Women of The World
Carol Bartz / CEO of Autodesk Inc., fourth largest PC software company in the world and highest ranking female CEO in the software industry Kim Polese / CEO of Marimba Inc. Esther Dyson / High-tech guru and author of The Accidental Techie
Julie Corman / President of Trinity Pictures Leslie Ann Jones / Scoring Manager - Mixer at Skywalker Sound. Skywalker Sound is an audio post production facility and winner of 11 Academy Awards. Loretha Jones / Executive Producer of The Parenthood weekly sitcom and producer of the motion pictures, The Meteor Man and The Five Heartbeats. Loretha also holds a law degree and practices entertainment law. Kate Mulgrew / Actress, the first female starship captain in the history of prime time Laurie Sokoloff / Solo piccoloist and flutist with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Stephanie Herman / Principal ballerina, currently founder and CEO of Esprit de Danse fitness company.
two-time winner of the Los Angeles Marathon and San Francisco's Bay to Breakers run Lynda Plettner / Professional dog musher and dog breeder; six time finisher of the Iditarod race. Heather Cox / ESPN sportcaster Libby Riddles / First female to win the Iditerod race Dawn Riley / First female captain of America's Cup Team
Shirley Temple Black First female U.S. Chief Protocol, U.S. Delegate to the United Nations, U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Ghana, U.S. Ambassador to Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, and first child actress to win an Academy Award Dianne Feinstein / U.S. Senator Jessica Stern, Ph.D / Expert on weapons of mass desctruction and terrorism; author of Risk and Dread - Preempting the New Terrorists, Harvard University Press, will be published in Spring of 1999. Jessica was the model for the character Nicole Kidman plays in the film The Peacemaker.
Dee O'Hara / First nurse to NASA's first astronauts Sally Ride / Astronaut - First American women in space Donna Shirley / Director of NASA's Mars Exploration Program Kathy Sullivan / Astronaut - First American women to walk in space
author of Dr. Susan Love's Breast Book and Dr. Susan Love's Hormone Book Marsha Angell / Senior Editor, New England Journal of Medicine
Susan Kovalik / President of Kovalik and Associaties, creator of Integrated Thematic Instruction (ITI) model; Recognized as one of the "pioneers" in the brain-compatible learning movement, and author of ITI - The Model and Kidseye of Science
author of This is Judy Woodruff at the White House Sonia Ruseler / Anchor for CNN's NEWSDAY Suzanne Shaw / Anchor for KRON Prime Time Chitra Divakiruni / Best selling author of Arranged Marriage and Mistress of Spices
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