National Leadership Summit

The 2011 Summit - Return to Your Center - focuses on building leadership capacity across all areas of your life. Workshops and panels cover career development skills, financial and business savvy, health, and other issues of concern to AA/PI women.

Location

The conference hotel is the Westin Houston Memorial City. You may book directly on line using the following link :  

http://www.starwoodmeeting.com/Book/CAPAW2011

Travel & Partial scholarships available

Please send email inquiry to info@apawomen.org for application info (Scholarship Applicatoin Deadline - Aug15)

Flying in and arriving a day early?

Denim and Diamonds

Thursday September 22nd 5 - 7 pm

Westin Hotel 024 bar, Cash bar

Be sure to arrive in time to meet the Hospitality Committee and fellow attendees from out of town!  Wear your favorite denim and blings.  Let's mix and mingle Texas-style! We’ll have some appetizers. Afterwards, dinner is on your own as you catch up with old and new friends. We will give you some great recommendations to check out restaurants in the area including choices within walking distance. - Jean Wilson and Grace Lynn - Hospitality Committee Co Chairs

Conference Schedule (subject to change)

Friday, September 23, 2011

7:00 am -8:00 am     Registration & Continental Breakfast -Networking

8:00 am                 Welcome

8:30 am                  Keynote Address –  Rohini Anand, Senior Vice President and Global Chief Diversity Officer, Sodexo

9:00 – 9:45 am         Plenary Session - Whole Person Leadership – Peggy Nagae, Program Director, The Center for APA Women, Peggy Nagae Consulting

9:45 am                 Break

10:00 - 12:30 pm      Concurrent Workshops  (See workshop listings below)

12:30 - 2:00 pm       Lunch – Subject Matter Experts Hosted Tables

                            Table discussions for various industries & on current issues

2:15 - 4:45 pm         Concurrent Workshops  (See workshop listings below)

4:45 – 5:00 pm        Break

5:00 - 9:00 pm         Reception + Marketplace + Silent Auction

Chloe Dao – Guest Speaker; Designer, Project Runway – Season 2 winner

Saturday, September 24, 2011

7:00 - 8:30 am         Breakfast - Networking

8:30 - 9:30 am         Plenary Panel Discussion

The Summit Honorary Co-Chairs share their whole person leadership styles, the challenges they have faced and their advice on how you can lead, follow and influence others as a caring, compassionate and skilled APA woman leader.

Barbara Adachi, Managing Principal, Chief Talent Officer. Board of Directors Deloitte Consulting LLP

Erin Asprec, CEO, Memorial Hermann SE Hospital

Celia Lin, CIO, Chevron Global Gas

Duy-Loan T. Le, Texas Instruments Senior Fellow and PE

Debbie P. Ly, CIO – Chevron Downstream

Y. Ping Sun, University Representative, Rice University and Of Counsel, Yetter, Warden & Coleman, LLP.

9:30 – 9:45 am        Break

9:45 - 12:15 pm       Concurrent Workshops  (See workshop listings below)

12:30 - 2:15 pm       Lunch Keynote, Helen Zia, Journalist, Author, Former Executive Editor of Ms. Magazine

2:15 - 3:00 pm         Plenary Discussion – The Center for APA Women    For additional info :

                             Leslie Moe-Kaiser, Corporate Relations Manager,

                             State Farm Insurance

                             Linda Yamauchi, Manager of Information, Planning

                             and Support, Southern California Edison

3:00 pm                  Conclusion of Conference – Staying Connected

                             Donna Cole – President, Cole Chemical,

                             Summit Chair, The Center for APA Women

                             Registration Drawing - Vacation Trip for Two

                             (Must be present to win)

For detailed info on workshops - http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11081635/2011SummitWorkshops.doc

www.apawomen.org  

info@apawomen.org

415-310-6978