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Elisa Camahort Page, Co-Founder and COO of BlogHer
A blogging pioneer and marketing executive with 18 years of experience in Silicon Valley, Elisa Camahort Page leads all events, marketing and public relations for BlogHer. Elisa was at the vanguard of professional and business blogging, writing seven blogs with personal, professional and political focus areas. Elisa opened her own high-tech marketing consultancy, Worker Bees, after a successful career as a marketing executive in the cable broadband sector. She has managed multiple product lines, senior product management staff and multi-million dollar budgets. Elisa is a frequent public speaker and is widely read as BlogHer's conference leader and reality television editor.

Cindy Johanson, Chief Operating Officer, The George Lucas Educational Foundation 

Cindy Johanson has more than 20 years experience leading the design and expansion of digital services. She joined The George Lucas Educational Foundation as its first-ever chief operating officer in February 2007.  Prior to joining the Foundation, Johanson served as senior vice president of interactive and education for the Public Broadcasting Service. At PBS, she led the launch and growth of the award-winning pbs.org Web site and its suite of Internet sites, including pbskids.org, pbsparents.org, and pbsteachersource.org.

Sukie Dhami, Director of Partnerships at AfterCollege, Inc Sukie Dhami is the Director of Partnerships at AfterCollege, Inc—The largest career network for college students & alumni. She has been with AfterCollege for the last three and half years, contributing to their growth year-after-year. She helped launch the partnerships group in 2006 and contributed to the growth from three newspaper partners to over sixty. She has created partnership objectives, product implementation strategies, and project work flows to unify AfterCollege’s initiatives with their partners. Sukie is also responsible for launching various online products that continue to shape AfterCollege’s presences within the newspaper recruitment advertising space.  

Sukie obtained her B.S. degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Management information systems from California State University, Sacramento.

Other speakers include: 

Michela O’Connor Abrams, President & Publisher, Dwell · Kathryn Arnold, former editorial director Yoga Journal · Janesse Thaw Bruce, Publisher and Managing Director of Body+Soul  · Lara Hedberg Deam, Founder & Owner, Dwell · Nancy Gruver, New Moon Girl Media · Grace Hawthorne, cofounder and President/Publisher of ReadyMade  ·  Jackie Krentzman, Krentzman Communications Custom Publishing · Jeanniey Mullen, CMO, Zinio · Barb Newton, President, Sunset Publishing Corporation · Jane Ottenberg, president The Magazine Group · Polly Perkins Johnson, Vice President, Business Development, AdMedia · Linda Ruth, President & CEO, Publishers Single Copy Sales · Chris Ryan, Executive Editor, 7x7 ·    Susan Dowdney Safipour, Editor Diablo magazine · Lisa Shanower, Principal and Publisher, Marin Magazine ·   Jackie Speier, US Congresswoman, California 12 District · Lisa Stone, Co-Founder and CEO of BlogHer · Katie Tamony, vice president and editor-in-chief, Sunset · Susan West, editor in chief, Afar · Cheryl Woodard,  co-founder PC Magazine, PC World, Macworld magazines and the Macworld Expo

Theme: Turning a New Page—The Future of Publishing

We are here today to celebrate women in publishing, in all of its ever-evolving and varied forms. The conference’s objective is to explore the trends rocking the world of publishing, make new connections and help further our already significant role as leaders in the industry. 

8:30-9:30   Breakfast

Introduction: Thea Selby and Sheila Robinson, WIPP
Welcome: Michela O’Connor Abrams, president and publisher, Dwell 
Keynote: Jackie Speier, United States Congresswomen, California’s 12th District

9:40-10:40  

CFOs/COOs: Join the VIPs of the C-Suites
Speakers: Madeleine Buckingham, COO of Mother Jones and Cheryl Woodard, co-founder PC Magazine, PC World, MacWorld and the MacWorld Expo
Moderator: Maire Walsh, client services director, Next Steps Marketing 

Breaking into Media Management: The Corporate Perspective
Speakers: Jan Bruce, President and Publisher Body & Soul, and Barb Newton, president, Sunset Publications
Moderator:   Nancy Gruver, founder New Moon Media  

10:50-11:50

Financing Your Dream
Speakers:  Grace Hawthorne, publisher of ReadyMade magazine, Jan Bruce, Body & Soul, Polly Perkins, vice president business development, AdMedia Partners
Moderator: Sheila Robinson, publisher, Diversity Woman 

Identify Online Publishing Money Makers
Speakers:  Jeanniey Mullen, CMO Zinio, Lisa Stone, BlogHer,  and Joan Walsh, Editor in Chief, Salon
Moderator: Thea Selby, principal, Next Step Marketing 

12:00-1:30 Lunch Exceptional Woman in Publishing Awards Presentation 

Welcome: Michela O’Connor Abrams, president and publisher, Dwell 
Keynote: Alix Kennedy, 1008 Exceptional Woman in Publishing Recipient and Executive Director Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art 

1:40-2:40 The New Obama World: Diversity, Mentoring and Networking
Speakers: Sheila Robinson, publisher Diversity Woman, Barb Newton, president Sunset Publications, Alix Kennedy, former Editorial Director Disney’s Family Fun and Wondertime.
Moderator: Linda Ruth, president PSCS 

Generations in the Media: Perspectives from the millennials to the post-baby boomers
Speakers: Sukie Dhami (20s), Grace Hawthorne, ReadyMade (30s), Katie Tamony, Sunset  (40s), Susan West, Afar, (50s),  Jane Ottenberg, The Magazine Group, (60+)
Moderator: Cheryl Woodard, co-founder PC Magazine, PC World, MacWorld and the MacWorld Expo 

2:50-3:50 

Turn your passion into a profitable entity
Speakers:  Michela O’Connor Abrams and Lara Deam of Dwell Media chat about their long-term working relationship.
Moderator: Polly Perkins, vice president, AdMedia Partners 

Prosper in the New Publishing Economy: Traditional, Custom and Digital Publishers
Speakers:  Barb Newton, president Sunset Publications, Jane Ottenberg, president of The Magazine Group,  and Jeanniey Mullen, VIV magazine
Moderator: Lisa Shanower, Associate Publisher of Marin magazine 

4:00-5:00

Reinventing Publishing: Creating Online Publishing Opportunities
Speakers: Cindy Johanson, COO Edutopia, Elisa Camahort Page, co-founder BlogHer
Moderator: Joan Walsh, Editor in Chief, Salon 

Turn Editorial into Content
Speakers: Kathyrn Arnold, former editorial director Yoga Journal; Chris Ryan,  Executive Editor, 7 x 7; Susan Safipour, Diablo; Katie Tamony, editor in chief, Sunset
Moderator: Jackie Krentzman, Krentzman Communications Custom Publishing  

5:00-7:00   Wine tasting/cocktail hour

1999 - Gloria Steinem, founding editor of Ms. Magazine  

2000 - Bonnie Krueger, founding publisher of the Associated Press publications  

2001 - Linda Gardiner, the founding editor of the Women’s Review of Books  

2002 - Rita Henley Jensen, the founding editor of Women’s ENews  

2003 - Susan Taylor, Founding Editor of Essence  

2004 - Ardie and Marie Rodale of Rodale Press  

2005 - Eleanor Clift, Author and Contributing Editor Newsweek Magazine  

2006 - Lynn Povich, Journalist and former EIC Working Woman Magazine  

2007 - Phyllis Hoffman, President and CEO of Hoffman Media LLC

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