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 Meet our 2007 Speakers Breakfast Keynote Speaker: Gay Warren Gaddis
Her dynamic business acumen and corporate culture has led to national recognition. She has been recognized as one of Fast Company's "Top 25 Women Business Builders," Inc. magazine's "Top 10 Entrepreneurs of the Year" and 25 Advertising Working Mothers of the Year by Working Mother magazine. T3's family-friendly workplace programs have been recognized by the White House, NBC's Today Show, The New York Times and most recently in the May issue of Fortune Small Business. Gay is an active industry spokesperson and entrepreneurial advocate. She is a business mentor for Count-Me-In's Make Mine a $Million BusinessT program, a columnist for iMedia Communications, Inc., an interactive media and marketing trade publisher, and recently participated in the Global Businesswomen and Leaders Forum in Dubai, the America-China Women's Business Conference and the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) National Conference. In addition, she's a member of the Texas Governor's Business Council's executive board, the Advertising Women of New York (AWNY) and the Committee of 200 (C200). Before founding T3, Gay started her career as a copywriter with The Richards Group. She then served as public relations director for Baylor University Medical Center; marketing director for Leadership Dynamics, a national management consulting firm; and a full partner at an Austin advertising agency. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Texas at Austin. Gay and her husband Lee are parents to three: Sam, a senior at The University of Texas at Austin, Rebecca, a graduate of the Laboratory Institute of Merchandising, and Ben, a graduate of Texas A&M in College Station, Texas. Together, Gay and Lee, who is also a principal and strategic planner for T3, run the Double Heart Ranch where they raise Texas Longhorns and endangered Madrone trees. Luncheon Keynote Speaker: Dr. Betty Sue Flowers
She is also a poet, editor, and business consultant, with publications ranging from poetry therapy to the economic myth, including two books of poetry and four television tie-in books in collaboration with Bill Moyers, among them, the best-selling Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth. She hosted "Conversations with Betty Sue Flowers" on the Austin PBS-affiliate and has served as a moderator for executive seminars at the Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies, consultant for NASA, member of the Envisioning Network for General Motors, Visiting Advisor to the Secretary of the Navy, Public Director of the American Institute of Architects, and editor of Global Scenarios for Shell International in London and the World Business Council in Geneva (on global sustainable development, the future of biotechnology, and, currently in progress, global water issues). Betty Sue Flowers received her B.A. and M.A. from the University of Texas and her Ph.D. in English Literature from the University of London. Stacey Berlow
Stacey holds masters' degrees in Engineering and Operations Research. Cat Callen
As a Principal Consultant at Seilevel, an Austin based professional services company that creates software requirements for Fortune 1000 companies, she has a deep understanding of the complexity involved with creating specifications for large software development projects and is a leader in the field. Callen holds a degree in Economics from Duke University with a minor in Public Policy. Callen's previous experience in government and public policy includes serving on the City of Pflugerville's Planning and Zoning Commission and working summer internships for a state senator, a congressman, a governor, and two presidents. Alisa Cash
Alisa assumed a management position in I.S. for H-E-B in 2003 where she was asked to deliver highly strategic systems for H-E-B's Pharmacy, Customer Service, and Petroleum departments. She was recently named Director of Applications for H-E-B's systems development and implementations across all business units. For leisure, an avid water lover, Alisa owns a weekend home in Rockport, Texas where she enjoys relaxing with friends. She loves sports and reads at least one book every week. One of Alisa's most memorable events in recent years was a three hour visit, one-on-one, with former President George H. Bush. Lisa Fielder
Lisa had been a stay-at-home mom for many years when, guiding her son through the college application process, she discovered a knack for motivating teens past the twin hazards of teenage procrastination and senioritis. At the same time, it occurred to her that students whose parents lack college experience are at a distinct disadvantage in the race for admission to four-year universities. Hoping to use her talents to "level the playing field," she started College Forward (then called Admission Control) at her kitchen table in 2003, as a publicly-supported charity. Lisa developed the early curriculum and served as College Forward's first classroom Coach, setting the model for the organization's fun-loving and nurturing teaching style. Now a thriving partnership that includes four local universities, College Forward serves over 250 low-income students at six area high schools and 50 students who have entered college. Participants have achieved remarkable levels of success; 100% have graduated from high school and earned admission to universities around the state and the nation. College Forward is one of Texas' newest AmeriCorps programs, and currently has a staff of 44 of the most talented and energetic people in the world. A member of several boards and professional organizations, Lisa recently received the Bank of America Foundation's "Local Hero" award for being "a catalyst for new vision, understanding and change in the Austin community." Lolis Garcia-Baab
