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Tag Archives: women
Latino Donor Collaborative – learned a lot about the powerful economic force of the community
I am proud to serve on the Advisory board of TELACU Foundation which serves the Latino/a community nationally but especially in the LA area. I also serve on the board of a Latina businesswoman who runs a Construction company of significant … Continue reading
The first computer programmers at NASA JPL were WOMEN! DID YOU KNOW? PASS THIS ON!
For 24 years I taught Executive education at CALTECH which is associated with NASA JPL. My program was a 2 day program in the Industrial Relations Center for executives in business,mainly technology business, on Strategic Alliances. Now I subscribe to … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Women's Topics
Tagged BLOG, code, girls who code, JPL, NASA, programmers, STEM education, women, women who code
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#MOMSQUAD – An interesting video that throws light on the differences in generations -created by the daughter by a good friend Alexandra Addison
We are so proud of our young friend Alexandra Addison – she is now a junior producer at BuzzFeed and just wrote and produced this video. If any of you have adult children you will absolutely identify with the HUGE … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Blog, Family, Raising Children, Social media, Women's Topics
Tagged #momsquad, Addison, BuzzFeed, cleaning, cooking, decades, differences, emancipated women, helicopter parents, homemakers, life, millennials, women
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One of our Larraine Segil Scholars was written up in the Chicago Tribune! HOORAY FOR PAULETTE PANTOJA!
We now have 13 Larraine Segil Scholars ( Our LSS Group) and one was just written up in the Chicago Tribune. WAY TO GO PAULETTE!! Congratulations to you – she created the concept for the company, developed the technology and … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Women's Topics
Tagged emerging companies, entrepreneurs, Larraine Segil Scholars, startups, technology, women
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The Larraine Segil Scholars – LSS – my passion to mentor and support the next generation of women leaders
As some of you may know, some years ago I set up endowment funds – and am so proud of the young women who are benefiting from them. They call themselves the Larraine Segil Scholars. We will be creating a dedicated … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Entrepreneurship, Philanthropy, Women's Topics
Tagged business women leaders, Larraine Segil Scholars, mentoring, scholarships, women
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Philanthropy – a new direction and research from Wharton
A recent study has shed some light on discrimination in the hallowed halls of academia. Researchers found that professors are less likely to mentor female and minority students. The Wharton School’s Katherine Milkman, together with Modupe Akinola of Columbia Business … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Women's Topics
Tagged Coaching, Discrimination, mentoring, Philanthropy, scholarships, Wharton, women
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An Officer of the Order of the British Empire – OBE – what an honor in the UK and Commonwealth – and my sister has just been awarded it!
An Officer of the Order of the British Empire – OBE – what an honor in the UK and Commonwealth – and my sister got it! The family is so excited – my sister was informed that she has been … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Family, Philanthropy, Women's Topics
Tagged Breast Cancer, British Breast Cancer campaign, OBE, wear pink, women, women's health
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A great book – with a good cause! LIFE MOMENTS FOR WOMEN – take a look at it! Featured as part of my Philanthropy Fridays
A friend of mine Patty Dedominic wrote a book called Life Moments for Women, along with author Maureen Ford, and all the proceeds benefit the California Women’s Foundation and they make wonderful gifts for women of all ages. http://www.lifemomentsforwomen.com/ Since mentoring women … Continue reading
Generation W Conference- A blog about the speech I gave there called: Reinventing Yourself – Life Lessons
Reinventing yourself -Lessons Learned – if you retweet or re-distribute pls link to http://rockingrandmamusic.com/generation-w I gave this speech at a conference in Jacksonville FLA called Generation W. Here I am with the founder of the conference, former CEO of the … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Raising Children
Tagged All American Basketball, Donna Orender, Generation W, Inspiration, kid stories, Reinventing yourself, WNBA, women
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Philanthropy Fridays – Scholarships for Mid Career Women – Pepperdine School of Business
I am so grateful for my life. I have been blessed to have multiple careers – and now am in a position to give back. To that end I have created two scholarship funds – one at the Drucker School … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Philanthropy
Tagged advancement, Business, career, charity, empowerment of women, financial support, give back, MBA, mid-career, Pepperdine, PostGraduate, recognition, scholarship, School, Study, women
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