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The Financial Women's
Association Of San Francisco
Presents
"Meet the CEO"
An Industry Leadership
Series Event
featuring
Deborah Alvarez-Rodriguez, CEO,
Goodwill Industries of San Francisco and San Mateo Counties
on
Tuesday, July 14th 2009
Join us for a lunch - hosted and sponsored by
Hanson Bridgett - featuring Deborah Alvarez-Rodriguez, CEO
of Goodwill Industries of San Francisco, San Mateo and Marin
Counties.
Goodwill is a venerable, 93 year-old not-for-profit
organization that is transforming itself into a social
enterprise focused on a triple-bottom line of "People,
Planet and Performance." As it makes this innovative
transition against a backdrop of the worst economy since the
Great Depression, Goodwill faces the challenge of a
five-fold increase in demand for its job training and
workforce development programs.
While people are feeling powerless over the economic
situation and are waiting to see what the federal, state and
local government will do, Goodwill is acting quickly to
create local solutions to a global problem. Deborah is
leading the transformation of her organization to meet these
challenges.
About the Speaker
Deborah Alvarez-Rodriguez joined Goodwill Industries as President
and CEO in March 2004. Known for her dynamic leadership
style, and with over 21 years of executive management
experience spanning the non-profit, philanthropic, public
and private sectors, Ms. Alvarez-Rodriguez has a track
record of catalyzing change within organizations and leading
them toward greater innovation, accountability and results.
Throughout her career Ms. Alvarez-Rodriguez has consistently
aimed to advance disadvantaged individuals and communities
by promoting and implementing new policies, services, and
business opportunities based on cross-sector collaboration.
Since she arrived at Goodwill, Ms. Alvarez-Rodriguez has led
the organization through a significant strategic
transformation and expansion. In the past five years, the 93
year-old social enterprise has doubled the size of the staff
to employ more than 650 people, increased revenues by 45%,
and tripled the number of people served, to more than 2100
this year, through its comprehensive workforce creation
services. These include award-winning programs such as the
Bayview Hope Transportation Academy, which teaches Class A
and Class B commercial driving; Back on Track, a partnership
with the San Francisco District Attorney to provide
first-time drug offenders with job training and an
alternative to incarceration; and Recompute, Goodwill's
Redwood City-based electronics recycling and computer tech
training program. Goodwill is committed to a triple bottom
line: people, planet and performance.
While serving as CEO, Ms. Alvarez-Rodriguez has been named
the "Most Admired Nonprofit CEO" by the San Francisco
Business Times. She also received, on behalf of the
agency, the 2006 Independent Sector Leadership Award, which
recognized Goodwill's innovative job training program and
leadership development initiatives. Goodwill also received
the Governor's Environmental and Economic Leadership Award.
Prior to joining Goodwill, Ms. Alvarez-Rodriguez was Vice
President of Silicon Valley's Omidyar Foundation, the family
foundation created by the founder of eBay, where she
developed community building, human services and
grant-making strategies. Previously, as the Director of San
Francisco's Department of Children, Youth and Their Families
(DCYF), she helped build one of the most comprehensive early
childhood education and care systems in the nation and
launched one of California's most comprehensive working wage
and workforce development initiatives for childcare workers.
Before joining DCYF, Ms. Alvarez-Rodriguez specialized in
evaluation, strategic planning, program and system design in
healthcare for over 13 years. She is a graduate of Harvard-Radcliffe
College and serves on several boards, including the John
Gardner Center for Youth Development at Stanford University,
the East Bay Community Foundation, and the Harwood Institute
for Public Innovation. She is also the proud mother of a
six-year-old daughter named Sonia.
Program Details
What:
"Meet the CEO: Deborah Alvarez-Rodriguez, Goodwill
Industries"
When:
Tuesday, July
14th, from 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Where:
Hanson Bridgett, 425 Market Street, 26th Floor, San
Francisco
Program
Format:
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM...Networking
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM...Lunch, Presentation and Q&A
Cost:
Members - $20;
Non-members and guests - $35
REGISTRATION
R.S.V.P. Policy: First-come, first-serve. Space is
limited, so sign up early!
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 to issue refunds unless the
refund request is received 72 hours prior to the event.
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