Autumn 2006 Events
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Keeping Talent on the Road to Success
A conversation with Sylvia Ann Hewlett, DeAnne Aguirre, Noni Allwood, and Rosalind Hudnell.
Sylvia Ann Hewlett and three prominent female executives discussed "Hidden Brain Drain" research findings and strategies to overcome it. The "hidden brain drain" refers to the common experience of highly qualified women and minorities who are compelled to either involuntarily leave the work force or languish on the sidelines as their talents are not employed adequately. The discussion was focused on emerging best practices to counter this phenomenon from leading companies such as Booz Allen Hamilton, Cisco Systems, and Intel Corporation that are staunching the "brain drain" and realizing the potential of women and minority managers and executives.
Sylvia Ann Hewlett is the founding President of the Center for Work-Life Policy, where she also directs the "Hidden Brain Drain" task force. She is also Director of the Gender and Policy Program at the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University. DeAnne Aguirre is Senior Vice President in Booz Allen Hamilton's San Francisco office and is the global leader of the firm's Organization and Change Leadership practice. Noni Allwood serves as the Senior Director of Worldwide Diversity at Cisco Systems. Rosalind Hudnell is the Director of Diversity for Intel Corporation. She is also on the national advisory committee for the Digital Divide Clearinghouse and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Committee on Opportunities in Science.
Co-sponsored by the Stanford Center on Ethics, the Clayman Institute for Gender Research, and the Graduate School of Business. This discussion was followed by a reception sponsored by Booz Allen Hamilton.
Date: Thursday November 16
Time: 6pm - 8pm
Location: Bishop Auditorium (reception to follow)
Please contact Hasmet Uluorta at hasmet@stanford.edu for more information.
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The Gender Chip Project
Tuesday October 17, 2006: Cubberley Auditorium, School of Education.
A screening of The Gender Chip Project, by Bay Area film maker Helen DeMichiel. The documentary follows the experiences of five young women in science and engineering courses at Ohio State University from 1997 onwards, from freshman year to decisions about future career paths. Including interviews with the students, their professors, and the people around them, the documentary looks at the work culture of science and how that impacts on women. See the film's website www.genderchip.org for more information.
The film was followed by a panel discussion moderated by Londa Schiebinger, featuring Professor Eric Roberts (Department of Computer Science), Professor Denise Johnson (Department of Surgery, Stanford Medical School), Maria Spletter (4th year graduate student in biological sciences, and board member of the Graduate Student Council), and the director Helen DeMichiel. Co-sponsored by the Science and Engineering Graduate Women's Association, the Graduate Student Council and the School of Education. - Gender and Power in Politics. Stanford Students for Choice presented a panel of speakers including Stephan Ducat, author of The Wimp Factor: Gender Gaps, Holy Wars, and the Politics of Anxious Masculinity; Katie Desmond, Director of Public Affairs for Planned Parenthood Mar Monte; and Tracy A Weitz of the Bixby Center for Reproductive Health Research and Policy, UCSF. The Institute co-sponsored this event, which took place on October 18 at the Wallenberg Hall, Stanford. Contact Mishan Araujo (maraujo@stanford.edu) for more information.