A mother of two wonderful daughters and wife of 12-year NFL veteran Mike Baab, she is a business and community leader and a proud graduate of the University of Texas at Austin. It is her strongly held belief that the primary purpose of her life is to be of service. She has raised her children that way and her involvement in and support of numerous organizations around the world are proof of her commitment to helping others in any way that she can. "Giving back is not only a responsibility, it is a privilege." Christine Grable
Christine founded the Museum Marketing Association of London, is the president of the Austin Wharton Alumni Club and recently served on the board of the Austin Humane Society. Christine received her BA from Columbia University in New York and holds an MBA from the Wharton School of Business and an MA in International Studies both from the University of Pennsylvania. Christine and her husband Lee live in Austin with their two-year old son William and beagle Annie. Amy Hardin
As the Managing Partner of Sandler Sales Institute of Austin, Amy's passion is helping companies and individuals grow, expand and reach their true potential. Amy uses proven sales force / management strategies, corporate training and consulting, as well as executive coaching to create success in her clients' businesses and their lives. Amy is certified in Sandler Sales and Management methodologies, Extended DISC and Devine Group assessments and interpretation. Amy and her husband make their home in Austin, Texas with their "Brady Bunch" of a family, three daughters and three sons. In addition to family and work, Amy volunteers in leadership roles in her church and community. Vivian Homza
Vivian and her husband Ken have been married for 15 years and they have two active boys ages 11 and 8. Ken is also a Project Management Professional in high tech, and most recently joined a start-up company. With both Ken and Vivian leading major projects with large teams, the need to balance work and life came to the forefront of their family needs immediately after the birth of their first child. Vivian quickly became an advocate for flexible work alternatives and has real-life experience with choices such as unpaid leave, part-time hours, telecommuting and global jobs. All alternative work options provided trade-offs to support the changing needs for her family and career and she often speaks to women’s organizations about those choices and experiences. Vivian also has several creative suggestions on how to balance work and life demands including hosting a summer camp planning party, achieving quality family time during those few hours after work and networking for sitters or carpools. These solutions apply to all working parents and help make the balancing act of family and career manageable and enjoyable! Vivian earned a B.S. in Business Administration at the University of Hartford and received a Master’s Certificate in Project Management from George Washington University. Vivian has been actively involved in AWTA, the Austin Chapter of the Project Management Institute, and several Women’s Organizations within the companies she has worked including leading many alternative work initiatives and speaking about her work/life balance solutions and experiences. Catherine Jewell
Today, she works with high tech organizations and their leaders to create STAR performers. The services of her company, The Jewell Performance Group, include keynotes, workshops and training for professional development. Her newest book is "STAR Performance: How to become a star at work and in your life." While her formal training is in marketing, Jewell is passionate about careers and has written extensively on career strategy and find-your-passion tactics. Jewell is a four-time career changer who has worked in advertising, public accounting, banking, public utilities, travel and insurance. She has served as a Board Member for more than five years each in three professional associations. Catherine is currently Past President of the National Speakers Association, Heart of Texas Chapter. Kathy Lindauer
Shauna Martin
