WOMEN OF CONCERN PROFESSIONALS STRATEGIC CONSCIOUSNESS NETWORKING
INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD
Jennifer Turpin , PhD ., Provost and Vice-President of Academic Affairs , University of San Francisco . She previously served as Dean of USF ' s College of Arts and Sciences from 2003-2010 , having previously served as Associate Dean for the Arts , Humanities , and Social Sciences . She joined USF ' s faculty in 1991 received USF ' s Distinguished Teaching Award and the College Service Award and founded USF ' s Women ' s Studies Program and served as Chair of the Sociology Department .
* Dr . Angana P . Chatterji is an anthropologist and feminist historian , born and raised in Calcutta , India . She has worked as an advocate for human rights with communities , organizations , government and citizens groups , and government and donor agencies .
* Dana Verde is a New York filmmaker that is a New School University and London Film School , London UK , graduate and to completed her B . A in Media Studies / Screenwriting . She was a two-year Sundance Screenwriters Lab finalist . Graduating with a M . A from the prestigious she wrote and directed a Kodak Student Commercial for Dove ’ s real women campaign , a D & A promotional music video for Thome Yorke of Radiohead and a 10 min HD short called “ The Most Beautiful Girl in the World .” A former San Francisco Bay Area resident , Dana currently resides in LA .
The Lorraine Hansberry Theatre core mission is to promote the performing arts . LHT presents multicultural playwrights ; provide employment and career-building opportunities for actors , directors , designers , and technicians ; and fosters youth development and education through workshops and outreach .
Denise McCalla Creary , Retired Navy Officer and CEO of Jamaican American Association of Northern California is a committed community member that displays the success of obtaining higher goals .
Vanessa Robledo joined Black Coyote in 2008 after accomplishing quite a bit at her family ’ s winery . As a fourth generation grape grower in Napa and Sonoma she began working in her family vineyard at eight years old with her eight siblings .
* Victoria Sánchez De Alba , is president of De Alba Communications . She is a national news Emmy Award-winning former journalist-turned-media relations and PR professional . Her professional background includes television journalism , and investigative reporting with positions held at the Center for Investigative Reporting , Inc ., San Francisco ; ABC / 7 KGO-TV , San Francisco ; and CBS KOVR TV-13 , Sacramento .
* Barbara Mark , Ph . D ., is a consulting psychologist , consultant and executive coach . She works with ambitious and highachieving female executives , and women business owners on career trajectory , professional and personal development and work / life integration . She is also sit on Friends of the San Francisco Commission on the Status of Women .
* NaNa-Dictta Graves , MFA , is an accomplished professional artist with her work in demand by businesses , universities , schools and art collectors around the globe ; she has spent most of her celebrated professional life touring the world with her inspiration lecture ; she is an excellent communicator with the ability to project interest and self-esteem , using a common sense approach ; and able to translate ideas into realities