Description

This premier event will address the challenges, obstacles and solutions that face women in today's business world.  The panel will discuss their experiences in getting to where they are in business today.  Whether you are a small or large woman owned business in the Tri-Valley, valuable nuggets of information, strategies and solutions will be shared by the panelists, each very successful in their careers.  Don't miss this insightful event that will allow you to network with women who mean business!

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Moderator
Honorable Catharine B. Baker,                           
Hoge Fenton

Catharine Baker is a former California State Assemblymember who represented the 16th Assembly District from 2014 through 2018. She is a Commissioner with the California Fair Political Practices Commission, which administers and enforces California’s landmark government ethics laws. Catharine is Special Counsel at Hoge Fenton, where she advises businesses and non-profits and practices election law.
 



Panelists
Marianna Marysheva, City Manager
City of Livermore
 
Marianna Marysheva is a seasoned executive with over two decades of organizational leadership experience. Marianna earned her Master in Public Policy degree from UC Berkeley, and has served various cities in California, including San Francisco, Oakland, Riverside, Irvine and now Livermore.

Marianna’s significant local government experience has shaped her into an innovative and creative leader with a track record of implementing programs to promote transparency and open government, building partnerships and promoting collaboration, and getting things done in organizations with multiple cross-pressures and competing priorities. Marianna has a track record of recharging and refocusing governmental functions, and making governmental entities more transparent, flexible, customer and business friendly, and accountable.

Marianna has been recognized for her commitment to public service, cross-agency leadership, public engagement, staff development, compassion and commitment to excellence. Marianna was named the 2012 Person of the Year in Mammoth Lakes and has been featured in the Wall Street Journal.

Debbie Haldeman-Wells, West/South Regions – USA
Director, Public Affairs, Communications & Social Impact
CEMEX

Ms. Wells has been a global leader with Cemex for nearly 10 years. Prior to Cemex her career spanned residential development, construction, and  engineering and environmental policy. She is an alumnus of California State University, Sacramento where she graduated with a BS in Business Administration, Real Estate & Land Use and a minor in Economics.
 

Carolyn Wente, Chairman of the Board and Fourth Generation Winegrower
Wente Family Estates
 
Carolyn Wente is one of the driving forces behind Wente Family Estates’ portfolio of wines’ expansion and growth.  She was instrumental in developing the Wente family’s lifestyle business, which has brought Wente Vineyards worldwide renown and attracted visitors from around the globe.  Today, Carolyn works with fourth and fifth generation family members and company executives to continue Wente Family Estates’ growth of the company’s wine portfolio globally.


 

  Nan Ho is deeply dedicated to the success of the Tri-Valley community, serving as an award-winning educator and a leader at Las Positas College for more than 28 years.  She has partnered with education, industry, civic, and nonprofit organizations to create opportunities that benefit students and enrich the culture and economic vitality of the region. Nan earned her doctorate from the University of Southern California and her Master’s and Bachelor’s from Stanford University.  She serves on the Boards of Directors for Quest Science Center and for Bay Nature Institute.