Shauna received a B.A. from the University of Central Arkansas and her J.D. from the University of Arkansas. Shauna is admitted to practice law in Texas, Missouri and Arkansas and is a member of the Texas, Dallas and Travis County Bar Associations. She was selected in 2004 as a "Texas Super Lawyer" by Texas Monthly, and is a member of the Association of Women in Technology in Austin, serving as the Co-Chair for the 2005 Women's Conference and currently on the Board as President-Elect. As a breast cancer survivor, Shauna is an active advocate for breast cancer issues, serving on the Board of Directors of the Breast Cancer Resource Center and as a founding member of the Pink Ribbon Cowgirls, a social network of young breast cancer survivors. Shauna is also the author of a breast cancer awareness and advocacy blog known as: http://www.shaunawearspink.blogspot.com. In the past, Shauna has also served the Austin community as an active member of the Junior League of Austin having served as the Chairperson for the Living Beyond Bars Girl Scout Project Committee (Troop 1500 film), as a member of the Coats for Kids Committee and the Website Committee, and as a mentor for children at the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired. Barbara Metzger
Nancy Morris
A strong advocate for women throughout her career, Ms. Morris served for two years as President, The Women's Alliance at Xerox Corporation, as well as serving as a mentor who has supported and promoted many women during her career. She recently relocated to Austin and is pleased to have joined the Association for Women in Technology. Tonja S. O'Neill
Tonja started her career as a software developer in the defense industry and was promoted into management shortly after her transition to the telecommunications industry 3 years later. She has built and managed Engineering Departments for small, medium, and large organizations, which has provided her with both breadth and depth of experience in business, management, and software. Tonja has an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin and was honored with the George Kozmetsky Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement upon graduation. She also has a BS in Computer Engineering from Texas A&M University and is an Accredited Associate of Insights Learning and Development, Ltd. Rebecca Powers
Her community involvement includes serving on the Board of Directors of the Rotary Club of Austin; coordinating volunteers for the Right to Sight Eye Clinic, a program of the Austin Resource Center for the Homeless; and participating on the Grant Outreach Committee of her church. Rebecca also serves as a board member of the Alumni Association of the University of Richmond and participates on the advisory panel of the Giving Circles Network, based in Washington, D.C. Rebecca is a 2006 graduate of Leadership Austin; in that same year, she was a recipient of KVUE's (the Austin ABC affiliate) Five Who Care Community Service Award. Rebecca believes that Impact Austin unites a diverse group of women who are collectively creating major social changes in the Austin area. Valerie Savage
Valerie has been active in Austin's business and philanthropic communities and has been a speaker for National Relations Institute (NIRI), Public Relations Institute (PRSA), Priority Associates, and others on topics ranging from writing effective business plans to work/life balance issues. Most importantly, Valerie is a wife and mother of three children — and a multi-faceted career woman dedicated to her own work/life balance while pursuing a career. Gayle Schueller
Dr. Schueller is currently the Technical Director for 3M's Electronic Solutions Division (ESD). Her focus is on leveraging her global organization to deliver new technical solutions to enable customer success. She has responsibility for technical strategic direction and management of 150+ person global laboratory activities to support 3M customers in the electronics industry. This includes product and technology development laboratories in Japan, Singapore, China, Korea, and Germany, as well as multiple locations in the US. Specific product examples include electronic circuits, interconnects, component transport media, and solutions to detect and manage static and EMI. Rebecca Taylor
Rebecca specializes in accurate technology trend forecasting and other strategic things like mergers and acquisitions for large companies wanting to stay competitive. She holds patents in the communications field and can help you figure out what to do with yours. Becky currently serves on the Austin Community College Foundation board as her contribution to making Austin ever more compelling as a place to live and work. In her spare time, she takes her 16 year old son on flying lessons (she is a licensed pilot). Her degree is in Computer Science from Iowa State University. Keri Thomas
Keri holds a bachelors degree with honors in English from the University of Texas at Austin. She was born in Lafayette, Louisiana but has lived around the world with her military parents. She settled in Austin, Texas as soon as she was old enough to choose her own address. As Mrs. Austin 2007 she is involved in helping women remember that taking care of themselves first is the key to taking care of everything else successfully. |
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Gay Warren Gaddis is president and CEO of T3 (The Think Tank). She started her company in 1989 with a cashed in IRA and two employees. Today, T3 is the largest independent advertising agency wholly-owned by a woman in the country, with offices in Austin, New York and San Francisco, over $175 million in capitalized billings, and a staff of 180. Organized as a marketing and creative think tank, T3 works with clients including Dell, Marriott, JCPenney, Chase Card Services, UPS, MSN, John Deere, Universal, Ingenix and MTV.
