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Women’s Education and Leadership Institute Forum

Committee

Karen Fanoe, Co-Chair Hillary Fish, Co-Chair

Laura Berlanga Susan Black

Vivian Brennand Jackie Cruz

Margaret D'Arrigo-Martin Sharon Dilbeck Karina EscutiaMaria Giannini

Lina Gomez Karen Hagman Dena Jenkins Dawn Mathes

Brigid McGrath Massie Kathy Moser

Alla Zeltser-Fitch

What: The Third Annual Women’s Education & Leadership Institute Forum will bring together business and community leaders to support the Women’s Education & Leadership Institute (WELI). We invite you to join us in promoting the economic prosperity of women in the Salinas Valley through higher education. This important event will fund the WELI program endowment, ensuring this invaluable support is available to the women of this community for generations to come.

Featuring: Panel discussion with Lorri Koster, CEO of Mann Packing Company, and Devry Boughner Vorwerk, Senior Policy Advisor at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP, and moderator Adrienne Laurent, Chief Strategic Communications Officer, Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System

Significance: Statistics support that a college-educated woman is more likely to become financially self-sufficient and pursue a meaningful career. The education level of a mother is a strong indicator of the success her daughters and sons will have as adults. WELI provides the 4 keys: resources, education, social support and mentorship.

When: Thursday, September 29, 2016 ~ 5:30 -8:30 p.m.

Where: Tehàma Golf Club, 25000 Via Malpaso, Carmel, CA 93923  

How: Support the important work of the WELI program by sponsoring and attending the Women’s Education and Leadership Institute Forum. Both sponsorship opportunities and individual tickets are available.

Background: Volunteer leaders identified a significant need to support women in their pursuit of an education and career. Two lead gifts through IMPOWER and Bruce Taylor of the Taylor family helped launch the program. The WELI program is in its fifth year. This summer, our 150th student will graduate from the comprehensive program that combines a scholarship award of up to $2,000, one-year of mentorship, and participation in a three-day program focused on leadership and life skills workshops.

 

Our Panelists

LORRI KOSTER MANN PACKING COMPANY Lorri A. Koster is Chairman, CEO and a primary shareholder of Mann Packing Company, a certified Women’s Business Enterprise. Lorri was raised in the agricultural industry and is the third generation of her family to work in produce.

In 2000, Lorri was president of the board of directors of the International Fresh Cut Produce Association, being the first woman to chair an American produce trade association. She is a past chairman of the Grower Shipper Association of Central California where she became the second woman to hold the position.

In 2005, Lorri was named one of the industry’s top 40 produce professionals under the age of 40 by Produce Business magazine. In 2009, she was given an award of excellence at the United Fresh Produce Association’s Women in Produce event. Progressive Grocer magazine named her one of the Top 100 Women in Grocery in 2011.

On a local level, Lorri was named Outstanding Young Citizen in 2005, and an Outstanding Young Californian by the California Junior Chamber of Commerce and Ag Woman of the Year by Ag Against Hunger in 2006. In 2014, she received the National Steinbeck Center’s Valley of the World Ag Leader Award. In 2015 the Center for Community Advocacy gave her their Ben Heller Award, in honor of her advocacy for farm workers.

Lorri serves on the board of the Monterey Bay Economic Partnership. She is a trustee at the Panetta Institute for Public Policy. Lorri is also a member of the Rancho Cielo Business Advisory Council, the First Tee Board and the Business Advisory Council for CSU, Monterey Bay’s School of Business.

Lorri has a Bachelor of Arts degree in public relations with a minor in business marketing from California State University, Chico. A “baseball mom” and “Forty Niner faithful” she resides in Salinas with her husband Tom where she loves cheering on their two boys, Jack and Sam.

DEVRY BOUGHNER VORWERK AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD, LLP. Devry Boughner Vorwerk is a senior policy advisor at Akin Gump Law Firm, focusing on trade, investment, and food and agriculture policy. In her current role, Devry spearheads advocacy issues related to the Trans-Pacific Partnership and Cuba and currently chairs the U.S. Agriculture Coalition for Cuba, working to normalize trade relations between the United States and Cuba.

Devry grew up in the Salinas Valley, where she got her introduction to the industry and gained passion for addressing food security needs, not only of those in her own community but also of those individuals in other parts of the country and the world that need access to food, which she believes is a basic human right.

Prior to Akin Gump, Devry served as vice president of corporate affairs for Cargill, Incorporated. During her 12 years at Cargill, Devry held key leadership roles, including assignments in China and India. In her role as a corporate officer, she served on the global Corporate Affairs Leadership Team, led the company’s International Business Relations team in Washington, D.C., and led the Latin America Corporate Affairs team, which included oversight for government relations, communications and corporate responsibility work across the region.

Prior to Cargill, Devry worked in the U.S. International Trade Commission’s Office of Industries and as an economic advisor to the chairman. She also served as a senior economist in Agricultural Affairs at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, which is part of the Executive Office of the President.

Devry serves on several nonprofit boards, including the board of Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture, Agricultural Issues Center for the University of California, Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management at Cornell University, and is Chair of the U.S. Agriculture Coalition for Cuba. In 2014 Devry was named World Economic Forum Young Global Leader and in 2015 she became a member of the Economic Club of Washington.

Devry has an M.S. in agricultural economics, with a specialization in public policy and international trade, from Cornell University. She holds dual B.S. degrees in agricultural economics and managerial economics from the University of California, Davis.

