| Workshop: Your Turn, My Turn - Balancing Career & Family |
| Who is going to drop off the children at day care or school? Who is going to pick them up? Who is going to pursue undergraduate or graduate education while the other works? What kind of options are available to you when don’t have a strong family base? Is it possible to accomplish your dreams without sacrificing too much? Are you facing these issues now or wondering what to expect when you want to have a career and a family? This workshop will give you an opportunity to hear from a panel of couples who have the same or different backgrounds and how they handle balancing careers and family. |
| Panelists: |
| Rita and Tony Wilby |
| Jennifer Taylor and Peter Ordentlich |
| Sandra Wiley |
Marguerita
(Rita) Lim-Wilby
is Product Manager at Accelrys, Inc. in San Diego. She has a Ph. D. in
Pharmacy from the University of London. Rita is married to Tony Wilby,
Development Director of Epicor in Irvine. |
| Tony
Wilby has a degree in mathematical statistics and operational
research from Exeter University, England. Tony manages groups in Monterey,
Mexico, Moscow, Russia, and Kiev Ukraine. Rita and Tony have two children,
ages four and seven. |
Jennifer
Taylor |
Peter
Ordentlich |
Sandra
Wiley is currently a scientist with the Walther Cancer Institute
working at UCSD's School of Medicine. She is investigating novel signaling
molecules in the mitochondria. Previously, she was a scientist at MitoKor
for 5 years where she focused on mitochondrial dysfunction in neurodegenerative
diseases and osteoarthritis. Sandra did her M.S. research at the Scripps
Institution of Oceanography in a program with S.D.S.U. Her husband, Peter
van der Geer, has been an Assistant Professor in the Chemistry and Biochemistry
Department at U.C.S.D. for the past 7 years. They have 2 daughters (ages
7 and 3), 2 rabbits, and a hermit crab. |