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Wellsprings of Wisdom Conference: Speakers and Presenters
2005
Denise Cavanaugh-Monday June 27th
Denise Cavanaugh has been intrigued by the ways that organizations prosper, decline and renew ever since her early assignments as a Peace Corps volunteer in Peru, Parent Coordinator with Head Start in Chicago and Program Officer with VISTA in West Virginia. All three organizations provided a first-hand, front line view of the challenges of organization development. Denise stepped into the corporate world in 1974 by starting a management consulting firm in Washington, DC that provided organization development services to non-profit groups, health-care organizations, entrepreneurs and Fortune 500 companies.
In 1985, Ann Hagan and Jane Pierson joined Denise to create Cavanaugh, Hagan & Pierson, Inc. This long running partnership - now enriched with a new partner, Josh Mintz -has developed into a smart, trusted ally for organization leaders across many sectors of the economy. In particular, Denise brings a keen sense of strategy to each assignment and is eager to work with an organization's stakeholders to take a tough-minded look at future scenarios that could bring the organization's mission, goals and values to life. Denise is always ready to work with clients to craft an organization structure and set of processes that will make it possible to advance their goals in simple and elegant ways.
Denise is a graduate of St. Mary's College in Notre Dame, Indiana where she earned a B.A. degree in economics and sociology and has a folder full of certificates from an eclectic mix of professional development seminars.
Dr. Virginia Calvin-Monday June 27th
Beginning in 1972, Calvin held a number of administrative positions with South Bend Community School Corporation, serving as superintendent from 1993 to 2000. Under her leadership, the school corporation moved from a $3 million deficit to an $11 million cash balance; built three new schools and completed an ambitious program of expansion, renovation and renewal at many existing facilities; developed nearly 300 school-community partnerships; initiated a range of programs for at-risk students such as social workers at both secondary and elementary levels, JROTC at the high school level, and an alternative high school; and introduced a full range of school safety measures including school resource officers, closed campuses, student crime stoppers and student/staff ID cards.
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Pauline Rose Clance-Monday June 27th 
Pauline Rose Clance, PhD., with Suzanne Imes, PhD, pioneered the study of the Impostor Phenomenon in 1978 and has worked for the past 25 years to help high-achieving women overcome the fears and doubts they harbor despite their accomplishments. Dr. Clance, author of The Impostor Phenomenon: When Success Makes You Feel Like a Fake (Bantam Books, 1986), is internationally recognized for her work, and has been featured in Time, the New York Times, on Nightline, the Today Show, and numerous radio appearances.
Pauline Rose Clance, PhD, is co-founder of the Gestalt Institute of GA and faculty member of both the Pine River Psychotherapy Training Institute and A Woman’s Initiative of Atlanta, Georgia. She is a professor emeritus of Psychology and former Senior Faculty Associate for the Advancement of Women at Georgia State University.
Monica Tetzlaff-Monday June 27th 
Monica Tetzlaff received her B.A. fron the College of William and Mary and her PhD fron the University of Pennsylvania. Monica is an associate professor of history at Indiana University South Bend specializing in African American and Women's History. She is the author of the biography, Cultivating a New South: Abbie Holmes Christensen and the Politics of Race and Gender, 1852-1938 and she is currently working on editing a book of documents of the Civil Rights movement.
Sharon Kendall-Monday June 27th
Sharon Kendall is the Director of Community and Economic Development for the City of South Bend. She is the former regional director for the state Department of Commerce where she was able to work with our city on such major projects as the expansion of Bosch Braking Systems Corp. and Crowe, Chizek and Co. and the construction of the new A.J. Wright warehouse distribution center. Kendall is a 1972 graduate of Saint Mary's College, but before she came to Saint Mary's, Kendall spent a lifetime outside of the United States. She grew up in Micronesia, Thailand, Vietnam, and the Philippines because her father worked for the State Department.
Delia Garcia-Monday June 27th and Tuesday June 28th 
As Director of Corporate Affairs for Wal-Mart in Arizona, Delia represents Wal-Mart with local organizations and the news media, is a company liaison with state and local government officials, and builds relationships with charitable organizations. In November 2004, Delia returned to Arizona following two years at Wal-Mart’s home office in Bentonville, Arkansas. Her personal dedication to community and public service lead Garcia to Wal-Mart in 2003, where she served Director of Diversity for the Wal-Mart Foundation.
