Topic: Pervasive Renaissance

Alessandra received her Ph.D. in Microelectronics, from Università degli Studi di Genova and has worked extensively in the semiconductor and EDA industries. She started college when the number of women in her class were a handful and she ended up being the only female during her doctorate. It is at that time that she set her mind to change things whenever she would get the chance to.

Alessandra is keen to cultivate a work environment where everyone can reach their strong potential. She is also a strong believer that diversity fosters innovation. It is for this reason that she started women in engineering organizations in her previous jobs and now in Synopsys. Noticing the vacuum of women presence in mid/senior career roles, she introduced the concept of “returnship”, an initiative that eases the return to work for women who left the professional environment. Alessandra is passionate about mentoring. She mentors boys and girls in underprivileged communities and is working on a high-school high tech curriculum.

Topic: Pathways to Climate Resilience in an Uncertain Future

Kris is a coastal engineer and climate scientist with over three decades of experience providing leadership and technical expertise to help communities adapt to our changing climate. Kris founded Pathways because she is passionate about helping communities adapt to our changing climate, including building capacity within communities, and developing climate adaptation plans that are actionable and equitable, based on the latest climate science, with tangible roadmaps (pathways) for implementation. Kris specializes in coastal environments and the complex intersection of coastal flooding, sea level rise, rising groundwater, and increasing extreme precipitation. She firmly believes that adapting our communities requires balancing nature-based solutions, protecting our built environments, and honest discussions of managed retreat.

Kris served as a lead author for the Fourth and Fifth National Climate Assessments, technical working group member for the New York State Climate Assessment, and she is an Engineering Criteria Review Board Member for the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission.

Topic: Charting Your Future in the Era of AI

Sandra L. Rivera is chief executive officer of Altera, an Intel Company, a leader in field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) that are used across the data center, communications, industrial, automotive, aerospace and defense markets.

Before assuming her current role, Rivera led Intel’s Data Center and AI Group, where she guided development of data center products, including Intel® Xeon® processors, Intel® Max® and Flex® series graphic processors, Intel® Gaudi® AI accelerators and FPGA products. Rivera also drove Intel’s overall artificial intelligence (AI) strategy and product roadmap. In 2023, Rivera was named by TIME Magazine as one of the industry’s most influential people in AI.

From 2019 to 2021, Rivera was Intel’s chief people officer, leading the company’s Human Resources organization worldwide. She also led Intel’s Network Platforms Group from 2017 to 2019, driving the transformation of network infrastructure to Intel-based solutions.

Rivera joined Intel in 2000 as a marketing director after the acquisition of Dialogic Corp. Earlier, Rivera co-founded and served as president of The CTI Authority and served as president of the computer telephony division at Catalyst Telecom.

Rivera holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Pennsylvania State University. She sits on the Equinix board of directors and is a member of the University of California, Berkeley’s engineering advisory board.

Zahra holds a Master’s degree in Industrial and System Engineering from San Jose State University, earned in 2011. She is a Senior Hardware Engineer in Meta’s Robotic team. Their team delivers automated solutions using robots to enhance the efficiency of infrastructure operation processes. She works on the autonomous mobile robotics platform, designed for remote management, monitoring or automated rack movement in data centers. Her professional focus has been on Robotic Technology design, development and sustainment. Prior to her work at Meta, Zahra was a design Quality Engineer at Johnson and Johnson MedTech for 2 years. There, she focused on risk management control of surgical robots during the design phase of the robot. Beyond her professional experience, Zahra is committed to youth development. As an Assistant Scoutmaster with the Scouting troop, she actively invests her time in volunteering for various youth activities, reflecting her dedication to nurturing the next generation. In addition, she is a fervent advocate for nature conservation, passionately working towards the protection of ecosystems.

Nathalie Baracaldo leads the AI Security and Privacy Solutions team and is a Research Staff Member at IBM’s Almaden Research Center in San Jose, CA. Nathalie is passionate about delivering machine learning solutions that are highly accurate, withstand adversarial attacks and protect data privacy. She focuses on multiple areas including federated learning, where models are trained without directly accessing training data, and adversarial machine learning, where defenses are designed to withstand potential attacks to the machine learning pipeline and most recently unlearning. Nathalie is the Principal Investigator for the DARPA program “Guaranteeing AI Robustness Against Deception” (GARD). In 2022, Nathalie co-edited the book “Federated Learning: A Comprehensive Overview of Methods and Applications”. In 2020, Nathalie received the IBM Master Inventor distinction for her contributions to the IBM intellectual property and innovation.

Nidhi is Engineering manager with Site Reliability Team at Walmart labs and has earlier worked with Palo Alto Networks. She is a tech enthusiast who is pursuing her energies to build secure and reliable infrastructure systems and microservices. Nidhi is a native from India and has been coaching and mentoring women in tech on how to gain a strong hold early in their careers.

Tripti Bhanti joined TSMC in 2009 as part of TSMC Europe team and is a Senior Program Manager in TSMC North America in her current role. At TSMC, she has enabled multiple customer design-wins and products in various applications like Smartphone, IoT, Consumer and Automotive. She has around 25 years of experience in the Semiconductor Industry. Prior to joining TSMC, she has led global design teams and designed multiple successful IC products at NXP Semiconductors- Netherlands, National Semiconductors-Bangalore and Texas Instruments-Dallas. Her expertise and area of interest is in Analog/Mixed Signal/RF designs. She has a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Clemson University, South Carolina. She strongly believes in empowering women to increase female representation in STEM. In addition, she is very passionate about conserving nature and protecting our planet.

