Previous and Current Mentors:
Sally Akiki
Sally Akiki is an interdisciplinary (re)searcher and construction management architect. Sally holds a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture and a Master’s degree in Conflict, Peace, and Security. She is currently working in a family-owned construction company and supporting Medford Resilience Project.
Born in the USA and raised in Lebanon, Sally grew up in a diverse family and community. The diversity she was surrounded with triggered ‘what if’ questions. As a participant in diversity and social inclusion conferences and as an architect, Sally explained the interdependence between the layers of the street, inclusion, and the unspoken language.
‘Amazed’ how the built environment is designed and built under the supervision of a male-dominant field, Sally is a woman determined to push other women forward in male-dominant fields. For her, infrastructure development does affect both men and women; thus, both should have an effective role in decision making when it comes to a lot of fields and on top of these field infrastructure/ development.
Feel free to reach out to Sally by email- [email protected].
Szifra Birke
Szifra Birke is an executive leadership coach and financial behavior specialist. Her forward-looking work with entrepreneurs, CEOs, private practitioners, dentists, attorneys, financial professionals, and other service providers, as well as families and their financial advisors, is grounded in over 30 years of experience in behavioral health and helping people with transitions.
Szifra (Shifra) has been featured in Business Week, Investment News, Dow Jones Newswire, The Christian Science Monitor, and The Boston Globe. She is the author of “Together We Heal,” as well as the producer of “Shrink Rap,” a syndicated cable TV show that aired for twenty years.
She earned a B.A. in psychology and education from Boston University and an M.S. in professional counseling from Purdue University.
Szifra grew up fully involved in her family’s retail business, including managing “Sue’s Teen Shop” while in high school, and has co-owned a number of other small businesses over the years.
Influenced by her parents’ Holocaust experience and inspired by their tenacity, Szifra has been personally and professionally involved with Holocaust survivors and their families since 1973 while a graduate student at Purdue. She is the co-producer of Browsing Through Birke’s, a documentary film about her parents and their very quirky Lowell clothing store. In 2017, Szifra told her story on WGBH as part of Suitcase Stories, Stories from the Stage.
Zeina Habib
I’m a multidisciplinary professional with a background in coaching, writing, and project management.
I was born and raised in Beirut Lebanon where I worked as a cost controller and procurement engineer in the construction field. My passion for inspiring people to discover their inner world and purpose in life pushed me to become a coach.I worked as a relational needs coach and got my ICF ACC certification.
I also moved to Belgium to get my master’s in Entrepreneurship and Innovation to start my own business.
I am currently in Boston working as a project manager and I am a freelance coach, writer, and speaker on my platform Voice Within.
The mission of my blog Voice Within is to empower women to take charge of their lives by being more curious about their inner world, more connected to their body, and more resilient. I write articles and run a podcast that addresses several issues such as body image, shame, purpose, identity shaping, and entrepreneurial endeavors.
For more info, you can find my page on Instagram @voice within women or email me at [email protected]
Jana Harris
Jana Harris is a registered patent attorney in Greenberg Traurig’s Global Patent Prosecution Group. She focuses her practice on building global intellectual property portfolios in the life sciences industry. She has experience representing start-ups, universities, and life science companies with technologies relating to oncology, immuno-oncology, gene-editing, biomarkers, diagnostics, biologics, stem cell compositions, proteomics, genetics, food and agriculture science, drug delivery and medical devices. Her legal practice further encompasses brand development, trademark prosecution and clearance, enforcement and defense strategy consulting, litigation, and transactions.
Prior to practicing law, Jana obtained a B.S. in Biology from Grand Canyon University and a Ph.D. in Cell and Developmental Biology from Vanderbilt University. Jana attended law school at Loyola University Chicago School of Law and has been a practicing lawyer for ten years.
Prajakta Kulkarni
For the past 10+ years, Prajakta Kulkarni (PK) has been helping organizations succeed in uncharted territories through her expertise in strategy, business and human-centered design. She has worked with companies ranging from Fortune 500s to early stage startups in multiple industries like financial services, insurance, healthcare, travel, retail, non-profits, women’s health etc.
For the past 5 years, she has been working with EPAM Continuum, a design and innovation consultancy helping clients build solutions that are right for customers, businesses and organizations, all through an understanding of the humans involved.
