Podcasts & Vodcasts

Audio Presentations (Podcasts)

  • Elizabeth SmithEmpowering Women through Corporate Mission (Flash Player)
    Featuring Liz Smith, the President of Avon Products, Inc. Liz discussed Avon's many programs empowering women, such as the Hello Tomorrow fund offering weekly micro-loans to women supporting community needs, Avon’s partnership with the United Nations to combat global domestic violence, and worldwide walks to benefit breast cancer research. She also describes how her personal career path led her to Avon.
  • Women's EntrepreneurshipWomen's Entrepreneurship (Flash Player)
    Featuring Allison Jones Evanow (College '86), the Founder and CEO of Square One Organic Spirits, LLC and Lynn Van Dermark (Nursing '87), the Founder and CEO of MedTrials. The moderator is Elizabeth Thurston, Assistant Professor, McIntire School of Commerce.
  • Trends in the MediaTrends in the Media (Flash Player)
    Featuring Donna L. Byrd (College '92), Publisher, theRoot.com; Diane Naughton (College '83), Independent Writer and Film Producer; Lauren O'Connor (College '09), Former President of the Filmmaker's Society; and Gretchen Tibbits (College '89), Vice President of Hearst Business Media. The moderator is Andrea Press, U.Va. Professor, Department of Media Studies.
  • Women in SportsWomen in Sports (Flash Player)
    Featuring Val Ackerman (College '81), Former Student-Athlete and President of USA Basketball; Lea Ann Parsley (Nursing '92), Olympic Silver Medalist (skeleton); Debbie Ryan, U.Va. Women's Basketball Head Coach; and Debby Stroman (Curry '82), Former Student-Athlete, CEO of Soulful Golf, Inc., Visiting Assistant Professor, UNC-Chapel Hill. The moderator is Jane Miller, U.Va. Senior Associate Director of Athletics for Programs.
  • Educating the Citizens of TomorrowEducating the Citizens of Tomorrow (Flash Player)
    Featuring Georgia Willis Fauber (McIntire '83), U.Va. Board of Visitors Emerita, Former President, Caroline Savings Bank; Edith 'Winx' Lawrence, Professor General Faculty, Curry School of Education Department of Human Services; and Esther Vassar (Curry, MEd '71), Commissioner and Board Chair of the Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. The moderator is Nancy Deutsch, Assistant Professor, Curry School of Education.
  • Women in Leadership at U.Va.Women in Leadership at U.Va. (Flash Player)
    Featuring Marcia Day Childress (College '76 MA, '96 PhD), Associate Professor, Medical Education and Director, Program in Humanities, Center for Biomedical Ethics and Humanities, School of Medicine; Adom Getachew (College '09), Student Representative, U.Va. Board of Visitors; Yoke San Reynolds, Vice President and CFO, University of Virginia; and Karin Wittenborg, University Librarian, University of Virginia Library. The moderator is Suzan Garson (Conference Honorary Co-Chair).

Video Presentations (Vodcasts)

  • Sheila Johnson"From Learning to Returning: My Journey in Philanthropy"
    Featuring Sheila Johnson (Curry School Foundation board), CEO of Salamander Hospitality, LLC, President & Managing Partner of the WNBA's Washington Mystics, and a partner in Lincoln Holdings, LLC. Sheila focused on three critical aspects of her life that she labeled "learning, earning, and returning."
  • Betsy CasteenIntroductory Speeches
    Featuring Betsy Casteen, MUA in Urban Affairs, Member of U.Va.'s National Campaign Launch Committee and Women in Leadership & Philanthropy Committee, Honorary President of the Virginia Women's Club at U.Va.; and Val Ackerman (College '81), Former Student-Athlete and President of USA Basketball.
  • Environment and SustainabilityThe Environment & Sustainability
    Featuring Deborah Lawrence, Associate Professor, College Department of Environmental Sciences; Margaret Mattix (Engineering '79), Vice President Global Marketing, ExxonMobil, Corp.; Sylvia Smith (Architecture '79), Senior Partner, FXFowle Architects, PC; and Jill Tietjen (Engineering '76), President and CEO, Technically Speaking Inc. The moderator is Andrea Larson, Associate Professor, Darden School of Business.
  • Global ActionGlobal Action
    Featuring Alexandra Arriaga (College '87), International Human Rights Advocate; Meredyth Gilmore (College '10), President, U.Va. Chapter, Building Tomorrow; Mary Ann Leeper (Adjunct Faculty in Darden School of Business), Senior Strategist and former President and CEO of The Female Health Company; and Carolyn Miles (Darden '88), Executive Vice President and COO, Save the Children. The moderator is Carol Ann Spreen, Assistant Professor, Curry School of Education.
  • Challenges in the Non-Profit WorldChallenges in the Non-Profit World
    Featuring Vandna Wendy Bhagat (College '91), Senior Vice President & Executive Director of First Book National Book Bank; Cathy Gorrell (Nursing '79), Board of Trustees, Nomadic Kenyan Children's Educational Fund; and Meredith Gunter (U.Va. Parent), Founder, U.Va. Cancer Patients & Friends. The moderator is Sandra Stern (Curry EdD '85), Board of Directors, Parkinson Disease Foundation.
  • Health Care OutreachHealth Care Outreach
    Featuring Wendi Wills El-Amin, M.D., Assistant Professor of the Department of Family Medicine, Assistant Dean of Medical Education, Director of Community Outreach at the Center on Health Disparities - all at the U.Va. School of Medicine; Sophia Paige, M.D. (College '87), Founder of Arboretum Obstetrics & Gynecology, and Karen Rheuban, M.D. ('78 Med Res, '80 Fellow; U.Va. Parent), Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Associate Dean of Continuing Medical Education, Medical Director in the Office of Telemedicine - all at the U.Va. School of Medicine. The moderator is Connie Lee, Associate Professor, School of Nursing.
  • The Resilient LeaderThe Resilient Leader
    Featuring Victoria Harker (College '86), Executive Vice President and CFO, AES Corporation; Barbara Jeremiah (Law '77), Executive Vice President, Corporate Development, Alcoa Inc.; and Elizabeth Twohy (McIntire '74), President, Capital Concrete, Inc. The moderator is Elizabeth Powell, Assistant Professor, Darden School of Business.
  • Women in PoliticsWomen in Politics
    Featuring Karin Agness (College '06, Law '09), Founder, Network of Enlightened Women; Jennifer McClellan (Law '97), Virginia House of Delegates (71st District) and Democratic National Committee; Meredith Richards, Former Charlottesville City Councilor & Vice Mayor of the Campaign Fundraiser for local & statewide candidates, Gubernatorial Appointee to the Commission on Rail Enhancement for the 21st Century; and Charmaine Yoest (PhD, College '04), President, Americans United for Life. The moderator is Lynn Sanders, Associate Professor, College Department of Politics.