Becca Bugielski has over a decade of experience in the municipal engineering industry. Her career started in Wisconsin where she was named the City Engineer for a community where she managed the City’s $13 million per year capital improvement plan. Becca has spent the last several years in California further developing her water and wastewater engineering knowledge as well as expanding her leadership role at MKN & Associates. Becca previously served as MKN’s Southern California Operations Manager where she managed the Ventura, Santa Clarita, Oceanside, and Irvine offices. In this role she led staff focused on water and wastewater infrastructure and municipal program management on projects throughout southern California.  Currently, Becca has embraced a new challenge within the company, as the Director of Strategic Initiatives, directing her efforts towards purposeful growth and marketplace development. Her goal is to extend MKN’s services to more communities across California, demonstrating her commitment to advancing the company’s reach and impact. Becca resides in Program Manager roles for multiple clients throughout the state and is currently the Ventura County Chapter of the American Public Works Association President Elect.

Isabel has been at Advanced Micro Devices for 11 years and as a Member of Technical Staff contributing to the design of the fastest and best performing CPUs and GPUs for gaming, research and automotive use, just to name a few. She’s been involved in recruitment and has interviewed new college graduate students throughout her career. She has also organized events at AMD for kids to meet engineers. One of her strongest passions is involving young kids in STEM and encouraging them to become interested in a career in tech. Lastly, she is an origami, taiko, and 3D printing enthusiast.

Priyanka is an experienced Artificial Intelligence Product Leader who excels in using technology to solve real-world business challenges. She thrives on building enterprise products from the ground up and scaling them for widespread impact.

Priyanka’s journey started with hands-on engineering, building autonomous military vehicles and tractors for John Deere. To gain a deeper understanding of how technology drives business success, she shifted her focus to business management studies, exploring the impact across the entire business value chain.

Her passion for the synergy of tech and business further solidified during her time as a management consultant at Accenture, where she drove sales growth using analytics. With diverse leadership experience at Accenture strategy consulting, Accenture AI products hub, and Orbital Insight (a geospatial AI platform startup), Priyanka’s mission is to make AI accessible and value-generating for businesses, inspiring the next generation of women in tech.

Becky Clark is a Director of Medical Device Engineering in the Advanced Technology Organization at Dexcom. Becky and her team are focused on the development of next generation products and technologies that support Dexcom’s mission statement: Empowering people to take control of health. Becky earned her PhD in Chemical Engineering from Pennsylvania State University. Becky has over 16 years of industry experience that ranged from start-up to large corporation and process development engineering to management.

Trish Collins is a Talent / HR Professional with over 25 years experience in the SF Bay Area. She has notable experience in various industries in pharma/biotech/tech such as Gilead Sciences, Amgen, Apple, Facebook, BridgeBio just to name a few. Her vast career covers talent acquisition, employee development, leadership training and performance management. She has led New College Grad and Women in Tech programs with her team for the Tech/Digital division at Gap Inc.

Sachin is a Senior Director at Applied Materials leading efforts in Data Science and Advanced Analytics with a team of data scientists, working to provide innovative solutions with a focus on AI enablement in various products and systems for the semiconductor equipment manufacturing industry. He has a BS in Information Technology and over 18 years of diverse experience in the Industry around Software, Data Science and Artificial Intelligence.

Kat joined Elroy Air as a founding team member in 2018. She is a current member of the executive leadership team and has focused on early operations, people operations/talent acquisition, and real estate transactions over her time with the company. She is passionate about building resilient and flexible teams, as well as increasing workforce diversity in aerospace. Her previous experiences include Google, Uncork Capital, and a first career in broadcast radio. Outside of work, she’s the parent of a 9-year-old aspiring pilot/engineer/astronaut, and she and her husband enjoy taking advantage of all that living in the Bay Area has to offer.

Executive Marketing and Communications leader specializing in transformative technology, category creation, and driving mainstream adoption across B2B and B2C. With extensive experience launching the marketing and communications function and scaling tech startups, my current focus is AI and Thought Leadership Strategy for the Enterprise. As a founder of both commercial and nonprofit companies, I advise founders, CEOs, CROs, board members, and executive teams on Marketing Strategy to achieve their business objectives. I position companies, products, and technologies to create customer affinity, advocacy, and loyalty. In addition to MarCom, my skill set extends to Market Research, Product, Partnerships, Alliances, and Business Development.

Sunipa Dev is a Senior Research Scientist at Google at their Responsible AI and Human Centered Technologies organization. She works at the intersection of language and society, pushing the frontiers of inclusivity, and equitable representation in generative AI, and making it socio-culturally aware. A lot of her current work investigates what representation means across cultures and languages and how to make our tech useful across the globe. Her work has received various awards including the Computing Innovation Fellowship by NSF, the AI-net award by DAAD, and an Outstanding Paper award at ACL 2023. She serves as a senior area chair for various NLP publication venues including ARR. She is also passionate about inclusivity in terms of who develops the tech of the present and future and is an advisor for Widening NLP.

Azadeh Dinparastdjadid is senior research scientist at the Safety Research and Best Practices team at Waymo, where she explores road user behavior modeling to establish behavioral benchmarks. Azadeh earned her Ph.D. and M.S. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2020, and received her M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University at Buffalo in 2016.

Stacy Jo Dominguez is a Senior Manager of SW Test Engineering in R&D at Dexcom. Stacy Jo and her team deliver automated solutions for testing the Data Platform infrastructure that supports Dexcom’s Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) mobile applications. Before Dexcom, she was the Senior Manager of Test Engineering at NuVasive, where she focused on leading all testing disciplines for a spine surgical platform which included applications for neuromonitoring, 3D navigation, rod bending, radiation reduction and surgical planning. Prior to that, Stacy Jo worked at Illumina and led testing efforts to support the approval of the first diagnostic genome sequencer in the world, the NextSeq550Dx. Stacy Jo’s career has been dedicated to working on life changing technologies for over 20 years in the biotech, pharmaceutical and medical device industries.

