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YOUNG WOMen'S CAREER CONFERENCE
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2023
Presented by
The Annual
Young Women's
Career Conference
is devoted to introducing the student population (our GALA Goddesses) to innovative, female leaders in various industries.
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YWCC gives our students the opportunity to interact with, learn from and be inspired by women currently leading and working in STEM Careers.
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2023 keynote speaker
Kiesha Nix
Vice President of Charitable Affairs & Executive Director of the Lakers Youth Foundation
2023 Guest Speakers
YOUNG Women's Career Conference
Ambassador Brooke Anderson
President
Pivotal Ventures
Karen Sturges
Chief Financial Officer
LA28
Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Energy
Kate Gordon
Department of Energy
ASHLEY Portillo-baloy
Community Engagement Specialist, Verizon
Windie Yancy, P.e.,MBA
Director, Power New Business & Experience, LADWP
Claudia Botero
TV Anchor Reporter
Dr. Phoebe R. Stubblefield PHD
Interim DirectorCA Pound Human Identification LabUniversity of Florida
Evelynn Cortez-Davis P.E.
Director of Water Engineering, LADWP
Meiling C. Robinson
Supervising CriminalistLA Police DepartmentForensic Science Division
Janelle Hartley
Municipal Engagement Partner
Verizon
Dr. Clara O'Farrell PHD
Guidance and Control Engineer
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Professor Elizabeth Pryor
Associate Professor of History
Smith College
Tamar Braz
Senior Counsel
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Claudia C. Erminy
Senior Graphic Designer
Viacom CBS
Manisha patel
Executive Director - Network Engineering
Verizon
dr. Alison Heney
Vice President of Learning and Public Programs
Museum of Latin American Art
dr. Claire Watkins MD, MS
Clinical Assistant Professor
Stanford University
Rema W. Morgan-Aluko
VP of Software Engineering
Fandango
Professor Jayashri Srikantiah
Professor of Law, Associate Dean of Clinical Education, Director, Immigrants' Rights Clinic
Stanford Law School
Dr. Johanna Olson-Kennedy
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Naomi Thomas
Founder & CEO
infinity.careers
Andrea J. connell
Captain
United Airlines
Dr. Mi'quael Houston M.D.
Physician, Anesthesiologist (Board Certified)
Independent Medical Practice, Cedars-Sinai Marina Del Rey Hospital
Captain Lonya C, Childs
Assistant Commanding Officer
Los Angeles Police Department
Leslie Ysamar Jimenez
Museum Educator
Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA)
Katherine Moriwaki
Associate Professor of Media Design
Parsons School of Design
Kathleen Cohen
Tech Humanist, XR Strategist, Creative
The Collaboratorium
Falguni Lakhani Adams
Network Executive
Vice Media Group
Elizabeth Mahlow PE
Principal
Nous Engineering
Dr. Martina R. Randall
Board-Certified Foot & Ankle Surgeon
The Foot and Ankle Sports Institute
Marie Colabelli
Senior Producer/ Professor
Donna Lawrence Productions/
Temple University
Lina Cordero
Creative Director
Onlychild Design
AstriD Theeuwes
Associate
KPFF Consulting Engineers
Olivia Frias
Narrative Lead
Singularity 6
Estelle Reyes Madrid ed.m.
SVP, Enhancing Community
Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI)
Laurie Parres
Writer / Producer / Founder
Words Delivered
Jeny Quine
Writer/Executive Producer/Showrunner
Jessica Stamen
Co-Founder, Program Director
DemocraShe
Katka Werth
Senior Staff Attorney
Public Counsel
Daryl-Lynn Roberts
Vice President of Business Development
Visage Energy
Gia Mora
Writer/Performer/Producer
Sarah Blandy
Game Audio Producer
Riot Games, Inc.
