Event Program
Welcome Reception
Opening Remarks by Anchor at NBC Bay Area, Janelle Wang
YWCA Values in Action by YWCA CEO, Adriana Caldera Boroffice
Thank You to Our Sponsors by YWCA Board Member, Ella Zheng
Dinner
Congratulatory Remarks by Senior Director of Social Impact and Inclusion at Cisco, Julie Lane
Awards Presentation
200 Boxes Challenge Winners Announced & Closing
Congratulations Honorees
INCLUSION
Aliya Kassam, MEng, Emerging Leader Award, Applied Materials
Keisha Browder, Nonprofit Excellence Award, United Way Bay Area
Elise Lalor, Nonprofit Excellence Award, Monkey Tail Ranch
Sharon Chan MS CGC MPH, Women on the Rise Award, Sutter Health - Palo Alto Medical Foundation
Arlen McDaniel, Women on the Rise Award, Technology Credit Union
Arlene Spilker, Tribute to Women Award, Sutter Palo Alto Foundation Medical Group
Cristi Green, Tribute to Women Award, Seagate Technology
Janine Bruce, Tribute to Women Award, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford School of Medicine
Kate Nichols, Tribute to Women Award, Cooley LLP
Nancy Capelli, Tribute to Women Award, NVIDIA
Mythili Kumar, Tribute to Women Award, Abhinaya Dance Company
Nancy Darma, Tribute to Women Award, Cisco
Kimberly Shiveley, Tribute to Women Award, IBM
So Jung Kim, Tribute to Women Award, Applied Materials
EMPOWERMENT
Seema Kumar, Women on the Rise Award, NVIDIA
Hsinyu (Sidney) Tsai, PhD, Women on the Rise Award, IBM
Lisa Mallette, Nonprofit Excellence Award, City Lights Theater Company
Ranjani Ravindrabharathy, Emerging Leader Award, Applied Materials
Jennifer Nguyen, Emerging Leader Award, Sutter Health - Palo Alto Medical Foundation
Heather Dickinson, Tribute to Women Award, Cisco
Katherine Grasman, Tribute to Women Award, Heffernan Insurance Brokers
Winnie Hsu, Tribute to Women Award, NVIDIA
Liana Louie, Tribute to Women Award, Sutter Health - Palo Alto Medical Foundation
Christine Santiago, MD, MPH, Tribute to Women Award, Department of Medicine, Stanford School of Medicine
Annie Shain, Tribute to Women Award, Cisco
Linda S Alexander, Tribute to Women Award, Democratic Activists for Women Now (DAWN)
Sarah Wozny, Tribute to Women Award, Applied Materials
INTEGRITY
Ginger Bryan, Ally Award, Applied Materials
Antoinette Renee Battiste, Nonprofit Excellence Award, YWCA of the Mid-Peninsula Donor Advised Fund
Dr. Simone Lunquist, PhD, Nonprofit Excellence Award, Open Doors to Future Possibilities
Stella Landers, Emerging Leader Award, Cisco
Ganga Devadas, Women on the Rise Award, Cisco
Randa Hinton, Women on the Rise Award, NVIDIA
Yan (Catherine) Wu, Women on the Rise Award, IBM
Meena Pai, MD, Tribute to Women Award, Kaiser Permanente
Melina McLarty, Tribute to Women Award, IBM
Tracey Lewis Taylor, MPH, FACHE, Tribute to Women, El Camino Health
Kaitlin Lemei, MD, Tribute to Women Award, Sutter Palo Alto Foundation Medical Group
Natalie Komovich, Tribute to Women Award, NVIDIA
Mari Fuentes-Martin, Tribute to Women Award, San José State University
Amber Emery, Tribute to Women Award, Blach Construction Company