Katie is a Senior Staff Mechanical Engineer specializing in structural analysis of spacecraft components and systems at Lockheed Martin Space, where she has worked since 2015. She is currently the stress lead for a large spacecraft program, where she oversees an internal analysis team, approves analysis of numerous subcontracts, develops and verifies specification requirements, regularly interfaces with senior customers – and occasionally performs structural analysis! Prior to joining LM, Katie worked at Pratt & Whitney as a lead structural analyst for the nozzle and exhaust system of the F35 jet engine, and at ATA Engineering, performing aerospace analysis and providing software training for FEA analysis tools. Katie is a recognized Associate Fellow pursuing the Technical Fellow career path, and is a passionate advocate for continual improvement, mentoring, and knowledge sharing. She is the lead instructor for the LM Simcenter FEA class, and founded the LM Space Stress & Dynamics Community of Practice, which facilitates knowledge sharing among structural analysts across the LM corporation.

Karina Figueroa is the Logistics Supplier Manager at ASML, a leading manufacturer of chip making equipment. With over 10 years of experience in Supply Chain, she works with strategic suppliers to continuously reduce cycle times, secure capacity & increase flexibility and develop supply chain performance of suppliers. She earned her MBA from CBU and Master of Science in Global Supply Chain Management from USC. In her spare time, she coaches youth basketball for a non-profit organization and resides in Santa Cruz.

Zahra Ghaed is a staff software engineer at Tesla Autopilot. Zahra currently leads autopilot vision data pipelines being used to train neural networks using massive fleet data. At Tesla Autopilot team, Zahra generates training datasets for next-generation autonomy on a single end-to-end video network that directly drives the car. Before joining tesla vision team, Zahra spent a few years at AI Tooling team where she worked as a back-end engineer on building Tesla’s in-house 3D labeling tool. During her time at AI Tooling, Zahra helped build an auto labeling pipeline that uses millions of clips across the world to 3D reconstruct regions.

Zahra received her Master’s degree in Computer Science from Virginia Tech in 2017 focused on design and implementation of an educational application aimed at promoting coding skills. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in 2014 from University of Tehran in Computer Science.

Providing solid public transportation leadership for more than a quarter century, Carolyn Gonot is one of a handful of women leading major public transit agencies throughout the U.S. She built her career over three decades, mostly at the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA), in multiple leadership roles including Chief Engineering and Program Delivery Officer, Chief BART Program Officer, Chief Development Officer, and Deputy Director of the Congestion Management Program.

Her extensive experience in successfully delivering capital projects to improve mobility in Silicon Valley led her to become the first woman to take the helm of the Utah Transit Authority, where she served from 2019-2021. 

Ms. Gonot then returned to the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority as VTA’s General Manager/CEO in June 2021 and rising to the challenge of leading the agency through the aftermath of a deadly mass shooting and navigating the recovery of transit service devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic.  

In her role as General Manager and Chief Executive Officer of VTA, she is responsible for 2100 employees, delivering projects, programs, and transit services that provide mobility solutions for more than 2 million people who live and work in Silicon Valley.

Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Ms. Gonot received a Bachelor of Science from the University of Notre Dame, and a Master of Science in Civil Engineering from Penn State University.  She is an active supporter of the Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS), honored as the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter’s Woman of the Year in 2013. In 2023, the Silicon Valley Business Journal named Ms. Gonot to the region’s Power 100 most influential business people.

Danielle Green is a licensed Professional Civil Engineer currently serving as the Assistant Director of Public Works & Utilities for the City of Watsonville. She oversees the City’s water, sewer, wastewater treatment, solid waste, landfill, and streets divisions. Prior to her role as Assistant Director, she held the title of Principal Engineer where she focused on the planning, design, and construction of the City’s utility infrastructure capital projects. Before beginning her career on the public side with the City of Watsonville, she worked for a small privately-owned construction management firm in the Bay Area. In her 16-year career with the firm, she worked her way up from college intern to shareholder and regional office manager. Danielle graduated from UC San Diego in 2006 with a Bachelor of Science in Structural Engineering.

Dr. Gu is Associate Professor and Director of Translational Research of Radiation Oncology Department at Stanford University. Dr. Gu’s research has been focused on artificial intelligence in medicine, medical imaging and image analysis, and treatment planning. With the research emphasizing on clinical application, she has made unique and significant contributions to translating home-developed software platforms into the clinic and pre-clinic. Dr. Gu is an author on more than 100 peer reviewed publications, a co-inventor on many issued and pending patents, and a co- investigator or principal investigator on NIH and corporate grants. She is on the editorial boards of a number of journals in medical physics and medical imaging. More information can be found: https://profiles.stanford.edu/xuejun-gu

Karla Gutierrez joined KLA-Tencor in August 2019 after the Orbotech acquisition as a research scientist. She holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Physics from the Liquid Crystal Institute at Kent State University, Ohio. As part of the FPD division in KLA, in the manager role, she focuses on the sensor group providing statistical analysis and solutions to the manufacturing team to improve the yield as well as interacting with other researchers at KLA for R&D. She has 10+ years of experience in liquid crystal and nanoparticle synthesis and characterization focusing on their interactions and potential applications. Before her Ph. D., she worked in the chemical industry as a quality control Engineer and process development at Symrise S.A. (Mexico). Her expertise was expanded to polymers after joining the master’s program in 2007 from the CIQA, CONACyT, Mexico, focusing on the synthesis of polymers, liquid crystal monomers and azo-derivatives and their properties upon UV-visible exposure. She embraces her Hispanic origins and encourages young individuals to join STEM programs. Outside of her professional life she is a parent of 3 boys and enjoys traveling with her family.

Jing He has more than 20 years of design and verification experience. She currently serves as Director Silicon Design Engineering in AMD, where she oversees the pre-silicon verification efforts of AMD XDNATM AI engine. These specialized AI engines have been seamlessly integrated into RyzenTM 7040 processors and VersalTM edge devices, powering applications such as AI PCs, data centers, Advanced Driver Assistance Systems(ADAS), health care and 5G wireless signal processing, even aerospace and defense. Prior to joining AMD, Jing has played key roles as design/verification manager at Marvell and Qualcomm. Her expertise spans various technologies including Fiber Channel, SSD controller and wireless modem. Jing holds master’s degrees in both Computer Science and Business Management. Jing is a passionate advocate of empowering women in engineering. She actively organizes women’s mentorship programs within her organization and personally mentors women engineers in the US and India.