Until her appointment in 2002 as Director of the LBJ Presidential Library and Museum, Dr. Betty Sue Flowers was Kelleher Professor of English and member of the Distinguished Teachers Academy at the University of Texas at Austin. She is a Senior Research Fellow of the IC2 Institute, an Honorary Fellow of British Studies, a recipient of the Pro Bene Meritis Award, and a Distinguished Alumnus of the University of Texas. 
Stacey Berlow is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) with over 16 years of management experience and she has successfully directed multi-million, large-scale, multinational, and offshore IT development projects. Her background includes insurance, healthcare, and manufacturing industries. Ms. Berlow founded Project Balance LLC, a project management practice located in Austin, TX, to help companies address the challenges inherent in managing IT projects, provide effective project management services and reduce project risk. 
Catherine T. Callen is the first female mayor of Pflugerville and a Principal Consultant at Seilevel in Austin, TX. Mayor Callen, commonly known as Cat, has lived in Pflugerville since 2001 with husband Mike and sons Lucas and Nicholas. Mayor Callen's goals for her 3-year term as mayor include recruiting more retail shops and restaurants to Pflugerville, revitalizing downtown, and promoting the creation of traditional neighborhoods to reduce the reliance on the car as the primary mode of transportation. Callen states she would like to see Pflugerville become an example of how a city can grow without losing its small town feel, and would like Pflugerville to be known throughout Central Texas as a great place to live, shop, and work.
A graduate of James Madison University in Virgina, Alisa received a BBA in Management Information Systems. She spent the first 16 years of her career as a consultant for Accenture, (previously Andersen Consulting), where she was a member of their Advanced Systems Group and vertically aligned with Financial Services and Healthcare. Alisa was promoted to Associate Partner at Accenture in 1998. 
Lisa Fielder, Executive Director and co-founder of College Forward, ought to mind her own business and stay away from the education field. With a Masters Degree in Architecture and a passion for travel, a career designing skyscrapers in Shanghai is a better fit for her background. As she points out, however, "there aren't any teenagers in architecture," and teenagers are her favorite people.
Lolis Garcia-Baab is the host of the successful woman's talk radio show, "The Ladies Room with Lolis", the only talk show of it's kind in Texas (Saturdays at 3:00PM CST on TalkRadio 1370AM). Lolis is a uniquely talented bilingual communications professional with a wide range of television and radio experience as a producer, writer, journalist, correspondent, and voice-over talent. Having lived in both Mexico and the United States, Lolis is particularly adept at communicating in today's multi cultural environment.
Christine Schiller Grable is a senior marketing consultant at Dell Inc. During her six-year tenure at Dell, Christine has focused on developing marketing tools and programs that have helped to land some of Dell's largest customers. For the past two years, Christine has participated in Dell's flexible schedule pilot, working 30 hours per week. Prior to Dell, Christine worked in London for the Royal Academy of Arts managing their gift catalog, in New York at the Museum of Modern Art and in Houston at the Menil Collection.
Amy Hardin, an award-winning sales and management trainer and consultant, is a powerful and captivating speaker with a special gift for engaging her audiences and stimulating people to think. She provides powerful no-nonsense insights and ideas that work, including dozens of specific, practical and effective success strategies culled from her corporate experience, hundreds of salespeople, business entrepreneurs and CEOs who are on the "front lines" every day.
Vivian Homza has over 20 years experience in high tech corporations including IBM, Dell Inc. and most recently at AMD. She became a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) 7 years ago and has successfully managed numerous multi-million dollar global projects including new product development, custom solution design and implementation, and I/T infrastructure projects as well as managed a team of 12 project managers. 
Catherine Jewell is a woman business owner who knows the struggles of cash flow, marketing, supervising employees and building client relationships. She is a single mom who raised a son while succeeding in the highly demanding and competitive world of advertising. She has broken through the glass ceiling and crawled around it a few times! 
Kathy Lindauer has practiced law for over 30 years, and specializes in corporate and securities law and in software licensing transactions. She assists small to medium-sized companies with public and private financings, merger and acquisition transactions, creating and working with effective boards of directors, legal compliance, and other corporate matters. A native Austinite, Kathy has been named as one of the 'Best Lawyers in America' since 2001 and as a 'Texas Super Lawyer' since 2003. She graduated "Order of the Coif" from SMU Law School in 1976. Kathy was one of the founders and the first President of AWTAustin. In her spare time, Kathy enjoys meeting great women through AWTAustin, going to yoga class, and sipping margaritas.
