The French-American Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco
cordially invite you to join us for a :

Women in Business Luncheon
Special "International Women's Day"!

Thursday, March 8th
Carnelian Room - "Bay Room"- 12:00 pm
555 California Street, 52nd Floor - San Francisco, CA 94104
See directions

For this very special day we have the pleasure to showcase Marylene Delbourg-Delphis and Shelley Bradford-Bell, Former President of San Francisco Planning Commission, and Executive Director of the Bayview Opera House.

Registration!

Take part of this great networking event and meet French speaking business Women of the Bay Area.

Presentation of Women in Business:

The French American Chamber of Commerce in San Francisco (FACCSF) invites regularly the Francophile Women in Business to a professional network to promote their career, broaden their professional horizon and enhance their financial acumen.
'La Table Noire' a premier network of French Speaking business women and San Francisco Bay Accueil and The International School of the Peninsula co-sponsor this Event.

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Speakers:

Marylene Delbourg-Delphis

Marylene Delbourg-Delphis started her high-tech career as the founder/CEO of ACI/ACI US (now 4D), the creator of 4th Dimension, a high-end database/application development tool originally on Macintosh ported to Windows and Web-enabled in 1996. She founded ACI in France, set up subsidiaries in Europe and the US and grew ACI from zero to $45M with no funding. After 1998, as a turnaround, interim or virtual CEO, she has helped multiple young companies define their offering, build their strategy and/or structure their operations. Some of these companies include Atomz (Application Service Provider-ASP), Intalio (Business Process Management), Zembu Labs (Distributed Email Management), Prismedia (Streaming Media), Asempra (Backup/Recovery management), Exemplary (Supply Chain Management -Lean and Six Sigma), Glacis (Materials development for semiconductor thermal management).  She is currently the acting CEO of Brixlogic, a 4GL to design XML Web services. Prior to being an entrepreneur, she taught Philosophy (Ph.D), History of Sciences, and Formal Logic. She was also a journalist and has authored several books on the history of fashion and fragrance.

Shelley Bradford-Bell: Director Development & Long Range Planning for the Bayview Opera House.

Shelley Bradford-Bell is a veteran public executive, community organizer, fund developer and public relations and promotions consultant. Ms. Bradford-Bell is Executive Director of the Bayview Opera House (since 1997) a historic landmark that serves as a Bay Area performing arts facility and youth development center. In 1983 she founded her own consulting firm, SBB Communications, specializing in public relations for small businesses, corporate relations programs, environmental and engineering firms, and established the Northern California Environmental Expo. Internationally, Shelley works with arts organizations in Paris and Africa.  She designs programs which build global connections between communities relative to cultural heritage and the arts, health and environmental justice, and economic development.  Mayor Willie Brown appointed Shelley to the San Francisco Planning Commission (2002-2004), where she served two years as President. She served from 1999 to 2002, as a Commissioner and Vice President on the Commission on the Environment. In 2001 the Mayor appointed her to the Workforce Investment Task Force of San Francisco.  Shelley also served the City of San Francisco as a member of the Pier 70 Advisory Board and as a member of the Hybrid Vehicle Task Force. Shelley has volunteered on numerous non-profit boards.  Currently on the Board of Mission Hiring Hall, her former board positions include: President of Infusion One; President of Florence Crittenton Services, Co-Chair of the Bay Area Black Journalists Association, Board Member of the YWCA of San Francisco and Marin, Chair of the Structural Committee of the Bayview Neighborhood Jobs Initiative Welfare-to-Work Committee and a board member of Bethel A.M.E. Economic Development Corporation. In January of 2005 Shelley received the Distinguished Community Service Award from the Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Committee.  She has been honored with the 2003 Maida Springer-Kemp Award from the A. Phillip Randolph Institute; 2000 Joint Recognition from Assemblywoman Carole Migden and State Senator John Burton; the 2001 Local Hero Award from KQED Television for community service; the 1999 Bay Area Black Journalists Association, member of the year, the 1998 Visionary Award from Spotlight Magazine/Noir Records, and the 1997 Trendsetter Award from the Women's Foundation.  She has received numerous certificates of recognition from Mayor Willie Brown Jr. and the San Francisco Board of Supervisors for her service and commitment to community.

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Taking part of Women in Business events will offer you several services:

Partnering with other Women's groups.
Mentoring for young and mid-career professionals.
"Back to work for Women": coaching and support group
Networking: lunches with a theme, presentation by leaders of the Bay Area.

Registration

           $ 55 at the door

Cancellations must be made 5-days prior to the event date
Any cancellation within a 5-day period of the scheduled date will not be refunded
Name of guests will be kept at the door

French-American Chamber of Commerce

703 Market Street, Suite 450, San Francisco, CA 94103

Tel: 415 442 4717 / Fax 415 442 4621