Women in Engineering Retreat by The New Club

Join us for a one-of-a-kind women in engineering retreat in Northern California at The Land. Unwind, connect with nature, and build authentic relationships with peer women engineers. Gain the tools, knowledge, and confidence to build a successful career with your new engineering community. The price per room is all-inclusive including Luxe Rustic Cabin Accommodations, Food, Activities and Transportation. All activities are optional, but we encourage everyone to attend the professional workshop on Saturday.

The Land has hosted previous Corporate Retreats from organizations like Louis Vuitton, SoulCycle, Asana, Bolt, Celo, UCSF Children's Hospital and more.

Friday, May 26th 

1pm - Shuttle Departs from SF (2-3 hrs) for 4pm arrival 

6pm - Dinner & Welcome Toast 

8pm - Welcome Session & Connection Building

9:30pm - Unwind & Rest  

Saturday, May 27th 

7am - Tea & Coffee Out 

8am - Morning yoga (60 mins) with Nicole Cronin, Wellness Expert & Owner of The Pad Studios SF

9:30am - Breakfast 

11am - Professional Development Workshop with Ari Font Llitjós, AI Leader & Former Twitter Executive

1pm - Lunch 

3pm - Group Hike in World Class Redwood State Park

6pm - Dinner 

8pm - Connection Building Session 

9:30pm - Unwind & Rest  

Sunday, May 28th 

7am - Tea & Coffee Out 

8am - Morning yoga (60 mins) with Nicole Cronin, Wellness Expert & Owner of The Pad Studios SF

9:30am - Farewell Breakfast & Check Out 

11:30am - Shuttle Departs from Retreat for SF (2-3 hrs) for 2:30pm arrival 

The Land Wilderness Cabins are newly renovated rustic cabins with contemporary design elements and interiors. Choose from a private room with private bathroom, private room with shared bathroom, or shared room (two queens) with a shared bathroom.

Our cabins include:

• Well appointed bedding, towels and linens
• Hand Soap, Shampoo, Conditioner, and Body Soap
• Centrally located, close to our sparkling, salt water pool 
• Convenient access to tea and coffee at The Lodge
• Gas Heating and fans throughout
• Fast WIFI access 
• Easy walking access to trails, rivers, and main lodge

The Land’s kitchen experience is quite unique. The food is not only well composed, simple and elegant, but there is an ethos in the kitchen that permeates throughout each step of the experience, from the farming of the produce, to the preparation, service and presentation of the meals. Their meals are clean and simple with nothing extra to bring out the life of each ingredient so that you can taste the cool sweet crispness of lettuce, the fresh tenderness of salmon, and the earthy, nutty flavor of the grains. You can feel and taste the love that comes through the kitchen to the table to your body. You’re not just eating food; you’re eating love, and love is the ingredient that truly nourishes. 

SAMPLE MENU 

• Poached Eggs and Avocado Toast with Micro Greens, Fausse Sauce à la Hollandaise, Grated Parmesan, Fruit Platter. 
• Scrambled Eggs with Chives, Hash Browns, Sauteed Kale, Sliced Heirloom Tomato, Applewood Smoked Bacon 
• Cobb Salad, Romaine or Butter Lettuce, Grilled Lemon Chicken Breast, Hard Boiled Egg, Kalamata Olives, Bacon, Avocado, Cherry Tomato, Pickled Onion, Red Wine Vinaigrette 
• Bahn Mi Sandwich Bar. Baguettes, Vietnamese Chicken, Mint, Thai basil, Cilantro, sliced Jalapeno, Glass noodles, Edamame, pickled carrots, daikon, radishes, sprouts, Nuoc cham (chile vinegar lime sauce), Vietnamese slaw. 
• Teriyaki Salmon Skewers on a bed of Shaved Cucumber Carrot Salad topped with Peanut Sauce, Vegetable Stir Fry (Carrot, Red Onion, Zucchini, Broccoli), Steamed CalRose Short Grain Rice.
• Grilled Skirt Steak with Chimichurri, Garlic Roasted Potatoes, Steamed Green Beans, Red Leaf Lettuce Salad With Strawberries,  Goats Cheese and Maple Apple Cider Vinaigrette 

We are offering 2 free shuttle options to and from the retreat picking up in San Francisco. 

You are also welcome to find your own transportation to the retreat, and if needed, we will connect you with members who will be driving from your area.  

Interested in having your company sponsor your trip or be a premium sponsor for the retreat, or want help pitching the retreat to your company for sponsorship? 

We can also include group rates for if you would like to attend with a group of women from your company or team.

Reach out to us at team@hello-we3.com and we will be in touch with specific language to share with your company and/or manager!

Meet your Retreat Workshop Leader: Ari Font Llitjós, AI Leader & Former Twitter Executive

Our workshop session will be led by The New Club member, AI Leader and former Twitter / IBM Executive, Ariadna Font Llitjós, PhD. Ari brings 23+ years of engineering experience and holds 4 academic degrees including a PhD in Language & Information Technologies from Carnegie Mellon University. In her most recent role at Twitter, she was the Senior Director of Engineering for Twitter’s Machine Learning Platform, including META (ML Ethics Transparency and Accountability) and Responsible ML program.

After 10 years working as a technical leader in large companies, she is now CEO & Founder of SolvMate, a new startup focused on leveraging technology and AI to strengthen and deepen human connections.

Ari is passionate about diversity and inclusion, and has served as a Twitter Women board member and was a member of Twitter Alas, the LatinX group, as well as CMU's Women@SCS forever. We can’t wait to for you to meet her!

Meet your Retreat Wellness Leader: Nicole Cronin, Wellness Expert & Owner of The Pad Studios SF

Nicole Cronin brings 10+ years of experience teaching advanced yoga + mindfulness practices, and leads global retreats for corporate and personal practice. Nicole is a UCLA graduate and has also completed studies at The Institute of Embodied Wisdom in Ojai, CA. Her workshops feature practices from the Alexander Technique and as well as Somatics & Leadership Embodiment.

Nicole’s mission is to bring more kindness, compassion, courage, clarity and resilience into the world through yoga, meditation, and wisdom teachings. She’s devoted to supporting others to live their highest truth and believes that we can work through the body to positively impact the nature of the mind, heart and soul.

She is currently completing her 500 hr yoga certification with Janet Stone and is the owner of The Pad Studios in San Francisco on Union St. We're excited for you to experience her classes before, during and after the retreat as San Francisco residents!