Prior to her tenure with Wal-Mart, Garcia served as the President and CEO of the Arizona Hispanic Chamber of Commerce from April 2001 through March of 2003.
She has also held positions as Director of the Arizona Business Connection for the Arizona Department of Commerce and Director of the Arizona Department of Commerce Office of Minority and Women-owned Business Services.
A native of Indiana, she moved to Phoenix in June of 1996. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Saint Mary’s College in South Bend, Indiana and a Master’s degree in public policy from Harvard University. She is a Harry S. Truman Scholar and Woodrow Wilson Fellow.Rachel Harding-Tuesday June 28th
Rachel Harding currently teaches classes on religion at Iliff School of Theology in Denver, Colorado. She has also taught religion and African-American studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder. She just recently left her position as Executive Director of The Veterans of Hope Project: A Center for the Study of Religion and Democratic Renewal at the Iliff School of Theology. The Veterans for Hope Project documents the life stories of community organizers, creative artists, religious leaders, and educators who have been active for many years in movements for compassionate social change. Through educational videos, public forums, workshops, retreats, consultations, and cultural events, the Project passes on the values, faith, and practices that have guided these "Veterans" in their work, with the goal of encouraging a healing-centered approach to community-building that recognizes the interconnectedness of spirit, creativity, and citizenship.
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Marie Willis and Marchell Wesaw-Tuesday June 28th 
In many cultures, twins hold unusual and forceful powers. Many times these differences among twins are simplified into the "Good Twin" and the "Bad Twin." Often described as the Good Twin, Marie insisted friends play mass when they came over and used slivers of soap as the communion. She also had a penchant for eating pennies, which lead the family to coin the phrase, "a penny eaten is a penny saved." Despite her interesting dietary habits as a child, Marie received her B.A. from the University of Michigan and is currently the Assistant Director of the Office of Multicultural Affairs of Saint Mary's College. She is also on the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi's Health Board and is on the Youth Club of Cass County's Board.
Whether justified or not, Marchell was often rumored to be the Bad Twin. As a child Marchell could be found either playing poker in the neighbor's backyard or setting the bedroom carpet on fire. Marchell was also fond of devil costumes, which suited her well and which she can still be seen wearing today on special occasions. Perhaps fitting her child tendencies, Marchell graduated law school after receiving a B.A. in German (the language of Mephistopheles). Marchell is currently the Vice-Chairperson for the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, chairing the Band's Education Committee as well as its Code of Ethics drafting committee.
Marie and Marchell grew up on the West Side of South Bend, attending both St. Adalbert's grade school and Saint Joseph's High School. After going very different paths in the last 15 years, they are now joining forces once again in Michiana to make the world much less "simplified."
Dorothy Friesen-Tuesday June 28th 
Dorothy Friesen was the co-director of the Mennonite Central Committee's program in the Philippines during the era of martial law there. She went on to co-found and direct Synapses, a Chicago based organization that linked domestic and international issues of justice, economics and spirituality. In that capacity she developed and implemented strategies to support a multi-cultural organization, with specific focus on unmasking white skin privilege. She co-facilitated anti-racism workshops for the Associated Colleges of the Midwest's Urban Studies program in Chicago, as well as for a variety of church and social agencies. Dorothy currently lives in Canada. where she works with BodyTalk, an alternative health care system for Body, Mind and Spirit.
Rosemarie Harris-Tuesday June 28th 
Rosemarie is an experienced diversity facilitator and instructor. She holds a Bachelors Degree from Indiana University at South Bend and hopes to complete her graduate studies for her Masters degree at The Ohio State University. A recently retired law enforcement administrator; during her career, Rosemarie also served as a police officer, and training instructor, at various departments and institutions including the South Bend Police Department, the University of Notre Dame, and Saint Mary’s College.
She is a long time fighter for social justice and civil rights, having been arrested during a sit-in demonstration in South Bend in the late 60’s. Rosemarie is a graduate of the FBI National Academy, Quantico, Virginia. She is certified as a Cultural Diversity Training Instructor for the National Multicultural Institute, Washington, DC., and she is a national trainer for the A World of Difference Institute (a division of the Anti-Defamation League).
Bonnie Neumeier -Tuesday June 28th
Bonnie Neumeier has been a part of the Peaslee Neighborhood Center, in Cincinnati, from its beginning in 1984 when a group of women managed to raise over $200,000 to buy the building from the Cincinnati Board of Education. She has spent her whole adult life as a community organizer and political activist in Over-the-Rhine. She has been a frequent and eloquent speaker before City Council at City Hall not only in behalf of Peaslee, but also for the Drop-In Center (shelter for the homeless), the welfare rights movement, and many other struggles that affect the lives of the poor.
