The Financial Women’s Association Of San Francisco
presents
A Professional Development Series Event:

"Speed Mentoring"
on
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

Join FWA senior members and other industry leaders for our second FWA members-only mentoring event of 2008!  Our "Speed Mentoring" series grew out of a desire by our members - at all stages of their careers - to interact with and receive advice from senior women in finance who have climbed the corporate ladder.

Just how does "Speed Mentoring" work? FWA members ("mentees") in groups of three will meet during the course of the evening with seven senior women leaders ("mentors"). Our mentors will spend 12 minutes with each mentee group. The more specific and focused the questions you ask, the more rewarding your experience - and that of other mentees - will be. Mentees should bring 2-3 key questions about an aspect of their career development.

We are limiting the event to 24 members to optimize the experience of each participant, so sign up NOW! As an added bonus, we will finish the evening with cocktails and a chance to mingle and network with all who attend.

About the Mentors: 

Dara Bazzano, Partner, West Area Professional Practice, KPMG
Dara Bazzano is an Audit Partner in KPMG's San Francisco office. She specializes in the consumer market and information, communication and entertainment industries. Dara's areas of expertise include SEC filing matters, revenue recognition, debt and equity accounting, and business combinations.

Dara began her public accounting career in 1990 and has participated in numerous audits and public equity transactions for technology companies and in private debt transactions for a large multinational consumer client. She also spent several years in private practice as a Financial Analyst and Controller in the technology and pharmaceutical industries, where she worked with IAS reporting requirements. She is currently the Chairwoman of KPMG's Network of Women in San Francisco and is one of the firm's National Instructors.

Dara is a graduate of California State University, Sacramento and holds a B.S. in Business Administration with a concentration in accounting. She is a Certified Public Accountant in California, and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Janet B. MacAulay, Interim Chief Financial Officer, Chrysalis Consulting Services
Janet MacAulay is a business executive with an innovative approach to providing companies with the resources, strategic planning, and the support they need for growth. Janet is a passionate value builder, who provides finance and operations management expertise to start-ups, mid-stage growth, and mid-cap companies. With over twenty years of experience, she has led mergers and acquisitions, developed and led cross-functional collaborative process teams to successful implementation; managed finances for multiple legal entities; and built operations teams and systems for planning, tracking, and reporting.

Janet holds a B.S. degree in Business Administration from San Jose State University. She is involved with several local charitable foundations.

Cathy Mastroianni, Senior Recruiter, SEARCHWRIGHT
Cathy Mastroianni is a Senior Recruiter at SEARCHWRIGHT, and has over 10 years of recruiting and sales experience. SEARCHWRIGHT is a San Francisco-based, boutique, private, woman-owned, full-service search firm. Prior to her career in recruiting, Cathy was a Senior Human Resources Associate with Coopers and Lybrand LLP in San Francisco (now PricewaterhouseCoopers). Cathy was recruited to San Francisco from Harvard Business School, where she was an Account Manager, coordinating company recruiting activities.

Cathy graduated with a degree in Educational Studies from Brown University.

Anna W. M. Mok, Partner, Strategic Clients, Deloitte & Touche
During her 19-year career at Deloitte, Anna has provided audit, advisory, and consulting services in a variety of business areas. She has advised clients in their initial public offerings, globalization strategies, mergers and acquisitions, corporate and growth strategies, business operation improvement, corporate governance, enterprise transformation, and other corporate initiatives. In addition to leading strategic clients of Deloitte, Anna has developed an Asian business expertise as the Managing Partner of the US-South East Asia Program and as a senior advisor to the US Chinese Services Group.

Anna is currently the president of the Hong Kong Association of Northern California and Ascend (Northern California); serves on the executive committees and board of directors of the Commonwealth Club of California (the nation's oldest public affairs forum), the Hillsborough School Foundation, Ascend (National) and the National US Hong Kong Business Association; and is an executive committee member and president-elect for the Asia America Multi-Technology Association. She previously held board of directors or leadership positions with various other community and business organizations, including the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce and Self-Help for the Elderly.

Katherine ("Kate") Schapiro, CFA, Portfolio Manager, Sentinel Asset Management
Ms. Schapiro has over 26 years of investment experience as an analyst and portfolio manager, specializing in global equities. In December 2005, Ms. Schapiro joined Sentinel Asset Management as Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager. Currently, she manages the Sentinel International Equity Fund from the company's San Francisco office. From May 2001 through December 2004, Ms. Schapiro was a portfolio manager at Strong Capital Management, where she managed mutual funds and private and institutional accounts focused on international (global ex-US) equity investments.

Kate Schapiro graduated from Stanford University with a B.A. in Spanish Literature. In addition, she has earned the right to use the CFA designation. She is a past president of the CFA Society of San Francisco and is an active member of the CFA Institute, currently serving as Chair of the Marketing and Communications Committee. Kate is also a member and past Chair of the Annual Conference Committee for the CFA Institute and former member of the Professional Development Committee.

Ms. Schapiro has appeared as a guest on "Wall Street Week" with Louis Rukeyser, "Wall Street Week" with Fortune, Bloomberg News, BBCTV, CNBC and CNNfn. She has been profiled in The New York Times and in Barron's. Ms. Schapiro is an avid skier and bicyclist, and has cycled on five continents. In 2005, Kate spent several weeks trekking in the Himalaya Mountains of Nepal and Bhutan.

Meredith Spencer, Vice President, Small Business Segment, Wells Fargo
Meredith Spencer is a Vice President, Finance Manager, for the Small Business Segment at Wells Fargo where she is responsible for portfolio planning of Business Deposits, key driver-based reporting, ad hoc financial analysis, and the expense management of the Small Business Segment organization.

Meredith joined Wells Fargo in 2004 as a Finance Manager for Small Business Cash Management. In 2007, she became a Vice President and lead Finance Manager for the line of business. Before joining Wells Fargo, she spent 5 years at Charles Schwab as a financial analyst in a centralized planning group. Prior to Schwab, Meredith lived in Washington, D.C., and worked for an investment bank in Baltimore.

She graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she earned a Bachelor of Science and Business Administration.

Stacey Welsh, Vice President, Private Wealth Management, BNY Mellon
Stacey Welsh is a Director within the Private Wealth Management Group of BNY Mellon. She is responsible for providing sophisticated wealth planning strategies to individuals, families and non-profit organizations. She specializes in helping clients with large real estate portfolios, and in advising women on the financial aspects of divorce.

Stacey brings over 25 years of broad-based experience in the financial services industry. She was most recently a financial advisor with Sanford C. Bernstein. Previously, she was on the founding management team of two financial services companies, in business development and strategy roles, and as a principal of a brokerage firm serving independent financial advisors. Prior to that, she spent 10 years as an investment banker with Citigroup, where she executed several billion dollars of structured real estate finance deals. Stacey holds the Series 7 and 63 brokerage licenses. She is also a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst.

Stacey earned an MBA from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, and is a member of the Board of Directors of Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Summer Search San Francisco, Town School for Boys, and the Hawaii Chamber of Commerce of Northern California ("HCCNC"). She is the President of the HCCNC Foundation.

Space is limited, so reserve early!

REGISTRATION

There are 5 ways to pre-register:

1. Register online. Online registration is now closed.

2. Print and mail the following form to FWA, P.O. Box 26143, San Francisco, CA 94126
  
3. Print and fax the following form to 415-586-6606
  
4. Send an email to
 
5. Call Rhoda Singer at (415) 586-8599

Refund Policy:  We are unable issue refunds unless the refund request is received 72 hours prior to the event.

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