obstacles, and hindrances. Using a board game entitled Mary Hoddy-Moderator, Mary Behan, Kathy Christoph, "When & How Was I Supposed to Know: Strategies for Success" & Julie Underwood participants will interact to address tough issues. Designed to be The focus on this panel is preparing oneself for leadership. Each informative, fun and interactive, the game addresses women, panelist will share her progression into leadership roles and offer leadership and a diversity of issues and concerns that women in suggestions and tips for learning and growing to prepare for lead- the academic workplace are reluctant to (openly) talk about. Game ership roles now and in the future. players and observers will respond to questions and/or statements in four areas: "Reality Check, What's It Gonna Be, Getting There Leading in a Diverse Environment: 232 and Making It" with built-in fast forwards and road blocks along the The Importance of Cultural Fluency way. The goal? To develop sensitivity, objectivity and a menu of Louise Root-Robbins & Rita Hartung Cheng strategies that leaders or those who aspire to become leaders can use to improve the climate and performance output of those in In our increasingly diverse and competitive work environments it is lateral and/or supervised positions. critical leaders possess awareness, appreciation and skills related to cultural competency and a committment to the inclusion of all members of an organization. This session will explore how diversity contributes to the success of organizations and how to de- 11:00-12:15 pm velop leadership skills necessary to optimizing members contributions and talents. Managing Multiple Priorities & Projects: 121 A Panel Discussion Mentoring: Learning How to Get It & Give It 335 Eden Inoway-Ronnie-Moderator, Melissa Amos-Landgraf, Elise Chris Pfund & Char Tortorice Barho, Mary Czynszak-Lyne, & Jocelyn Milner Participants in this session will have the opportunity to share their Panelists in this session have responsibilities for a range of activi- mentoring stories and engage in discussion of a mentoring case ties in their personal and professional lives. They will share their study. Participants will learn about The Academic Staff Mentoring experiences and strategies and talk about tools they use to man- Program and The Research Mentor Training Seminar and how to age multiple projects and priorities. get involved. Leadership in the Digital Age 232 Leading with The Clover Practice™ 313 Lori Berquam Kathleen A. Paris & Joanne Berg Leadership in the Digital Age will focus on the strengths women The Clover Practice™ will help you take control over those as- bring to a changing workplace and how we can continue to build pects of working life that are yours to control. The three principles those skills. This session will also highlight characteristics of “Tell the truth, always, Speak for yourself, and Declare your inter- women leaders and how those characteristics are beneficial in the dependence” are simple, but not easy. Author Kathleen A. Paris workplace of today. The importance of mentoring and networking will illustrate how this simple framework can make the most diffi- for women on the path to leadership positions will be discussed as cult work situations less stressful. These same tools underlie out- well as the role social networking such as Twitter, LinkedIn, and standing leadership practices and are the foundation for true com- Facebook play in our lives. munity. Joanne Berg, Vice Provost for Enrollment Management and Registrar, will share ways in which she has used the principles in leading dynamic and complex campus systems.

