Partners in Business

3520 Old Main Hill
Logan, UT 84322-3520

Phone: 435.797.2279
Fax: 435.797.3440
Email: partners@usu.edu

Women In Business Speakers: 2008-2009

Alexis Cairo

Vice President Rio Tinto Communications and External Relations, Kennecott Utah Companies

The Athena Factor: War and Wisdom in the Workplace

Alexis Cairo was appointed Vice President Rio Tinto Communications and External Relations - Kennecott Utah Companies in January 2007.  In her role, Alexis manages government and corporate relations, media relations, communications, community outreach and community relations for Kennecott Utah Copper and Kennecott Land.  This merger of the Communications and External Relations presents a unified Kennecott and Rio Tinto voice with the community and policy makers, while protecting and enhancing both companies' business interests. 

 

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Deborah A. Eppstein, Ph.D.

President & CEO, Q Therapeutics

Physical Fitness: a tool for success that will not let you down!

Deborah Eppstein has 30 years experience in pharmaceutical/biotech industry, encompassing research (16 patents) and entrepreneurial management.  She received her PhD in Biochemistry, followed by an NIH postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California, Santa Barbara studying mechanism of interferon action.  Dr. Eppstein received the Business Woman of the Year and Technology Leadership awards as well as the Fittest Female Exec Award in Salt Lake City in 2009. 

 

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Margo Hemphill

President and CEO of Oneway, Inc.
Motivational Speaker and Author

The "No Matter What!" Principles for Business (and Personal) Success

With a background in chemistry and physics, more than 30 years  of manufacturing management experience and a successful business startup that has flourished for more than 10 years, Margo is uniquely qualified to offer encouragement and motivation to business women at all levels.  She combines humorous anecdotes with serious thought-provoking points to engage her audience.  For more than 10 years, her insights, humor and guidance have provided enthusiastic audiences with both the motivation and the tools to achieve greater personal and professional success. 

 

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K. L. Olsen, Ph.D.

Senior Advisor, National Science Foundation, Office of Information and Resource Management

Olsenisms: Lifetime Laws for Leadership and Straightforward Strategies for Success?

As the Senior Advisor in the National Science Foundation's Office of Information and Resource Management, Dr. Olsen advises the Foundation's Chief Human Capital Officer as well as NSF senior management on opportunities for NSF - wide management improvement in areas such as strengthening merit review and interdisciplinary research processes, workforce planning, Program Officer training and development, and succession planning.

 

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 BREAKOUT SPEAKERS:

 

Alison Cook, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, John M. Huntsman School of Business

Women's Mobility within Organizations

Dr. Alison Cook is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Management at Utah State University.  She earned her Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior and Human Resources from Purdue University.  Alison's research interests focus on work-family policies and gender and diversity within the workforce.  This presentation will discuss factors that hinder and facilitate women's mobility within work organizations.  

 

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Elizabeth Hagen, CPO

Professional Organizer

Organize with Confidence:
Simplify Your Life and Make Every Moment Count

Elizabeth Hagen is a Professional Organizer and Speaker whose passion is seeing people smile with satisfaction as she motivates and inspires them to get their overwhelmed lives and spaces organized.  Through life, she quickly learned the importance of being organized- and now shares her talents with her organizing clients in not only their homes but a large variety of business offices.  

 

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Carrie T. Taylor

Richards, Brandt, Miller & Nelson - A Professional Law Corporation

Perspectives from a Woman Lawyer:
5 Steps to Building a Successful Business

Ms. Taylor is a Shareholder of Richards, Brandt, Miller & Nelson, whose practice focuses on defending workers' compensation claims.  She has presented at numerous workers' compensation seminars and workshops.  Ms. Taylor's practice is primarily focused on counseling and representation of employers and workers' compensation insurance carriers before the Labor Commission of Utah and Utah appellate courts.  She has served on the Legal/Health Care Committee of the Utah State Bar and presently serves on its Bar Examiners Committee.  

 

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