2025 speakers — The Global Women in STEM Leadership Summit

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2025 SPEAKERS

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Dr. Takoi K. Hamrita

Global Women in STEM Leadership Summit Founder & CEO

Latanza Adjei

Senior VP & Chief Customer Officer, Georgia Power Company

Rachel Williams

Rachel Williams

VP of Transmission Field Operations, Georgia Power Company

Roanna Burnell

Corporate Industrial Engineering Training & Dev. Director, UPS

Josh Stallings

VP of Strategy & Support, Georgia Power Company

Casey Robinson Troutman

Manager, Project Execution, Georgia Power Company

Karmyn Norwood

VP & General Manager, Pall Aerospace

Debra D. Facktor

Debra D. Facktor

Head of AIRBUS U.S. Space Systems, AIRBUS U.S. Space & Defense, Inc.

Malina Downey

Industrial Engineering Transportation Director, UPS

Nicole Pilet

Industrial Engineering Director, UPS

Janel Brooks

Airline Industrial Engineering Asset Strategy Director, UPS

Stephanie Kichefski

Stephanie Kichefski

Director of Engineering, UPS

Karen R. Cashion, J.D.

President & CEO, Tech Alpharetta

Cathy Huyghe

CEO & Co-Founder, Enolytics

Mike Smith

President & CEO, Hanwha Defense USA

Scarlett Shipp

CEO, AnalyticsIQ

Morgan Keese

VP of External Affairs, Airbus U.S. Space & Defense

Kelly Sullivan

VP of Business Development, Lennar Connectivity Services

Heather Gordon, PhD

Heather Gordon, PhD

CEO, HighGround Insights

Alexandra E Graham, Ph.D., MBA

Alexandra E Graham, Ph.D., MBA

President, LaGray Inc.

Ann Schaub

VP of Product Management, Frontier Communications

Teresa Lynch

VP of LCS Field Operations, Lennar

Margaret K. Offermann, MD, PhD

Margaret K. Offermann, MD, PhD

CEO, OncoSpherix

Eve Vitale

Chief Executive, SPE Foundation

Myla Petree

Director of Manufacturing, ABB

Ashley Earnest

Global Sales Operation Leader, Pall Aerospace

Olivia Spurrell

Olivia Spurrell

Director of Engineering, Liquid & Air Product, Pall Aerospace

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Crystle Ryland

Manager of Metering Services & Field Operations, Georgia Power Company

Cheryl C. Pressley

Cheryl C. Pressley

PD Data Analytics & Innovation Manager, Georgia Power Company

Kenitra Halyard

Kenitra Halyard

Customer Operations Support Manager, Georgia Power Company

Kelly Clute

Substation Construction Manager, Georgia Power Company

Letitia M. Ward

Reliability Service Centers Manager, Georgia Power Company

Feodora Kurtz

Head of Corporate Strategy and M&A, Airbus U.S. Space & Defense

Larissa S. Fenn, Ph.D, MBA

Larissa S. Fenn, Ph.D, MBA

Director, New Products R&D, RYAM (Rayonier Advanced Materials)

Devangi Gandhi

Technology Director, The Home Depot

Alejandra Valero

Alejandra Valero

Director of Technology, The Home Depot

Regina McEwen

Distinguished Engineer, The Home Depot

Dr. Gloria O-B Osardu

Dr. Gloria O-B Osardu

Global Head of Research & Consumer Insights, Yahoo

Teri L. Branch

Director, Dixie Innovation & Plates Development, Georgia Pacific

Cisha Adams

Director of Utility Engagement, QTS Data Centers

Sridevi Narayan-Sarathy, Ph.D.

Sridevi Narayan-Sarathy, Ph.D.

Technical Director, R&D Senior Fellow, PepsiCo

Heidi Connelly

General Mgr. of National Security Group Solution Sales, Microsoft

Radhika Shukla

Sales Director, Oracle

Prenthis Aguilar

Prenthis Aguilar

NASA

Asifa Ackbarali

Asifa Ackbarali

Director, QA Patient Safety, Tolmar Inc.

Christina Tworek, Ph.D

Christina Tworek, Ph.D

Director of Market Research, AnalyticsIQ

Alia Potterbaum

Alia Potterbaum

Distribution Business Coordinator, Georgia Power Company

Ana Rodriguez-Santiago

Transmission Control Center Operations Manager, Georgia Power Company

Rebecca Vollmann

Rebecca Vollmann

Account Manager, ABB E-Mobility

Hannah Uglehus

Discovery Program Trainee: Manufacturing Operations, ABB

Kate Jordan

ABB Discovery Program

Lea Muehl

Project Manager, System Drives, ABB Inc.

Julia Madhani

Sr. Global Leader Channel Partner Mgmt., Pall Corporation

Shelley Gager

Global Sales & Business Development, Medium Voltage Drives, ABB

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Shirlyn Betts

Director of Bids & Proposals, Airbus U.S. Space & Defense, Inc.

Megan Bryant

Sr. Material Science Lab Manager, Aptar CSP Technologies

Liesl Folks, PhD, MBA, FNAI

Liesl Folks, PhD, MBA, FNAI

Professor Emeritus, University of Arizona

Akanksha Jhunjhunwala

Primary Embedded & Electronics Engineer, Presso

Danielle Frank

Propulsion Engineer, Space Systems, Northrop Grumman Corp.

Kelsey Locaylocay

Kelsey Locaylocay

Software Engineer, Wells Fargo

Astrid Kurniawan

Women in Science Portland

Madison Ann Pipkin, PMP

Project Manager, Research & Applications Dev., Aptar CSP Technologies

Lynzie Nebel

Upstream Hardware Engineer, Cytiva; President Elect, Society of Plastics Engineers

Ashley Jeter

All Things STEM with Ashley

Monique Sanders

Monique Sanders

Staff Technical Safety Engineer, Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine

Bree Ettinger

Associate Professor, Emory Dept. of Mathematics

Jackie Nielson

Executive Coach & Consultant, Jackie Nielson Coaching

Nikki Vaughn

Senior Manager, PwC

Lauren Marie Wilson

Lauren Marie Wilson

Senior Engineer, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Ltd.

Felicia Moore Mensah, Ph.D

Felicia Moore Mensah, Ph.D

Prof. of Science Education; Sr. Associate Director of Research, Edmund W. Gordon Institute of Advanced Study

Lillian Klug, PhD

Lillian Klug, PhD

Research Project Manager, Knight Cancer Institute

Courtney Graves

Courtney Graves

Quality Control Manager, ISO Coordinator, NTIC

Brindusa (Brin) Negritoiu

Brindusa (Brin) Negritoiu

Client Lead, Google Cloud

Janice Renee

Speaker & Executive Coach, Janice Renee Inc.

Kerry Brown

Transformation Evangelist, Celonis

Marissa Pryor

Talent Operations & Tech, Netflix

Elena Mishkovsky

Elena Mishkovsky

Clinical Research Coordinator, University of Miami

Chameka Amerson

Chameka Amerson

Manager of Business Relationship Mgmt. Dept., Institute of Nuclear Operations (INPO)

Amelia Kopf

Women in Science Society President, San Diego State Univeristy

Julie Secrist, PE

Founder & President, Red Stone Group Engineering & Development