The Oakland Convention Center will be the site of Business Women's Expo '86. The trade show and forum will be held on October 14 and 15 and will showcase 80 businesses that are owned and operated by women as well as large companies spotlighting their female achievers.

Two local women, Martha Sargent and Carol Olmert, are spearheading the organizational efforts to make this year's event a huge success. Sargent is a Public Relations Assistant in Pleasanton and Olmert is Assistant Project Director for Ciracs, Inc. Ciracs is a newly organized computer network of human service organizations throughout the Valley.

Sargent is Promotions Chair for the event. "Like last year, this is a very large project that will draw more than 2,000 business people from all over the Bay Area. Carol and I will coordinate all the means available for getting the word out to the public. This is an excellent educational opportunity for the business community of the Alameda-Contra Costa area and we don't want anybody to miss out on it."

According to Sargent, corporate support for the event is already starting to line up. "We have the support of several large companies with a presence in the Valley, including AT&T, Clorox, PacBell and Safeway. And more companies are becoming involved since we were so successful last year."

The Expo will feature speakers including Secretary of State, March Fong Eu; Contra Costa County Supervisor, Sunne McPeak; and from the Peralta Cancer Research Institute, Dr. Adeline Hackett. The speakers will be addressing this year's theme, "Public/Private Partnerships - Making Progress Together."

Exhibitor information and visitor ticket information is available by calling the Expo office at 547-5174.

To see a reproduction of the original article and edition of Pleasanton Pathways, visit: July 14, 1986 Pathways.