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High-Technology
Carol Bartz / CEO of Autodesk Inc., fourth largest PC software company in the world and highest ranking female CEO in the software industry

Kim Polese / CEO of Marimba Inc.

Esther Dyson / High-tech guru and author of The Accidental Techie

Music, Arts and Entertainment
Gloria Borders / Vice President and General Manager of Skywalker Sound, Academy Award winner for Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Academy Award nominee for Forrest Gump

Leslie Ann Jones / Multiple Academy Award winner for scoring and sound. One of the most respected experts in the music industry.

Loretha Jones / Movie producer currently filming -- with Robert Altman

Laurie Sokoloff / Solo piccoloist and flutist with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

Stephanie Herman / Principal ballerina, currently founder and CEO of Esprit de Danse fitness company.

Law
Desiree Cherry / Attorney, Sanbrook and Cherry Law

International Business/Biotech
Susan Clymer / Founder and CEO, NichiBei Bio

Sports
Nancy Ditz / Olympic marathoner, ranked first in the marathon in the U.S.,
two-time winner of the Los Angeles Marathon and San Francisco's Bay to Breakers run

Lynda Plettner / Professional dog musher and dog breeder; six time finisher of the Iditarod race.

Heather Cox / ESPN sportcaster

Politics
Diane Feinstein / U.S. Senator

Jessica Stern / Expert on weapons of mass desctruction and terrorism; author of Risk and Dread - Preempting the New Terrorists, Harvard University Press, will be published in Spring of 1999. Jessica was the model for the character Nicole Kidman plays in the film The Peacemaker.

Homemaker
Tipper Gore / homemaker, mother, wife of Vice President Al Gore, and advocate for mental health and the fight against homelessness

Space Exploration
Dr. Mae Jemison / Space shuttle Endeavour astronaut

Donna Shirley / Director of NASA's Mars Exploration Program

Medical
Dr. Susan Love / Director of the Santa Barbara Breast Cancer Institute,
author of Dr. Susan Love's Breast Book and Dr. Susan Love's Hormone Book

Marsha Angell / Senior Editor, New England Journal of Medicine

Higher Education
Ruth Simmons / President, Smith College

Susan Kovalik / President of Kovalik and Associaties, creator of Integrated Thematic Instruction (ITI) model; Recognized as one of the "pioneers" in the brain-compatible learning movement, and author of ITI - The Model and Kidseye of Science

Journalism, Broadcast News
Judy Woodruff / Prime anchor and senior correspondent with CNN,
author of This is Judy Woodruff at the White House

Sonia Ruseler / Anchor for CNN's NEWSDAY

Novelists, Authors
Isabel Allende / Award winning author of numerous books including The House of Spirits, Of Love and Shadows, and Eva Luna

Chitra Divakaruni / Best selling author of Arranged Marriage and Mistress of Spices

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