Prajakta has an engineering background with a Masters degree in Innovation Management from Carnegie Mellon University.
Amy W. LaMarche
Amy W. LaMarche is a Vice President and Branch Manager at Salem Five Bank. For the past 20 years she has served businesses and individuals by providing guidance on banking, lending and managing cash flow. Her strengths lie in her ability to listen, analyze and advise her clients. Amy has served as the President of the Rotary Club, the President of BNI Strategic Partners and as a member of the Board of Advisors for the non-profit Beyond Benign. She is also the treasurer for the North Andover Merchant Association. Recently, in order to continue her career growth, she graduated from New England School of Financial Studies through the Mass Bankers Association.
Yoko McCarthy
Born and raised in Osaka, Japan, Yoko moved to Boston, MA after graduating from college. She is a Senior Manager at BerryDunn, a CPA/consulting firm, leading the Compliance and Risk Management practice under the Government Consulting Group. She works with state and local government all over the U.S. to help them strengthen internal controls and improve business processes while maintaining compliance. In addition to leading her practice team, she organizes the remote-based employee community and actively leads and participates in team-building activities across the firm.
Yoko earned her bachelor’s degree at Kobe College in Japan, and her MBA at the University of Massachusetts Boston. She is a Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified Information System Auditor, and Certified Government Financial Manager.
Outside of work, Yoko is a very active community member. She is a co-organizer of a community that connects Japanese-speaking females in Boston area, which currently has over 400 members. She is also a co-founder of a community that serves as a platform where Japanese-speaking female professionals can educate, inspire, and advance one another to improve visibility as well as gender equality in their professional career and personal life. She also serves in the mentoring program of Association of Government Auditors. She is a mother of two daughters, Mia and Anna, and loves to read, listen to podcasts, travel, and see live music.
Sasha Mezer
Sasha Mezer is an Enterprise Account Director at TechTarget, a publicly traded data services company. A dedicated sales professional for 13+ years, Sasha has a deep curiosity about what motivates people and is passionate about helping customers move their businesses forward. With experience in client acquisition, enterprise account management, and customer success, Sasha has held a variety of sales roles. She is a 10x President’s Club member, and has been twice awarded Sales Rep of the Year. As a mother of two young children, Sasha is passionate about women in business and sales and is inspired by helping young women navigate the workforce.
Sandra Mohr
Sandra has over 20 years of leadership experience within higher education where she has found practical ways of advancing impactful learning in all of us. She is a passionate leader who helps develop a culture where teams work collaboratively focusing on a shared mission. Sandra currently is the Dean of Academic Resources and Administration at New England College of Optometry. Outside of work, Sandra is actively engaged in the community on non-profit boards, actively mentors women, and is invited to speak on increasing reliance and learning to create successful workplace cultures.
Deirdre Pierotti
Deirdre Pierotti has 25 years of leadership and management experience in the higher education sector. Her most recent position as Executive Director of the Department of Global Health at the Boston University School of Public Health encompassed a wide range of responsibilities in strategy, communications, and operational management. She has experience leading groups through significant organizational changes and leadership transitions. In her roles at BU, and prior to that at the Harvard Institute for International Development, she had responsibilities in a wide range of functional areas. Experienced in human resources management, Deirdre has been the senior manager for over 60 faculty and staff, with responsibilities in all aspects of the employee lifecycle. She oversaw the management of a $20 million/year sponsored research portfolio, including pre- and post-award management and finance, budget, and compliance. Particular areas of strength are strategic planning, policy and procedure development, and organizational structure and staffing. She has extensive program management experience in managing complex international research projects funded by major donors, mainly in Africa. For the past nine years, she has also lectured and/or co-taught a highly rated experiential learning course on implementing health programs in developing countries; and has extensively mentored, coached, and advised students, staff, and faculty. She holds a Master’s degree from the Boston University Center for Energy & Environmental Studies, and a Bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
Alexandra Post
Alexandra Post, APMA® is the Owner of Brightbar Boston, a spray tanning boutique in the heart of Boston. Alexandra graduated from the University of Miami’s School of Business with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance and Marketing. She later began her career as a Financial Advisor and Investment Specialist at Ameriprise Financial Services. After 6 years in finance, Alex left the corporate world behind to create Brightbar Boston within the mission of spreading awareness about how to protect yourself from the dangers of the sun.
