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1 Eighth Annual Women Leaders in Law Enforcement Training Symposium OCTOBER 6-8, 2013 SAN JOSE CO-SPONSORED BY: HOSTED BY THE Santa Clara Police Chiefs Association

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3 Conference Agenda SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6, :00 PM 8:00 PM Registration 3:00 PM 7:00 PM Sponsor Displays Grand Foyer 5:30 PM 6:30 PM Hosted Welcome Social Regency Ballroom MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, :30 AM 7:30 AM CrossFit Workout Club Regent 7:00 AM 5:00 PM Registration 7:00 AM 5:00 PM Sponsor Displays 7:00 AM 8:30 AM Continental Breakfast 8:30 AM 9:00 AM Opening Ceremony Color Guard Combined Color Guard of Women Representing Police, Sheriff and CHP Personnel from Throughout California. Pledge of Allegiance Chief Dennis Burns, Palo Alto National Anthem Colleen McMahon, Santa Cruz PD and Justine Hamer, Marina PD Welcome and Introductions Masters of Ceremonies Chief Scott Seaman, Los Gatos/Monte Sereno Police Department Chief Jackie Gomez-Whiteley, Cypress Police Department Captain Clarise Lew, Fremont Police Department Co-Sponsor Welcome Chief Kim Raney, Covina Police Department, President, California Police Chiefs Association Sheriff Laurie Smith, Santa Clara County Sheriff, Past President, California State Sheriffs Association Assistant Commissioner Ramona Prieto, California Highway Patrol Chief Richard Lucero, Fremont Police Department President, California Peace Officers Association 9:00 AM 10:00 AM Opening Plenary Porch Swing Leadership Leading from Within Janice Niederhofer 10:00 AM 10:30 AM Networking Break Grand Foyer 10:45 AM 12:15 PM Breakout Sessions A) SWAT Special Weapons & Tactics for Life Regency 1 B) Leadership Roundtable Regency 2 12:15 PM 1:15 PM Networking Luncheon Police Women s Empowerment Project-Tajikistan 1:30 PM 3:00 PM Breakout Sessions A) Cyber Bullying & Digital Media Issues Regency 1 B) Critical Incident Panel Regency 2 3:00 PM 3:30 PM Networking Break Grand Foyer 3:45 PM 5:15 PM Closing Plenary Female Forces: Training Women to Lead Betsy Brantner Smith October 6-8, 2013 San Jose 3

4 Conference Agenda CONTINUED 5:30 PM 11:00 PM Optional Night Event - Santana Row Bus pickup outside Fairmont Hotel must have wristband to attend TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, :30 AM 7:30 AM 5K Fun Run/Walk through downtown San Jose Starting Line outside of Fairmont Hotel 6:30 AM 7:30 AM CrossFit Workout Club Regent 7:00 AM 12 NOON Registration 7:00 AM 12 NOON Sponsor Displays 7:00 AM 8:30 AM Continental Breakfast 8:30 AM 9:00 AM Opening Program, Sponsor Recognition, Trail Blazer Award 9:00 AM 10:00 AM Opening Plenary Keynote Leadership Through the Capacity to Connect Sunny Lee-Goodman 10:00 AM 10:30 AM Networking Break Grand Foyer 10:45 AM 12:15 PM Breakout Sessions A) Talking the Talk Regency 1 B) Be a Leader in Health and Wellness Regency 1 12:15 12:30 PM Networking Break and Box Lunch and 12:30 PM Special Guest Speaker Attorney General Kamala Harris 1:00 PM 2:30 PM Closing Plenary Keynote Nurturing the Invisible Leader Chief Jacqueline Seabrooks, Santa Monica Police Department Optional Night Come enjoy the sights, sounds and tastes of one of the premier outdoor entertainment centers in California, Santana Row. Experience world renowned shopping, food and beverages, along with movies and outdoor music you will not be disappointed. The Host Committee has secured discounts for many of the restaurants, bars and shops just for WLLE participants, including donations of fantastic raffle prizes. Transportation is provided from the Fairmont to the Row, every half hour, from 5:30-11:30 p.m. You must have a wristband to board the buses which will distinguish you as a WLLE participant for the evening. 5K Fun Run/Walk Join us for the 5th annual 5K Fun Run/Walk as it weaves through the streets of San Jose. You never know who might join in on the fun! Flat, fast and completely supported by wonderful volunteers and an escort by SJPD Traffic Division! Water, snacks and prizes will be provided at the end of the run. CrossFit Workout CrossFit is a functional fitness program. It is being used by law enforcement, firefighters and the military as their primary fitness training across the world. CrossFit is a combination of functional movements performed at a high intensity that are constantly varied. CrossFit strives to make the practitioner proficient in all physical skills with specializing in none. Conference attendees can experience a casual introduction to CrossFit both Monday and Tuesday mornings led by Officer Lee Ann Alfonzo, San Jose PD in the Club Regent room. 4 Eighth Annual Women Leaders in Law Enforcement Training Symposium

