2023 AWIS-NCC Gala
2023 AWIS-NCC Summer Picnic
2020 AWIS-NCC Winter Workshop: Beyond Unconscious Bias
2019 AWIS-NCC Awards Banquet
2019 AWIS-NCC Winter Workshop: Cultural Competence - Organizing in the Workplace
Bring your colleagues, and leadership from your employee resource diversity and inclusion group and join us at the AWIS -
Northern CA Chapters - Winter Workshop
Saturday, March 23, 2019
8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
at Boehringer Ingelheim Fremont, Inc.
The Workshop will include:
AWIS members $35.00
Non-members $45.00
See our Workshop sponsors below- To Sponsor the Workshop, please email [email protected] and Click here to learn more about sponsorship benefits.
Saturday, March 23, 2019
Boehringer Ingelheim Fremont, Inc.
6701 Kaiser Drive
Fremont, CA 94555
Northern CA Chapters - Winter Workshop
Saturday, March 23, 2019
8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
at Boehringer Ingelheim Fremont, Inc.
The Workshop will include:
- Hear from women leaders, such as Dr. Bahija Jallal, CEO of Immunocore and former AWIS president and former President of MedImmune, EVP AstraZeneca on the benefits of workplace employee resource groups
- Interactive panel- Hear from women leaders from biotech, academia, high tech on the power of connecting at work to build community
- Networking and sharing solutions
- Round tables aimed at helping attendees understand how to promote diversity and inclusion at work with positive impact to their career
AWIS members $35.00
Non-members $45.00
See our Workshop sponsors below- To Sponsor the Workshop, please email [email protected] and Click here to learn more about sponsorship benefits.
Saturday, March 23, 2019
Boehringer Ingelheim Fremont, Inc.
6701 Kaiser Drive
Fremont, CA 94555
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Photo from the 2018 BBQ Summer Potluck
2018 AWIS-NCC Awards Banquet
NCC AWIS 24th Annual Awards and Recognition Banquet
The Northern California Chapters of the Association for Women in Science (NCC-AWIS) cordially invites you to a lovely dinner party and inspiring evening.
This annual event brings together the four NCC AWIS chapters to mingle, enjoy wine and appetizers, and partake in a lovely buffet dinner while celebrating three distinguished women scientists.
Join us at Dominics at Oyster Point
911 Marina Blvd
South San Francisco, CA
6:00-7:00 Check-in, wine & appetizers
7:00-9:30 Buffet dinner and Awards program
Advance RSVP required, no onsite registration
$40 through May 15th, $50 May 16-22nd
Celebrating Inspirational Women
The awards recognize outstanding local scientists who have combined their professional activities with support of other women in science. In honoring these women, AWIS recognizes the importance of sharing more than just the content and techniques of our science with others.
2017 JUDITH POOL AWARD: Yasmin Chandrasekher, Allertope, Inc.
2017 ELLEN WEAVER AWARD: Kelly Lee, Senti Biosciences
2017 SHERRIE WILKINS AWARD: Janice Zdankus, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
NCC AWIS 24th Annual Awards and Recognition Banquet
The Northern California Chapters of the Association for Women in Science (NCC-AWIS) cordially invites you to a lovely dinner party and inspiring evening.
This annual event brings together the four NCC AWIS chapters to mingle, enjoy wine and appetizers, and partake in a lovely buffet dinner while celebrating three distinguished women scientists.
Join us at Dominics at Oyster Point
911 Marina Blvd
South San Francisco, CA
6:00-7:00 Check-in, wine & appetizers
7:00-9:30 Buffet dinner and Awards program
Advance RSVP required, no onsite registration
$40 through May 15th, $50 May 16-22nd
Celebrating Inspirational Women
The awards recognize outstanding local scientists who have combined their professional activities with support of other women in science. In honoring these women, AWIS recognizes the importance of sharing more than just the content and techniques of our science with others.
2017 JUDITH POOL AWARD: Yasmin Chandrasekher, Allertope, Inc.
2017 ELLEN WEAVER AWARD: Kelly Lee, Senti Biosciences
2017 SHERRIE WILKINS AWARD: Janice Zdankus, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Photos from the 2018 Awards Banquet
2018 AWIS-NCC Winter Workshop: Unleash your Leadership Potential
In this workshop you will learn how to overcome self-limiting fears and deeply ingrained patterns of behavior, design disruptive experiments to create change and tap into your zone of genius. The speaker, Laura Gates, has worked with hundreds of clients who felt stuck and powerless in their careers using her Leading on PurposeTM methodology, helping them unleash their leadership potential, harness their creativity and find innovative and inspirational solutions for living their purpose at work. Laura's clients have overcome seemingly impossible challenges, including dead-end careers, devastating performance reviews, toxic work environments and horrible bosses.