Robin Rose
Robin is a customer-focused operations leader with extensive experience creating and delivering inventive business strategies and client-focused solutions that improve margins and increase customer retention. For over 20 years she has worked with companies in the software and services industry helping them establish processes and create efficiencies to improve business outcomes. She is passionate about optimizing the customer journey to provide a best-in-class experience, aligning customer’s expected outcomes to build adoption, create delighted brand ambassadors, and develop new business opportunities.
An engaging communicator and relationship builder Robin enjoys unifying diverse resources and cultures to build high-performing teams. She has a strong interest in empowering women in the workplace and is a member of several boards charged with supporting women, particularly in their local communities, and increasing leadership opportunities.
Robin graduated from Trinity College with a BS in Computer Science and a minor in Psychology. She is a voracious reader, a local sports fan, and loves to travel.
Jennifer Shire
I have extensive experience building talent acquisition and development programs and processes for a variety of industries and individuals. In addition, I have held learning & development roles in both industry and academia, including my current role as Associate Co-op Faculty at Khoury College of Computer Sciences at Northeastern University. My past roles have included, Director People & Culture, Perficient; Director Learning & Development, Charles River Development and Manager of Recruiting Programs at MathWorks responsible for college recruiting, immigration and relocation. Before joining MathWorks, I held roles at Cisco, Babson College as both a finance and human resource professional with such firms as Fidelity Investments, W.R. Grace, TIAA/CREF and Drexel Burnham Lambert.
I received my B.A. in English Literature from Mount Holyoke College and an MBA in Finance from Columbia University. I am married to Dale Lemke, CFO/COO of an educational non-profit, and have at least two children Emily (24) and Daniel (33), plus various ‘adopted’ children/young adults.
Before becoming a lawyer, Melissa earned a Ph.D. in neuroscience from the University of Pennsylvania and her thesis research resulted in a first author paper in Cell. She followed this accomplishment with a four-year post-doctoral fellowship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology laboratory of Nobel laureate H. Robert Horvitz where she was a Jane Coffin Childs fellow.
Cidhinnia M. Torres Campos, PhD
Dr. Cidhinnia M. Torres Campos completed her undergraduate degree in Psychology at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus, and holds masters and doctorate degrees in Ecological/Community Psychology from Michigan State University. She was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow on an NIMH-funded research grant, under Dr. Jean Phinney, at California State University, Los Angeles. She is a Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)® from the Project Management Institute. She also completed the Education Policy Fellowship through the Institute for Educational Leadership. Awards received include the Change Award for Innovation and Leadership, Phenomenal and Remarkable Women Award, Women in Philanthropy Award for Volunteerism, and the Leading Women Award.
Cidhinnia has worked extensively with a wide variety of public, non-profit, and education organizations on issues related to positive youth development, academic success, and access. She has broad and comprehensive expertise in the evaluation of clinically-based, faith-based, and community-based programming. She has also worked extensively in agency and regional accreditation in higher education, learning outcomes assessment of academic and co-curricular programming, institutional research/effectiveness, strategic planning, and project management. She has presented and provided training across the country on theories and principals of community and educational research and assessment, strategic program development, and evaluation strategies and implementation. She has presented and published globally in a variety of academic and applied forums. Cidhinnia has teaching experience in a variety of areas, including psychology, research methods, statistics, management principles, higher education administration, and project management.
Rita Wang
Rita (She / Her/s) is an Associate Director at Commonwealth Corporation where she leads projects in Operations, Learning & Development, and Employee Engagement.
Rita is an innovated and data-driven Learning and Development Leader offering over 10 years of experience spearheading the design and delivery of impactful learning programs and experiences that help individuals, teams, and organizations realize their fullest potential. A history of drastically enhancing struggling programs by thoroughly assessing and identifying problem areas, gaining consensus, and motivating teams to execute strategy in a logical and efficient manner. Exceptional interpersonal skills, known to quickly build and deepen relationships with colleagues, stakeholders, partners, and vendor team.
Rita is a serious foodie. Her favorite activities include trying different restaurants (via take-out or delivery), watching cooking shows, and learning how to create delicious meals.
Susu Wong
(Mentor since 2016)
Susu is the Principal and Founder of Tomo360, an online marketing agency, and the co-founder of Women Accelerators. She is an experienced business and marketing strategist who worked on a variety of companies from the high-tech industry, healthcare, biotech, higher education to startup companies.
