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Leavey Executive Center, Santa Clara University

Meet WCBR Alumnae

We are proud to present the highly qualified women executives who have graduated from our Women's Corporate Board Readiness program. 

Cohort 1

Elizabeth (E. Marie) Brierley

Founder & President at Saatvik Advisors
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Janice Charley

Principal at Financial Executive Partner
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Alessandra Costa

VP, Technical Field Operations at Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
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Karen Gaydon

SVP and CHRO at zuora
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Mary Moslander

Principal | Private Investor
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Ann Oleson

CEO at Converge Consulting
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Dolly Parikh

Founder, CEO, UX Design Strategist at Aloki Design
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Susan Thomas

Of Counsel at Thomas, Whitelaw & Kolegraf, LLP
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Gwendoline Tuma

Product Strategy & Operations Lead at Walmart Labs
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Cohort 2

Sharon Alberts

President at Talus Construction Inc.
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Kelly Carioti

Vice President - Strategy & Transformation at PepsiCo
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Mary Fuller

Principal at Fuller Tech Law Group, PC
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Jhilmil Jain

Director Product Design and User Experience at Google
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Deborah Lindsay

Head of Operations and Director of Sustainability at Sellhound
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Melissa Ross

Chief Operating Office at VisiQuate
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Keri Stokstad

Executive Director/CEO at Midpen Media
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Cohort 3

Ana-Luiza Georgescu

Partner at KPMG Canada
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Lori Harmon

VP, Worldwide Cloud Virtual Sales at NetApp
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Claire Hayes

Managing Director at PWC
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June Manley

Founder at Female Founders Faster Forward
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Janet Olson

VP R&D at Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
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Marlena Ronne

Senior Corporate Auditor at Southern California Edison
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Anna Schlegel

VP, Product Portfolio Management & Author at NetApp
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Cohort 4

Renu Bhatia

Vice President at NVIDIA
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Ashlie Bryant

Co-Founder, CEO at 3Strands Global Foundation
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Laura McDonnell

VP, Enterprise Sales at ServiceNow
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Carrie Darling

VP, Deputy GC & Asssitant Secretary at FICO
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Barbara Donaldson

Senior Vice President at Workplace Resources
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Tracy Edkins

CHRO at SPLUNK
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Danielle Evans

Director, Strategy and Analytics - Tech Ops at Nike
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Fiona Giuffre

VP People at Stellus Technologies
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Kimmi Grewal

Chief Strategy Officer
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Deborah Kravitz

Partner at KamberLaw LLP
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Nicole Leonard

Vice President, Research at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
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Katie McMahon

Vice President & General Manager at SoundHound
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Kayce Neil

Founder at Twelve21, Internationa
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Gina O'Reilly

COO at Nitro
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Jimmé Peters

Founder and CMO at 24/7 Consulting
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Mary Rotunno

General Counsel at El Camino Health
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Catherine Turkel

CEO at CCT Pharma Consulting
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Máire Walsh

SVP Digital Technologies at Enterprise Ireland
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Patty Watkins

Managing Partner at MORE Sales Advisors
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Whitnie Wiley

Founder/CEO at Shifting Into Action
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Cohort 5

Banafsheh Akhlagi

Member Board Of Directors at Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco
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Aisha Banks

Registered Nurse at Bailey Square Surgery Center
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Sharifa Batts

Environment, Health & Safety Director at Ports America
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Candace McKeever

President and CEO at AESA
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Marie Burris

VP Corporate Culture and Human Resources at Welk Resorts
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Diane Cowin

SVP Director Global Transit at Americas West at AECOM
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Valerie Darling

CEO and Chief Business Officer, Venture Partner at Life Sciences Management Consultants, Tings Capital
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Tamra Johnson

COO at Liquid
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Alice Katwan

SVP and GM, North America Sales at Twilio Inc.
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Dawn McCale

VP of Sales at Trace3
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Rekha Murthy

Professor of Medicine at Cedars-Sinai
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Pamela Roussos

CEO at WeavingImpact
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Sally Sommers

Global Employment, Labor, and DEI Consultant at SMS Advisors
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Candice Tang

VP, Resillience Engineer at Nike
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Denise Tormey

President at PlanNet21 Communictaions
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Sandhya Venkateshan

Corporate VP at Cadece Design Sytems
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Robyn Whalen

Business Strategy Consultant at Logan Health
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Vida Williams

Chief Digital and Branding Officer at Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority
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Joanne Wrenn

VP, Talent Services at LinkedIn
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Cohort 6

Audra Anderson

Director, Global & NA Technology Operations at Nike
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Bahar Ansari

CEO at 2nd.law
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Teresa Brewer

VP Corporate Communications at Roblox
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Melisa Buie

Corporate Director for Lean Operational Excellence at Coherant
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Cecilia Frew

SVP, Retired at Visa Inc.
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Laurie Harting

SVP Operations-CEO at Common Spirit Health
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Michelle Hodges

VP Global Channels at Gitlab
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Karen Hunter

System Director II, Nursing Informatics at Commonspirit Health
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Li Jacobson

VP of Information Technology at Nike
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Erica Kubr

Director, Global Operations & Technology Communications at Nike
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Janice McCourt

Chief Business Officer/ Strategic Advisor at BIOtech
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Larkin Mehta

Senior Director, Office of the CIO at Hill Physicians Medical Group
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Nalini Murdter

Senior Vice President at JSR Life Sciences - Crown Biosciences
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Sherrod Patching

Head of Global Technical Account Management at GitLab
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Maria Porco

President at Cool Gray Consulting
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Tascia Pregno

Global Patient Safety Evaluation Partnership Operations Lead at Takeda Pharmaceuticals
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Dana Staskerz

CDIO Chief of Staff / Sr. Dir., Strategy & Operations at Nike, Inc.
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Kristen Tebo

Process Engineering Senior Manager at Coherant
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Emily White

Vice President Enterprise Data and Analytics at Nike
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Ani Abrahamian

SVP Engineering at Procore Technologies
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Dr. Ginny Baro

SVP Global Merchandising at Williams Sonoma Inc.
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Julia Cooper

Director of Finance at City of San José
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Cohort 7

Lelani Craig

CEO of Expert in Localization, Technology, and Turn-key Services for over 200 languages at CommGap
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Maryam Dickey

Founder & CEO at Rosemarie Property LLC & Luxury
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Winnie Heh Yung Chung

Middlebury Institute of International Studies | Board Member, Career and Performance Coach, Advisor
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Michelle Hummel

Executive and Leadership Coach at Healing Leadershp
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Bernice Johnson

Vice President Tech Capability Development at GSK
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Susan Loveall

CFO at The Carey School
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Caroline Morgan

Director, Global Consumer Insights at Netflix
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Christine Roach

CFO at ICU Eyewear, Inc.
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Debra Rutherford

Vice President, Head of Respiratory Sales at GlaxoSmithKline Pharma
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Melanie Shelby

Managing Director | Board of Trustees at State Bar of California
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Carol Waldron

Vice President at Claims State Farm Insurance Company
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Cheryl Watton

Senior Vice President Drug Safety at Exelixis
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