Presentation & Workshop Descriptions MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2013 OPENING PLENARY PORCH SWING LEADERSHIP LEADING FROM WITHIN LEADERSHIP ROUNDTABLE 8:30 am to 10:00 am Janice is a brilliant storyteller

5 Presentation & Workshop Descriptions MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2013 OPENING PLENARY PORCH SWING LEADERSHIP LEADING FROM WITHIN LEADERSHIP ROUNDTABLE 8:30 am to 10:00 am Janice is a brilliant storyteller with a knack for finding humor in the most unlikely situations, delivering powerful concepts through suspense laden true life stories from her colorful career as an undercover agent, SWAT team member, and hostage negotiator. Janice will show you how to break down the doors that limit you and your staff from realizing their full potential. Nowhere else will you find this rare blend of personal leadership, grounded in values that forward organizational health and personal power. Janice cuts to the chase, delivering high-impact, content rich tools, strategies, and a common sense approach, leaving you armed with a tactical advantage as a leader in life. Take the rare opportunity to be in the room with chiefs, sheriffs and CHP leaders as they discuss their thinking and approaches to challenges facing all of law enforcement. Enhance your understanding of how chief executives evaluate and act on current and important law enforcement issues. Presenter: Janice Niederhofer SWAT SPECIAL WEAPONS & TACTICS FOR LIFE 10:45 am to 12:15 pm Regency 1 Janice will disclose her special weapons and tactics for being the best YOU in any situation. This special workshop session will be open and informal addressing what really works both at work and in your personal life. Presenter: Janice Niederhofer 10:45 am to 12:15 pm Regency 2 Facilitator: Chief Scott Seaman, Los Gatos Presenters include representatives from police departments, sheriff s departments and CHP. CYBER BULLYING AND DIGITAL MEDIA ISSUES 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm Regency 1 At the end of this 90 minute presentation the attendees will have a solid grasp on what Cyber Bullying is, the legal and accepted definitions of CB and where law enforcement throughout the nation is going with it. The presentation is based upon a POST certified 8-hour course which was designed to provide officers and other personnel who deal directly with school-aged children the tools necessary to identify, deal with, and prevent harassment of juveniles by electronic means. Lawrence and Hearn will discuss how to apply laws, the programs available to assist nationwide and how to get involved at your Department. This presentation will give delegates a starting point to get involved and open their eyes to the issues facing today s youth. Presenters: Lieutenant Tracy Hearn and Officer Holly Lawrence, Sunnyvale DPS October 6-8, 2013 San Jose 5

Presentation & Workshop Descriptions CONTINUED CRITICAL INCIDENT PANEL 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm Regency 2 This workshop panel will consist of a mix of sworn and professional leaders from various different

6 Presentation & Workshop Descriptions CONTINUED CRITICAL INCIDENT PANEL 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm Regency 2 This workshop panel will consist of a mix of sworn and professional leaders from various different divisions of law enforcement. The panel will focus on the importance of building connections and relationships prior to a critical incident and describe the success of the outcome of the incident based on those established connections. Presenters: Val Tanguay, Retired, San Bernardino County SO (facilitator); Cindee Bachman, PIO, San Bernardino County SO; Cathy Scherer, Sergeant, Irvine PD; Victoria Hertado, Detective, Irvine PD; Mary Weiler, Dispatch Supervisor, San Bernardino SO FEMALE FORCES: TRAINING WOMEN TO LEAD 3:45 pm to 5:15 pm Betsy will lead attendees through a discussion of gender intelligence and gender equity, including the differences in physiology, brain function and communication differences. Her emphasis will be on reinforcing women as leaders and not cheerleaders, how to avoid the victim mentality, the danger of hindsight bias and optimism. Betsy will leave you ready to inspire, lead and mentor. Presenter: Betsy Brantner-Smith TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2013 LEADERSHIP THROUGH THE CAPACITY TO CONNECT 8:30 am to 10:00 am Managers will find competitive advantage by tapping employees most essential humanity, their ability to create and build relationships. (Geoffrey Colvin wrote in Fortune Magazine, 2000.) In addition to overseeing processes, and ensuring productivity, efficiency and compliance, today s leaders, no longer able to rely on their positional status alone, must also develop strong relationship-building and mentoring skills. This is especially so with the increasing diversity of the workforce, including emerging women leaders who must confront new challenges such as secondgeneration gender bias. Good managers challenge their teams, good mentors connect with them. Great leaders inspire people by connecting with them and challenging them simultaneously. The first step in becoming a great leader is to move paradigms from leadership as manager, to leadership as mentor too. From Manager to Mentor will offer the tools that are necessary to incorporate both roles for a law enforcement professional. Building on this idea of connecting and building relationships with employees, a leader needs to employ trust-building skills to inspire efficiency and performance instead of using the power of their status. Communication is a key component. We will identify the three dimensions of leadership and how a leader can amplify her message through Authority, Impact and Presence. Presenter: Sunny Lee-Goodman LEADERSHIP: TALKING THE TALK 10:45 am to 12:15 pm Regency 1 Good leaders: Live the values that motivate them Inspire people to work together toward their shared vision Give clear directions and explanations in order to get there Give their people kind and useful feedback Ask the right questions then listen to the answers 6 Eighth Annual Women Leaders in Law Enforcement Training Symposium