She was an adjunct Professor in Marketing at UMass Lowell and a frequent workshop speaker at the Center of Women Enterprise and other small business accelerators. She has a unique combination of marketing, business, and technical experience that provides a well-rounded advantage for her clients. See her career profile on LinkedIn.
Susu is an advocate for helping women advancing their careers. She holds a Master in IT Management from Lesley University. Susu has been a Women Accelerators mentor since 2016.
2020 Mentors
Regina Au
(Mentor since 2015)
Regina is Principal, New Product Planning/Strategic Planning at BioMarketing Insight with 20+ years experience in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, medical device, diagnostic and healthcare industries. She helps companies to maximize the benefits of their technology by conducting the business due diligence early in product development to de-risk the process and increase commercial success.
Ms. Au serves as an advisor for the Massachusetts Technology Transfer Center Platform Meetings, Advisory Board member for an entrepreneur team at the Martin Trust Center for Entrepreneurship at MIT, and as a Mentor with the MIT Enterprise Forum Mentoring Program for Entrepreneurs.
Regina is a member of the Editorial Board for the International Journal of Clinical Pharmacology & Pharmacotherapy and Industry Advisor for the European BioPharmaceutical Review Journal. She has published numerous articles on market and technology trends such as “Immuno-oncology: Chimeric Antigen Receptors T-Cell Design; Microbiome; Genetic and Genomic Engineering; and Alzheimer Pathology.
Franky Descoteaux
Franky is the Director of the Entrepreneurship Center @CTI, Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship at Middlesex Community College (MCC) and former Director of EforAll (Lowell, Lawrence). She holds a Master’s Degree in Innovation & Technical Entrepreneurship from University of Massachusetts, Lowell (UML).
Franky believes that women have a unique power to heal and bring out the best in their families, communities and companies. She supports a vision of feminism that is committed to heart-centered communication and conscious capitalism that prioritizes human-centered management and sustainable growth, financially and environmentally. She believes core values must be the foundation for all female innovators, and is committed to helping women remember, refine and implement their personal core values into all they do, including entrepreneurship.
She received the Entrepreneur of the Year Award – Celebration of Excellence from Enterprise Bank & Trust, Diversity Leader from PepsiCo and other awards and board assignments. In her free time, she loves swing dancing, pottery, philosophy and hanging out with her teenagers.
Dr. Dennis A. Dean
Dr. Dennis A. Dean, II is a Principal Investigator at Seven Bridges where he leads several national-scale genomic analysis projects and mentors a scientific team in the Boston office.
Dr. Dean’s oversight responsibilities include genomic scientists, bioinformatics scientists, scientific program managers, scientific project managers, and genomic data scientists. In this capacity, he is responsible for the success of his team members across commercial, government, and internal projects. He leads Seven Bridges collaboration outreach with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the US Department of Veteran Affairs Million Veteran Program (MVP), the Patient Derived Xenograph Network funded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and oversee several projects with large pharmaceutical companies.
Dr. Dean is passionate about training the next generation of scientists. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Biomedical Science Career Program where he focuses on developing post-doctoral training programs and supporting STEM trainees. Dr. Dean is proud of his mentees which are in graduate programs, medical school and actively pursuing careers in the biomedical sciences as physicians and scientists.
Dr. Dean is trained as a research fellow in medicine at the Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in the Program for Sleep Epidemiology and the Program for Sleep and Cardiovascular Medicine. He earned his PhD in biomedical engineering and biotechnology and M.S. in computer science from the University of Massachusetts. He earned his B.S. in computer science from SUNY, Empire State College.
Samira Farboodmanesh
(Mentor since 2018)
Samira is a Technical Manager for Parenteral Combination Products in Pharmaceutical Technology & Development Team at AstraZeneca. She has been an experienced professional in developing biomedical and combination products and related supporting technologies, ranging from nanofibrous materials to combination products to purification processes. She is passionate to be part of Women Accelerators, especially that she has had successful women as mentors throughout her education and industry experience.
Samira moved from Tehran, Iran for graduate studies and received her Masters and Doctoral Degree in Mechanical Engineering at University of Massachusetts Lowell (UMass Lowell). She became a post-doc and conducted research in Biomedical/Mechanical Engineering joint research with Tufts University and UMass Lowell. She joined the medical device and pharmaceutical industry after her post-doc.
