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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.
YWCC gives our students the opportunity to interact with, learn from and be inspired by women currently leading and working in STEM Careers.
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
