2019 HONOREES AND PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS
Kim Bardakian
Kim is a dynamic professional with a 20 year proven track record in bringing organizations and companies to the next level with media exposure, marketing savvy and event creation. Kim uses her years of experience in her current role at the Kapor Center as the Director of Media Relations. Read More
Denise Miles
Denise Miles is a Senior Vice President with Wells Fargo’s Corporate Philanthropy and Community Relations. She is the Foundation Manager responsible for overseeing grant making and team member engagement for six counties in the Bay Area. Denise has been with Wells Fargo since 2004 and assumed her current role in March 2018. Read More
Dalana Brand
Dalana Brand is a seasoned human capital executive with significant global leadership experience in various industries, Dalana has established a career profile that includes both corporate finance and human resources. This dual background allows her to uniquely add value to any organization as she can leverage the link between people and the bottom line. Read More
Honorable Teri Jackson
After ending her 2-year term as Presiding Judge in December 2018, the Honorable Teri L. Jackson currently presides over civil trials. A member of the San Francisco Bench since September 2002, her judicial colleagues elected her in October 2016 as the first female African American Presiding Judge in San Francisco after serving for two years as the first female African American Assistant Presiding Judge. Read More
Sherri McMullen
2019 Dr. C. Diane Howell Entrepreneur Award Recipient
Sherri McMullen the Founder at Oakland-based concept store, McMullen, has created a one-stop shop for luxury womenswear featuring emerging and established designers from around the world. In its eleven years, McMullen has become known for cultivating designers with global representation that positively impact communities, encompass female empowerment, and promote positivity. Read More
Markia Archuleta
As Vice President of Oracle’s Advanced Customer Services (ACS) organization, Ms. Archuleta leads Global Sales Operations which encompasses product release management, sales readiness programs, opportunity to cash systems, processes & tools to support a $1.5B division of Oracle. During her 20-year career at Oracle, Ms. Archuleta has been recognized for leading key transformational initiatives focused on optimizing and streamlining business processes which dramatically improve sales efficiency and provide complete transparency of the end-to-end business. Read More
Italina Kirkinas
2019 Innovator Award Recipient
As an Online Presence Expert & Speaker, for the last 7 years, Italina has been helping the Real Estate Community’s Top Brokers & Mortgage Professionals upgrade their presence online through Social Media and Email Newsletters.
You should know, Italina is trained as an attorney; she has a Juris Doctorate Degree and has a legal background. However, like many recovering attorneys, Italina is now practicing her passion, Online Branding & Marketing and giving over 40 talks a year, on national stages as well as locally.
D’Lonra Ellis
D’Lonra C. Ellis is the Assistant General Counsel for the Oakland Athletics, where she works on all of the organization’s legal matters, including its intellectual property, real estate, employment, commercial matters. She is also an Adjunct Professor at UC Hastings where she teaches the Corporate Counsel Externship course. Read More