Samira enjoys spending time with her family and outdoor activities. She is an avid skier and swimmer.
Cindy Huang
Cindy is a Client Strategist at Profitwell, a startup in Boston focused on advising and developing software for SaaS companies. Prior to joining Profitwell, Cindy spent several years working as a bridge engineer at the multinational engineering firm Arup, which gave her the opportunity to live and work all over the world, from Los Angeles to NYC to Amsterdam. These experiences and the communities she found abroad helped her realize the importance of mentorship.
After moving back to the US, Cindy obtained her MBA at Harvard Business School. Now that she calls Boston home, Cindy is committed to creating opportunities for others and helping women navigate careers in STEM.
In her downtime, you can find Cindy reading at a cafe, watching the Great British Bake Off, or learning Chinese.
Melissa Hunter-Ensor
(Mentor since 2015)
Melissa is Vice-Chair of Greenberg Traurig’s Global Patent Prosecution Group. Melissa focuses her practice on the intellectual property and commercial needs of clients in the life science industry, encompassing pharmaceutical, biotechnology, chemical agricultural, diagnostics and medical device companies. Melissa has experience representing clients throughout the business cycle, from start-ups and universities to global pharmaceutical companies, with patent portfolio management and strategic alliances, as well as litigation and pre-litigation strategy. She also assists venture capital firms and other investors in assessing the IP risks of target investments and conducts IP patent and licensing due diligence in connection with life science technology transactions.
Before becoming a lawyer, Melissa earned a Ph.D. in neuroscience from the University of Pennsylvania and her thesis research resulted in a first author paper in Cell. She followed this accomplishment with a four-year post-doctoral fellowship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology laboratory of Nobel laureate H. Robert Horvitz where she was a Jane Coffin Childs fellow.
Brenda Loan-Baker
(Mentor since 2018)
Brenda is recognized for taking large-scale visions and developing a systematic, step-by-step approach to process creation, performance outcomes, and measurable success.
As an executive coach with proven success in the finance and sales industries, Brenda Loan Baker empowers individuals and organizations to reach their full leadership potential. While she serves leaders at all levels and across a broad range of functional roles and industries, she has a special interest in partnering with women and minorities in normally male-dominated industries like STEM, finance and law, to help them become more confident, visible, and influential leaders. It is Brenda’s passion to assist women and minorities in building greater confidence, improving their communication and public speaking, so they can lead with strength and compassion and become a role model for women to follow.
Brenda is an Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with the International Coach Federation (ICF). She is a Certified Professional Coach trained in both Core Energy Leadership™ through IPEC (The Institute of Professional Excellence in Coaching) and the Results System™ through Thought/Action. She received a Bachelor of Science in Business/Marketing from the University of Massachusetts.
Jeff Lou
Jeff is the Head of Automation at the synthetic biology company, Ginkgo Bioworks. At Ginkgo, he has built a team and platform that supports the industrialization of organism engineering using software, hardware, and process control. In addition to interests in robotics and engineering biology, he is a lifelong student of business ethics, economics, individual and organizational psychology, developing people, and more recently, aiding the cause of equity in STEM.
Prior to Ginkgo, Jeff co-founded a battery chemistry startup that developed nanostructured materials for grid-backup applications. Jeff holds a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Stanford University. Outside of career pursuits, Jeff enjoys cooking, board games, orienteering races, and rock climbing.
Sara Lupin
Sara is Chief of Staff to the Global Head of Medical at Sanofi Genzyme. Prior to this role, Sara spent 9 years holding various HR positions in the pharmaceutical industry, successfully partnering with a number of leaders and teams throughout the value chain (R&D, Industrial Affairs, and Commercial) and across multiple geographies. She has been guiding leaders through deep organizational transformations (creation of new departments, restructuring, integration after M&A) and cultural changes in global and multicultural environments.
Sara completed a dual BA program in International Business between the University of Turin (Italy) and the Warwick Business School (UK) before receiving a Master’s Degree in Human Resources from Panthéon-Sorbonne University (France).
Sara speaks fluently Italian, English, French, and Spanish. Sara always says “yes” to try a new fun activity and learn a new skill.
