BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.0.5//EN TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1840@newportbeach.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230208T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230208T130000 DTSTAMP:20230126T221213Z URL:https://www.newportbeach.com/events/february-2023-inspire-women-in-bus iness-leadership-roles-from-the-university-to-the-dias/ SUMMARY:February INSPIRE: Women in Business - Leadership Roles DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_ single_image image="153670" img_size="medium" alignment="center"][vc_colum n_text]\nNetworking Luncheon + A 20-Minute Expert Presentation\nVery limit ed space available.\n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator style="shadow" border_ width="2"][vc_single_image image="616368" img_size="full" alignment="cente r" onclick="img_link_large" img_link_target="_blank"][/vc_column][/vc_row] [vc_row disable_element="yes"][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text="Make you r reservation to receive an eMail with information on how to join the webi nar." font_container="tag:p|font_size:18|text_align:center" use_theme_font s="yes"][vc_custom_heading text="RESERVATIONS REQUIRED" font_container="ta g:p|font_size:18|text_align:center" use_theme_fonts="yes"][/vc_column][/vc _row][vc_row disable_element="yes"][vc_column][vc_column_text]\nThis month \, rather than having an educational speaker\, we will spend the entire me eting networking with everyone in the room.\n[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inne r][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image="394353" img_size="full" alignme nt="center"][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row] [vc_column][gravityform id="178" title="false" description="false" ajax="f alse"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_column_text] \n\nLisa Sparks\nEndowed  Professor in Behavioral Sciences\nChapman Unive rsity\nFirst Republic Investment Management\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column] [vc_column width="3/4"][vc_column_text]Dr. Sparks serves as Endowed Profes sor in Behavioral Sciences in the School of Communication\, of which she w as the Founding Dean\, with joint appointments in the Crean College of Hea lth and Behavioral Sciences and School of Pharmacy at Chapman University. She previously served as Department Chair and Director of Graduate Studies . Dr. Sparks is an internationally renowned teacher-scholar whose publishe d work spans more than 150 research articles and book chapters and 13 book s in the areas of health risk communication and aging and is cited as top ten most prolific authors in Health Communication. In addition\, she holds post graduate certifications from Harvard University’s Institute for Ma nagement and Leadership in Education (MLE) program in the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Prior to joining Chapman in 2006\, Dr. Sparks occupi ed faculty positions at George Mason University in Fairfax\, Virginia and the University of Texas at San Antonio. Dr. Sparks has served in the follo wing roles: International Research Fellow at Vriet Universitiet Amsterdam\ ; Full Member of the Chao Family/NCI Designated Comprehensive Cancer Cente r and Adjunct Professor of Public Health at the University of California\, Irvine\; Cancer Communication Research Fellow for the National Cancer Ins titute and External Scientific Reviewer for NIH\; Consultant for U. S. Hou se of Representatives\; Principal Investigator (PI)\, Co-PI\, and Consulta nt on various research grants\; Editor\, Guest Editor\, and Reviewer of nu merous academic journals and editorial boards. Dr. Sparks has been feature d in the Los Angeles Times\, Orange County Register\, ABC 7 News\, KCAL 9 News\, National Public Radio\, Your World with Neil Cavuto-Fox News\, Epoc h Times-California Insider Show\, KABC Talk Radio\, and TED.\n\nDr. Sparks serves her community as President and Trustee of the Orange County Board of Education\, elected in 2018 (56.8% of the vote with more than 80\,000 v otes) and re-elected in 2022 (65% of the vote with more than 100\,000 vote s) in South County Area 5 to promote and advocate for quality public schoo l choice options in K12 Orange County school districts. In 2019\, Dr. Spar ks was recruited as a candidate to run for United States House of Represen tatives (CA-45) campaigning in a crowded field of 7 candidates without fur ther advancement to the general election. In 2020\, Dr. Sparks was awarded the Club for Growth Foundation Fellowship\, Washington\, D. C. The Club f or Growth Foundation Fellowship Program equips civic leaders to effectivel y explain the relationship between a free society\, economic liberty\, and limited government.\n\nDr. Sparks’ achievements\, leadership qualities\ , and strong commitment to advance the intersections of health communicati on and aging in the cancer care context and making a positive impact in he r community are significant as evidenced by: a) the number of publications (over 150) most of which are peer-reviewed\, and 13 books\; b) the obtain ment and effort to obtain competitive peer-reviewed research grants and co ntracts\; c) the recognition of her scientific stature\; d) her collaborat ions with the top national and international scientists in communication a nd related scientific fields such as public health\, medicine\, and geront ology\; e) her teaching and mentoring of undergraduate and graduate studen ts and junior faculty\; and f) her demonstrated leadership\, administrativ e\, editorial\, community service roles\, and media appearances.[/vc_colum n_text][/vc_column][/vc_row] ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.newportbeach.com/wp-content/uploads/ 2023/01/InSpire.February2023.Sparks.BCYC-300.jpg CATEGORIES:Chamber Events,Featured LOCATION:Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club\, 1601 Bayside Dr.\, Corona Del Mar \, Ca\, United States GEO:33.606986;-117.885179 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=1601 Bayside Dr.\, Corona D el Mar \, Ca\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Bahia Corinthian Y acht Club:geo:33.606986,-117.885179 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20221106T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR