Notre Dame San Jose High School Women of Impact 2021 Program

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Friday, October 15, 2021 12:00PM

San José Museum of Art, 110 S Market St, San Jose, CA 95113

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Welcome

NOTRE DAME HIGH SCHOOL | 13TH ANNUAL WOMEN OF IMPACT

• HONORING •

Aparna Bawa & Dr. Camille Broussard '04 Robinson

• MISTRESSES OF CEREMONIES •

Suzanne St. John-Crane, AMERICAN LEADERSHIP FORUM Laura Garcia, NBC BAY AREA | TELEMUNDO

• WELCOME •

Suzanne St. John-Crane, MISTRESS OF CEREMONIES

• REFLECTION • Isabella '22

• LUNCH • • WELCOME •

Mary Beth Riley, HEAD OF SCHOOL

• PRESENTATION OF ALUM HONOREE •

Kiya '22 toasting Dr. Camille Broussard '04 Robinson

• ND IMPACT •

Michelle Ramirez '16

• PRESENTATION OF ALUM HONOREE • Marisol '22 toasting Aparna Bawa

• MUSIC •

Regent Harmonies Choir, Fleurs du Soleil, Symphonic Band & String Ensemble, Regent Collective Dance Company (RCDC) Directors: Tina Paulson - Music, Emily King - Dance "HIGH HOPES" BY PANIC! AT THE DISCO, ARRANGED BY ROGER EMERSON www.ndsj.org | 02

Mary Beth Riley HEAD OF SCHOOL, NOTRE DAME HIGH SCHOOL

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elcome all Women of Impact celebrants! Thank you for joining us today to support women's education and Notre Dame High School! We are excited to bring to you our 2021 honorees Aparna Bawa and Dr. Camille Broussard ’04 Robinson. Two amazing women!

Aparna's career spans from chief legal counsel for technology companies to chief operating officer of Zoom. That’s right, Zoom, the company that kept schools and businesses moving forward in the middle of a pandemic. I can't wait to hear what that experience was like!

Aparna is passionate about women’s leadership and education and makes it a priority to ensure equity and inclusion in the high tech industry.

Camille will inspire you with her drive and commitment to improving the health and well-being of vulnerable youth in the community. Adolescent medicine and finding solutions for addiction are two of her passions, along with educating the next generation of pediatricians. We are very proud of her and it is an honor to welcome Camille back to her alma mater!

In our 13 th year celebrating Women of Impact, Camille and Aparna join past honorees, women who have made an impact and reflect Notre Dame’s goals to educate life-long learners, spiritual seekers, justice advocates and community leaders.

Thank you for being with us today to honor and recognize the importance of women in the workplace and the community: women like your mothers, sisters, grandmothers and friends who work to build a better world. Thank you for supporting us in our mission to educate young women to take their place of contribution in the world. Thank you for supporting the young women of Notre Dame!

In Notre Dame,

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MEDIA PARTNERS NBC Bay Area Telemundo IMPACT PARTNERS Marvell PwC LEADERSHIP PARTNERS Aspiriant Berliner Cohen Elco Electric First Republic Bank Hedgetrackers The Kirkland Family NDSJ Board of Directors Rosendin Zero Defects Zoom COMMUNITY SUPPORTERS Armanino LLP Aparna Bawa Deloitte SPECIAL THANKS Bond Pavement Solutions Rou de Waal Prema Pinto & Ian Angelo EVENT COMMITTEE Suzanne St. John-Crane, Chair (Hannah '22, Ruby '25) Rou de Waal (Melissa '23) Prema Pinto (Rachel '25) Rupa Rao (Emily '23) Naomi Salowe (Leilani '24)

ZERO DEFECTS INTERNATIONAL

Lusia Theobald (Isamar '25)

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2021 HONOREES Aparna Bawa

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parna Bawa serves as chief operating officer and interim chief legal officer for Zoom where she brings an expertise in building infrastructure

for rapidly growing technology companies. Prior to Zoom, she was senior vice president and general counsel for Magento Commerce, the leading global provider of ecommerce software solutions. With

a strong background in strategy and operations, corporate law, technology investment banking and SaaS platforms, Aparna brings a unique perspective, making critical and practical business decisions every day as she incorporates her operational experience and deep knowledge of publicly listed corporate boards. Aparna earned a BA in accounting at Marquette University and a juris doctorate from Harvard Law.

