Mary Kate Blaine
Principal, Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School
Industry: Education
Mary Kate Blaine has served as Principal of Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School since 2013. Visitation - an all-girls Catholic high school in the Salesian tradition – serves 500 young women in grades 9 –12. Mary Kate is an active member of the National Coalition of Girls Schools, where she recently presented at the Global Forum on Girls Education on the topic of Religious to Lay leadership transitions for girls’ schools.
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Giselle Cortés
Director of International Airports, JetBlue
Industry: Business, Airlines
Giselle Cortés is Director of International Airports for JetBlue, where she is responsible for all airport operations and international planning for JetBlue’s 39 destinations in 22 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Giselle ascended to the role of Director of International Airports in 2013. After leading JetBlue’s historic launch of commercial service to four cities in Cuba in 2016, her role was expanded in 2017 to include responsibility for international commercial efforts.
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Julie Ehrlich
Program Advisor & Chief of Staff (Office of the President), Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Industry: Legal, Nonprofit
During her time at WELP, Julie B. Ehrlich was the assistant dean for strategic initiatives and chief of staff at NYU Law, executive director of the School's Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Network, and an adjunct professor of clinical law and co-teacher of NYU Law’s Reproductive Justice Clinic. She was responsible for the Law School’s strategic planning and its implementation; for leading inter-departmental and high-level projects; for advising the Dean on a range of issues and concerns; and for ensuring coordination and collaboration among the Law School’s administrative departments. In 2019 she started work at the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, a nonprofit organization which supports the humanities and the arts.
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Margaret Faul
Vice President of Drug Product Technologies, Amgen Inc.
Industry: Medicine
Margaret Faul is Vice President of Drug Product Technologies at Amgen Inc, in Thousand Oaks, CA. Margaret is responsible for developing the commercial processes for modalities within the Amgen portfolio from preclinical to commercial and has a strong knowledge of GMP, regulatory and compliance issues as they relate to the development of these pharmaceutical products. Margaret has received numerous awards in recognition of her leadership and mentorship of her teams including the Earle B. Barnes Award for Leadership in Chemical Research Management from Dow Chemical Company and the American Chemical Society and a HBA Rising Star Award.
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Kristine Reeves
Founder and Principal, KMR Creative Services
Industry: Government
During her time at WELP, Kristine Reeves served as Washington State’s Director of the Military & Defense Sector. As an economic developer, Reeves brought over $6MM to support the diversification of the defense industrial base in WA, helping strengthen the 60,000+ job sector and worked to enhance the transition of tens of thousands of military servicemembers and spouses. She also served several terms in the Washington State House of Representative as the youngest woman and only African-American female in the state legislature. She is currently campaigning for her district's seat in the United States House of Representatives.
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June S. Wasser, MA
Consultant, Advisor
Industry: Healthcare
During her time at WELP, June Wasser was the Executive Director at the Reagan-Udall Foundation for the Food and Drug Administration. In this role, Ms. Wasser provided leadership, oversight and strategic direction for the Foundation’s development and implementation of programs and initiatives intended to foster advances in regulatory science in support of the FDA’s mission. Ms. Wasser has extensive experience in the development of continuing medical education programs, creating start-up organizations and program/business development for healthcare entities. She also has interests in health policy and is a co-editor and co-author on a book about the Affordable Care Act and how policy implementation offers an opportunity for translational research.
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Deepika Khandelwal
Director, FINRA
Industry: Business, Financial Services
In her current role at FINRA, Deepika Khandelwal leads a portfolio of technology initiatives that support FINRA's core mission to provide investor protection and promote market integrity. Deepika leads cross-functional teams (e.g., data analysts, UX designers, product owners) and interacts with front-line staff (e.g., investigators, examiners, attorneys, compliance staff) and their leadership teams to design and implement effective technology solutions. As an avid technologist, Deepika helps craft and unlock cutting-edge technological solutions and capabilities necessary to survey and detect insider trading across trillions of US public market transactions, thereby supporting the health of and confidence in US capital markets.
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Deanna Rockefeller
Global Science and Technology Engagement Principal, Lockheed Martin
Industry: Technology
Deanna Rockefeller is an Emmy-award winning producer, education activist, and world-traveler. She currently works at Lockheed Martin, an organization centered around a mission to increase opportunities through technology so people can convert their dreams to a reality. Projects have ranged from a Research and Development Center which creates new technologies in Australia, to a girls’ STEM camp in Israel to an entrepreneurship program in India. Her passion for connecting the community through storytelling, relationship and action has led to a nomination for a New York Festival TV & Film Award and a PR News Corporate Social Responsibility award for Nonprofit and Corporate partnership.