Shelby Heinecke leads an AI research team at Salesforce. Her team’s mission is to drive technical clarity and realize new capabilities at the frontier of AI. Shelby’s team focuses applied and fundamental research in emerging directions of AI including autonomous agents, LLMs, mobile AI, and beyond. Prior to Salesforce, Shelby earned her Ph.D. in Mathematics from University of Illinois at Chicago, specializing in machine learning theory. She also holds an M.S. in Mathematics from Northwestern and a B.S. in Mathematics from MIT. Website: www.shelbyh.ai

Chenlu is a Senior Director of R&D at Grail, whose mission is to detect cancer early, when it can be cured. Chenlu has extensive experiences in leading cross-functional teams to design, build, and optimize automated NGS assay workflows, resulting in successful transfer to CLIA laboratory and product launch. Additionally, she is a technical expert in NGS assay development and data analysis for oncology and NIPT applications.

Karina Huete, EIT graduated in 2019 with her B.S. in Civil Engineering from San Jose State University. Her professional career spans over 5 years of experience in both the public and private sectors. She previously worked at the County of San Francisco for the San Francisco International Airport where she assisted with capital improvement and infrastructure projects. Currently, she is a Civil Analyst at Kimley-Horn a part of the aviation team working on airport-related pavement rehabilitation, airfield drainage, and infrastructure projects for commercial and general aviation airports in the Bay Area. Her clients include the San Jose International Airport, Reid Hillview Airport, Watsonville Municipal Airport, Salinas Municipal Airport, Monterey Regional Airport, and many more. Outside of the Bay Area, Karina and the aviation team in California are under contract for various on-calls and planning services for commercial, regional, and general aviation airports in Northern and Southern California. Karina is working toward her professional licensure and certifications in SWPPP and QSP/QSD while being a member of the ASCE Young Members Forum in San Jose.

I am a passionate Mechanical Engineer. I have been in the Mechanical Engineering Industry since the past decade. I worked in a variety of sectors such as Semiconductor, Medical, Aircraft lighting, measurement industry and various other fun stuff. My excitement comes in whenever I solve a Technical problem interfering with the production and the customer sites, I just love that feeling of accomplishment!!!

Michelle S. Johnson is a Technical Fellow at Lockheed Martin Space in Materials and Process Engineering. Her expertise is in adhesion, adhesive bonding, and complex processes. Michelle leads Materials and Process Engineering projects and technologies that bolster spacecraft, missile, and aircraft reliability and affordability. She is known for her enthusiasm, persistence, and honesty; and she brings all these qualities to her work, enabling new R&D, new technology insertions, new intellectual property, and broad connectivity to across siloed organizations. Michelle has been a presenter, publisher, and committee member with the Society for the Advancement of Materials and Process Engineering (SAMPE) and CMH-17. She is the Co-Chair of the Lockheed Martin Women’s Fellows Network and has been a contributor for Composites World and NPR. She instructs a critical skills course within Lockheed Martin, Bonding 102, transitioning her knowledge and lessons learned across the corporation. Michelle lives in Los Gatos, CA with her husband, Ian, and enjoys running, music, meditation, and watching bad reality TV with her Labrador Retriever, Daisy.

As Senior AI Software Engineering Manager at Intel Corporation, Mrinal leads engineering for Intel Developer Cloud for the Edge, which provides instant remote access to deploy AI applications on the latest Intel hardware and software platforms. The Edge AI and Vision Alliance named the DevCloud a 2020 Vision Product of the Year. She has managed teams that developed innovative solutions in AI and led the development of the world’s first presence-aware PC experience with Intel Context Sensing Technology which won an innovation award at CES 2019. She is a passionate Ethical AI Champion and provides leadership and clarity on responsible AI practices. She strives to create awareness and champions the cause through talks, panel discussions, and courses at forums such as SWE’s Advance Learning Center, Embedded Vision Summit, IEEE Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Silicon Valley Women in Engineering, and more. She has also helped shape the IEEE AIS Ethics Standards as an expert reviewer. She is an IEEE Senior Member and serves as the Secretary and Board Of Governor for the IEEE Computer Society and as Vice Chair for the IEEE Santa Clara Valley Women in Engineering chapter to build a strong community of technical women. She volunteers as an ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology) Program Evaluator for Computer Science, Software Engineering, and Data Science programs to improve the quality of education. She often serves on judging panels and reviews content for AI Conferences. She volunteers as a mentor with the Society of Women Engineers and as a reviewer for the SWE scholarship and NCWIT (National Center for Women & Information Technology) Computing Awards.

Doris Li Yeh is the CEO and Founder of Mirapath, a Datacenter Critical Infrastructure Total Solution Provider. In her role, Doris drives growth strategies for the company using Mirapath’s four core values: relationships matter, commitment to excellence, results driven, and strive for innovation and excellence – while having fun and enjoying the journey together. She is passionate about leadership development, women empowerment and cutting-edge technology related to platform development in the data center and IoT space paired with AI and Automation.

Mirapath was named  #54 fastest-growing women-owned businesses. In 2017, the company was on the Fast 100 Asian American Business by USPAACC, the CRN Fast Growth 150, and the CRN Solution Provider 500, as well as the #6 Biggest Minority-Owned Business by Silicon Valley Business Journal.

Doris holds a BSEE from the University of São Paulo and graduated in 2018 from the prestigious Harvard Business School Owner President Management (OPM52) program. She was nominated Silicon Valley Women of Influence in 2018 by Silicon Valley Business Journal, 2018 Enterprising Women Award, 100 Fast USPAAC Company and Infrastrastructure Mason IM100 2020 Recipient Award. She is a proud Platinum member of Women President Organization, Co-Chair USPAACC- WISE ( non profit Pan Asian Women Initiative for Strategic Empowerment) and advisory board of USPAAC-West. Doris is fluent in English, Mandarin, and Portuguese. Doris loves to read, dance bachata, travel,  cook and acquire new experiences. She also loves to organize events to connect people to build Impact in people’s lives and community.

