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The UCSF Center for Gender Equity presents a brown bag presentation geared toward UCSF Women of Color Faculty, co-sponsored by Student Health Services:

Navigating Race and Gender Issues in Elite Professional Education Institutions

Tuesday, April 27, 2010
12:00-1:00pm
Room S-176, Medical Sciences Bldg, 513 Parnassus Ave.

During this interactive and informative lunch hour session women students will learn how to make certain that their unique contribution to the academic environment will be recognized.  Additionally, women will develop strategies to cope with the feeling of “the other” amidst the academic stress of an elite institution.

Innovation is the key to individual and organizational competitiveness.  But we can only experience and share our true creative genius when we exclude the “background noise” and “organizational chatter” to determine how we can make a creative difference in our professional environment.  True creativity comes from an  understanding of our authenticity (our true values, gifts, and perspectives). The more acknowledged value that we bring through creativity and innovation, the more control we have over our careers.

Participants will discuss how to:

• Identify and convert the feeling of being “the other” or an outsider to positive energy via their unique contribution to the academic environment
• Develop strategies for dealing with the guilt often associated with success

Tracey Elizabeth Webb has been an active member of the San Francisco Bay Area business community since her days as a student at Stanford University, where she began a market research business. Her practice provided market profiles of the Pacific Rim primarily for small high-tech or engineering firms beginning in 1980. Upon graduation with a B.A. in International Relations with Departmental Honors from Stanford University in 1982, Ms. Webb attended Harvard Law School from 1982-1984. Ms. Webb earned an MBA in 2003 from the Transnational Executive MBA Program from the School of Economics and Business from the California State East Bay (formerly California State Hayward). She is pursuing a doctorate in Organizational Change at Pepperdine University. She recently taught “Large Systems Implementation” at the University of Cape Coast in Ghana to post graduate candidates.

Currently, Ms. Webb runs Tracey Elizabeth Webb Associates, an organizational effectiveness consultancy. Her strong suit is helping her clients conceptualize and implement change management and human capital acceleration strategies within their organizations. Ms. Webb focuses on creating training and consulting engagements designed to produce business results. She focuses on executive development, team development, and sales process development and strategy.

For more information please contact Mijiza Sanchez at 476-5223 or mijiza.sanchez@ucsf.edu.