PLEASE NOTE THAT DUE TO THE POTENTIAL THREAT OF COVID-19
(CORONAVIRUS), WE HAVE RESCHEDULED OUR EMPOWERED:// WOMEN'S
LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE
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MONTH._
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_BRING YOUR WHOLE TEAM. THERE'S SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE._
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MARKETPLACE/DEMO ALLEY - CHECK OUT BUSINESSES BY WOMEN-OWNED
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GOODIE BAGS - EXCITING GIFTS FROM OUR SPONSORS
FEAST FROM THE MIDDLE EAST - UNIQUE HOMEMADE, AUTHENTIC MIDDLE
EASTERN FOOD BY MAMA LAMEES [https://www.mamalamees.com/]
TED-STYLE TALKS - INSPIRING AND EMPOWERING TALKS BY WOMEN LEADERS
AND INFLUENCERS
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TALK TITLES AND SPEAKERS
_CARPE DIEM: SEIZE THE DAY - _Sonya Pelia
[https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonyapelia/], CMO/CRO at Cira Apps Ltd
_EMPOWERING YOUR PERSONAL BRAND THROUGH STYLE_ - Katty Lopez De Gull
[https://www.linkedin.com/in/kattylopezdegull/], Founder & Stylist at
Lopez De Gull Revamp
_WHAT TO PACK ON YOUR TRIP TO LEADERSHIP -
[https://www.linkedin.com/in/vu2srk/]_Shar Ramakrishnan
[https://www.linkedin.com/in/vu2srk/], Director of Engineering at
Yelp
_FROM CORPORATE SUCCESS TO GLOBAL NGO - _Dian Alyan
[https://www.linkedin.com/in/dian-alyan-b99b92/], Founder/CEO of
GiveLight Foundation
_DON’T LISTEN TO THE NOISE: STAYING FOCUSED DURING THE AGE OF
INFORMATION - _Chantelle Hartshorne
[https://www.linkedin.com/in/chantellestudio/], Founding Member and
Creative Director at STYLEBEE
_REDISCOVERING A SENSE OF PURPOSE IN TECH_ - Ha Nguyen
[https://www.linkedin.com/in/hanguyen-spero/], Founding Partner at
Spero Ventures
_INCLUSION & ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP - _Joanie Kraut,
[https://click.mlsend.com/link/c/YT0xMzQ1ODIzMDQ3MjE4NjMwNzE3JmM9dzdjNCZlPTM2MDcxNDA5JmI9MzE0MTExODgwJmQ9aDN5OXA0eA==.eXc-EmdRXbPp5WypuvNL7oabh0gKOTC6rhaz-x8cKJ4] CFO
at Women in Games International.
SPEAKERS
Sonya Pelia [https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonyapelia/], CMO at Cira
Apps Ltd is a C-Level B2B SaaS and Enterprise Software/Hardware
Marketing Executive with expertise in Product-Led Growth, the
strategic transformation of traditional marketing to digital
marketing, creating brand and vision, and driving revenue with
marketing. She has also run a parallel track for over 26 years as a
gender-equality leader, board member, and President of the Board at
the award-winning, non-profit Maitri empowering South Asian survivors
of domestic violence. Sonya serves on the board of MoveUp, is an
advisor to non-profit boards and founders, and is the recipient of
numerous awards.
JOANIE KRAUT
[https://click.mlsend.com/link/c/YT0xMzQ1ODIzMDQ3MjE4NjMwNzE3JmM9dzdjNCZlPTM2MDcxNDA5JmI9MzE0MTExODgwJmQ9aDN5OXA0eA==.eXc-EmdRXbPp5WypuvNL7oabh0gKOTC6rhaz-x8cKJ4] is
the CFO at VIA Programs, an organization that focuses on
cross-cultural immersion exposures for participants from both the US
and Asia, where she manages the finance, IT, and HR departments. She
is also the CFO for Women In Games International (WIGI), a nonprofit
that promotes the inclusion and retention of female talent in the
technology and gaming industry..
