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SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR EVENT PARTNERS VERIZON
[https://www.verizon.com/home/verizonglobalhome/ghp_landing.aspx], THE
FAMILY COPPOLA [https://www.thefamilycoppola.com/], AND WEWORK
[https://www.wework.com/]! BRIDGING DIVIDES THROUGH INCLUSION AND
COMMUNITY LIEM LE [https://www.linkedin.com/in/liem-le-little-lion/]
OF LITTLE LION [https://www.golittlelion.com/] WELCOMES BUSINESS
LEADERS SOPHIA GARCIA
[https://www.linkedin.com/in/sophia-garcia-6bbb8412/] - EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR COMMUNITY AFFAIRS & GOVERNMENT RELATIONS OF VERIZON
[https://www.verizon.com/home/verizonglobalhome/ghp_landing.aspx],
ARJEN MACKAAIJ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/arjenmackaay/] - SVP OF
PEOPLE AT FABFITFUN [https://fabfitfun.com/get-the-box/?step=getbox&],
LISA MAE BRUNSON [https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisamae/] - FOUNDER OF
WONDER WOMEN TECH [https://wonderwomentech.com/] AND COMMISSIONER FOR
TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION AT CITY OF LONG BEACH
[http://www.longbeach.gov/], AND KY HESTER
[https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyhester/] - WORLDWIDE MARKET STRATEGY &
BIZ DEV AT APPLE [https://www.apple.com/] AND BOARD MEMBER AT NATIONAL
BLACK ASSOCIATION LA [https://nbmbaa.org/] TO JOIN IN A THOUGHTFUL,
INSIGHTFUL, AND CONSEQUENTIAL DISCUSSION. BE PART OF THE INSPIRING
CONVERSATION AS OUR SPEAKERS ENGAGE THE AUDIENCE IN AN INTERACTIVE
DIALOGUE ON THE POSITIVE ACTIONS THAT EACH OF US CAN UNDERTAKE TO
BRIDGE DIVIDES THROUGH INCLUSION AND COMMUNITY IN OUR EVERYDAY
WORKPLACE. JOIN US DURING NETWORKING HOUR PRE AND POST THE PANEL
DISCUSSION AS THE FAMILY COPPOLA [https://www.thefamilycoppola.com/]
TEAM POURS COCKTAILS AND WINE AND SPEAKS TO THEIR PRODUCTS. •
APPETIZERS & BEVERAGES PROVIDED. MUST BE 21 AND OVER TO CONSUME
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES •ENTER EL SEGUNDO ON GPS (OR YOU WILL BE
DIRECTED TO WRONG LOCATION). FROM VISITOR PARKING, TAKE ELEVATOR TO
PLAZA, CROSS BRIDGE TO BUILDING 222, TAKE ELEVATOR TO 10TH FLOOR. LIEM
LE [http://linkedin.com/in/liem-le-little-lion] - FOUNDER / CEO AT
LITTLE LION [https://www.golittlelion.com/]
An advocate for social good and champion for work-life purpose, Liem
reached a turning point in her career where she now redirects her
efforts to advancing investments in people and communities around the
world. Liem is the founder of Little Lion [http://golittlelion.com] to
help organizations improve social impact outcomes at scale via its
growth platform, social innovation, and engagement workshops. She
brings with her a wealth of experience in sales, marketing, data
analytics, and research from both the startup and corporate
environments, including Fortune 500 companies.
Her work has taken her to the global stage to present as a thought
leader, game changer, purposeful leader, and keynote speaker. Most
recently, she has been invited to address the internationally
prestigious barristers of Serle Court in Lincoln’s Inn of London on
unconscious bias, to keynote Heineken Women’s Leadership Forum, lead
a Fortune 500 Executive panel on building purpose to advance business
at Converge, speak on social innovation as the next frontier at Wonder
Women Tech, and moderate an Ethics in Business discussion with
Theranos Whistleblower Erika Cheung. She also received the 2018 Best
of Best Leader Award from the Network of Executive Women and serves on
committees for several non-profits including The Field Museum Board of
Trustees' Marketing Committee. An avid world traveler with an interest
in exploring different cultures, she has vacationed in at least 30
countries.
SOPHIA GARCIA [https://www.linkedin.com/in/sophia-garcia-6bbb8412/] -
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS & GOVERNMENT RELATIONS AT
VERIZON
[https://www.verizon.com/home/verizonglobalhome/ghp_landing.aspx]
Sophia leads the community engagement strategy in California. She also
manages the State Government Affairs (SGA) Foundation budget in eight
states in addition to serving as the West SGA liaison with the
Employee Volunteer Champion program. Before stepping into her current
role in October 2019, Sophia shared responsibility for state
legislative affairs in California.