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Josefina Castillo-Tuesday June 28th 
As a sociologist and as a woman, Josefina has always been concerned with issues
addressing social and gender equality. She also has a personal stance in non-violent answers to any type of conflict. These factors have shaped the work
that she has carried out throughout her life in academic and
non-academic spaces mainly around educational issues.
Professionally, Josefina has worked as Adjunct Faculty of Universidad Nacional Autonóma de México (UNAM) for 7 years, but later on, her enthusiasm for popular education was encouraged through the work with Mujeres para el Diálogo, a non-governmental organization based in Mexico City. This job offered her an
opportunity to learn how to design and implement workshops, seminars and
Encuentros (meetings) with various groups of women on popular education projects such as literacy campaigns, women's health, methodology of popular education and improvement of self-esteem. The work with urban grassroots and peasant women in Mexico has been one of the most rewarding experiences in her life.
At the present time she works as Program Coordinator of American Friends Service Committee-Austin.
Shobhana Chakrabarti- Mon. June 27th and Wednesday June 29th
Shobhana Chakrabarti is originally from India and has a Post graduate degree in Business Administration, specializing in Personnel Management and Industrial Relations. She is the Director of Ishar, Multicultural Centre for Women's Health based in Perth Western Australia. The organization caters to the needs of about 12,000 women every year from more than 80 different ethnicities and it operates based on the philosophy of Social Model of Health. Last year Shobhana was the recipient of the Women's Fellowship sponsored by the Government of Western Australia, Office for Women's Policy. The project was to undertake a study overseas on intercultural competence and she traveled to US, Europe and Africa to interview women leaders about the knowledge and skills of intercultural leadership. This year she has been selected for the Catherine Mcauley Award which offers a one year Leadership Enrichment program for women in conjunction with the Sisters of Mercy. Shobhana enjoys working in environments where people are committed to learning. She has a personal interest in notions of leadership and role of women in organizational cultures.
Razia Stanikzai-Wednesday June 29th 
Razia Stanikzai graduated from high school 1992 in Pakistan when she was a refugee. Razia has taken many short term courses in human rights, teacher training, PLA, psychosocial wellness. She was a teacher in a primary refugee school and an ESL teacher for Adult Afghan women. Razia also worked as a report writer and resource manager for International Rescue Committee/ Female Education Program with the goal to promote Afghan refugee women's access to education in Pakistan. The program engaged communities to support and contribute to the education of their children with an emphasis on girls . Her last job was ( 2002-2004) as an Assistant Program Officer for the curriculum reform process for primary school level in Afghanistan with UNICEF in Afghanistan. Currently, she is working on obtaining her degree in Women's Studies from Saint Mary's College.
Deb Stanley-Wednesday June 29th 
A native of South Bend, Debra M. Stanley began working in the South Bend community in 1992 at the Chapin Street health clinic assisting the medical staff by addressing the social needs of patients. It was there that she became aware of the emerging issue of HIV/AIDS/STDs in the South Bend community. She then began working for AIDS Ministries/AIDS Assist and served for the next eleven years as the Coordinator and Director of Prevention Education. She is currently founder and Executive Director of IMANI and UNIDAD, Inc. and HIV and substance abuse prevention organization.
Teresa Torres-Wednesday June 29th
Teresa Torres is the founder and Executive Director of Everybody Counts Center for Independent Living (ECCIL), a non-profit organization that over the past 20 years has grown from her kitchen table to a nationally recognized advocacy agency fighting for full inclusion and the rights of people with disabilities. Everybody Counts recently made headlines when the U.S. Department of Justice joined its federal lawsuit against the Indiana Department of Transportation for non-compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. A self-proclaimed 'reformed professional,' Teresa gave up advisory positions with various local, regional and state government agencies to become an unapologetic full time activist and community organizer. She is a member of several national organizations such as ADAPT and Not Dead Yet, and has conducted workshops and training on awareness/sensitivity for businesses, government entities, law enforcement personnel and social service agencies.