■ Featured Sessions

Mentoring Moments: Insights & Perspectives 335 Being an Authentic Leader 232 from Doris Slesinger Awardees Ellen Bergfeld Nancy Mathews, Wendy Crone, Lindsey Stoddard Cameron, Molly The goal of this session is to help individuals discover their au- Carnes, Laurie Beth Clark, & Margie Rosenberg thentic leadership skills and to begin to apply those skills to their Good mentoring is an integral part of the professional lives of all professional, personal, and societal parts of their life. We will dis- faculty and staff in higher education. It often makes the difference cuss what "makes" a leader (individual traits), innate leadership between a successful and not-so-successful outcome at a critical styles and the value and challenges that are inherent in each point in a career. Join us for some inside perspectives from faculty style. who have received the Doris Slesinger Award for outstanding faculty mentoring. They will share personal examples of advice What Every Woman Leader on Campus Must Know: 335 they have sought and advice they have given. How to Secure Private Gifts in Today's Environment Martha Taylor The Challenge of the Difficult Employee 313 This interactive session will cover the art and science of develop- Sue Riseling ment--how to engage individuals to secure their support for your In every organization the challenges of dealing with difficult em- program and the University. Every woman leader should know this ployees eventually surface. In order to be an effective leader one information, especially if she wishes to advance into higher leader- must learn what leads employees to be difficult and how to pre- ship positions on campus. vent the difficult employee from negatively affecting the organization. This workshop will explore how to detect those who may be Good Girls Don't Brag... Do They? 313 difficult in advance of hiring them. In addition, the session will Teri C. Balser explore recognizing a difficult employee in the early stages. Fi- In this interactive session we will explore the idea of "positive self- nally, the "how to" of dealing with difficult employees when they promotion". Using cases and personal examples, we will discuss become problematic. our perceptions about bragging, or "tooting our own horn", as well

as the potential consequences of being uncomfortable with self- Unconscious Biases & Assumptions: 309 promotion. We will end by generating strategies that we can com- Implications for Evaluating Women's Leadership fortably employ in order to have our efforts and accomplishments Jennifer Sheridan be appropriately acknowledged by colleagues and supervisors. A large field of research shows that we all have unconscious biases that will tend to work against women in leadership positions-- Creating Connections as Critical Leadership Roles 309 especially leaders in traditionally male fields. In this session, Dr. Mo Noonan Bischof, Jane Dymond, Sarah Pfatteicher, Sheridan will present some of the studies that illustrate this phe- & Monica Theis nomenon, and the ensuing discussion will focus on (1) reducing The purpose of this session is to discuss the importance of initiat- the application of these biases in your own evaluations of women ing and maintaining internal and external connections as a basis leaders, and (2) providing bias-reducing tips for women who as- to lead effectively within organizations. From personal experience, pire to leadership positions. panelists will share thoughts on the value of establishing mutually

beneficial connections and discuss how this differs from the con-

cept of networking. Panelists will also provide tips on how to rec- 1:30-2:45 pm ognize opportunities to make connections, initiate potential connections and maintain them to ensure that established partner- Taking Care: Health & Wellness 121 ships continue to be of value as organizations and leadership for Women in Leadership directions change. Sarah Van Orman This session will explore some of the common health issues ex- perienced by women with a focus on the unique experience of professional women. We will discuss steps women can take to enhance their short and long term health and well-being while debunking many common health myths.

■ Presenter Biographies

Melissa Amos-Landgraf (ISIS). Joanne began her work at the University in 1987 with the Graduate Melissa Amos-Landgraf is the Associate Dean for Administration at the Wis- School where she served as Assistant and then Associate Dean for graduate consin School of Business. Melissa began her career in Student Affairs at admissions and academic services. Prior to coming to the University of Wis- Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH where she was an Area consin-Madison, she was the Director of Admissions at the University of Puget Coordinator in Residence Life. She moved over to Case Western's Weather- Sound School of Law (now Seattle University) in Tacoma, Washington. head School of Management and eventually became the Director of Career Joanne has eclectic professional interests that