Board of Directors
 Marsha V. Rood, PresidentPrincipal, Urban ReinventionsMarsha Rood is Principal of Urban Reinventions, a company devoted to creating mixed use, pedestrian and transit-based livable communities. Ms. Rood served as the City of Pasadena’s Development Administrator from 1982 – 2000 and was responsible for a nationally recognized program of redevelopment, housing and economic revitalization for Pasadena. She more recently served as the Community Development Director of the City of Culver City. In 2003, the California State Senate, the State Assembly and the Pasadena Museum of History honored her as a Living History Maker in the City of Pasadena. As part of her community work, Ms. Rood serves as Vice President of Women At Work. She also is a member of the Pasadena General Plan Update Advisory Committee, various revitalization committees for the Playhouse District Association and the Rotary Club of Pasadena’s program committee. Ms Rood serves as a Trustee for the Pasadena Presbyterian Church and is a recent Board member of Mother’s Club Family Learning Center. Ms. Rood holds a B. A. degree from Stanford University, a Masters in Planning degree, and has completed PhD course work at the University of Southern California. |
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Veronica Dolleschel, Director City Manager’s Office, City of Irvine |
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 Melinda Carmichael, DirectorSenior Vice President Investments, UBS Wealth ManagementSenior Portfolio ManagerMs. Carmichael has 30 years of experience providing investment advice and wealth strategies to high-net-worth families, corporate executives, and individuals. As Senior Vice President with UBS Financial, Ms. Carmichael specializes in providing clients with investment management consultation, socially responsible investing, asset allocation strategies, retirement and legacy planning, and general wealth strategies. Her background includes extensive experience with Professionals and Business Owners whose busy lives and complex financial situations require expert advice. Prior to joining UBS, Ms. Carmichael was Senior Vice President and Wealth Advisor with Morgan Stanley where she spent over 25 years cultivating her extensive client relationships, building wealth and providing strategic investment advice. Ms. Carmichael’s clients rely on her straightforward approach and thorough analysis of investment opportunities. Collaborating with her clients’ other advisors (CPA, Attorney), there is a shared approach giving the client an integrated Wealth Plan. In 2009, 2010, and 2011 Ms. Carmichael was recognized by Barron’s Magazine and attended its prestigious Winner’s Circle Women’s Conferences. For many years she has been an active supporter of the Pasadena non-profit “Women-at-Work”. She is a founding member of the Advisory Council, Benefactor’s Circle, and currently serves on the Board of Directors. Ms. Carmichael is based in the Pasadena office of UBS Financial. She and her husband of 28 years, Chuck, live near Simi Valleywhere they raised two sons, Matthew and Adam. Matthew joined the Marines and served two tours inIraq. He is now a college student inSan Diego. Adam is studying Biology at Cal State Channel Islands. |
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| Beverly L. Bourne, DirectorAttorney At Law | |
| Diorah Gonzales, DirectorRetired HR Manager, Caltech | |
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 Robin McCarthy, Executive DirectorExecutive Director, Women At Work |
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 Barbara Martinoff, DirectorCommunity Volunteer, Retired, Long Range PlanningAfter 36 years employed with the city and three years employed with County of Los Angeles, Barbara is now retired. She directed the administration of various federal grants for the City of Los Angeles and County of Los Angeles over twenty years. She also directed Long Range Planning for City of Los Angeles airports and implementation of various programs, planning activities with approximately 200 employees for City of Los Angeles Board of City of Public Works and the acquisition and relocation of residential noise program for LAX. Barbara has been involved with various boards, managing non-profit organizations and foundations to support viable programming to help low-income families and children since the 1980′s. |
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| Uma Shrivastava, TreasurerSenior Vice President, Private Client Manager, US Trust/Bank of America | |
 Vera Teller, Ph.D DirectorLecturer / Associate Professor, Cal State University Domingues Hills Vera Teller is currently on the staff at California State University Dominguez Hills as a Lecturer in the College of Business Administration and Public Policy. Her professional career spans over 25 years experience in business and management as Director of Systems and Programming for Safeway (Vons) and Trader Joe’s, consultant for EDS, and Program Manager for WellPoint.Vera holds a Ph.D. and MA from the Fielding Graduate University in Human and Organization Development, an MBA from California State University, Los Angeles, specializing in business information systems and has certification from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in data communications, microcomputer and LAN support. She is PMI certified since 2000. Vera’s interest in career advancement opportunities in the information technology (IT) field is based on personal and professional experience. She extensively researched networks and their impact on women’s careers. She has been a speaker at the Project Management Institute chapter conferences, Business Analysts conference, Los Angeles Quality Assurance conference, and Chinese American IT conference on societal factors that created barriers to women advancing in the work- place. She will continue to motivate others for success in their careers by speaking at conferences, teaching, and writing on various organizational topics. |
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 Louise Wannier, Director Founder Truu Designs, PasadenaStrategic visionary, serial entrepreneur and technological innovator with a passion for transforming the consumer experience as well as fashion and design. Currently leading TRUUdesigns.com an innovative fashion design studio focused on providing distinctive style with personalized fit for women of all ages and figures in addition to an innovative approach to the mass-customization of fashion. Louise has founded and built five companies including MyShape.com which invented and launched personal shopping for fashion online in 2006 and prior consumer leadership success as co-founder and COO of Gemstar U.S. and CEO of Gemstar Europe. VCR Plus+ was the most successful consumer electronics product since the Sony Walkman and was taken public with a market capitalization of over $500 million. Louise has an MBA in Finance and Management Science with honors from the Anderson School at UCLA (1980) and a BS in Astronomy with honors from the California Institute of Technology (1978). As part of a Life break, she attended FIDM where she earned a Professional Certification in Textile Design in 2004. She began her career by joining the Los Angeles office and consulting practice of Ernst in 1979 (now E&Y, at the time was Ernst & Ernst), and worked on engagements across a wide diversity of industries from 1980-1986. |
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| Stacey D. Nyborg, Director Attorney At Law |