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And our Founding Sponsors:  

 

Please join these generous donors in Supporting WELI Scholars

Lala Acosta Ihovanna Aguirre Laura Alladeen Rosemary Anderson Aris Angelopoulos Rick and Tonya Antle Dana Arvig Susan Beadles Terri Belli Susan Black Catherine Boswell Joanne Bravo Donna L. Bruhn Carolee Bull Paulette Bumbalough Kimberly Burgess Janet Buttgereit Anne C. Leach Michele C. Mahi Germaine Caldwell California International

Airshow Salinas Monika Campbell Robyn Chamberlin Ida Chan Sonia Chapa Raul Chavez Chevron USA Inc. Lavonne Chin Carl Christensen Dana Cleary Community Foundation for

Monterey County Casey Cope Susan Creveling Carrie Crook Jackie Cruz Margaret D'Arrigo Martin Tarci Davis Gail Delorey Candi DePauw Pam DeRose Fred and Martha DeYoung Meryl DeYoung Jane Di Girolamo Alfred Diaz-Infante Dilbeck & Sons, Inc. Vicki Dixon Patricia Donohue Victoria Duke Anita Dunsay Earthbound Farm

Julie Edgecomb Karina Escutia Leland Evans Charlote Eyermann Karen and Jim Fanoe Sherry Farson Mary Kay Filice Patricia Filice Hillary Fish Loyanne Flinn Gannett Foundation Genesis Freight Lines Gifts on the Go Karen Gillingham Jessica Gonzales Elia Gonzales-Castro Desiree Gonzalez Linda Gonzalez Drew and Myra Goodman Martha Gustavson Karen Hagman Krista Hamni Jessica Handley Penelope L. Hartnell Sheldon Henderson Barbara N. Holland Sherrie Isaac Mary Jeanne Vincent Mervin Jimenez Michelle Jimenez Hortencia Jimenez Carol Kimbrough Denny Kobrinsky Jolie Kobrinsky Marguerite Kobrinsky Michael Kobrinsky Sam Kobrinsky Catherine Kobrinsky Evans Susan Kraker-Cuppucio Shaw Kruegar Rosalinda Kuzmicz Laura Lawrence Anne Leach Mary Ann Leffel Williard and Michele

Lewallen Crystal Leyva Jennifer Lind Burce Lindsey Tina Lopez Stephanie Low

Andrea Marble-Gomez Tobi Marcus Susan Marcellas Traci Martin Sandra Mason Dottie Massey Erin Massey Brigid Massie Dawn Mathes Kathy Matsui Matsui Nursery Teresa Matsui Sanders Yoshiko Matsushita-Arao Lana McDonnell Amanda McEldowmey Barb McGaughey Angela McGrew Anita McKean Mary Alicia McRae Steve McShane Cassie McSorley Luann Meador Kate Mehle Lynn Merrill-Paduck Linda Michelle Montalvo Linda Moore Natalie Nielsen Noland, Hamerly, Etienne &

Hoss Julie Nunes Bette Nybakken Luanne O'Hearn Trish O'Hearn Yoshiye Okazaki Nathan Olivas Pacific Gas and Electric

Company Erica Padilla-Chavez Lynn Paduck Rita Patel Alma Patricio Amy Pemberton Susan Pheasant Gaby Plascensia Carmen Ponce Judith Profeta Laura Pruneda Terri Pyer Mercedes Quintero Karina Ramirez Braga Ranch

Meryl Rasmussen Christen Rivas Francine Rodd Autumn Rossi IMPOWER Salinas Valley Business

Women's Network Salinas Valley Memorial

Healthcare System Dora Sanchez Ethelvina Sanchez-Vega Shannon Schlothauer Valerie Schlothauer Cathy Schlumbrecht Andrea Scott Anne Secker Lucille Serrano Elizabeth Silva Melissa Speciale Patricia Standridge Jacqueline Steensma Steinbeck Mortgage, Inc. Steinbeck Real Estate, Inc. Sue Storm Sturdy Oil Company Kris Summers Julianne Sweeney Taylor Farms Joanne Taylor Johnson The Geneva Institute

International Trust The Peggy and Jack Baskin

Foundation Barbara Thompson Nora Torres-Zuniga Monica M. Tovar Traci Townsend-Gieg Wayne and Julie Tucker Jeannette Tuitele-Lewis Kari Lee Valdes Vanessa Vallarta Valley Fabrication Robin Venuti Alena Wagreich Dorothy Middaugh Wallace Jennifer Warner Wells Fargo Bank Carolyne West-Karnofel Julie Williams Jennifer Wood Michele Young Emilia Zuniga

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WELI Circle

Give a gift of $1,000 or more to support WELI and the students whose lives are changed by this critical program of the Hartnell College Foundation.

Join us as a WELI Circle member and receive a variety of year-round benefits including:

WELI Forum Event Exposure:

Two tickets to the Women’s Education & Leadership Institute Forum 2016

Your name in the Women’s Education & Leadership Institute Forum program

Your name on presentation screens during the Forum

Additional Event Invitations:

Two complimentary tickets to the Western Stage Gala November 2016

Invitation for two to a private Donor Reception with the Hartnell College President

Additional Hartnell College Campus-wide Exposure and Recognition:

Listing on the donor wall at the Alisal Campus

Listing on engraved brick in the walkway of the Student Center Plaza on Main Campus

Listing in Hartnell College Report to the Community – 80,000 community exposures

Listing on Hartnell College Foundation website

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WELI

EVENT DATE: September 29, 2016

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Hartnell College Foundation 411 Central Avenue Salinas, California 93901

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