Beth Morlock-Wednesday June 29th
Beth Morlock serves as Senior Director of Programs/Family Services at The Center for the Homeless in South Bend, Indiana, directing all programs serving mothers and children and supervising Case Management and Housing Departments. She provides training and consultation to numerous shelters and social service agencies (both state wide and nationally) seeking to better serve homeless individuals and families. A graduate of Western Michigan University, Ms. Morlock also holds a certificate in Executive Education from the Mendoza School of Business, University of Notre Dame. She has four children and two grandchildren.
Linda Baechle-Wednesday June 29th
Linda S. Baechle is the Executive Director of the YWCA of St. Joseph County which provides services to victims of domestic violence, treatment to chemically dependent women, and self-sufficiency training for women head-of-households. She has previously started two non-profit organizations that serve women: the Chicagoland Affiliate of Y-Me National Breast Cancer Organization and St. Jude House in Crown Point, Indiana - the first domestic violence shelter in Indiana to publish its address. Prior to her career in non-profit management she was a congressional aide to U.S. Congressman Jim Jontz. Ms. Baechle is a graduate of Indiana University and has completed some post-baccalaureate coursework at Purdue University Calumet. She is co-chair of the Indiana YWCAs, on the Steering Committee and Peer Review Committee for the Great Lakes Region of YWCAs, on the Executive Committee of the Family Justice Center, a member of the ASPIN board of Directors, and a Rotarian. She is the mother of three children: Jon, Lauren, and Cameron.
Lety Verduzco-Wednesday June 29th
Lety Verduzco is Assistant Director of Community Connections at Saint Mary's College. A few of her responsibilities include co-piloting the Catalyst Trip as well as working on the Bridging College with Community grants. A 2004 graduate of Saint Mary's College, she holds a bachelor’s degree in English writing and a double minor in French and literature. Her future plans include studying creative writing at the graduate level program. Throughout her four years at Saint Mary’s, Verduzco made it her initiative to involve herself in as many aspects of the college as she could in order to develop support for diversity issues. She pulls from her experience as a student and the relationships she made as a South Bend native. She hopes to strengthen relationships between Saint Mary's and the South Bend community through her work at CWIL.
Kareemah El-Amin-Wednesday June 29th 
Kareemah El-Amin is an award winning film-maker, writer, and director. Her first film, "The Thin I'm In", received rave reviews across the country and is still opening people's minds toward weight discrimination. Her latest film and first feature, "The White Girl Thang", takes and intimate and personal look at interracial dating. Also known for her poetic works, she will be publishing her second book of poetry entitled, "A Book of Poetry 'Real Poets' Won't Read, But 'Real People' Will".
Ginger Francis-Wednesday June 29th 
Ginger Francis is a rising senior at Saint Mary's College of Notre Dame, Indiana. She is originally from Crown Point, Indiana. Ginger is majoring in Psychology with a minor in Women's Studies. She is the President of the Campus Alliance for Rape Elimination (CARE) and has coordinated such events as the SMC Monologues 2005 and several Tri-Campus Take Back the Night Marches. Ginger has also served as an S-O-S (Sex Offense Services of Madison Center) Advocate for the past three years, wherein she is also an active member of the S-O-S Awareness Committee. During the fall of 2004, Ginger successfully completed an internship with the office of S-O-S. Ginger was a student participant on the Catalyst Trip 2004 with Saint Mary's College Center for Women's Intercultural Leadership. She was also the recipient of the prestigious Spirit of Service Award presented to her at the Down the Avenue gala of 2005. Ginger will serve as the Student Director for the Office of Civic and Social Engagement for the upcoming school year.
Kathy Schneider-Wednesday June 29th
Kathy Schneider is the Executive Director of Saint Margaret’s House, a day center for women and children who struggle with economic poverty. She holds a Master of Divinity degree from Notre Dame. Kathy spent three years as a lay associate of The Sisters of the Holy Cross in their missions in Washington D.C., Texas, and Brazil. Kathy served as a Pastoral Associate in the Catholic parishes in New York for 7 years. She is co-author with her husband, Bob Hamma, of many articles on spirituality including a book entitled, “Through Good Times and Bad: Prayers for a Lifetime Together.”
