2022-2023 ONLINE MEETINGS &
DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER SERIES
Meetings are virtual to include our global membership.
Attendees need to register only once for the entire 2022-2023 series.
Sign up as a Parents’ Club member to receive details on meeting registrations:
stanfordparentsclub.org/join.html
Meetings and membership are free of charge.
Our monthly online General Meetings are an opportunity for you to hear about club activities, campus updates, and Stanford research. Club leaders and various Stanford administrators provide club and campus updates on timely topics of interest. We also host our Distinguished Speaker Series during these meeting. Stanford faculty join the meeting to present their expertise in an area of study/research and innovation.
2022-2023
General Meetings will be from 10AM – Noon (Pacific)
on the second THURSDAY of the month.
These meetings start in October and go thru May (no meeting in December or January)
Thursday, October 13, 2022: 10 am – 12 pm (Pacific Time)
Susie Brubaker-Cole
Vice Provost of Student Affairs
Followed by
Ge Wang
Associate Professor Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA)
“Artful Design: Technology in Search of the Sublime!
Thursday, November 10, 2022 10 am – 12 pm (Pacific Time)
10:00-10:05 AM
Welcome by Club President, Susan MacKay
Followed by Special Guests and Distinguished Speakers
10:05-10:30 AM
James Tarbox
Executive Director of Stanford Career Education
and Assistant Vice Provost
along with
Jennifer Rowland, Assistant Dean for Career Education & Associate Director for Experiential
Learning, and Hayley Leventhal, Assistant Director of Experiential Learning
“Supporting Stanford Students:
Stanford Career Education Updates and Opportunities”
Followed by
10:30-11:00 AM
Professor Abbas Milani
Director of the Hamid and Christina Moghadam Program in Iranian Studies
Professor, by courtesy, Stanford Global Studies
Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution
“Prospects for Democracy in Iran: A Tale of Women’s Struggle”
For Professor Milani’s bio >> click here
Followed by
11:00 – Noon
John Tanner
Stanford Women’s Water Polo Coach, Mentor and Champion
“Nurturing Resilience through Coaching, Mentoring and Listening”
Coach Tanner’s Bio >> click here
Thursday, February 9, 2023 10 AM – 11:30 PM (Pacific Time)
Welcome by Club President, Susan MacKay
10:00 - 10:05 AM
Followed by Distinguished Speaker
10:05 - 11:00 AM
Professor Kenneth Schultz
Professor of Political Science
“Russia-Ukraine in the context of broader trends
in inter-state conflict”
Professor Schultz’s bio >> click here
Followed by Admin Speaker
11:00 -11:30
John Austin, EdD
Senior Advisor for Mental Health and Well-Being Innovation,
Stanford Vaden Health Services
Followed by
11:30 - 11:40 AM
Parents' Club Announcements
11:40 - Noon
We welcome you to stay for casual conversation
Thursday, March 9, 2023: 10 am – 12 pm (Pacific Time)
Welcome by Club President, Susan MacKay
10:00 - 10:05 AM
Followed by Distinguished Speaker
10:05 - 11:00 AM
Dr. Frank Longo
“Prevention and new treatments for Alzheimer’s and other dementias"
Dr Frank Longo’s Bio >>> click here
Followed by Admin Speaker
11:00 -11:30
Cheryl Brown
Assistant Vice Provost for Residential Education
"Residential Life at Stanford"
Followed by
11:30 - 11:40 AM
Parents' Club Announcements
11:40 - Noon
We welcome you to stay for casual conversation
Thursday, April 13, 2023: 10 am – 12 pm (Pacific Time)
ANNUAL MEETING
and Speaker
Dr Sara Singer, Professor of Medicine.
"Israel's Innovation Ecosystem:
Can a Start Up Culture and Technology Heal the World?"
Dr Sara Singer’s Bio >>click here
Thursday, May 11, 2023: 10 am – 12 pm (Pacific Time)