include everything from quality Planning & Student Life for their MBA programs. Melissa earned her BA at improvement and strategic planning to identity management and using social Washington University in St. Louis, an MA from Bowling Green State Univer- media to communicate at work. She has published in all of these areas. sity, and her MBA from Case Western Reserve University. Ellen Bergfeld Teri C. Balser Dr. Ellen Bergfeld serves as Chief Executive Officer to the American Society Dr. Teri Balser is currently an Associate Professor of Soil Science, as well as of Agronomy (ASA), Crop Science Society of America (CSSA), and Soil Sci- honorary faculty affiliate with the Office of Human Resource Development and ence Society of America (SSSA). Prior to joining ASA-CSSA-SSSA in July Director of the Institute for Cross-College Biology Education at the University 2003, she was Executive Director of the American Society of Animal Science. of Wisconsin-Madison. Teri is a graduate of Millennium3 Education’s ad- She also served as Adjunct Professor, University of Illinois, Department of vanced Leadership trainer-training program and has spent the past several Animal Sciences. Ellen received her B.S. degree in Animal Science from the years facilitating Leadership development and exploration for the Madison Ohio State University and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in reproductive physiology campus and wider community. She has experience as a career and life coach, from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Following her graduate work, she and offers a two-day leadership development workshop annually as the was awarded the Federation of Animal Societies of Food Animal Science American Society of Agronomy Leadership Development Coordinator. Congressional Science Fellowship for 1996-1997 and was primarily involved with the reauthorization of the Research, Extension, and Education Title of the Elise Barho 1996 Farm Bill, working for Senator Kent Conrad (D-ND). Elise Barho works for the Division of Information Technology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus leading large, complex system change initia- Lori Berquam tives. In this capacity she is responsible for multi-project, functional and tech- Lori Berquam received a BSE in Mathematics and Psychology from Truman nical teams charged with delivering a full spectrum of solutions from design of State University, and a Master's of Science from the University of Wisconsin- governance structures through implementation of systems and value attain- La Crosse. Lori has worked for over 20 years in university housing at various ment through process improvement. She has more than 25 years experience institutions including UW-Madison, UW-Whitewater, UW-La Crosse, James in program and project management at a number of Fortune 100 companies Madison University, and UCLA. At UW-Madison, Lori became an Assistant across a variety of industries from high tech manufacturing, chemical process- Dean of Students in 2002, an Associate Dean of Students in 2003, and was ing, and automotive supply to higher education. Many of these large system named Dean of Students in February 2007 after serving as Dean of Students change initiatives were global in nature and involved managing and imple- in an interim capacity for a year and a half. Women’s issues, particularly menting change in countries such as: China, Japan, Ireland, England, Finland, women and leadership have been a longstanding interest to Lori. This pro- Italy as well as all across North America. Barho earned her undergraduate gram is a continuation of that interest. degree from DePaul University and later went on to earn a master's in Infor- mation Technology from there as well. She earned a Master's degree in Busi- Paula Bonner ness Administration from the University of Chicago and is a certified Project Paula Bonner became the president and chief executive officer of the Wiscon- Management Professional. sin Alumni Association in January 2000. During the previous eight years, she served the organization as its associate executive director, chief operating Mary Behan officer and chief financial officer. In leading WAA into the twenty-first century, Mary Behan received her PhD in Zoology from University College, Dublin, Paula strives to make the association the university’s central strategic coordi- Ireland in 1976. Following postdoctoral training in the USA and Europe, she nator for alumni relations—the chief conduit through which UW-Madison and joined the faculty of the Department of Comparative Biosciences in a newly its 376,000 graduates communicate with each other. She has helped turn established School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Wisconsin in WAA into an organization that provides alumni relations marketing to more 1981. She was promoted to Associate Professor in 1987 and to Professor in than 15 schools and colleges, alumni groups and other campus units, and 1992. She has served on a number of campus-level committees including the promotes