Wandee collaborates with cross functional teams to execute on time delivery projects. Prior to Applied Materials, she worked as Senior Industrial Engineer for 8.5 years where she implemented all Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing Knowledge to help eliminate all inefficiency and wastes throughout the factory to streamline the process flow.  She is also a MSISE alumni of San Jose State University class of 2004. Her goal is to inspire young generations to pursue their education in whichever fields they like while being able to bring back that knowledge to adapt in real working environments to achieve their goals. Wandee always believes that you can do everything you can, as long as you set your mind to it. 

Audrey Lin is a Staff Scientist in the Product Transfer team at Cepheid.  She develops and manufactures molecular diagnostic products supporting healthcare clinical testing for infectious diseases, sexual health, oncology and genetics.

Prior to Cepheid, Audrey Lin worked at Affymetrix as a Scientist in R&D, where she developed high-throughput, multiplexed gene expression quantitation assays using in situ hybridization system.  Audrey also had a career in the fashion industry, where she was a designer at the fashion house of J. Mendel and then at the fashion label, Elie Tahari.

Audrey holds a BS in Biology from Fu-Jen University in Taipei and a PhD degree in Biomedical Engineering from UCLA, where she also completed her post-doctoral research in gene therapy.  She also obtained an AAS degree in Fashion Design from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City.

Diana has been with the company for over 9 years.  Cornerstone Earth Group is a local Geotechnical Engineering and Environmental consulting firm located in Sunnyvale and Lafayette.  As a project engineer in the geotechnical group, she uses her expertise to provide a variety of geotechnical recommendations and analysis such as slope stability, foundation design, and earthwork for various projects spanning all around the bay. 

Born and raised in San Francisco, Diana wanted to stay close to home and decided to go to San Jose State University where she pursued a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering.  While at school, she was heavily involved with the local student chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and Chi Epilson Honor Society, where she eventually also took up officer positions in the later of her undergrad career for both organizations.  She also led the GeoWall team at the annual regional conferences for ASCE for two years. During the summer before her senior year, she was also involved with the Earthquake Engineers Research Institute (EERI), where she participated in a summer research project in San Diego. After graduation, she stayed involved with the San Jose Branch of ASCE and served as a board member for 6 years in which she helped plan events and network with various companies and agencies. She is very passionate about mentoring her fellow staff and any upcoming engineers.

In her spare time, you can find her training for her future running races, hiking at all the nearby trails, or biking through the bay. She also enjoys eating at local hidden gems and pairing that with her favorite drink, boba tea.

Zheng studied physics and biology and conducted research in Molecular Virology after graduate school. After obtaining a J.D. from Berkeley School of Law, she has been litigating intellectual property and technology focused commercial cases in Silicon Valley in the past twenty years.

Xuanxuan Lu is a Senior Staff Engineer in Marvell, specializing in digital signal processing and machine learning architecture. She earned her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Lehigh University in 2017. She was one of “Rising Star 2016” (over 60 top female graduates in the fields of electrical and computer engineering and computer science were selected). Her current endeavors revolve around pioneering advanced machine learning algorithms in SSD controllers. She holds several patents in this field. She is also an active member of “Women@Marvell”.

Nicole, a Senior SW Technical Program Manager and software engineering manager at Nvidia’s HW Infrastructure organization, brings a wealth of experience and expertise to her role. Armed with a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering, she seamlessly blends her technical prowess with program management skills to spearhead innovative solutions. Nicole’s track record spans diverse sectors, including Semiconductors, Government, and Information Technology, where she champions a culture of continuous learning, collaboration, and out-of-the-box thinking. As a Certified High-Performance Coach, Nicole is passionate about empowering individuals and teams to enhance their courage, innovation, communication, and leadership capabilities, recognizing these as pivotal drivers for making a meaningful impact. Beyond her professional endeavors, Nicole serves on the Board of Directors for Girl Develop It, a nonprofit that provides women and nonbinary individuals with alternative pathways to enter STEM fields.

Ekta Mahajan is an experienced professional with over two decades of expertise in research and manufacturing within the fields of cell therapy, monoclonal antibodies (MAbs), and vaccines. A proven leader in driving new technology design and evaluations as well as process development across upstream and downstream manufacturing, including commercial support and technology transfer. Currently, spearheading material management for cell therapy programs, conducting risk assessments to enhance scientific understanding and optimize processes.

Joleena Marshall is a Developer Advocate for the Developer Experience Team within J.P Morgan Chase (JPMC), where she supports initiatives in optimizing how developers interact with JPMC’s payment processing APIs. She earned her B.S. in Software Engineering from San Jose State University and M.S. in Data Science from the University of San Francisco. Prior to her current position, she has experience as a Technical Intern for Intel Corporation, a 2-year Engineering Rotational Program at Kaiser Permanente, and a Data Science intern for the ACLU working with the Racial & Economic Justice Program. Outside of work, she enjoys volunteering, reading, yoga, and promoting health and well-being.

Ms. Rosie Medina is the director of Sales and Marketing at Promex, promoting contract manufacturing services for medical and bioscience products. Ms. Medina has over 30 years of experience in the semiconductor industry. She has worked with a variety of companies around the world, ranging from new startups to major corporations in the commercial, medical, and mil-aero markets.  Her skills well fit in business development, sales and marketing in the contract manufacturing sector.  Ms. Medina is leading her team to support the rapid growth of Promex by enhancing sales, marketing and customer support.  She also works closely with executive management on new strategic engineering and manufacturing initiatives.