Prior to joining Verizon, Sophia served as State Director of
Government Affairs and Community Development for Advance America and
as the Director of Finance & Programs for the California Hispanic
Chambers of Commerce, engaging in advocacy and strategic
coalition-building and mobilization. Sophia also serves as a board
member of the California Hispanic Chambers of Commerce Foundation and
Latinas Lead California, the state's first political action committee
that solely focuses on supporting Latinas running for office. She also
serves as an at-large board member of Verizon's Hispanic Support
Organization (HSO).
[http://linkedin.com/in/bilbreyjason]ARJEN MACKAAIJ
[https://www.linkedin.com/in/arjenmackaay/] - SVP OF PEOPLE AT
FABFITFUN [https://fabfitfun.com/get-the-box/?step=getbox]
Originally from the Netherlands, Arjen is a business leader, people
geek, and strengths-based coach, with 12+ years of experience in
leading HR strategy and people functions, in industry as well as
advisory roles. Brought on as their first SVP of People for FabFitFun,
a fast growing lifestyle company that emerged from the LA tech scene,
he oversees the end-to-end employee experience and people operations.
As a member of their senior executive team, his mission is to further
develop a unique employee experience that engages people to be their
best fab self as the company scales, while retaining the elements that
have made this company so amazing, exemplified by the reception of a
Timmy Award in 2018 for its diversity.
Prior to FabFitFun, and following advisory roles at the Boston
Consulting Group, Arjen was the People and Operations Director for BCG
Digital Ventures, a corporate investment and incubation firm in
Manhattan Beach, overseeing the people operations for their North
America region. At BCG DV Arjen helped to build their diversity
initiatives, inspired by their core company value to "Seek Difference"
and driven by his personal number one Strength, which is to be an
Includer.
LISA MAE BRUNSON [https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisamae/] - FOUNDER OF
[https://builtin.com/]WONDER WOMEN TECH [https://wonderwomentech.com/]
AND COMMISSIONER FOR TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION AT CITY OF LONG BEACH
[http://www.longbeach.gov/]
Lisa Mae Brunson is a Creative Visionary, Speaker, Author & Social
Innovator that is committed to impacting humanity on a global scale.
Lisa Mae is the founder of Wonder Women Tech, Hiring Humans, and the
Wonder Women Tech Show, and has launched Junior Innovation Camps for
underserved kids. She was recently included in the 2019 “Create &
Cultivate 100” List, in partnership with Chevrolet, is a Long Beach
Post’s “40 Under 40” Winner in 2017, and she is a Commissioner
on the Commision for Technology and Innovation for the City of Long
Beach since Dec 2016. She is founder of two hackathons–Hacks 4
Humanity, a hackathon for Social Good, and Wonder Women Hacks, a
hackathon to address challenges facing women and girls. She has hugged
over 10,000 people on her “Love, Hugs, and Inspiration Campaign”
launched in 2007.
Lisa Mae received a multi-year commitment (2016 – 2019) from the
City of Long Beach and Mayor Robert Garcia to host the Wonder Women
Tech Conference at the Long Beach Convention Center. She is featured
in three Award-Winning documentaries, “Breaking the Silence”
(2014), “Kindness is Contagious” (2014), and “Nevertheless”
(2019).
KY HESTER [https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyhester/] - WORLDWIDE MARKET
STRATEGY & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT LEAD AT APPLE [https://www.apple.com/]
AND BOARD MEMBER AT NATIONAL BLACK MBA ASSOCIATION LA CHAPTER
[https://nbmbaa.org/]
Ky is an award-winning, multi-lingual, and collaborative business
executive with international experience delivering time-sensitive,
mission-critical corporate marketing initiatives within numerous
industries. She is currently leading worldwide go-to-market strategy
and business development at Apple, a multinational technology company.
Prior to Apple, Ky served in numerous marketing and international
roles for globally recognized organizations such as Beats by Dr. Dre,
Sony, and Viacom.
Ky received her MBA from Fordham University where she also did an
exchange program with Peking University and received her bachelor of
arts in business communications from the University of North Carolina.
In her spare time, Ky devotes time to mentoring and developing youth
and young professionals to help bridge the racial wealth gap and
serves as an executive board member on the National Black MBA
Association LA Chapter.
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