the university’s importance in the state, national and global econ- University Committee, the Biological Sciences Tenure Committee, the Univer- omy. She earned her master's degree from the UW-Madison School of Educa- sity Academic Planning Council, and several search and screen committees tion in 1978. for Provosts and Deans. In 2007 she became the Associate Dean for Re- search and Graduate Training in the School of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Behan Molly Carnes is a neuroscientist and continues to have an active, NIH-funded research lab Molly Carnes, M.D., M.S. is a Professor in the Departments of Medicine, in which she investigates the role of sex hormones in the control of breathing Psychiatry, and Industrial & Systems Engineering at the University of Wiscon- and age-related respiratory diseases such as obstructive sleep apnea. sin and Vice Chair for Faculty Development in the Department of Medicine. She directs the U.W. Center for Women’s Health Research and three feder- Joanne Berg ally-funded training and career development programs. Dr. Carnes is the Joanne E. Berg (B.S. University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse, Executive M.B.A., founder and director of the Women’s Health Program at the Wm. S. Middleton University of Wisconsin-Madison) serves as the Vice Provost for Enrollment VA Hospital and co-founder and co-director of the Women in Science and Management and as the University’s Registrar. As Vice Provost she is respon- Engineering Leadership Institute (WISELI) in the U.W. College of Engineering. sible for the units that make up the Division of Enrollment Management includ- All of Dr. Carnes’ professional efforts currently focus on studying and imple- ing the Office of Undergraduate Admissions and Visitor Relations (including menting programs that will increase the participation and advancement of the Parent Program), Office of the Registrar, Office of Student Financial Aid women and underrepresented minority students, faculty, and staff in academic and the office responsible for the Integrated Student Information System medicine, science, and engineering. ■ Presenter Biographies

Kathy Christoph Jane Dymond Kathy Christoph is the Director of the Department of Academic Technology in Jane Dymond has been the Logistics Coordinator for the Office of Human the Division of Information Technology (DoIT). In this role, she oversees the Resource Development since 2001. Previous to that, she served as the Hu- work of a wonderful staff supporting teaching, learning, research and libraries. man Resources Director for a California school district. She is sponsor of the Learn@UW Utility, delivering course management services to the entire University of Wisconsin system, and is a champion of Rita Hartung Cheng the My UW-Madison portal. Kathy serves on the UW-Madison Assessment Rita Cheng has served as Provost at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Council and the Council on Academic Advising. She is a past member of the since April 2005. As the campus chief academic and operating officer, Dr. board of her professional organization, EDUCAUSE, where she served as Cheng oversees the development and implementation of academic policy, secretary, vice chair and chair. In addition, she is one of the founders of the fosters new academic programs, monitors programmatic effectiveness, identi- EDUCAUSE Learning Technology Leadership Institute and served on the fies and establishes academic priorities in collaboration with faculty, university faculty for its first four years. leadership, and statewide higher education administration. Units reporting to the Provost include 12 schools and colleges, university libraries, campus Laurie Beth Clark technology center, enrollment management offices, the center for international Laurie Beth Clark is a Professor in the Art Department at the University of education, Latino center, human resources, multicultural student center, em- Wisconsin-Madison where she has been a member of the faculty since 1985. ployee professional development, and the affirmative action office. Dr. Cheng From to 2004 to 2008, she served as Vice Provost for Faculty and Staff. In is a Professor of Accounting in the Sheldon B. Lubar School of Business. Her 2001, she received the Doris Slesinger Award for Faculty Mentors. Her fabu- research focuses on nonprofit and governmental accountability. Dr. Cheng’s lous mentees include Ksenija Bilbija, Guillermina de Ferrari, and Elaine internationally recognized research and leadership in the academic account- Scheer. ing field have directly influenced today's national standards. She is a co- author of a leading accounting textbook, is a Wisconsin Certified Public Ac- Wendy Crone countant, and a Certified Government Financial Manager. Her Ph.D. is from Wendy C. Crone is a Professor in the Department of Engineering Physics with the Fox School of Business and Management at Temple University. She affiliate appointments in the Departments of Biomedical Engineering and earned her MBA degree from