Friday, April 10

Johnnie Greenstock and the 4P’s of Nutrition
Monica Wilcox

Nutritional education for children. I have developed a nutrition curriculum for the early learning center First 5 in San Pablo and successfully launched the first nutrition program centered around the four foundational elements of nutrition. Planting, plate, palate and play. I have served over 150 families in the West Contra Costa area.

Friday, April 24

High-Accountability Leadership: Composed Authority Under Oversight
Rosa Thomas, PhD

In high-accountability roles, pressure doesn’t just raise the stakes—it changes how leaders think, speak, and decide. Under oversight from boards, regulators, investors, the public, or internal politics, many leaders slide into performative certainty, risk-avoidance, or “message management,” and they pay for it in execution, relationships, and self-respect.

In this talk, Dr. Rosa Thomas introduces a practical framework for “composed authority”: staying steady, clear, and decisive without becoming rigid, evasive, or reactive. You’ll learn how to spot the early signs of decision distortion under scrutiny, how to make choices you can defend without becoming defensive, and how to lead with integrity that is operational—not moralizing.

The goal: better decisions, cleaner follow-through, and leadership that holds up in hard rooms.