This workshop format combines lecture and presentation with exercises in paired and small groups breakouts, time for connection and networking, case stories presented for learning and inspiration.
Topics Include:
This will be a practical, experiential program combining real-life examples with training and interactive exercises in a learning lab format. Guest speakers will weave their inspirational and instructional stories to demonstrate how they've applied these tools in their own lives and gained substantial results in traditionally male-dominated industries. They'll share how they negotiated raises, promotions, transitioned to new jobs, been invited to give TedX talks and asked to step up to opportunities beyond their dreams. And in some cases, (we know this one is hard to believe) they actually took vacations and enjoyed some much-needed time off! Learn how you can find back your energy and free up time and resources to make an impact in your fields.
You will leave this session with:
Workshop Leader: Laura Gates
Laura Gates, Founder Gates Group LLC, brings 24 years of experience in the leadership development, training and coaching field having worked with NASA Astronauts, Naval jet fighters, decorated Generals and CEOs of Silicon Valley tech startups. Laura is a Professional Certified Coach by the International Coaching Federation, certified in International Coaching Federation-approved Knowledge-based Coaching and Marshall Goldsmiths Stakeholder Centered Coaching. Shes used the tools of David Allens Getting Things Done, Crucial Conversations, The Energy Project, Non-Violent Communications, Rational Behavior Therapy, various 360 assessment tools, including OPM, DiSc, EQ360 and MBTI. She holds a BA in Business from Syracuse Universitys School of Management and is a graduate of the San Francisco Renaissance Entrepreneur Center.
In her previous role at a leadership consulting firm, Laura was lead consultant responsible for managing large-scale, complex culture change initiatives, partnering with internal and external HR/OD partners and key stakeholders to ensure programs were delivered to client satisfaction, and worked with clients to measure results and rescale as needed for key clients. Her client roster includes NASA, the FAA, the Navy, Shell Oil, M+T Bank, BP, the nuclear industry, the Pentagon, LinkedIn, Visa, AT+T, Quaker Chemical, Mahindra BT, Capital One, LexisNexus, as well as start-up CEOs and VC-backed companies in the pharma, tech and bio-tech space.
Laura Gates has facilitated proprietary leadership and training programs for diverse groups of up to 50-100 senior leaders and executives. Experiential professional development programs in personal mastery (self-awareness, emotional intelligence, cognitive behavioral change, neuroscience), time management, strategic thinking, effective communication, conflict resolution, understanding ego-system dynamics, developing leadership and people management skills. For over 20 years she delivered five 3- to 9-day programs per year as part of a year-long intensive leadership training program and managed and co-facilitated on-site mid-level management training program with 50-80 participants per session per quarter, typically training and coaching 100-200 managers over a multi-year period.
WORKSHOP AGENDA
8:30 - 9:00 Check-in and Breakfast
9:00 - 9:15 Opening Remarks
9:15 - 12:00 Workshop
12:00 - 12:45 Networking Lunch
12:45 - 1:45 Workshop
1:45 - 2:00 Closing Remarks
In this workshop you will learn how to overcome self-limiting fears and deeply ingrained patterns of behavior, design disruptive experiments to create change and tap into your zone of genius. The speaker, Laura Gates, has worked with hundreds of clients who felt stuck and powerless in their careers using her Leading on PurposeTM methodology, helping them unleash their leadership potential, harness their creativity and find innovative and inspirational solutions for living their purpose at work. Laura's clients have overcome seemingly impossible challenges, including dead-end careers, devastating performance reviews, toxic work environments and horrible bosses.
This workshop format combines lecture and presentation with exercises in paired and small groups breakouts, time for connection and networking, case stories presented for learning and inspiration.
Topics Include:
- Getting out of your own way where are you your own worst enemy?
- Tapping your Zone of Genius bringing the best of you to work
- Having hard conversations
- Disruptive Experiments rapid results for creating change
- Learning Lab design experiments, making a plan, commitment to change.
This will be a practical, experiential program combining real-life examples with training and interactive exercises in a learning lab format. Guest speakers will weave their inspirational and instructional stories to demonstrate how they've applied these tools in their own lives and gained substantial results in traditionally male-dominated industries. They'll share how they negotiated raises, promotions, transitioned to new jobs, been invited to give TedX talks and asked to step up to opportunities beyond their dreams. And in some cases, (we know this one is hard to believe) they actually took vacations and enjoyed some much-needed time off! Learn how you can find back your energy and free up time and resources to make an impact in your fields.
