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YOUNG WOMen'S CAREER CONFERENCE

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Presented by

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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