Nidhi Maniar
(Mentor since 2018)
Nidhi has been associated with Women Accelerators as a volunteer for 4 years, a mentee and now a mentor. She enjoyed the mutual learning experience with her mentees and looked forward to more.
A graduate of Northeastern University with a Masters degree in Pharmacology, she has been an active alumni member there, guiding students each year since 2014.
Nidhi currently works at University of Massachusetts Medical School’s MassBiologics, a biotechnology firm in Boston as a Research Associate III. Her valuable experience includes 5 years of supporting process development activities for therapeutic monoclonal antibodies and other proteins, developing newer analytical strategies for characterization, and leading non-GMP client studies etc.
Nidhi enjoys meeting and building connections with inspiring people. She aspires to be a social entrepreneur in India in the near future.
Uma Ellur Staehler
(Mentor since 2018)
Uma has over 20 years’ experience in the pharmaceutical industry, working in a variety of marketing roles at Eli Lilly and Company. She recently transitioned to a new role as Market Research Advisor for the Connected Care Program; this program is focused on leveraging technology to connect various healthcare related components to improve patient outcomes (i.e. pharmaceutical drugs, devices, software, etc.), and is based in the Lilly Innovation Center in Cambridge, MA. Uma has had the privilege and opportunity to work in a variety of marketing and sales roles and leadership roles in Global, US, European and China marketing. She has experience in oncology, osteoporosis, diabetes and infectious diseases, as well as across the entire lifecycle for brand management.
She has launched several new products and new indications, and worked in new product planning to late lifecycle and managing post-patent strategies.
She is also passionate about people development, inclusive leadership and “being the change you want to see happen in the world”. Uma has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Purdue University, and an MBA from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University. Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with her husband David, friends and family; fitness and health (especially running); traveling; and learning about new things, especially people and cultures.
Robin Rose
Robin is a customer-focused operations leader with extensive experience creating and delivering inventive business strategies and client-focused solutions that improve margins and increase customer retention. For over 20 years she has worked with companies in the software and services industry helping them establish process and create efficiencies to improve business outcomes. She is passionate about optimizing the customer journey to provide a best-in-class experience, aligning customer’s expected outcomes to build adoption, create delighted brand ambassadors, and develop new business opportunities.
An engaging communicator and relationship builder Robin enjoys unifying diverse resources and cultures to build high-performing teams. She has a strong interest in empowering women in the workplace, and is a member of several boards charged with supporting women, particularly in their local communities, and increasing leadership opportunities.
Robin graduated from Trinity College with a BS in Computer Science and a minor in Psychology. She is a voracious reader, local sports fan and loves to travel.
Susu Wong
(Mentor since 2016)
Susu is the Principal and Founder of Tomo360, an online marketing agency, and the co-founder of Women Accelerators. She is an experienced business and marketing strategist who worked on a variety of companies from high-tech industry, healthcare, biotech, higher education to startup companies.
She was an adjunct Professor in Marketing at the UMass Lowell and a frequent workshop speaker at the Center of Women Enterprise and other small business accelerators. She has a unique combination of marketing, business and technical experience that provides a well-rounded advantage for her clients. See her career profile on LinkedIn.
Susu is an advocate for helping women advancing their careers. She holds an Master in IT Management from Lesley University. Susu has been a Women Accelerators mentor since 2016.