7 In other words, good leaders are good communicators! In this highly interactive workshop, participants will learn and practice specific communication skills and behaviors guaranteed to improve their leadership capabilities. Presenter: Eris Weaver BE A LEADER IN HEALTH AND WELLNESS 10:45 am to 12:15 pm Regency 2 The current culture of America is one where poor eating habits is the norm and exercising is the anomaly. As women, we often set the standard and example in our households and as women in law enforcement, you often must go above and beyond to be accepted and recognized in a male-dominated field. Furthermore, police officers are often viewed as leaders in our community. You will all excel and achieve many things in your law enforcement career. Some of you will provide leadership in one capacity or another - to your family and to the officers you work with and to the community that you serve. However, ALL of you can provide leadership in the #1 thing that is most important in all of our lives... OUR HEALTH. If we are not healthy, we cannot be the moms, wives, sisters and daughters that we can and should be. If you are not healthy, you cannot do your job as an officer in the way you could or should. Modeling a healthy lifestyle is providing leadership in a realm that is of utmost importance since it transforms all aspects of our life. The purpose of my seminar will be to discuss the importance of living a healthy lifestyle as well as practical advice on HOW to live a healthy life within the craziness of our world. NURTURING THE INVISIBLE LEADER 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm The closing plenary will summarize the 2013 Women Leaders in Law Enforcement Symposium s theme of Sharing Strategies for Success as explored throughout the three-day conference. The plenary attendees will hear a first-hand leadership message from someone who has navigated the path from invisible to highly visible leader. Because everything in life involves leadership, whether it is about the leader, the developing leader, those being led, or the process of leadership, it is important to have a short list of guiding principles which guide our actions. Where it counts, it all boils down to the quality of the effort and that effort is the work involved in leadership. Understanding leadership, developing leaders, and leading are all different activities. To better understand how to develop leaders and leadership characteristics, one has to understand some fairly consistent but quite simple rules. And the first rule involves know thyself. Based on Chief Seabrooks personal and professional experience, this plenary session on Nurturing the Invisible Leader will serve as a motivational and inspirational message for the session s attendees by providing the attendees with a series of time-tested, common sense tips and rules of thumb which can serve as a foundation for nurturing the invisible or hidden leader in ourselves and others as we navigate our personal and professional journeys. Presenter: Chief Jacqueline Seabrooks, Santa Monica Presenter: Dr. Felicia Gomez October 6-8, 2013 San Jose 7

Keynote/Plenary Speakers JANICE NIEDERHOFER, MA, PH.D Janice Niederhofer, MA, Ph.

FFSA is her unique 3-day event, customized to draw out new levels of strength and confidence in each woman through careful motivation during physically, mentally, and psychologically exacting

In early years she was a police officer with two departments, then served a distinguished 21-year career with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) the single-mission U.S.

BETSY BRANTNER SMITH Betsy Brantner Smith retired as a sergeant in 2009 and is a 29-year veteran of the Naperville, IL Police Department.