Liz McLean AIA
Architect
ARG
Whitney Clavin
Science Writer
Caltech
Andrea A. Avila Weiler
Senior Director, New Technologies
Universal Pictures
Leatte Dahlhoff
Environmental Technical Analyst and Councilmember
WA Department of Enterprise Services and City of Tumwater
Sarah JaklE MSW, MPP
Executive Director
DemocraShe
Alexandria Jones-Patten PhD, MBA, RN
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Columbia University
Melisa McGregor
Composer/Producer
Studio Della Morte
Jane Chen
Co-founder
Embrace Global
Jill R. Meyers FRAeS
Aviation / Aerospace Consultant
Meyers AeroConsulting
Dr. Pavani Ram
Global Health
Adelara A. Adekoya
CEO and Founder
Fleurs et Sel Bakery
Jennie Ko
Design Director
adidas
Dr. Emily Hu, MD
Medical Director/Owner
Artista Surgery + Aesthetics with Dr. Emily Hu
Dr. Cristina Zavaleta Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
University of Southern California
Kathleen Hetrick
Associate - Sustainability
Buro Happold
Bloomberg MPH Fellow at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Halleh Kianfar
VP of Product Management
Gracenote, a Nielsen company
Sarah Lorenzen AIA
Professor / Architect
Cal Poly Pomona / TOLO Architecture
Elizabeth Rosenbaum
TV and Film Director
DGA
Gabriela Juarez AICP
City Planner
City of Los Angeles, Dept of City Planning
Jacqueline Elliott
VP, Operations, Digital Platform Servicing
NBCUniversal
Pooja Bhagat M.Arch
Principal
Pooja Bhagat Architects & Planners
Leslie Sydnor AIA, NOMA, LEED AP
Director
AIALA
Ingalill Wahlroos-Ritter FAIA, NCARB
Architect
ACLA
Allegra N. LeGrande PhD
Physical Research Scientist
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Chavonne Stewart
Director
Exposher
Nina Sevilla
Sustainable Food Systems Program Advocate
NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council)
Sherrie Berger
Consultant
sherrieberger.com and the Los Angeles Center of Photography
Dr Ghada Zamzmi PHD
Research Scientist
National Institutes of Health
Orit Harpaz
Photographer
Orit Harpaz Photographer
Frances Anderton
Writer
Design and architecture journalism
SpeakeR
To be announced
Ishmeet Kaur
Software Engineer
Samantha Joy Alvarado
Color Footwear Designer
Adidas
Taylor Jacobs B.S.,M.E.
Principal Systems Engineer
Northrop Grumman/National Society of Black Engineers
Jennifer Sterling-Trotter
Program Manager
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Claudia Benitez-Nelson
Sr. Assoc. Dean for College Initiatives & Interdisciplinary Programs, Professor & Endowed Chair in Marine Studies
University of South Carolina
Crystal Knabeschuh
Studio Director
Level Up Dance Academy
Carmen Beal
Development Manager
Riot Games
Carmen Suero
Principal
Good Project Company
Dr. Vivian Mo
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
Keck School of Medicine at USC
Faith Umoh
CEO, Digital AI Artist
Creative Aya
Pavlina Karafillis
Entry/Descent Mechanical and System Engineer
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Graciela Cruz-Sierra BSCE
Senior Civil Engineering Assistant
Los Angeles County Public Works
Aqsa Altaf
Writer and Director
Sophie Pierce
Owner Sophie Dance & Level Up Dance Academy
Mimi Pond
Cartoonist/Writer
Neha Yadav
Principal
KPFF Consulting Engineers
Francine E. Orr
Photojournalist
Los Angeles Times
Monique Candiff
Litigation Associate
Sidley Austin LLP
Erin Brown
Executive Director
Inspiring Girls USA
Roxanna Pakkar
Member of Technical Staff
The Aerospace Corporation
Radka Opalka
Partner
ERS, Holdings
Major Marissa Reabe
Integrated Production Lead - Vulcan/Cantaur
United States Space Force
Kienna Qin
Data Scientist
Capital Group
Supria Rosner
Assistant Laboratory Director
LA Police Department Forensic Science Division
Tomoko Nagashima
Partner
PwC
LisA Ross
Executive Director
Shero's Rise
Kiley Sensi
Manager Lakers Youth Foundation
Los Angeles Lakers
Candyce Ha
Community Outreach Specialist
FBI Los Angeles
Nicole Mungues
Athlete & Business Owner
Rainbow Los Angeles
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