Faculty

Corinne Augustine

Corinne Augustine is a valued member of the WANDA Governance Council and a key part of the WANDA faculty. She has over 30 years of diverse industry operations experience with the past 20 years dedicated to medical device companies manufacturing products treating GI, cardiovascular, and neurovascular diseases. Corinne joined Covidien to scale the company’s supply chain for business growth. Prior to Covidien, Corinne held Vice-President of Manufacturing positions for Boston Scientific, Intuitive Surgical and Siemens (formerly Acuson) Corporation. Augustine holds an MBA from Stanford University and a BS in Industrial Engineering from the University of Florida.

Eileen Sullivan

Eileen has over 20 years of experience in and enthusiasm for public policy, advocacy and government relations.  She is proud to be a valuable member of the WANDA faculty. Her background as an Executive Policy Adviser and Masters Degree in Public Administration provide strong and unique qualifications for government affairs challenges.

Specialties: Lobbying, stakeholder building, strategic planning, negotiations, communications, research and policy analysis/synthesis.

Elizabeth Vilardo

Elizabeth Vilardo, MD is the CEO of the Palo Alto Medical Foundation (PAMF). An internal medicine physician, Dr. Vilardo joined the Camino Medical Group’s Sunnyvale Medical clinic in 1988. She was a member of the Board of Directors, including six years as Board chair, and served as chief of medicine at El Camino Hospital from 1993 to 1997. Dr. Vilardo received her doctorate of medicine from the University of California, San Francisco, and completed her residency in Internal Medicine at the Medical Center at the University of California, Los Angeles. Dr. Vilardo earned a Bachelors of Arts in biology (Cum Laude) from California State University, Sonoma and a Masters of Business Administration from Pepperdine University. Dr. Vilardo has been named a ʺTop Docʺ by San Francisco Magazine four times.

Barbara Tyler

Barbara Tyler has a background in education and real estate. She was a teacher, vice-principal and consultant to school districts. While in education, Barbara received extensive training in Goal Setting and Time Management. Making a major career change in 1981, Barbara became a residential real estate agent on the Peninsula. She enjoyed a very successful career and was honored as the #1 real estate agent internationally with Coldwell Banker. Now retired, she lives in Menlo Park with her husband. She claims that “success is not random.” Barbara will share her goal setting techniques that she credits with her success in her career and in her life.