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Spring Brunch

About Spring Brunch

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Every spring, Cap and Gown welcomes alumni back to campus to join actives, other students, and members of the Stanford community for great food and delightful conversation. The event also features several remarkable women leaders sharing their stories, reflections, insights, and inspirations. Past speakers have included Dr. Laura Carstensen, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, Dr. Andrea Rees Davies, Kate Kelly, Dr. Christine Min Wotipka and Beth Ashley. It is a great opportunity for women of all ages to connect and share ideas.

The event also gives our actives an opportunity to recognize new honorary members that are selected in consultation with the Alumnae Board.  Honoraries are chosen based on their sustained contribution to Stanford undergraduate women and their leadership in the community.

UPCOMING Spring Brunch events

Sara Jordan-Bloch is a sociologist and a senior research scholar the Stanford VMware Women's Leadership Innovation Lab. She is a core team member of the Voice & Influence program, designed to help men and women be as effective as possible and create workplaces where all people can thrive. She also leads the Seeds of Change initiative, which aims to provide young women and girls with knowledge and skills to strengthen their own voice and navigate critical transitions such as starting college or entering the workforce. Dr. Jordan-Bloch centers her research on the intersection of Social Psychology and  Education.

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Please RSVP using this form. We hope to see you there!

Past Spring Brunch events

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2022: Embrace the Journey

Sola Bright, Product Strategy at Meta, Harvard MBA, Formerly at McKinsey and Investor

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2019

Hannah Gordon, JD ’08, Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel, San Francisco 49ers

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2017: Making the Choices of a Lifetime

Jennifer Cabalquinto, CFO Golden State Warriors

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2016: The F Word: Feminism and Leadership Now

Professor Michele Elam, Olivier Nomellini Family University Fellow in Undergraduate Education and Professor of English

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2015: A Life of Discovery: Inspiration, Exploration, and Giving Back

Dr. JoAnne Hewett, Director, Elementary Particle Physics Division, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

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2014: Blazing Trails: The Stories and Insights of Influential Women Leaders from Stanford

Heidi Roizen, BA ’80, MBA ’83; Miriam Rivera, BA ’86, MA ’89, JD/MBA ’95; Carroll Estes, Emeritus Professor of Sociology at UCSF

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2013: American Media’s Influence on Women and American Culture

Jennifer Siebel Newsom, BA ’96 MBA ’01

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2012: A Long Bright Future: Career, Family, Community, Friendship and Well Being

Dr. Laura Carstensen, Stanford Fairleigh S. Dickinson Jr. Professor in Public Policy; Professor of Psychology; Director, Stanford Center on Longevity

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