the University of Rhode Island and a Bachelor Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. of Business Administration degree with honours from Bishop’s University, Her research interests are in the areas of experimental solid mechanics and Lennoxville, Quebec. engineered biomaterials. She was granted a CAREER Award by the National Science Foundation and recently received the top Hot Talk/Cool Paper Award Mary Hoddy from the Materials Research Society. Prof. Crone has served as Faculty Co- Mary Hoddy directs Staff Education and Training at the Wisconsin Union. She Director of the UW Women in Science and Engineering Residential Program works with a team of students who teach workshops for the 1,000 part-time (1999-2001) and Director of Education for the UW Materials Research Sci- students and 200 permanent staff who work at the Union. Mary designed and ence and Engineering Center (2001-2007). She is currently a member of the facilitates the Sometimes and Aspiring Supervisor Series, Appreciative In- UW College of Engineering 2010 Task Force, a member of the Materials quiry, Train the Trainer, and Performance Management for campus through Research Society’s NISE Network Subcommittee, a Fellow and Executive the Office of Human Resource Development. She also teaches elective Committee member of the UW Teaching Academy, and Director of the UW courses for UW’s Certified Public Manager Program and co-teaches “Yoga at Women Faculty Mentoring Program. Noon” for WU Mini Courses. Mary has a M.S. in Vocational and Continuing Education from UW-Madison and is a Master Teacher for Global Learning Vera Crowell Partners. Lots of her creative ideas come during her walks along the Lake- Vera Crowell is a native of the Midwest, growing up in Chicago and attending shore Path! high school in Platteville, Wisconsin. Vera is currently working in the Dean’s office in the College of Letters & Science and is a member of the L&S Equity Sara Karon and Diversity Committee. She is also a Minister in a Madison church and Sara Karon, PhD, is a Senior Scientist at the Center for Health System Re- spends time in the community advocating on behalf of those who cannot search and Analysis. She has been a member of the Committee on Women in advocate for themselves. She will complete an MBA in Global Management in the University since 2003, and has co-chaired the Committee since Septem- August, 2009 and this Fall will begin working on a Doctorate in Business ber 2008. She has served as a member of the Advisory Committee for the Administration studying authority and relationships in the workplace. Center on Women’s Health Research since its founding. Dr. Karon is the lead developer of PEONIES, which is a system for supporting person-centered, Mary Czynszak-Lyne outcomes driven long-term care. This approach empowers people with dis- Mary Czynszak-Lyne has worked at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for abilities to articulate and work toward their own visions of what quality of life over 30 years in numerous departments. Currently, Mary is employed as the means, and helps to ensure that long-term care services individuals receive office administrator for the College of Letters and Science Honors Program. are supportive of those visions. Dr. Karon’s research interests include quality Mary is a member of the Campus Diversity and Climate committee, serves as of life and quality of care, particularly for people with disabilities and other convener for the Limited Term Employee (LTE) Oversight Group, a member of marginalized peoples. She is committed to principles of participatory research the Administrative Process Redesign (APR) Leadership Team, along with and respect for all communities. several other campus-wide committees. She is an elected Executive Board member representing Administrative Support employees for the Wisconsin Eden Inoway-Ronnie State Employees Union and serves as Vice President and steward for AF- Eden Inoway-Ronnie has worked in the Office of the Provost at UW-Madison SCME Local 2412 at University of Wisconsin-Madison. Additionally, Mary is a since 1997. She received her MA and PhD in Educational Policy Studies from commissioner and vice-chair for the City of Madison's Community Services UW-Madison, and her BA from Carleton College. Since 2001, she has served Commission. Mary has a passion for social justice. five provosts (permanent and interim) in her role as Special Assistant/Chief of Staff. Eden served as Deputy Director of the 2009 Institutional Reaccreditation project and has been involved in numerous campus initiatives. She enjoys the opportunity to work with colleagues from across campus and the state. ■ Presenter Biographies

