Speaking engagements of Elizabeth Ghaffari:


"Governance: What is it?" a joint presentation (with Brian G. Gough, partner at Howell Moore & Gough, LLP - Santa Barbara, CA) to the students and the Center for Real Estate, California State Univesity at Northridge (CSUN/CRE) sponsored by the Los Angeles Chapter, Lambda Alpha International's Guest Lecture Series, November 20, 2008.

"Women on Boards: Leveraging the Promise" panel of experts sponsored by Knightsbridge (Toronto, Canada) October 28, 2008.

"Fact vs. Fiction: Women on Board Teleconference" -- WITI/GEN - May 22, 2008

"Learning from the Leaders" -- CREW/LA, Toluka Lake, CA, March 11, 2008

"Update: Women on Board" -- NAWBO/Inland Empire, Ontario, CA June 21, 2007

Boards as a Top-Level Team -- Womenaire Extraordinaire®, Long Beach Convention Center, October 23, 2006

The REAL Paths into the Boardroom -- Women's President's Organization of Los Angeles/Long Beach Chapters -- October 11, 2006

"CATFIGHT! The Debate About Women on Boards" with Linda Kornfeld -- University of La Verne, Women in Leadership Development, Pacific Palms, City of Industry, September 20, 2006.

"The Top Ten Myths Keeping Women Off Boards of Directors -- And How to Debunk Them" -- Organization of Women Executives, Los Angeles; January 18, 2006.

"Is There A Board In Your Future?" at Personal Wealth Journal Women in Business/Los Angeles panel of experts: November 9, 2005

"Women: A Board of Opportunity", - Member of the Steering Committee and fund-raiser, NAWBO/LA's Enterprise Institute Forum: October 5, 2004

"California Women on Boards of Fortune 1000 Firms: Research By Technology Place Inc." --UCLA Women's Business Connection, November 30, 2004.

"How Many Careers Does A Woman Have?", UCLA Women's Business Connection, May 18, 2004.

"How Many Careers Does A Woman Have?", presentation to the USC Marshall Women's Leadership Board, February 17, 2004.

"Women on Boards and Women-Owned Business Boards", Women in Business, Los Angeles, November 12, 2003.


"Web Site Dos and Dont's", Beverly Hills NAWBO-LA, October 14, 2004.

"Mining the Internet for Small Business Resources", training provided to the Entrepreneurial Training Institute of Pacific Coast Regional Small Business Development Center, Los Angeles, 1998 ongoing.

"Weaving A Web Site. . . ", luncheon presentation to PIRATES ( Print, Interactive, Radio & Television Education Society ) on tips for non-profit organizations to consider before establishing an Internet Web site, February 10, 1999.

"Making It! - KTLA - Channel 5", an in-studio guest appearance and interview by Sharon Tate and Larry McCormick, co-hosts of Making It! - Minority Success Stories, a half hour feature of Nelson Davis TV Production, on December 20, 1998.

"The Office of the Future", a presentation before the Orange County Business Council's conference on "Telecommuting, The Virtual Workplace and Beyond..." co-sponsored by GTE at Chapman University on September 24, 1996

"Telecommuting and Technology", a training session for the County of Los Angeles' staff development seminar, "Telecommuting, Technology and Program Management" offered in conjunction with the California State University at Northridge, March 27, 1996.

"Imagine the Future: Commuting on the Information Superhighway", a presentation before the Association for Commuter Transportation's Western Regional Conference, Anaheim, CA, April 1995.

"The Internet: Your Roadmap to the Information Superhighway", guest panel member, L.A. Roundtable, co-sponsored by KNX 10.70 Newsradio, the Los Angeles Times, and the City of Los Angeles Library, March 29, 1995.

"Doing The Homework: How To Market Yourself as a Small Business Entrepreneur", a presentation as part of a panel at the "Bridging the Gap Workshop", sponsored by the Orange County Transportation Authority, May 1994.

"Web Site Dos and Dont's", Beverly Hills NAWBO-LA, October 14, 2004.

"Technology and Telecommuting", a presentation to the Simi Valley Transportation Management Association, May 19, 1994.

"SELAC [Southeast Los Angeles Area Cities] Economic Development: A Review of the Community's Perspective", final presentation of findings to the City Planning Departments, July 1994

"Telecommuting Discussion Panel", a presentation for the City of Grand Terrace, January 12, 1994.

"Telecommunications & Cities: A California Perspective", a presentation before the London Borough of Croydon, Local Telecommunications Strategies Workshop, entitled Telecommunications for the 21st Century City, November 15, 1993.

"The Technology Spectrum", a presentation before the City and County of San Bernardino Planning Directors in conjunction with The Planning Center (Newport Beach, CA), June 10, 1993

"Current Issues in TDM [Transportation Demand Management]", guest lecturer at California State University Fullerton for the certificate program in Transportation Demand Management, Fall 1992. Topics included:

    "A History of Telecommuting: A Thirty-Year Perspective", November 1992.

    "Telecommuting Centers: A Survey of Local Business Interests", November 1992.

"TDM [Transportation Demand Management]: What Works", training sessions for CTS [Commuter Transportation Services] Inc., July and August 1992.

"Technology and Telecommuting", a presentation for the "Environmentally Yours" fair co-sponsored by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, the General Services Administration, and the City of Laguna Niguel, April 1992.

"Telework: Re-Defining the Human Work Environment", graduate guest lecture for the College of Special Programs, Golden Gate University, February 15, 1992 and for the Delta Pi Epsilon General Membership meeting, January 25, 1992.

"Using Technology Effectively", a seminar presented in conjunction with Comprehensive Seminars Inc. January 1992.

"How Does Your Garden Grow?... Harvesting New Business for the Small Business Entrepreneur", a presentation before the Independent Computer Consultants Association, Los Angeles Chapter, September 5, 1991.

"Telecommuting and Its Impact on Urban Form", panel moderator, Telecommuting: Another Way to Work conference sponsored by the Institute for Transportation Studies, University of California at Irvine, July 1991.

"Telecommuting: A View from the Business Perspective", guest lecturer in the graduate program in Telecommunications, Technology and Society, Golden Gate University, September 1990 and March 1991.

"Telecommuting: It Isn't Just Home-Work Anymore", a presentation before the Hermosa Beach Rotary Club, February 1991.

"Telecommuting Centers: Past, Present, and Prologue to Another Future", a paper and presentation before the Pacific Telecommunications Council 13th Annual Conference, Honolulu, HA, January 1991.

"Technology Enhanced Real Estate", a presentation before the Rotary Club of Gardena, October 1990.

"Exiting the Dark Ages of Transportation", testimony before the California Energy Commission, public hearings on Energy Efficiency, May 1990.



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