You will leave this session with:
- A renewed hope and inspiration for your career and life
- Concrete practical, applicable tools for manifesting change in your life
- A plan for when you leave to implement immediately
- An accountability partner to provide support and follow through
Workshop Leader: Laura Gates
Laura Gates, Founder Gates Group LLC, brings 24 years of experience in the leadership development, training and coaching field having worked with NASA Astronauts, Naval jet fighters, decorated Generals and CEOs of Silicon Valley tech startups. Laura is a Professional Certified Coach by the International Coaching Federation, certified in International Coaching Federation-approved Knowledge-based Coaching and Marshall Goldsmiths Stakeholder Centered Coaching. Shes used the tools of David Allens Getting Things Done, Crucial Conversations, The Energy Project, Non-Violent Communications, Rational Behavior Therapy, various 360 assessment tools, including OPM, DiSc, EQ360 and MBTI. She holds a BA in Business from Syracuse Universitys School of Management and is a graduate of the San Francisco Renaissance Entrepreneur Center.
In her previous role at a leadership consulting firm, Laura was lead consultant responsible for managing large-scale, complex culture change initiatives, partnering with internal and external HR/OD partners and key stakeholders to ensure programs were delivered to client satisfaction, and worked with clients to measure results and rescale as needed for key clients. Her client roster includes NASA, the FAA, the Navy, Shell Oil, M+T Bank, BP, the nuclear industry, the Pentagon, LinkedIn, Visa, AT+T, Quaker Chemical, Mahindra BT, Capital One, LexisNexus, as well as start-up CEOs and VC-backed companies in the pharma, tech and bio-tech space.
Laura Gates has facilitated proprietary leadership and training programs for diverse groups of up to 50-100 senior leaders and executives. Experiential professional development programs in personal mastery (self-awareness, emotional intelligence, cognitive behavioral change, neuroscience), time management, strategic thinking, effective communication, conflict resolution, understanding ego-system dynamics, developing leadership and people management skills. For over 20 years she delivered five 3- to 9-day programs per year as part of a year-long intensive leadership training program and managed and co-facilitated on-site mid-level management training program with 50-80 participants per session per quarter, typically training and coaching 100-200 managers over a multi-year period.
WORKSHOP AGENDA
8:30 - 9:00 Check-in and Breakfast
9:00 - 9:15 Opening Remarks
9:15 - 12:00 Workshop
12:00 - 12:45 Networking Lunch
12:45 - 1:45 Workshop
1:45 - 2:00 Closing Remarks
Photos from the 2017 BBQ Summer Potluck
2017 AWIS-NCC Awards Banquet
Tuesday, May 2, 2017
This is a great opportunity to meet members of all of the Northern California Chapters of AWIS (Palo Alto, San Francisco, East Bay, and Sacramento Valley) in a casual setting.
Families are welcome! We will be grilling tasty tri-tip and vegetarian options. Please bring a side or dessert to share with 6-8 people. We hope to see you there!
This is a great opportunity to meet members of all of the Northern California Chapters of AWIS (Palo Alto, San Francisco, East Bay, and Sacramento Valley) in a casual setting.
Families are welcome! We will be grilling tasty tri-tip and vegetarian options. Please bring a side or dessert to share with 6-8 people. We hope to see you there!
2017 AWIS-NCC Winter Workshop: Leadership by Design
Saturday, April 1, 2017
Identify your unique qualities and use them to propel your career.
Leadership by Design: Using Design Thinking to transform your Career
Being a woman in science in today’s workforce means you possess characteristics, behaviors, and the mindset that will allow you to become a leader in unpredictable, fast-moving, and value-charged conditions.
We call these leaders “DEOs” — design executive officers — because they are a hybrid of strategic business executive and creative problem-solver. These leaders are not necessarily trained designers or in design positions. They are catalysts for transformation and agents of change. In this workshop, learn not only why this form of leadership is essential to the success of modern organizations, but also what characteristics are common to creative business leaders. Identify these skills in yourself and how to use them to propel your career.
Christopher Ireland
Christopher Ireland worked for 20 years growing and developing Cheskin, a consultancy focused on product and market design innovation. Under her leadership as CEO, the company expanded into global markets, opened four offices, completed two successful mergers and gained a reputation for top quality performance serving a range of high growth clients including Microsoft, Intel, HP, Motorola, Pepsi and more. Christopher and her partners successfully sold Cheskin late in 2007.