Nancy Mathews consulted in Guam, the Virgin Islands and Northern Cyprus. Kathleen also Nancy Mathews is the incoming Chair of the Conservation Biology and Sus- holds the title of consultant emeritus from the UW-Madison Office of Quality tainable Development Program at the Nelson Institute. She recently directed Improvement. the campus-wide 2009 Reaccreditation self study for the Higher Learning Commission. Nancy completed her B.S. in biology at Penn State, M.S. and Sarah Pfatteicher Ph.D. in Forest Biology from the State University of New York, College of Dr. Sarah Pfatteicher is Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Programs in the Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse. Her current scholarship College of Agricultural and Life Sciences and Research Professor of Civil and focuses on conservation biology, while her recent campus leadership focused Environmental Engineering in the College of Engineering at the University of on accreditation and strategic planning. Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Pfatteicher is also an honorary fellow of the Depart- ment of the History of Science, a member of the Science and Technology Jocelyn Milner Studies Program, and an affiliate of the Gender and Women’s Studies Pro- Jocelyn Milner has been the director of Academic Planning and Analysis gram at the UW-Madison. Her duties in academic affairs include overseeing (Office of the Provost) since 2003. She first came to UW-Madison in 1988 as the college’s curricular innovations. Her research emphasis is in engineering a postdoctoral scholar after completing her PhD in Biochemistry at the Univer- ethics, education, and disasters. She recently received the American Society sity of Guelph. She now leads a group within the Office of the Provost that is for Engineering Education’s Olmsted Award for contributions to the liberal arts focused on both academic planning and on analytical support for decision within engineering. Dr. Pfatteicher earned her bachelor’s degree in physics making, especially as it relates to the people, programs and structures of the and mathematics from Smith College (Northampton, Massachusetts) and university. Every day is different, and a consistent theme of the work is to “find master’s and doctoral degrees in the history of science (specializing in the answers” in a timely and efficient manner. Milner was the lead writer for the history of engineering) from the UW-Madison. university’s successful application in 2008 for the Carnegie classification as a Community Engaged University. She was a member of the 2009 Reaccredita- Christine Pfund tion Core Team. In 2009 she was a recipient of the Wisconsin Alumni Asso- Christine Pfund is the Associate Director of the Delta Program in Research, ciation Award for Excellence in Leadership. Teaching and Learning and the co-Director of the Wisconsin Program for Scientific Teaching. She has helped develop, implement and evaluate a re- Mo Noonan Bischof search mentor training program for current and future faculty in science, tech- Mo Noonan Bischof is Assistant Vice Provost in the Office of the Provost at nology engineering and math. UW-Madison. She directs numerous leadership development initiatives for department chairs and directors, faculty and staff and serves as the campus Joanne Pritchett co-liaison to the CIC Academic Leadership Program. She coordinates efforts Joann Pritchett, Ph.D. is retired from UW-Madison School of Pharmacy as an to enhance teaching and learning across campus including serving as the Assistant to the Dean. Since retirement Joann has been engaged in develop- Provost’s point person on assessment of student learning and co-chair of the ing board games for a variety of audiences both in and outside of academic University Assessment Council. Mo has also served on several campus-wide settings. Her experiences range from staff, supervisory, clinical teaching and committees including the Academic Staff Personnel, Policies and Procedures administrative level work in health care and academic related settings. Committee (co-chair), the Committee on Women in the University, and the Sue Riseling Campus Child Care Committee. Prior to joining the Provost Office, Mo worked Associate Vice Chancellor/Chief Susan Riseling currently leads the Police in the School of Education Dean’s Office. She earned a B.A. in Communica- Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Prior to her appointment tions and Sociology from Gonzaga University, a Master’s degree from the in 1991, she served as Assistant Chief and Deputy Chief at the State Univer- University of Minnesota in Higher Education Administration, and is pursuing sity of New York-Stony Brook Police Department. AVC/Chief Riseling began her doctorate in Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis at UW-Madison. her career at the University of Maryland-College Park as the manager of Esther Olson Security for Residence Life. She attended the University of Maryland for both Esther Olson currently directs the education and outreach activities of the her undergraduate and graduate work. AVC/Chief Riseling is considered an UW’s Synchrotron Radiation Center (SRC). Prior to this, she served as the expert in date and acquaintance rape, and was featured on national television Assistant Director at the SRC and the Physical Sciences Laboratory. In addi- during the Kennedy-Smith rape