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Ane Weathersby
Director of Studio Finance and Planning, Hudson Pacific Properties Industry: Business, Real Estate
Ane Weathersby works for Hudson Pacific Properties, a real estate investment trust (REIT) based in Los Angeles that acquires, repositions, develops and operates high quality office and state-of-the-art media, entertainment and technology properties in select West Coast markets. Ms. Weathersby manages financial planning, analysis and strategy for the company’s media and entertainment portfolio which consists of Sunset Bronson Studios, Sunset Gower Studios, Sunset Las Palmas Studios, and United Recording Studios. She has collaborated with HPP teams that have completed dynamic projects that are spurring the “rebirth of Hollywood” and serve as a model for state-of-the-art campuses nationwide.
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Elena L. Mack, BSc, MSc, CQA (ASQ). CMQ/OE (ASQ), CPGP (ASQ)
Vice President, Quality - Contract Manufacturing and Medical Device, West Pharmaceutical Services
Industry: Medicine
Elena has held various quality management roles in Quality in the combination products, contract manufacturing, pharmaceutical and medical device space in the span of 20 years. She began her career in the pharmaceutical industry as a Microbiologist for Wyeth Ayerst Pharmaceuticals and now works at West Pharmaceutical Services. Elena also served on the Board of Directors for ASQ’s Food, Drug & Cosmetic Division from 2008-2017 and has presented and written articles previously on numerous quality topics such as Change Control, Laboratory Compliance, Inspection Readiness, Lean Six Sigma for QA/QC, Data Integrity, Auditingand cGMPs for Dietary Supplements.
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Adina Solomon
Director I, FINRA
Industry: Business, Technology
Adina Solomon graduated from Bryn Mawr College, served on the President’s Advisory Council at Bryn Mawr from 2015-2018, and received the Women’s Bond Club Rising Star Award in 2009. She has worked in FINRA’s Technology department for the past nine years, and in her current role, she oversees the business analysis and development efforts supporting the Market Analysis and Audit Trail, Customer Issues, and Short Sales groups within Market Regulation. Her team is responsible for a surveillance suite that monitors member firm compliance with FINRA Rules, and federal securities laws related to market making, order handling, short sales and trade reporting.
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Lauren Bellerjeau
Partner, ON Semiconductor
Industry: Legal
Lauren Bellerjeau is a partner in the corporate department at Morrision & Foerster LLP. She is based in the Washington, DC office and focuses her corporate practice on advising clients with respect to mergers and acquisitions, internal restructuring, joint ventures, complex commercial transactions, and general corporate governance matters. In 2016, she was recognized by Legal 500 US for Real Estate Investment Trusts and was also named an Emerging M&A Leader - Legal by M&A Advisor. Ms. Bellerjeau is regularly mentioned and recognized by leading industry publications, including Law360, Asian Legal Business, and many others.
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Nikita Japra, MA, MPH
Global Health Advisor in Residence, Cloudera Foundation
Industry: Nonprofit
During her time at WELP, Nikita Japra worked for The Rockefeller Foundation as an experienced special projects manager. In this role, she interpreted health policy interests alongside scientific evidence to shed light on pressing public health issues – ultimately repackaging specialized information for lay audiences across cities, states, and global borders. Prior to this position, Ms. Japra was responsible for vetting, writing, and producing health and medical coverage across all NBC News platforms — providing editorial guidance for CNBC, MSNBC, and nationally broadcast television on TODAY and NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt.
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Courtney Munoz
Senior Vice President of Strategic Initiatives, US Retirement and Benefits Partners
Industry: Business
During her time at WELP, Courtney Munoz was Assistant Vice President at MassMutual Financial Group, responsible for leading the company’s business transformation in response to the Department of Labor (DOL) Fiduciary Rule and other related regulations. She states that the main key to her success in her career was partnering with agency CEO’s and Managing Partners, consulting on strategy, business plan development, and operations and financial management issues. Courtney also recently joined SCORE, a national nonprofit organization of current and retired executives dedicated to helping small businesses achieve their goals, as a consultant.
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Sarah Teich
Partner, Williams & Connolly LLP Industry: Legal
Sarah Teich is a partner at Williams & Connolly LLP in Washington, DC. She focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation, including securities, director and officer liability, financial services and antitrust matters.She has experience representing clients, including private equity firms, pharmaceutical companies, broker dealers, Fortune 100 companies, media companies, and individuals, in a wide range of business disputes. She serves on the firm’s Pro Bono, Real Estate and Alumni Relations committees, and is a member of the Board of Directors for the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia and a member of the Finance Committee for Community of Hope.
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Elizabeth Chiao, MD, MPH
Professor, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Industry: Medicine
Dr. Elizabeth Chiao is a clinician investigator who has maintained continuous funding from the NIH since receiving a mentored career development award from the National Cancer Institute in 2006. Her interests include understanding the effects of HIV-related immunosuppression on the cancer incidence of HIV-infected individuals, addressing poor cancer outcomes of HIV-infected individuals, screening and treatment of algorithms for virally-mediated cancers and developing guidelines for screening and treating Human Papillomavirus (HPV) related cancers. Dr. Chaio and her research group's findings have been published in journals such as: Annals of Internal Medicine, JAMA, Journal of Clinical Oncology, and Clinical Infectious Diseases.