8 Keynote/Plenary Speakers JANICE NIEDERHOFER, MA, PH.D Janice Niederhofer, MA, Ph.D, is the innovative creator and president of Femme Fatale Spy Adventures (FFSA), designed to empower women through experience. FFSA is her unique 3-day event, customized to draw out new levels of strength and confidence in each woman through careful motivation during physically, mentally, and psychologically exacting challenges. Janice is uniquely qualified to develop this unparalleled program, with decades of training and experience earned in her outstanding career in law enforcement. In early years she was a police officer with two departments, then served a distinguished 21-year career with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) the single-mission U.S. federal agency with a reputation as the world s premier drug enforcement organization. BETSY BRANTNER SMITH Betsy Brantner Smith retired as a sergeant in 2009 and is a 29-year veteran of the Naperville, IL Police Department. Beginning her career as a police dispatcher at age 17, Betsy became an officer four years later and has held positions in patrol, investigations, narcotics, juvenile, hostage negotiation, crime prevention and field training. She received her four year degree from Western Illinois University in 1991, and was a class officer and graduate of the Northwestern University Center for Public Safety s School of Staff and Command in May of From Betsy hosted various programs and was a content expert for the Law Enforcement Television Network (LETN), is currently an on-air commentator and advisor for the Police One Academy and was a featured character in the Biography Channel s Female Forces reality show. She has been a law enforcement trainer for over 20 years and was a content expert and senior instructor for the Calibre Press Street Survival seminar from 2003 through Betsy is a popular keynote speaker at conferences and events throughout the United States, Canada, and around the world. Since 1995, Betsy has authored hundreds of articles for law enforcement, government, and civilian publications and served on the advisory board of Police Marksman magazine. She is currently a featured columnist and video contributor on Officer.com and PoliceOne.com. Betsy is the creator of the only course of its kind for women in law enforcement, The Winning Mind for Women, and is the owner of Dave Smith & Associates. Together, Betsy and Dave develop and instruct cutting edge courses through The Winning Mind LLC and travel extensively, bringing their inspirational messages throughout the world. Betsy can be reached through her website at and you can follow her on Twitter 8 Eighth Annual Women Leaders in Law Enforcement Training Symposium

SUNNY LEE-GOODMAN Sunny Lee-Goodman is director of Public Sector Practice at Lapin International, a dynamic boutique consulting firm dedicated to helping companies leverage human energy and

Previously, Sunny Lee-Goodman was the director of the Tools for Tolerance Program for Law Enforcement at the Simon Wiesenthal Center, Museum of Tolerance for 15 years.

Ms. Lee is also the first civilian graduate of the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training Sherman Block Supervisory Leadership Institute, the premier leadership program for law

9 SUNNY LEE-GOODMAN Sunny Lee-Goodman is director of Public Sector Practice at Lapin International, a dynamic boutique consulting firm dedicated to helping companies leverage human energy and innovation into quick, visible, and lasting financial impact. Previously, Sunny Lee-Goodman was the director of the Tools for Tolerance Program for Law Enforcement at the Simon Wiesenthal Center, Museum of Tolerance for 15 years. Sunny has conducted training for audiences nationally and internationally including supervisors and cultural diversity trainers for the Federal Bureau of Investigations and Canadian police services. Ms. Lee is also the first civilian graduate of the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training Sherman Block Supervisory Leadership Institute, the premier leadership program for law enforcement supervisors and has served one of the first civilian facilitators of this prestigious program. Sunny graduated from the University of California, San Diego with a degree in history. She completed three years graduate coursework in American immigration, multicultural, and women s history at University of California, Los Angeles. KAMALA HARRIS Kamala Harris was sworn in as the 32nd Attorney General in January of She is the first woman, the first African American, and the first South Asian to hold the office in the history of California. As the chief law enforcement officer for the state, Attorney General Harris has focused on combating transnational gangs that are trafficking guns, drugs, and human beings throughout California. She has worked to increase the adoption of technology and data-driven policing to assist law enforcement in the efficient investigation and prosecution of crime, and has traveled to every region of California to expand partnerships with local law enforcement. A career prosecutor, Attorney General Harris served two terms as District Attorney of San Francisco. Defeating a two-term incumbent, she was first elected DA in 2003, and was overwhelmingly elected to a second term in November Attorney General Harris began her career in the Alameda County District Attorney s Office, where she specialized in prosecuting child sexual assault cases. In 1998, she joined the San Francisco District Attorney s Office, where she led the Career Criminal Unit. She also served as the head of the San Francisco City Attorney s Division on Children and Families. JACQUELINE SEABROOKS Chief Jacqueline Seabrooks is a 32-year law enforcement veteran with significant municipal policing experience. As of May 29, 2012, she assumed leadership responsibilities for the Santa Monica Police Department as its 16th chief of police. For a brief period in 2006, she was the first woman to ever serve as the department s interim chief. From October 2007 through May 2012, Chief Seabrooks was at the helm of the Inglewood Police Department, as the first women to hold the department s top executive position in that organization s 100 plus year history. Chief Seabrooks holds both Masters and Bachelor s degrees in Public Policy and Administration from CSU, Long Beach and CSU, Dominguez Hills respectively. She is a graduate of the FBI s National Academy, the Senior Management Institute for Police, and the Supervisory Leadership Institute. Chief Seabrooks has also served as an adjunct faculty member at area colleges in the field of Criminal Justice. October 6-8, 2013 San Jose 9

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