trial. Throughout the 1990’s she developed tion, she worked for the advancement of academic staff and the University in prevention strategies for work place violence and has taught threat assess- leadership roles with the Academic Staff Executive Committee, the Academic ment, investigation and prevention of work place violence incidents. Staff Public Representation Organization and the Madison Academic Staff Louise Root-Robbins Association. In 2001, she was appointed to the State Group Insurance Board Dr. Louise Root-Robbins is currently the Director of Diversity and Community where she represents the education sector. In 2002, she was awarded the Outreach Initiatives at the UW-Madison School of Nursing. Louise Root- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Leadership. She currently chairs the Robbins holds a baccalaureate degree in nursing, a master’s degree in public Graduate School’s Equity and Diversity Committee and is a member of the health, and doctorate in organization development. Coupled with past career Dane County Area Agency on Aging Board. roles and civic engagement gives Root-Robbins a keen understanding of the Kathleen A. Paris challenges of building healthy and diverse organizations and the importance Kathleen Paris’ book, Staying Healthy in Sick Organizations: The Clover of effective leadership. Former positions have included special assistant to Practice™ has been featured on Madison television and radio (BookSurge, former UW System President Katharine Lyall, director of the UW System 2008). She has spoken on the book in Atlanta, Boston and will speak in Lon- Initiative on the Status of Women, senior institutional planner within UW Sys- don in the fall. For over twenty years, Kathleen has provided consulting and tem Administration, Chief of Pupil Services and HIV/AIDS prevention coordi- facilitation for strategic planning and process improvement. Clients have nator at the Department of Public Instruction, and Administrative Officer at the included Meriter Hospital, UW Health, University of Wisconsin System Aca- State Division of Health. Root-Robbins has been the recipient of numerous demic Affairs, Loyola University, Governors State University, University of awards for her work including the YWCA Woman of Distinction, Margaret Tennessee-Knoxville, Penn State, Indiana University-Purdue University, Miller Outstanding Community Service, and League of Women Voters Citizen Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, and the City of Madison. She has of Distinction. ■ Presenter Biographies

Margie Rosenberg thropy in 1995, regarded as “the field's bible,” and co-edited a second book. Dr. Marjorie Rosenberg is a Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Taylor has served on many nonprofits boards locally, statewide and nationally. with a joint appointment in the Wisconsin School of Business, Department of She has a B.A. from the UW-Madison and M.A. from West Virginia University. Actuarial Science, Risk Management and Insurance, and in the School of She is an advocate for women in leadership. Medicine and Public Health, Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informat- ics. Her research interests are in the application of statistical methods to Monica Theis health care, and applying her actuarial expertise to cost and policy issues in Monica is a lecturer in the Department of Food Science. She is a registered health care. Margie is a strong believer in mentoring. She has been a mentor dietitian and specializes in Food and Nutrition Management. Monica began of faculty Wisconsin School of Business, as well as through the university- her career as an administrative dietitian at The University of Wisconsin Hospi- level UW Women’s Faculty Mentoring Program. Prior to her starting on her tal and spent three years as director of food and nutrition services for a 120- academic career, Margie worked as an actuary for Allstate Life Insurance bed long-term care facility. She joined The Department of Food Science in Company in Northbrook, IL. 1990. Monica’s primary responsibility is to teach all Food and Nutrition management courses as required for the Dietetics major. Monica also supports Jennifer Sheridan courses for the Food Science major including Food Law and the Department’s Jennifer Sheridan is the executive and research director of the Women in new “gateway” course to food science and technology. Monica also special- Science & Engineering Leadership Institute (WISELI) at the University of izes in Farm-to-School programs and works with a number of local schools Wisconsin-Madison. She was co-PI of the UW-Madison’s NSF ADVANCE and healthcare organizations to identify means to “go green” within available grant, and is PI of an NSF PAID grant. Dr. Sheridan received her PhD in resources. In addition, Monica is involved in a number of initiatives on the Sociology at UW-Madison in August 2001, specializing in social stratification campus to support concepts of sustainability in food systems. and quantitative research methods. Her graduate work focused on the