Past Event Speakers
- Laura Appleton, Senior Consultant at International Planning and Research Corporation
- Regina Au, MBA, Strategic Marketing Consultant and Principal at BioMarketing Insights
- Pradeep Aradhya, PhD, CEO of NLMobile
- Lauren Celano, MBA, Founder & CEO of Propel Careers
- Insa Cespedes Elliott, MBA, Founder of Market2dayapp.com
- Julie Chen, PhD, Vice Chancellor for Research and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at University of Massachusetts Lowell
- Yu Chen, MBA, Director of Business Development at SAI Life Sciences
- Kristen Lee Costa, EdD, LICSW, professor of Behavioral Science and a Doctor of Education faculty at Northeastern University
- Megan Cooney, Financial Advisor at Morgan Stanley
- Sarah Cardozo Duncan, Owner of Career Strategist
- Deb Elbaum, MD, CPCC, ACC, certified career and life coach, author, and speaker
- Manijeh Goldberg, MBA, CEO of Privo Technologies
- Nathalie Goletiani, MD, Clinical Neuroscientist at McLean Hospital and faculty at Harvard Medical School
- Michele Haynes, PhD., Professor of University of Massachusetts Lowell
- Robin Hamilton, MS, Founder & Principal at Boston Business Operations Group LLC
- Tammy Heesakker, MBA, Business Strategy & Licensing Manager at Partners HealthCare
- Melissa Hunter-Ensor, PhD, Patent Attorney at Edwards Wildman
- Sally Jablon, MBA, Founder and CEO of Sally Silver Companies and UUNow
- Joanne Kamens, PhD, Executive Director at Addgene
- Marianna Kantor, MBA, Web & Product Marketing Expert at PTC
- Rajia Abdelaziz, Brittany Decker, Marcelle Durrenberger, Anne Faber, Erin Graceffa, Cassie Hailson, and Amy Tibbetts – November, 2015 Women in STEM panelists
- Catherine Kuo, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Tufts University
- Diane Pacuk, Senior Vice President and Assistant Complex Manager at Morgan Stanley
- Karen Panetta, PhD, Associate Dean for Graduate Education at Tufts University, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and the Director of the Simulation Research Laboratory
- David Proia, PhD, Director of Oncology Drug Discovery at Synta Pharmaceuticals
- Paula Rayman, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology at University of Massachusetts Lowel
- Colleen Suchecki, Peak Performance Coach
- Tina Stiles, MBA, Director of Corporate QA Training at Takeda
- Frances Toneguzzo, PhD, Executive Vice President at Conkwest, Inc.
- Marian Walsh, JD, public leader and author
- Michele Whitham, JD and Entrepreneur
- Rajia Abdelaziz, Co-Founder of Invisawear
- Anita Autry, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
- Tammy Heesakker, Principal at Tyche Innovation LLC
- Shila Mekhoubad, Ph.D. Scientist at Biogen.
- Cherie Ramirez, Ph.D, Researcher, Scientist, & Educator at Simmons College
- Brandy Houser, Site Head -New York & New Jersey at Celdara Medical
- Brenda Loan Baker, Executive & Entrepreneurial Coach of InnerOvation, LLC.
- Amy Rebecca Gay, Mediator, Coach and Consultant
- Deb Elbaum, MD, CPCC, CNTC, Executive Coach, Author, and Speaker
- Rachel Rice, MBA, EEM-CP, Executive coach, and energy medicine and energy psychology practitioner.
- Tamar Newberger, Diplomatic Spouse, Technologist, Computer Scientist, Activist
- Sean Driscoll, Principal, and Founder of BBsquared (a/k/a Breaking Barriers X Building Bridges)
- Su Joun, Principal of Diversity@Workplace Consulting Group, LLC
- Susu Wong, Principal of Tomo360 and Co-Founder of Women Accelerators
- Pamela Garramone M.Ed., Positive Psychology Speaker, Life Coach, and Founder of Thrive Now Boston.
- Melody Wilding, Executive Coach & Peak Performance Coach, Human Behavior Faculty
- Etta Jacobs, Founder, Executive & Career Transition Coaching, Hermes|path
- Kim Meninger, Executive and Leadership Development Coach
- Elaine Blais, Life coach, Happiness Warrior, Positivity Practitioner, Writer, and Speaker
- Ngan Nyugen, Founder of Cintamani Group, Coach and Speaker
- Devon Grilly, Certified COR.E Energy Coach, speaker, and blogger
- lhiana Rojas, Transformation Strategy Coach & Consultant, owner of BeLIVE Coaching & Consulting
- Dr. Alexis J. Stokes, Director of Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS)
- Olivia Lau, Financial Advisor at Edward Jones
- Lauren Celano: Speaker, Recruiter, and Coach, Propel Careers
- Salumeh Companieh: Technology Executive and CIO Corporate Solutions at Cushman & Wakefield
- Sophie de Boer: Associate, Flagships Pioneering
- Samira Farboodmanesh: Device Development Lead at Takeda
- Jenny Ro: Co-Founder, COO at Curious Reader
- Dennis Dean, Scientific Site Director at Seven Bridges
Women Accelerators is always looking for high achieving women to share their knowledge and advice with our members. Please email us at info@ womenaccelerators.org if you would be interested in a speaking opportunity.
