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.
2021 Guest Speakers
YOUNG Women's Career Conference
Nichol Whiteman
CEO, Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation
Keynote Speaker
Cynthia McClain-Hill
President, Board of Water and Power Commissioners, LADWP
Evelyn Cortez-Davis
Assistant Director of Water Operations, LADWP
Winifred Yancy
Director of Legislative Affairs, Interim Racial Equity Officer LADWP
Rachel Jordan Bascombe
AIA, NOMA, LEED AP BD+C, Architect, Associate, CO Architects
Edith Hsu-Chen
Manhattan Director, Department of City Planning, City of New York
Jane Chung Hoffacker
Senior Director Creative Manager,
Activision Blizzard
Heather T. Roy & Learka Bosnak
Realtors, Douglas Elliman
Dr. Michaelyn Thomas, EdD, MBA
. Head of Affordability & Project Manager, Launch Site Development, Virgin Orbit
Tammy Funasaki
Head of Investor Relations,
Breakwater Management
Ariella Loewenstein
Deputy Regional Director,
Anti-Defamation League
Amy Guittard
Director of Marketing and
Fifth-Generation Chocolatier,
Guittard Chocolate Company
Marie Colabelli
Sr. Producer,
Walt Disney Imagineering
Kimberly Rudloff
Captain I, Paramedic,
Firefighter Recruitment Section,
Los Angeles Fire Department
Dr. Nidhi Mistry, PT, PCS
Physical Therapist and Owner,
South Bay Pediatric Physical Therapy
Dara Peyton M.S. CCC-SLP
Speech Language Pathologist/Speech Therapist, Encore Rehabilitation
Jennifer Sherman
Senior Vice President Product,
NMI
Louise Jandura
Sampling & Caching Chief Engineer, Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover, Principal Mechatronics Engineer, JPL
Sophie Pierce
Entrepreneur and Owner,
Sophie Dance Studios
Lacy Russell
Director Channel Sales,
FluentStream Technologies
Samantha Srinivasan
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Sechel PR
Sarah Schecter
Chairwoman Production,
Berlanti Productions, Berlanti/Schecter
Amanda Sichon & Seda Bilginer
Chemists & Co-Founders,
Esas Beauty
Siobhan Hanna
Managing Director,
Lionsbridge AI, Global Platforms
Vicky Rangsuebsin
Private Wealth Advisor & Accountant,
Ameriprise Financial Services
Alyssa Do, JD, LL.M
Wealth Strategist,
Boston Private
Wendy Barbas
Vice President & Credit Officer,
Boston Private
Anneka Gupta
President and Head of Products and Platforms, LiveRamp
Dr. Andrea Hsu
Senior Scientist,
The Aerospace Corporation
Dr. Cheryl De Matteis
Principal Engineer,
The Aerospace Corporation
Alexandria Jones-Patten, MSN, MBA, RN
Registered Nurse at Go RN
Nursing PhD Student, UCI
Molly Peterson
Science Reporter, KQED
Dawn Yoshioka Eberly
Doctorate of Chiropractic, Masters, Acupunture and Oriental Medicine,
Founder, Embrace Healing
Cynthia Lynch
Midwife, Clinical Manager at NYC Health & Hospitals, Adjunct Faculty in Clinical Obstetrics, Concordia College New York
Aya Obara
Epidemiologist,
County of LA Dept of Public Health
Megan Turner
Director of Operations, Los Angeles Taconic Builders, Inc
Jessica Trinca
General Manager | Advisor | Consultant
WIMMIES (Women in Media & Marketing)
Elizabeth Steinberg
Founder & Director,
Martian & Sons
Shameeka Emanuel
Diversity STEM Strategist,
Google
Renee Ronit Edry
President & Director of Investigations,
Westside Detectives Inc.
Natascha French
Head of Marketing,
Diamond
Samantha Chaney Prado
Firefighter,
Los Angeles Fire Department
Dr. Moogega Cooper PhD
Planetary Protection Lead,
Mars 2020, JPL
Amy Green
Conservator and Co-Owner,
Silverlake Conservation LLC
Michelle Cornman Thomas M.D.
Pediatric Hospitalist & Transport Physician, Pediatrician, Kaiser Downey Medical Center
Ester Kamp
Vice President, Business Support Manager, Boston Private
Kendyl Van Hoesen
Founder and Lead Designer,
Van Hoesen Design
Jasmina Muller
VP, Global Channel Sales, Alliance Channel of Women
Jayashri Srikantiah
Associate Dean of Clinical Education, Professor of Law, Director Immigration Rights Clinic, Director Mills Legal Clinic, Stanford Law School
Marcie Phillips
Game Designer,
Skydance Interactive
Anu Bhardwaj
Founder, Women INVESTING in Women DIGITAL, The State of Women, SHEQONOMI
Shruti Shankar
Sr Urban Designer and Associate,
Studio One Eleven
Lynn Azali
Senior Designer/Artist,
RDC - Retail Design Collaborative
Rosanne Sachson
The Sachson Group, Architectural Interior Designer, NASA - Jet Propulsion Laboratory – Flight System Testbed, Solar System Ambassador
Padmini Srikantiah
Senior Program Officer - Infectious Disease, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Rachel Zimmerman Brachman
Public Engagement Specialist, Earth, Solar System, Exoplanets, and Technology, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Kristen Hammer
Business Development Manager, Engineer, Virgin Hyperloop
Dr Crystal Reul-Chen
California Air Resources Engineer,
California Air Resources Board
Sabrina Damast
Immigration Atty. Founding Attorney,
Law Office of Sabrina Damast
Tammy L. Choy
Vice President and Chief Information Officer, The Aerospace Corporation
Stephanie Barish
CEO,
IndieCade
Jane Marie Chen
CEO & Co-Founder,
Embrace Innovations
Andrea Razzaghi
Deputy Director of the NASA Management Office, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Andrea Connell
Captain,
United Airlines
Tal Kahana
Deputy District Attorney,
Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office