social origins and implications of occupational sex segregation. She has authored or Char Tortorice co-authored fifteen peer-reviewed papers, covering topics such as measure- Char Tortorice has been an academic staff member on the Madison campus ment of occupational standing, long-term effects of childhood abuse, and her for over 30 years. She has been active in various governance activities and is current line of inquiry, the status of women in science and engineering. As the co-founder of the UW-Madison Academic Staff Mentoring Program. WISELI’s executive and research director, Dr. Sheridan develops and over- Julie Underwood sees the workshops and grant programs administered by WISELI, as well as Julie Underwood became the eighth dean of the UW-Madison School of Edu- the research and evaluation produced by WISELI, including two all-faculty cation in August 2005. Underwood taught at UW-Madison from 1986 to 1995 climate surveys administered in 2003 and 2006. on the faculty of the Department of Educational Administration (now Educa- Lindsey Stoddard Cameron tional Leadership and Policy Analysis). She returned to Madison after serving Lindsey Stoddard Cameron serves as Coordinator of New Faculty Services in from 1995 to 1998 as dean of Miami University’s School of Education and the Office of the Secretary of the Faculty, working with campus leaders to Allied Professions and from 1998 to 2005 as associate executive director and welcome and orient new faculty and help support their progress toward ten- general counsel for the National School Boards Association in Washington, ure. With Vice Provost Steve Stern, she co-hosts a faculty networking lunch D.C. At UW-Madison, Underwood has served as chair of the Department of series bringing small cohorts of faculty together around shared identities, Educational Administration (1993-94), associate dean of the School of Educa- issues, and interests. In partnership with Professor Wendy Crone and a tion (1994-95), and co-director of the Wisconsin Center for Education Policy at twelve-member faculty advisory committee, she coordinates activities of the the Robert M. La Follette Institute of Public Affairs (1990-93). During the first Women Faculty Mentoring Program. She has participated in the university’s half of 2009, she served as UW-Madison’s interim provost. She has a bache- Human Resources Working Group since 1994 and staffed the Committee on lor’s degree in political science and sociology from DePauw University, a law Women in the University since 1996. Early childhood care and education is a degree from Indiana University, and a Ph.D. in educational leadership from passion, and she’s enjoyed working with the University Child Care Committee the University of Florida. since 1999, chairing the committee 2003-2005. She’s helped implement sev- Sarah Van Orman eral campus-wide initiatives, including a workshop series for HR personnel Sarah Van Orman earned her MD degree from the Mayo Clinic (MN) in 1996. who manage disability-related employment matters, sexual harassment infor- Residency training was at the University of Chicago in combined Internal mational sessions and resource materials, and workshops aimed at creating Medicine and Pediatrics. She is board-certified in both Internal Medicine and more welcoming learning and work environments. In 2007-2008, it was a Pediatrics. From 2000-2007, she held a faculty position at the University of special pleasure to join the reaccreditation “theme team” on Building a Wel- Chicago where she was the Medical Director of the Student Care Center, a coming, Respectful and Empowered University Community. faculty member teaching medical student and residents and the physician for Martha Taylor the Department of Psychiatry eating disorders clinic. She relocated to the Martha A. Taylor is recognized internationally as a pioneer in the field of University of Wisconsin in 2007 to become initially the Director of Clinical women’s philanthropy, and a leader in the development field. She is a vice Services and most recently the Executive Director of University Health Ser- president of the University of Wisconsin Foundation. In her more than thirty vices. Her clinical interests include care of young adult and college students year tenure there, she has worked in major and principal gifts. She was the and patients with eating disorders. Administrative interests include patient first woman vice president in development in the Big Ten. In 1988, she satisfaction and experience of care, employee satisfaction, physician produc- founded the Foundation’s Women’s Philanthropy Council, the first women’s tivity, and clinical and administrative benchmarking. major gift program at a coed university. Taylor and Sondra Shaw-Hardy co- founded the non profit Women’s Philanthropy Institute (WPI) in 1991, now a program at the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University where she serves as an adjunct faculty. They wrote the first major book on women’s philan- ■ Notes

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