Dr. Camille Broussard '04 Robinson

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r. Camille Robinson is a public healthtrained pediatrician specializing in adolescent medicine and addiction

medicine committed to improving the health and well-being of vulnerable youth by eradicating health disparities and health inequities. She

currently staffs an adolescent and young adult medicine clinic at the Naval Medical Center in San Diego providing primary and subspecialty care to military dependents. She also serves as an assistant professor of pediatrics at the Uniformed Services University and UC San Diego. Dr. Robinson is committed to training the next generation of pediatricians and is involved in mentoring numerous pediatric fellows, residents and medical students. She holds degrees from Howard University, UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco.

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PAST HONOREES 2020

2015

2011

Fatima Farheen Mirza ‘09 Author

Marilyn Orlando ’60 Dorsa Philanthropist, Artist & Entrepreneur

Lily Sanchez ’51 Tenes Lifelong Volunteer & Community Advocate

2014

Charmaine Warmenhoven Retired Educator & Civic Leader

Dr. Sandra Moore Faber Astronomer, Professor Emerita at UC Santa Cruz

2019 Kim Rivera President, Strategy & Business Management & Chief Legal Officer, Hewlett Packard Rita Beamish ’70 Journalist, Author & Editor

2018 Teveia Barnes Founder & President Lawyers for One America Shirlee DiNapoli ’46 Schiro Children’s Musical Theater

2017 Lisa Sobrato Sonsini Youth Advocate & Philanthropic Leader Kelly Powell ’88 Bruno Health Care Advocate & Non-Profit Leader

2016

Judge LaDoris Cordell Superior Court Judge, Civic Leader & Artist

Sister Simone Campbell Social Leader, Attorney & Public Policy Advocate

Julie Matsushima Civic Leader, Entrepreneur & Author Marie Mackey ’67 Huhtala Former U.S. Ambassador & Language Professor

2013

Belva Davis Award-Winning Journalist & Author Shirley Minardi ’50 Lewis† Former City Councilwoman & Community Leader

2012

Carol Bartz Former Chief Executive Officer, Yahoo!

2010

Geralynn Patellaro ’74 Esq. Legal Director, NetApp, Inc. & President, Building a Better Workplace

2009

Martha Kanter, Ed.D U.S. Under Secretary of Education Ann “Rooney” Pfaff ’56 Blach President, Blach Family Foundation

Irene Dalis† General Director & Founder, Opera San Jose Mary Quilici ’75 Aumack Executive Director, Catholic Community Foundation of Santa Clara County

Rose Pierro ’63 Simmons Non-Profit Leader, Innovator & Advocate

†Deceased

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Ella Colic '20

AUTHOR & STUDENT, OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE

Currently a student at Occidental College in Los Angeles, Ella Čolić’s focus has been her recently published book, Trees Without Roots. The book has been translated into Bosnian and proceeds will fund a project called My First Book, which will support young authors in Bosnia to have their works published. Although her literary credentials are not extensive, her young age and interest provide a new outlook into the historical world of her family and culture. Her curiosity for the past and a strive for a better future is what pushes her to be an upstander. Inspired by her Notre Dame justice immersion trip to Tanzania and living with the Maasai community, as well as other forms of social justice activism, Ella plans to pursue a career in reconstructive surgery, focusing on the humanitarian aspect of the medical field. During the peak of the pandemic, Ella participated in the PPE Portrait Project with Occidental professor and founder of the project, Mary Beth Heffernan, as her mentor.

