Founder:
Susu Wong, Co-Founder
Susu Wong, MBA: Susu is the co-founder (along with Sze and Brandy) of Women Accelerators and the founder of Tomo360, a digital marketing company focusing on helping government, nonprofits, and small- to medium-sized businesses to promote their business. She was also an adjunct Professor at the University of Massachusetts Lowell and a speaker for local business workshops.
She is passionate about helping women to succeed in business, the boardroom, or wherever their career paths lead them. Before starting Tomo360, she worked in various fields, including Fortune 500, healthcare, universities, and technology transfer.
Susu received her MBA with a focus in Management in Information Technology from Lesley University and a Bachelor of Arts from Magdalen College. She loves the great outdoors and enjoys participating in triathlons, snowboarding, swimming, and biking. She is also a foodie who loves to explore different ethnic foods.
Team
Maria Eduarda Mottin, Marketing Intern
Maria Eduarda Mottin is a marketing student at UMass Lowell with experience in digital marketing, communications, branding, and event promotion. As the marketing intern for Women Accelerators, she supports social media, email marketing, SEO, website content, and promotional campaigns for programs focused on women’s career development. She also brings marketing experience from the Manning School of Business and UMass Lowell’s Global Entrepreneurship Exchange, where she has worked on campaigns, events, and initiatives connecting students with professional opportunities. Maria is passionate about using creative and strategic marketing to promote opportunities and make connections that positively impact others.
Siddha Nalawade is the Associate Director of Business Development & Marketing at the Center for Energy Innovation at UMass Lowell. I work closely with industry leaders, researchers, policymakers, and startups.
Volunteers:
Siddha Nalawade, Mentoring Chair
Siddha Nalawase is the Associate Director of Business Development & Marketing at the Center for Energy Innovation at UMass Lowell. I work closely with industry leaders, researchers, policymakers, and startups.
Jennifer Shire, Job Search Volunteer
Jennifer Shire has extensive experience building talent acquisition and development programs and processes for a variety of industries and individuals. In addition, she has held learning & development roles in both industry and academia, including her current role as Associate Co-op Faculty at Khoury College of Computer Sciences at Northeastern University. Her past roles include: 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, she 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.
Jennifer Shire received her B.A. in English Literature from Mount Holyoke College and an MBA in Finance from Columbia University. She is married to Dale Lemke, CFO/COO of an educational non-profit, and has two children, Emily (24) and Daniel (33), plus various ‘adopted’ children/young adults.
Kieu Nguyen, Event Coordinator Volunteer
Kieu is originally from Vietnam and recently relocated to the U.S. She brings a strong background in sales and marketing, with prior experience at MSC, a global container-shipping company, where she led end-to-end marketing campaigns and managed digital projects from initiation to launch. During her time at MSC, she also had the opportunity to collaborate with Operation Smile, supporting initiatives like the Color Run for Smiles to help provide free cleft palate surgeries for children in need.
At Women Accelerators, Kieu serves as an Event Coordinator, helping to plan and execute programs that support the organization’s mission. Passionate about giving back to the community, she is dedicated to empowering and uplifting women through engagement, mentorship, and collaboration. Kieu is always ready to step in and contribute wherever she can make a meaningful impact.
If you are interested in participating in the Women Accelerators team, please contact us at [email protected].
