Ashley Allen
Executive Director, Houston Community Land Trust
Industry: Nonprofit
Ashley Paige Allen currently serves as the Executive Director of the Houston Community Land Trust. She brings to the role 14 years of non-profit leadership experience in the areas of education, S.T.E.M. workforce development and affordable housing. As a community organizer for over 10 years she helped develop and drive campaigns for improved homeless services, affordable housing and education policies in Chicago, IL. Ashley served as a consultant with the Barack Obama Foundation where she was responsible for the planning and implementation of the foundation’s first national public outreach initiatives and their internship program.
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Chiao-ih Hui
Director of Global Operations, StorageCraft Technology
Industry: Technology
Chiao-ih Hui is the Director of Global Operations at StorageCraft Technology Corporation. Chiao-ih has served in past leadership roles within the national and local sections of the Society of Women Engineers and has also served on several boards including the Young Alumni Association Board with the University of Utah, Women Tech Council, the Utah Forum, and as a Steering Committee Member for the David Eccles School of Business Women’s MBA Alumni Association. She was 1 of 8 selected representatives of the United States at the Dragon 100 Leadership Conference, and was named the youngest “Rising Star: Top 40 Under 40 by Utah Business Magazine in 2005 and in 2010 received the Rising Star Women Tech Award.
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Karen Clay
Principal, St. Peter’s School
Industry: Education
Karen Clay is Principal at St. Peter’s on Capitol Hill, which was recently recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School for 2019 based on overall academic excellence.She began her career in education in the classroom before ascending to Assistant Principal at Holy Trinity School in Georgetown, and serving as the Principal of St. Philip the Apostle Catholic School. Karen was also appointed as a Trustee to the Employee Retirement Board for the Archdiocese of Washington and serves on the Executive Board of the Elementary School Principals Association.
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Kathy Kidd
Senior Director, FINRA
Industry: Technology
Kathy Kidd is a Senior Director at FINRA within the technology organization. Kathy manages a portfolio of software application teams that build software used to surveil the equities, options, and bonds markets. Kathy is dedicated to exploring and improving the role that leadership can play in creating work environments in which our team members can grow, flourish, contribute, and feel valued. She is a co-author of “Guidelines for Writing Effective Operating and Maintenance Procedures”, a co- inventor on three US patents, and has received numerous FINRA awards.
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Dr. Sadhna Dhingra
Associate Professor, Baylor University - College of Medicine
Industry: Medicine, Academia
Dr. Dhingra is an Associate Professor of Pathology & Immunology, and is the Section Head of Adult Gastrointestinal and Liver Pathology at the Baylor College of Medicine (BCM), Houston TX. Dr. Dhingra is known for her clinical acumen and is amongst the very few pathologists with a unique set of subspecialty expertise in liver as well as kidney pathology, which are two diverse fields that most pathologists find challenging to practice. Her ability to combine her strong fellowship training, years of experience making complex diagnoses, and rapid adoption of national best practices, has elevated the quality of care patients receive at BCM. Her commitment to excellence in clinical work, teaching and research has won her several awards.
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Dr. Monina Pascua
Gastroenterologist, The Oregon Clinic
Industry: Healthcare
Dr. Pascua is currently Medical Director of Endoscopy and Chair of Quality Assurance at the Oregon Clinic - Gastroenterology South which is part of a large multi-specialty physician-owned group of over 250 providers, including 50 Gastroenterologists in the Greater Portland area. She is also currently serving as Chair of the American Gastroenterological Association Women’s Leadership Council after having spent 2 years on the AGA Women’s Committee. Within her role in the AGA Women’s Committee and commitment to furthering female medical leadership, she co-authored an article published in Gastroenterology titled “Promoting Leadership by Women in Gastroenterology – Lessons learned and Future Directions.”
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Jessica Kaufman
Partner, Morrison & Foerester
Industry: Legal
Jessica Kaufman’s practice focuses on complex civil litigation with an emphasis on class actions, financial services litigation and enforcement, and commercial disputes. Ms. Kaufman is lead counsel for a broad range of clients facing significant class and mass cases in highly regulated industries, from financial institutions facing claims under the federal and state contract and antitrust laws, RICO Act, federal regulatory schemes, and state usury and UDAAP statutes; to an aerospace company facing significant environmental tort actions; to one of the world’s largest shipping companies in a cross-border class and arbitration matter. Ms. Kaufman is recommended by Legal 500 2018 in the area of Dispute Resolution: Financial Services: Litigation.
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Michelle Rosemeyer
Program Manager, Perspecta Inc.
Industry: Military
Michelle Rosemeyer serves as a Program Manager for the U.S. Navy Next Generation Enterprise Network (NGEN) program at Perspecta Inc. In this capacity, Michelle spearheads network design, architecture and operations teams supporting the Navy and Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI); one of the world’s largest, most secure intranets supporting over 700,000 Sailors and Marines. Michelle also drives new engineering solutions through the rigorous Department of Defense certification and accreditation process, and directs the implementation of her network architecture solutions to integrate segregated U.S. Navy networks into the NMCI network.
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Sarah Labowitz
Policy Director, Assistant Director for Policy and Communications
Industry: Policy
During her time at WELP, Sarah was the Assistant Director for Policy and Communications at the City of Houston Housing and Community Development Department. Prior to this, she was a policy advisor on human rights and cyber policy at the State Department under Hillary Clinton, and founded the first human rights center at a business school in 2013. She co-directed the NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights until 2017, where she also taught undergraduate courses in human rights and business ethics. She coordinated Hillary Clinton's policy working group on democracy, human rights, and international law during the 2016 campaign.
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Amanda Scarano-Carter
Director of Sales & Client Services, Sunset Studios
Industry: Entertainment
Amanda Scarano-Carter currently works as Director of Sales & Client Services for Sunset Studios (Sunset Bronson, Sunset Gower, and Sunset Las Palmas), the largest independent operator of studio facilities in the US. Prior to her time as Sunset Studios, Amanda had a varied entertainment career ranging from operational consulting to studio facility management to film production, including 13 years overseeing physical production at Pierce Brosnan’s MGM-based production company, Irish DreamTime. Amanda is also a passionate volunteer and has spent many years volunteering with youth-focused charity organizations, including Big Brothers Big Sisters, Reading to Kids, and Young Storytellers and has served for 10 years as volunteer Chair of the Producers Guild of America’s Environmental Initiative (PGA Green).
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Jenn Richards
Interim Executive Director, Community Design Collaborative
Industry: Nonprofit
Jenn Richards is a communications expert and nonprofit consultant with over fifteen years of experience in fundraising, strategic marketing, project management, and program design. She has worked with nonprofit organizations including Teach for America, the Association for Public Art, and the Girl Scouts. In 2018, Jenn founded High Gear Consulting Group to provide mission driven organizations with strategic communications and creative management solutions that recognize the unique needs of nonprofits.
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