Joanie is an advocate for equality, inclusion, and empowerment, and
she was recently recognized by CalCPA for the Women to Watch in
Finance & Accounting awards in the Experienced Leader category.
Katty Lopez De Gull [https://www.linkedin.com/in/kattylopezdegull/],
Founder & Stylist at Lopez De Gull Revamp is a certified Image
Consultant, and Fashion Stylist personally trained by Stacy London,
co-host of the internationally known TV Show 'What Not To Wear!'
She has worked with women of different walks of life, locally and
internationally, and has been featured in Univision’s morning TV
Show for the San Francisco Bay Area. Her clients included Ruby
Polanco, Owner of Ruby Makeup Academy in Hollywood, Flor Melara,
Univision 14 morning show producer, and Gabriela Dellan, weather
anchor at Telemundo 48.
Ha Nguyen [https://www.linkedin.com/in/hanguyen-spero/] is a Founding
Partner at Spero Ventures. Spero is an early-stage venture capital
firm that invests in the things that make life worth living,
specifically: well-being, work & purpose and human connection. In
addition to investing, Ha leads the firm’s marketing/network efforts
and is a thought partner to founding teams, helping them incorporate
design-thinking and user empathy into product development and
corporate strategy. A former refugee from Vietnam, Ha is passionate
about supporting underrepresented founders and building vibrant,
diverse communities, including leadership roles at AllRaise, Product
Leader Summit and Women in Product. Before joining Spero, Ha led
product and growth at multiple startups, including Stella & Dot,
Betfair, Keaton Row and Oodle. She was one of the early product
managers during eBay’s hypergrowth years. Ha holds an MBA from
Harvard and a BS in Economics & Business from The Wharton School.
Chantelle Hartshorne [https://www.linkedin.com/in/chantellestudio/] is
the Founding Member and Creative Designer at STYLEBEE.
The daughter of Canadian small business owners, Chantelle began her
career at age 17 as the in-house makeup artist for a hair salon in
Sidney, BC. In 2003 she moved to Montréal, QC and was hired by the
MAC cosmetics company.. In 2008 she left MAC to pursue a full time
freelance career as a makeup artist. In 2011 Chantelle moved to the
Bay Area and established ChantelleStudio an immediately successful
beauty company. In 2014, bringing her understanding of the evolution
of the beauty industry to the table, she joined forces with STYLEBEE
as a founding member. STYLEBEE connects you to the top local hair and
makeup artists to be available to you on your schedule.
Dian Alyan [https://www.linkedin.com/in/dian-alyan-b99b92/] is the
Founder and CEO of GiveLight Foundation, a non-profit organization
that creates nurturing homes for orphans. Devastated by the 2004
tsunami, she transformed her grief into an inspiration to help
children all over the world. The first GiveLight home for 50 orphans
is in Indonesia and today, she is scaling her work to support over
1000 orphans in eleven countries globally, including Sri Lanka,
Cambodia, Morocco, Mexico and the Bay Area. Dian holds an Engineering
degree and has had a successful career at Procter & Gamble managing
its global brands. A recipient of many awards, she is an international
speaker and has spoken at MIT, Stanford University, and several
Fortune 500 companies such as Paypal, Apple, and Google. Her
humanitarian work has been highlighted in several radio, television
programs and in many articles, including the Huffington Post.
Shar Ramakrishnan [https://www.linkedin.com/in/vu2srk] is a Director
of Engineering at Yelp. She leads Yelp's Metrics Platform, the teams
responsible for building and maintaining infrastructure and tooling
that allows product managers and analysts derive insights from Yelp's
data. Shar started her career in Chennai, India as a founder of a tech
startup. In the short 4 years of running the company, she worked with
several other Silicon Valley companies as a founding engineer in
various parts of the tech stack including front end web development,
application development, networking and infrastructure. She joined
Yelp in 2015, and has been loving it ever since. Shar is an advocate
of supporting women in tech and has led the Awesome Women in
Engineering resource group at Yelp for the last 4 years. Apart from
engineering, Shar loves photography and travel. She recently became a
mom to a baby boy and shares her experience about the challenges of
being a working mom on her social media.
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