Neeta is an accomplished medical industry leader with over twenty five years of global experience in diverse organizations from startups to large corporations.  She joined Intuitive Surgical in Feb 2015 to create the Program Management Office. (Product Operations & Digital PMO). Most recently, she took up the responsibility to manage the Strategy and Operations for China at Intuitive, which is the 2 nd largest market. Neeta was with Siemens for 12 years and; had various leadership roles, from Business Head South Asia Cluster based out of India to Chief Information Officer within the Siemens Ultrasound Leadership Team based out of California. She was responsible for Product Management, Portfolio and Strategy for Siemens Ultrasound worldwide and started a PMO over there as well. Fun fact: Neeta was the Product Manager for the Sequoia product line, which is now in the Smithsonian, representing Ultrasound.

She has worked in start up companies like Medix Biotech, geneticXchange & Yodlee, as well as being part of large companies such as Hewlett Packard and Genzyme, which later got acquired by Sanofi Aventis.

Neeta has an MBA from Santa Clara University and a BS in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Bombay, India.

Sherry Moore is a Senior Staff Software Engineer leading Robotics Infrastructure at Google DeepMind. During her tenure  at Google, she was a key developer for Google Ads, Google Fiber and TensorFlow. Prior to Google, she was a systems and kernel engineer at Sun Microsystems for 14 years. She is a Certified Professional Coach who is passionate in helping others to achieve their goals and live fulfilling lives.

Dina Moskowitz is CEO and founder of PartnerOptimizer, Inc., Partner Data Futurist, and host of the online webcast “Ecosystem Chronicles”. She has been leading and/or consulting to B2B tech companies and partnership teams throughout her career. In 2023 she was a recipient of Women in Cloud’s “Top 100 Women B2B Tech Founders”. Dina is recognized as one of the ‘Top Women in the Channel’, a Cloud Girls Trailblazer, a top 20 Channel Influencer. PartnerOptimizer is a SaaS platform with proprietary data mining that is setting the new standards for data-driven partner discovery and partner intelligence for the $3T B2B Tech channel sector. Prior to PartnerOptimizer, Moskowitz was CEO and founder of Critical Digital Data Solutions Inc., which developed cloud-based data storage solutions. A resident of La Jolla, California, Dina is an advocate nationwide for women in STEM, Cloud, Cybersecurity, SaaS and IT.

Jem Nguyen is VP of Supply Chain at Weee! where she focuses on building an optimal, efficient, and scalable grocery supply chain. Prior to Weee! Jem was at Walmart eCommerce, Stella & Dot and Gap Inc. Jem specializes in leveraging data and technology to solve complex supply chain problems such as network planning, demand forecasting, capacity, transportation, replenishment, and inventory management. Jem received her BAs from UC Berkeley and an MBA from UC Davis.

Dr. Marily Nika is an AI Product Lead at Google and the Founder of the AI Product Academy. Based in Silicon Valley, Dr. Marily Nika is an award-winning AI product management leader and one of the world’s top AI educators with 10+ years of experience building AI products at Google and Meta. Marily earned a PhD in machine learning at Imperial College London and is also an author, TED AI speaker, and executive fellow at Harvard Business School. She created the first-ever cohort-based AI product bootcamp and writes about AI at: https://marily.substack.com/.

Beth serves as Senior Civil Engineer with Burns & McDonnell with nine years of experience. Her area of expertise has been with complex hydraulic modeling focused on water resources engineering. She has experience with stormwater, wastewater, and water projects from feasibility through design and construction stages. Beth has led a variety of technical analyses, including city-wide master planning, asset management, and permitting. Additionally, Beth has experience with sustainability, LiDAR data application, feasibility studies, capital improvement projects, open channel improvements, and impact analyses. Beth has developed numerous workflows to improve efficiencies for advanced dynamic modeling. Beth often incorporates sustainability infrastructure into her projects such as bioretention ponds, and permeable pavers. She also has experience with habitat restoration, water quality, stormwater compliance, and environmental mitigation monitoring. Beth has her bachelor’s of civil engineering from Texas A&M University with a focus in water resources. She is a licensed professional engineer in the state of Texas.

Kanchana Padmanabhan has garnered 25 years of expertise in the software industry, where she has been instrumental in leading the engineering efforts for products within IBM’s Data & AI portfolio. Commencing her professional journey as a software engineer at Informix, she quickly evolved her responsibilities to become a technical lead, overseeing projects related to Db2 client drivers and monitoring tools. Transitioning to a managerial role a decade ago, she has since expanded her purview to drive the delivery of key products such as IBM Watson Studio, Db2 Data Management Console, IBM Watson Query, and most recently, IBM watsonx.data. Her educational background includes a master’s degree in Computer Applications from V.J.T.I, Mumbai, along with bachelor’s degrees in Economics, Mathematics, and Statistics from Mumbai University.

Margaret Paulin is a Lockheed Martin Campus Relations Manager. An experienced leader, she has more than 27 years of tenure in university relations and recruiting. In this capacity, Margaret has partnered with campus career centers, university programs and student organizations to increase interest in careers in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). She also has partnered extensively with faculty and staff to help develop and maintain early career STEM talent.

Before joining Lockheed Martin, Margaret served in university relations roles at Northrop Grumman and Conexant. Margaret is a known leader in the advisory board space and has served on career services and diversity engineering advisory boards at USC, UCLA, Cal Poly Pomona, Cal Poly SLO, UCI, VA Tech, and MIT. She is also a founding member of the Summer Student Leadership Workshop for engineering diversity organization e-board members. Margaret is also a member of the Mountain Pacific Association of Colleges and Employers (MPACE) and National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) and has served in various leadership roles within these organizations.

Margaret has a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in Education from California State University, Bakersfield. She is no stranger to university life and began her career managing residence halls and student activities.