Currently Shauna is a Partner with Lancaster, Helling, Martin & Grable, L.L.P. Prior to joining Lancaster Helling, Shauna had a number of other positions including Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary for GENBAND Inc. and General Counsel for Hotels.com, General Counsel for TriStar Aerospace Co. and Associate at the law firm of Husch and Eppenberger.
Barbara Metzger is the founder and president of MaxImize, which she formed in 1990 and has been based in Austin since 1997. Her focus is on helping clients achieve stronger teams and lower turnover as they use assessments and systems to hire the best candidates as well as manage and develop skills of their current team. With an undergraduate B.S. degree from Texas Tech, Barbara's years of experience and continuing education has contributed to a knowledge level in the top 5% of human capital consultants. A practical application of this results in Barbara having a long history of helping hundreds of clients build strong, motivated and productive corporate teams.
Nancy Morris has over 25 years experience in sales, marketing, and product development. Her extensive background includes positions as Senior Vice President, Marketing, for Xerox North America; Senior Vice President, General Manager, Office Solutions Group; and Vice President Worldwide Digital Marketing.
Tonja S. O'Neill is the founder and CEO of Soverex, Inc. She has been providing business execution consulting services to the Austin community since 2001 and has been managing people and projects in the high-tech industry for over 17 years. Prior to starting her own company, Tonja was the Chief Development Officer for Merinta, Inc., a software startup specializing in the development of commercial internet-based products.
Rebecca, born in Louisville, KY, earned a B.S. in Business Administration at the University of Richmond in Virginia. She was a sales representative with IBM for 14 years before settling in Austin 13 years ago with her husband and two children. 
Valerie Savage is an Austin CFO, Consultant and Founder of For Women's Sake, which offers career and lifestyle resources for business women. Valerie has held executive positions in several private and public companies, most recently as Chief Financial Officer of Crossroads Systems and Patton Surgical. She has also provided strategic consulting services to both large and small companies, and has directly participated in several public offerings. Valerie's career began Deloitte Touche. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Texas at Dallas and is a Certified Public Accountant.
Gayle Schueller holds a BS in Physics and a Ph.D. in Materials Science. She joined 3M's corporate laboratories in 1992, investigating the electrochemical properties of metal/polymer interfaces. Her research has contributed to the understanding of electrodeposition, corrosion, chemical processing of flexible circuitry, and nondestructive analysis. Gayle has held a number of technology leadership positions with increasing responsibility, including semiconductor package development, applications engineering, flexible circuitry for inkjet applications, and technology coordination for global strategic accounts in the electronics industry. In addition, she is certified as a Six Sigma Black Belt.
Rebecca (Becky) Taylor is an 'old software warhorse', having written her first software program in the year that the IBM PC was released. In the ensuing 25 years, she has moved from designing first-of-their-kind control systems for oil refineries and odd air defense/spook stuff to starting technology companies and leading technology groups such as the Austin Technology Council. She has had the most fun advising investors on promising investments to make in the communications and embedded systems (read: anything that doesn't look like your mama's PC). She's been told she is an outstanding team builder and one of the most level-headed startup founders in the city. She is General Partner of Taylor-Deininger Partners, a firm she founded in January 2005, and it is her third startup since 1991.
Keri Thomas started Keri Thomas Communications, LLC months after having her first child. At the same time that she was growing the marketing communications firm, she was growing her family which consists of a seven-year-old son and 5 month-old daughter. For seven years, Keri has walked the fine line between a demanding professional life and family life while striving not to lose her self in the process or neglect her husband. She has enjoyed working with a wide range of industries such as high tech, retail, executive recruiting and real estate. Her list of clients includes Dell, Advanced Micro Devices, The Adkins Group, Kolar Advertising and Marketing and Glazing Saddles, Ltd, the owner of the Krispy Kreme brand in Central Texas. She works closely with clients to craft communications strategies and collateral that will help them accomplish their goals. Flexibility and being willing to let some opportunities go have helped make the blend of home-based business and stay-at-home mommy work.