Asma Afsaruddin-Thursday June 30th 
Asma Afsaruddin is Associate Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies in the Department of Classics at the University of Notre Dame. Her fields of research are Islamic political and religious thought, Qur'an and hadith, Islamic intellectual history, and gender issues. She is the author or editor of three books, the most recent being Excellence and Precedence: Medieval Islamic Discourse on Legitimate Leadership (Leiden, 2002). She has also written numerous articles and essays on various aspects of Islamic thought and has lectured extensively in this country and abroad. She previously taught at the Johns Hopkins and Harvard Universities and was a visiting scholar at the Centre for Islamic Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London, UK, in fall 2003. Afsaruddin is the chair of the Board of Directors of the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy and a member of the advisory board of Karamah, a women's and human rights organization, and of the advisory committee for the Muslim World Initiative at the United States Institute of Peace, all based in Washington, D.C. Among her current scholarly projects are a specially commissioned monograph on early Muslims and a book on competing perspectives on jihad and martyrdom. Her research has been funded by the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation, among others, and she was recently named a Carnegie Scholar for 2005 by the Carnegie Corporation.
Rev. Martha Carroll-Thursday June 30th
Rev. Martha Carroll was born in Natchitoches, Louisiana and graduated from Northwestern Satte College in 1968 with a dgree in elementary education. Discerning a call to the ministry, she earned a M.Div. from Iliff School of Thoeology in Denver in 1977. Since graduation she has worked at several parishes, always focusing on the theological responses to justice and peace issues. She currently serves as the pastor of Southside Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in South Bend, a growing community which she loves. Martha spends much of her time writing, where she explores the intersection of theology and creativity.
Bradley Malkovsky-Thursday June 30th 
Bradley Malkovsky teaches Comparative Theology at the University of Notre Dame, with a specialization in Hinduism and Hindu-Christian interaction. Other courses deal with the doctrinal and spiritual relations of Christianity toBuddhism and Islam. Malkovsky is also the editor of the "Journal ofHindu-Christian Studies." His theological studies were pursued at various faculties in Germany followed by five years of Sanskrit and Hindu thought in India. He and his wife Mariam, who was raised a Muslim in India, have three children.
Sr. Marianne Farina, CSC-Thursday June 30th
Sister Marianne Farina, CSC is a religious sister of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Cross, Notre Dame, Ind. She holds a doctorate in theological ethics in both Christian and Islamic traditions from Boston College. Marianne is the Director for Research and Scholarship for the Center for Women's InterCultural Leadership at Saint Mary's College. Before coming to Saint Mary's, Sister Marianne was a lecturer for Pacific School of Religion, Starr King School for the Ministry and the Institute for World Religions at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, Calif. At these institutions, she taught courses in Christian ethics, Islam, comparative religions, interfaith dialogue and spirituality. Previously, Marianne had served as a pastoral associate, religious education coordinator, and school supervisor in Jalcahtra, Bangladesh.
Jaleh Dashti-Gibson-Thursday June 30th 
Jaleh Dashti-Gibson has been an academic advisor in the First Year of Studies at Notre Dame and is the newly appointed Director of Academic Programs at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at Notre Dame. She holds a BA in Modern Languages, an MA in International Peace Studies, and a Ph.D. in Government and International Studies. Her areas of interest include international law, international organization, human rights, and conflict resolution. Jaleh was raised in a Bahá’í family and is an active member of the Bahá’í community. She is married to a South Bend native and has two children.
Esther Gendelman-Thursday June 30th
Esther is a wife and mother of five active and wonderful boys. She currently holds the position of assistant principal and counselor of a private high school, Bais Yaakov Indiana. She has been involved with girls education for over twenty years. Esther teaches students ranging in age from seven to seventy. Her passions include education and counseling both of which allow her to work with people and grow from their relationships.
Carolyne Call-Thursday June 30th 
Carolyne Call was born in Ithaca, New York and grew up there, attending Cornell University and graduating with her BS in Rural Sociology in 1986. During the summer prior to her senior year she experienced a call to the ministry while working on her extended family's farm in western New York State. During 1986-87 she served as a seminary intern at the Ladue Chapel Presbyterian church in Saint Louis, MO. In the fall of 1987 she returned to New York and enrolled at Colgate-Rochester Divinity School for the next three years. She graduated in 1990 with a Master of Divinity (M.Div.) with a concentration in Systematic Theology. After graduation from CRDS she began a Ph.D. in Systematic Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary. She was ordained by the United Church of Christ in November of 1994. In 1997 she returned to Ithaca to pursue a MS in Development Sociology at Cornell ('00) and a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology ('04). Now the Director of the Office for Civic and Social Engagement, Carrie still teaches in psychology, focusing on the Introduction to Psychology and Lifespan Psychology. She is currently conducting research on the motivations for involvement in volunteer service.
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