Girls Academic Leadership Academy
YOUNG WOMen'S CAREER CONFERENCE
SAVE THE DATE
FRIDAY, March 4, 2022
The Annual
Young Women's
Career Conference
is an important way in which the GALA community recognizes and celebrates
International Women's Day.
YWCC gives our students the
opportunity to interact with, learn from and be inspired by women currently leading and
working in STEM Careers.
2022 keynote speaker
Dr. Kristi Funk MD
Breast Cancer Surgeon
Pink Lotus Breast Center
2022 Guest Speakers
YOUNG Women's Career Conference
Dr. Asmeret Asefaw Berhe
Professor
University of California, Merced
natasha j. case
Founder, Coolhaus; President of Brand Experience, The Urgent Company
tiffany huynh
Director of External Affairs
Elemental Excelerator
dr. tejal desai phd
Professor
UCSF
Jayne Gale
Game Economy Designer
Pikpok
Janelle wellons
Spaceflight Operations Engineer
pooja bhagat
Architect
PBA Pooja Bhagat Architects
HJ paik
Director
PricewaterhouseCoopers
keri bean
Systems Engineer
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
anu bhardwaj
Founder
SHEQONOMI
Dr. Padmini Srikantiah
Deputy Director, Global Health
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Dr. Phoebe R. Stubblefield
Interim Director, C.A. Pound Human Identification Lab, University of Florida
Jennifer Sherman
Executive Director & Board Member
amanda sichon
& seda bilginer
Co-Founders
Esas Beauty
Mei-Ling C. Robinson
Supervising Criminalist
Los Angeles Police Department
Dr. Isabel Frances Pedraza
Physician & Medical Director of the Medical Intensive Care Unit Cedars Sinai Medical Center
dr. vonda wright
Surgeon & President, Hughston Orthopedics Southeast; Founder, Women’s Health Conversations
Rema W. Morgan-Aluko
VP of Software Engineering
Fandango
monica ponce de leon
Dean and Professor, Princeton University School of Architecture; President and Principal Architect, MPdL Studio
jen robinson
Chief Technology Officer
System1
tammy funasaki
Head of Investor Relations
Breakwater Management
Andrea J. connell
Captain
United Airlines
Veronica Flint
Founder & Creative Director
Quixotical
Mitra Memari
Partner
ZGF Architects LLP
Andrea ferraro
Co-Founder & Executive Director
Pockets Change
nicole moreno
Director of Community
Angel City FC
Dr. Cheryl DeMatteis
Principal Engineer,
The Aerospace Corporation
linda inlay
Executive Director
Awakening Wisdom
Ali Ferber Peters
Co-Founder
She’s Birdie
sally slade
CTO
VOLTAKU
Marie Colabelli
Senior Producer
Donna Lawrence Productions
Sonali Perera Bridges
Founder & President
Shero’s Rise
DR. EMILY HU
Surgeon/Owner
Dr. Hu Cosmetic Plastic Surgery
PEGGY MCCARTHA
Photographer
Mink Life Motivation
niloo razi howe
Executive Chair
Pondurance
yo elam
Joy Trainer
Be Yo-Self Everyday
CYNTHIA PHAM STARK
Director, Core Engineering
Google
Jené l. elzie
Chief Growth Officer
Athletes First Partners
dr. julie shah
Associate Dean & Professor
MIT
mandy tankenson
Senior Vice-President, Head of Production
Sony Pictures Imageworks
sarah Houston
Division Human Resources Administrator
LAUSD Information Technology Division
sofia hernandez
Computer Applications Administrator
LAUSD