Malisha Kumar '94 CITY OF MORGAN HILL

Malisha is director of homelessness and problem solving at the Bill Wilson Center. She holds a B.S. in anthropology with an emphasis in human services and an MBA from Santa Clara University. For more than 20 years she served as CEO of a successful manufacturing company in Morgan Hill while raising her two children, Lili and Jacob. During her time at Notre Dame, Malisha’s love for community, empowerment and service was sparked. She fondly remembers volunteering at Agnews Development Center, helping to set up the Halloween haunted house, as well as many other service projects. Notre Dame’s emphasis on women leadership and solidarity challenged her to find her voice. Malisha is very active in her community serving as an advocate for children with Autism and other special needs, as well as for those living with Eosinophilic Esophagitis She serves as an advisor for the Interact Club at Central High School in Morgan Hill, and is a volunteer for the Edward Boss Prado Foundation and South Valley Community Theater. She serves as chairperson of the City of Morgan Hill Planning Commission where she puts the needs of the community at the forefront as they tackle an increasing need for affordable housing across the state.

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Alums Gabriela Ornelas '13

COMMUNITY-BASED RESEARCHER & ORGANIZER, LAW STUDENT

Gabriela will be studying law at Columbia Law School this fall with the highly selective full-tuition Public Interest Fellowship, awarded to those who show exceptional promise for leadership in the public interest law field. Moreover, she will receive automatic acceptance to Columbia’s Public Interest/ Public Service Fellows Program, paired with an activist-scholar mentor and guaranteed funding for two summers of public interest work. In 2017, Gabriela graduated from Pitzer College with honors and a B.A. in sociology and Chicanx-Latinx studies. Most recently, she worked as a capital defense investigator for the Habeas Corpus Resource Center, conducting mitigatory investigations for the defense of petitioners in death penalty habeas corpus proceedings. Gabriela’s passion for public interest law lies in dismantling the mechanisms of structural racism by reshaping our social systems to best meet the needs of those most impacted: low-income Black, indigenous and people of color.

Katrina Ramos '12

FOUNDER, COMPASSION IN OAKLAND

Katrina founded Compassion in Oakland (CIO) in February 2021 in response to the rise of violent attacks against the Asian American Oakland community.

The impetus began on social media when a friend offered to walk with anyone in the Chinatown neighborhood feeling unsafe. In less than a month, CIO was born. Ramos now co-leads the grassroots organization having vetted, onboarded and organized more than 1000 volunteers. She is the interim executive director and heads community outreach, development and volunteer operations. Given the deluge of community interest, Ramos is helping build CIO’s capacity and infrastructure including managing their app development team. Compassion in Oakland provides chaperone services or Uber rides for anyone feeling unsafe, organizes self-defense workshops, and provides food give-aways and safety kits for the community. Since February, they have expanded their efforts to include Compassion in San Francisco and Compassion in San Gabriel Valley.

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Thank you

to all Notre Dame faculty and staff for persevering against all odds to continue to educate the next generation of Women of Impact.

The Kirkland Women, D’Arcy, Jennifer ('10) & Maddie ('12)

Congratulations

Notre Dame for teaching our future Women of Impact what they need to know for life.

— 2021-22 — NOTRE DAME BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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15th Annual Aimee Nezhukumatathil Aimee Nezhukumatathil is the author of a book of nature essays, World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, & Other Astonishments, which was named a finalist for the Kirkus Prize in non-fiction, and four award-winning poetry collections, most recently, Oceanic (2018). Awards for her writing include fellowships from the Mississippi Arts Council, Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Award for poetry, National Endowment of the Arts, and the Guggenheim Foundation. Her writing has appeared in NYTimes Magazine, ESPN, and Best American Poetry. She is professor of English and Creative Writing in the University of Mississippi’s MFA program.

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NOTRE DAME'S 19TH ANNUAL

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Each year, the ThirtyOne Women program funds two full, four-year scholarships for students from Our Lady of Grace to attend Notre Dame.

Over the past ten years, 324 women have raised more than a million dollars to help students from Our Lady of Grace continue their Catholic education into high school.

Thirty women join a circle and commit to supporting one scholarship recipient over the course of four years, covering the full cost of tuition, fees and uniforms. Upon graduation, the scholarship recipient becomes the 31st member of the circle.

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