Joyce Pepper is a Director of Product Owners in R&D at Dexcom, a pioneer in the continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) space using innovation to manage diabetes. She and her team focus on evolving Dexcom’s technical product practice in the space of software delivery and drive the transformation within the digital health experience. These best-in-class products strive to fundamentally improve the lives of the patients that use Dexcom’s CGM wearable solutions and the treatment teams that support them. Joyce is a seasoned product and engineering leader, with deep experience in scaled software delivery and technical product management. In her prior role at CoreLogic, she was responsible for all next-gen business to business software solutions. In addition, she was an integral part of a small leadership team that established the CoreLogic Innovation Lab and implemented lean development practice using the Extreme Programming (XP) methodology with a strong focus on maturing the product practice. Her passion is working in the health tech space, using technology as a positive force for improved health outcomes. Outside of work, she enjoys time with her husband, their three daughters and two dogs doing anything outdoors and in the sunshine.

Miranda Poltorak is an accomplished Operating Engineer and Facility Services Manager with a diverse background in engineering. Currently, she serves as the Fluid Mechanics Laboratory Facility Services Manager at NASA Ames Research Center for Metis Technology Solutions. In this role, Ms. Poltorak collaborates with researchers in wind tunnel testing, maintains and operates a compressor for small-scale wind tunnels, and provides valuable assistance to various research projects. Additionally, she serves as the Safety Officer on site, conducting monthly safety meetings and providing input on safe operating procedures for her team. Prior to her current position, Ms. Poltorak held the role of Operating Engineer with Worley at the UCLA Cogeneration Plant, where she oversaw the safe and efficient operation of a combined cycle plant vital to UCLA University and the Ronald Reagan Hospital. Her responsibilities included conducting daily rounds, issuing permits, and leading critical safety initiatives. She also served as an Engineering Cadet at the Training Ship GOLDEN BEAR and as an Instructional Assistant for the welding classes at California Maritime Academy, providing engineering mentorship to young engineers. Ms. Poltorak holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Marine Engineering Technology from California State University, Maritime Academy, along with a U.S.C.G. 3rd Ass. Engineers License and a Universal Refrigeration Technician License.

Monique is currently in a full-time engineering development rotational program at Intuitive Surgical, a company committed to advancing minimally invasive care. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering from the University of North Carolina at Chapel-Hill and North Carolina State University and Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Colorado Boulder. During her undergraduate studies, Monique specialized research in orthopedic biomechanics and ergonomic association between surgeon characteristics and laparoscopic device strain. She also continued to obtain industry experience by serving in various engineering internship roles at Johnson & Johnson, Edwards Lifesciences, and Esurgi. Upon completing her bachelor’s degree, Monique established an interest in entrepreneurship and product development. In 2021, she represented North Carolina State University as spokesperson, which led to her senior design team winning first place in the Atlantic Coast Conference InVenture Prize Competition. Her passion for research and growing interest in the surgical robotics field led to acquiring a master’s degree with a thesis topic of developing a novel electromechanical robotic power transmission for advanced colonoscopy procedures in 2023. In her current role, Monique utilizes skills in mechanical design, programming, and data analytics. Outside of work, Monique is passionate about mentorship and outreach. She remains an active professional member of the National Society of Black Engineers and Society of Women Engineers.

Melissa is a senior program manager at Waymo, an autonomous driving technology company headquartered in Mountain View, California. She oversees regulatory programs, including permitting and regulatory reporting. Previously, Melissa worked at Ford, where she led new mobility initiatives across the United States and, before that, she served as a senior transportation planner at Arup, advising cities on transportation technology and programs. In 2019, Mass Transit Magazine listed Melissa in its “40 under 40” designations. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and beloved cat.

Dr. Meghan Saephan is currently a Computer Engineer at NASA Ames Research Center in the Intelligent Systems Division. She earned her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley and her M.S. and PhD from Carnegie Mellon University also in Mechanical Engineering. During her doctoral studies Dr. Saephan was awarded the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF GRF). Dr. Saephan is currently the Human-Autonomy Teaming Multi-operator/Multi-vehicle Activity co-Tech Lead for the Transformational Tools and Technologies Autonomous Systems (TTT AS) sub-project, and the PI for the Advanced Information Systems Technology (AIST) program’s Intelligent Long Endurance Observing System (ILEOS) project. Her current research interests include human-machine interaction, human-machine teaming, autonomous systems, and multi-agent/swarm systems.

Mona Salvi is the Senior Director of Product leading Security, Fraud & Risk teams at HubSpot. She is responsible for developing the vision around customer identity and authentication, data protection and product risk to protect customer and stakeholder trust in HubSpot products. Mona brings 20 years of SaaS, security, fraud and product management experience in the tech industry. Mona joined HubSpot from Intuit, where she led Trust and Safety for Intuit’s TurboTax, Quickbooks and AI-driven virtual expert platform. Prior to Trust and Safety, Mona led Enterprise Security for Global Workforce at Intuit and built Product management discipline in the IT security organization. She also was a key member of Intuit’s PM Steering Committee to build PM excellence with a focus on customer obsession and design for delight (D4D) values. Before Intuit, Mona led Symantec’s high revenue growth business of Identity and Authentication for Enterprise and Internet of Things. Prior to that, Mona has held several Engineering and Product leadership roles at Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, Bank of America and Verizon Telecommunications. Mona holds a Bachelors Degree in Architecture from University of Mumbai, India and has also completed her Executive education in Organizational Leadership from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Charu Sardana joined TSMC in 2019 where she empowers customers to successfully drive various semiconductor products from concept to volume-production.  Prior to joining TSMC, she worked at Altera / Intel as an FPGA Technologist.   She has over 20 years of experience in process technology, device, and high-volume IC manufacturing.  Having worked with leading semiconductor fabs such as TSMC, Intel and Sharp, Charu has in-depth understanding of advanced FinFET transistors, High-k Metal Gates, CMOS technologies. A graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (India), Charu’s passion for silicon design rules, product scaling, reliability, failure analysis and yield enhancement has enabled her to deliver record low-defect densities in leading-edge ICs. When she is not immersed in the world of semiconductors, she loves listening to music, and experimenting with cuisines from different parts of the world. A self-proclaimed “Dessert Specialist,” she aspires to compete in Top Chef in the not-too-distant future.