Ms. Ireland has an M.B.A. from the Andersen School of Management (UCLA). She currently teaches graduate design students at California College of the Arts in San Francisco and Continuing Studies students at Stanford University. In 2013, she co-authored Rise of the DEO, (New Riders Press) a book examining contemporary leadership traits. She has lectured extensively on the topics of design, human behavior and corporate leadership.
Leadership Panel
The afternoon panel will be “Learning from Female Leaders” — the panel will be led by Christopher Ireland and feature Barb Stuckey and Katy Mogal.
Leadership Panelist: Katy Mogal
Katy Mogal is a UX and Design Research leader with 15+ years experience driving innovation, product and brand strategy through a deep understanding human needs and culture. She is currently Director of UX Research at Fitbit, where she leads a team of strategists, anthropologists and human factors specialists conducting research to inform the design of new products. Previously she held positions at Jawbone, Logitech and Cheskin. She received an MBA from the Wharton School, and studied in the DMBA program at California College of the Arts, and currently co-teaches design courses with Christopher at Stanford Continuing Studies.
Leadership Panelist: Barb Stuckey
Barb Stuckey is President & Chief Innovation Officer of Mattson, the countrys most successful food design and development firm. Barb leads the 60 employee-owned company in helping clients identify new business opportunities, formulate the foods and beverages, develop the branding and package design, validate the concepts and products with consumers, and scale them up for commercialization.
Barb is also author of “TASTE: Surprising Stories & Science About Why Food Tastes Good”. She teaches the fundamentals of taste to each incoming class at the San Francisco Cooking School. She sits on the board of the Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine & Food Science at UC Davis, and she is a regular contributor to Forbes.com, where she writes about the food industry.
Identify your unique qualities and use them to propel your career.
Leadership by Design: Using Design Thinking to transform your Career
Being a woman in science in today’s workforce means you possess characteristics, behaviors, and the mindset that will allow you to become a leader in unpredictable, fast-moving, and value-charged conditions.
We call these leaders “DEOs” — design executive officers — because they are a hybrid of strategic business executive and creative problem-solver. These leaders are not necessarily trained designers or in design positions. They are catalysts for transformation and agents of change. In this workshop, learn not only why this form of leadership is essential to the success of modern organizations, but also what characteristics are common to creative business leaders. Identify these skills in yourself and how to use them to propel your career.
Christopher Ireland
Christopher Ireland worked for 20 years growing and developing Cheskin, a consultancy focused on product and market design innovation. Under her leadership as CEO, the company expanded into global markets, opened four offices, completed two successful mergers and gained a reputation for top quality performance serving a range of high growth clients including Microsoft, Intel, HP, Motorola, Pepsi and more. Christopher and her partners successfully sold Cheskin late in 2007.
Ms. Ireland has an M.B.A. from the Andersen School of Management (UCLA). She currently teaches graduate design students at California College of the Arts in San Francisco and Continuing Studies students at Stanford University. In 2013, she co-authored Rise of the DEO, (New Riders Press) a book examining contemporary leadership traits. She has lectured extensively on the topics of design, human behavior and corporate leadership.
Leadership Panel
The afternoon panel will be “Learning from Female Leaders” — the panel will be led by Christopher Ireland and feature Barb Stuckey and Katy Mogal.
Leadership Panelist: Katy Mogal
Katy Mogal is a UX and Design Research leader with 15+ years experience driving innovation, product and brand strategy through a deep understanding human needs and culture. She is currently Director of UX Research at Fitbit, where she leads a team of strategists, anthropologists and human factors specialists conducting research to inform the design of new products. Previously she held positions at Jawbone, Logitech and Cheskin. She received an MBA from the Wharton School, and studied in the DMBA program at California College of the Arts, and currently co-teaches design courses with Christopher at Stanford Continuing Studies.
Leadership Panelist: Barb Stuckey
Barb Stuckey is President & Chief Innovation Officer of Mattson, the countrys most successful food design and development firm. Barb leads the 60 employee-owned company in helping clients identify new business opportunities, formulate the foods and beverages, develop the branding and package design, validate the concepts and products with consumers, and scale them up for commercialization.
Barb is also author of “TASTE: Surprising Stories & Science About Why Food Tastes Good”. She teaches the fundamentals of taste to each incoming class at the San Francisco Cooking School. She sits on the board of the Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine & Food Science at UC Davis, and she is a regular contributor to Forbes.com, where she writes about the food industry.
Thank you to our corporate sponsors: Genentech Inc., DuPont Industrial Biosciences Inc., E&K Scientific, Monsanto, Anonymous