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Aisha Kenya Lawrey, MPA
Senior Director - Programs and Scholarships, National Action Council of Minorities in Engineering
Industry: Technology
Aisha Lawrey has industry experience with several technology companies in engineering, research, and business. During her time at WELP, Aisha was Director of Engineering Education for the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). In this role, she directed and guided the work of ASME in helping to shape the future of mechanical engineering and engineering technology education through ABET accreditation; the ME/MET department head and faculty communities; efforts toward increasing undergraduate simulation-design-build-innovation; greater exposure to industry standards/practices; more robust industry and university relations; and fostering more diverse and inclusive collaboration environments as framed by the ASME Engineering Education Vision 2030 Advocacy Strategy.
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Lisa Newman, NCSP
School Psychologist, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
Industry: Education
Lisa Newman is a Nationally Certified School Psychologist currently serving as the Psychologist for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. Prior to this role, she was the Crisis Response Specialist where she provided oversight, leadership, and training for the district’s suicide assessment and psychological crisis support protocols for 176 pre-kindergarten through 12th grade schools. Additionally, she directed and aligned the work of district and school-based crisis teams in a psychological crisis incident. Lisa is dedicated to leading and developing knowledgeable professionals within schools who can provide high-quality and effective psychological support, intervention, and mental health services that address barriers to learning for all students.
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Meg Vorland
Chief Strategies Officer, Dcode Industry: Technology
Meg Vorland is the Chief Strategies Officer for Dcode, a federally- focused accelerator that brings emerging technology into the public sector. She is a passionate advocate for startups and small businesses, and has helped to develop and expand several companies, focusing on preparing businesses for funding and entering new markets, forecasting, and scaling general operations and project management. Meg served in the Obama Administration as a Senior Advisor at the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), where she advised and provided project management support on high-priority internal operations, provided policy recommendations to the Administrator of the SBA, and helped to implement policy decisions affecting small businesses.
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Brigitte Green
VP of Creative Licensing, Interscope, Geffen, and A&M
Industry: Entertainment
Brigitte Green is currently the VP of Creative Licensing at Interscope, Geffen and A&M after previously running the Creative Licensing department at the independent music publishing company, Big Deal Music. She recently relocated to LA after spending 11 years in New York where she was the VP Of Licensing at The Beggars Group. The Beggars Group comprises five of the strongest independent record labels: XL Recordings, Matador Records, 4AD, Young Turks and Rough Trade.She is also the founder of the multi media charity event consortium, Late Bloomers.
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Laila Manji
Managing Director, Macro Advisory Partners
Industry: Policy
Laila Manji is Managing Director of Macro Advisory Partners, a strategic advisory firm based in London and New York, where she has worked since 2013 largely focused on multilateral issues. With a background in conflict resolution, and experience in security, humanitarian and development assistance, Laila has worked as a political and policy advisor in a range of diverse organizations in commercial and non-profit contexts in Africa, Europe and the US. Laila also worked across the United Nations system for almost a decade, including in the Executive Office of United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan from 2000 - 2006.
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Joy Sinderbrand
Vice President: Recovery and Resilience Department - Capital Projects Division, New York City Housing Authority’s Recovery and Resilience Department Industry: Government
Joy Sinderbrand is the Vice President for the New York City Housing Authority’s Recovery and Resilience Department. Created in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, this group is responsible for leveraging over $3 billion of disaster recovery funding in over 220 buildings at 35 developments throughout New York City. In addition to repair work, the team is incorporating state of the art resilient design elements that will guide future construction throughout NYCHA’s portfolio. Joy received a dual Masters in Public Affairs and Urban & Regional Planning from Princeton University and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Maryland Honors College. She was also a Coro Fellow in Public Affairs and an AmeriCorps*NCCC member.
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Andrea Wolf
Director, Mount Sinai Women’s Lung Cancer Program and New York Mesothelioma Program Industry: Health
As Director of the Mount Sinai Women’s Lung Cancer Program and the newly-founded New York Mesothelioma Program, Dr. Wolf leads and engages physicians and scientists at multiple institutions to collaborate in cancer care and clinical research. In addition to respect as a surgeon and clinician, she is beloved by her patients and has led an academically productive career with over 130 peer-reviewed publications, book chapters, abstracts, and invited talks nationally and internationally. She recently edited a special edition of the Annals of Translational Medicine on mesothelioma and is currently co-editor of the 3 rd edition of the #1 selling McGraw-Hill textbook Sugarbaker’s Adult Chest Surgery.
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