Aishwarya, an Artificial Intelligence Research Associate at Accenture, has spent the last five years sparking revolutionary change in business operations through AI-powered innovations. With a Masters from University of Southern California, she has honed her expertise in NLP, Applied Machine Learning, and now Generative AI. Beyond her day job, Aishwarya is a trained classical dancer, polyglot, and a passionate animal lover. She brings her unique blend of art and science to everything she does, gracefully choreographing the future of AI.

Dr. Teresa Segura is the Senior Manager for Emerging Capabilities in the Boeing Applied Innovation organization, focused on leading technical diligence for new technology startup investments, partnerships, and innovation solutions for the Enterprise. She was previously the Space & Connectivity Principal for Boeing HorizonX, and led new technology insertion and project management for the Space & Connectivity portfolio companies. Dr. Segura’s career has spanned the spectrum of the science, defense and telecommunications sectors of the space industry. Prior to joining Boeing, Dr. Segura served as Vice President of Business Development and Strategy at Accion Systems, developers of advanced satellite propulsion technology, and led corporate strategy, sales, and partnerships. Previously, she was director of marketing and sales for Space Systems/Loral (SSL, now Maxar Technologies) a full-service provider of communications satellites and space systems. In that role, she was responsible for the development and execution of marketing and sales strategies of the company’s satellite systems in Asia and the Americas, assisting customers in performing mission engineering trades and payload suitability studies for their satellite telecommunications businesses.

Santrupti works at Adobe as a Senior Security Partner. She helps manage and reduce risk to Adobe through transparency and effective prioritization and remediation. She works closely with engineering teams to unblock, align, and accelerate Security in Adobe’s products. She also collaborates with the Product teams and other security teams inside Adobe. Before Adobe, she worked at Varo as an Application Security Engineer. She developed the Secure SDLC process and performed SAST (Static security code analysis) of Varo’s code base and DAST (Dynamic Application Security testing) before applications were deployed in production. She received her master’s degree in Computer Engineering at San Jose State University and she holds a Certified Ethical Hacker [CEH] certification.

Kirsten Struve has over 30 years of experience leading water resource management programs.  She is currently an Assistant Officer for the Water Supply Division at the Santa Clara Valley Water District, leading the purified water program, recycled water program, drought response, and water supply planning and conservation.  Prior to joining Valley Water, Kirsten worked for the Cities of Palo Alto and San Jose on wastewater, stormwater, climate change, and watershed management programs.  Kirsten has a Bachelors in Biology from Knox College and a Masters in Environmental Management from Yale University.

Marlaina Thompson, a global MEP Engineer at KLA located in Milpitas, CA, specializes in addressing the intricate MEP engineering obstacles in the semiconductor industry. With a diverse background encompassing Engineering Project Management in Oil & Gas, Site Operations in Healthcare, and Product Management at a startup, Marlaina offers extensive experience in managing and executing MEP projects on a worldwide scale. Her expertise lies in effectively merging technical abilities with strategic project management, guaranteeing the smooth integration of mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems in cutting-edge environments. Within KLA’s Global Workplace Services organization, Marlaina’s primary focus is navigating the complex challenges of MEP engineering across various international settings. She excels in collaborating with global teams, grasping regional nuances, and ensuring adherence to various local and international regulations—a crucial aspect in the rapidly evolving, innovation-centric semiconductor industry.

Michelle Tripp’s journey into aviation started in childhood as a Civil Air Patrol cadet in Southern California, driving her to earn a Bachelor’s degree in Aviation from San Jose State University. Her commitment to the aviation industry deepened over the years, culminating in her current role as an Airport Operations Supervisor at San Francisco International Airport. Simultaneously advancing her expertise, Michelle is pursuing a Master’s in Human Factors and Ergonomics at San Jose State University. In her spare time, she dedicates herself to volunteering for two aviation non-profits and mentors girls and women interested in pursuing an aviation career.

Catherine Wah (she/her) is a Staff Software Engineer and Technical Lead Manager at Google, where she leads a team bringing genAI features to Google Workspace products. During her 9-year career at Google working on applied ML, she has launched features for multiple consumer products, including Photos, Assistant, and Google Shopping. Dedicated to using her skills and experience to empower and uplift others in her community, Catherine has previously participated in a Google.org Fellowship, leaving her day job at Google to work full-time for 6 months alongside engineers at a nonprofit to build scalable technical solutions. She also serves on the board of directors for the Women in Machine Learning organization. Catherine received her PhD in Computer Science from UCSD and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from UIUC. Outside of work, she enjoys reading, and spending time outdoors hiking, surfing, and rock climbing.

I currently serve as a Senior Engineering Manager specializing in perception for self-driving technology at Nvidia. Prior to this role, I worked as a Computer Vision Scientist within the Tesla Autopilot team. My academic background includes earning a Ph.D. in Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering, as well as a Master’s degree in Applied Mathematics, both from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute located in Troy, NY.

Angel Yang received her bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from National Taiwan University and master degree in Material Science and Engineering from Stanford University. She joined Applied Materials in 2009 as a Chemical Mechanical Planarization (CMP) Process Engineer for metal applications. She developed Cu CMP baselines for advanced technologies that are currently utilizing in logic, memory and packaging fields. In 2018, she switched her role as a Global Product Marketing (GPM) for CMP uniformity products, packaging applications and Asian markets to lead product roadmaps and business strategy to ensure Applied Materials leadership in the CMP industry. Following her passion in supporting talent’s growth, she is now a Technical Program Manager in Applied Material Business Development Group to develop enterprise solutions for talent and productivity enrichment.

Wendy Young is Director of Quality at Stryker Neurovascular. Her team focuses on the development of lifesaving products used to treat both ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke and then sustains those products after commercialization. Prior to joining Stryker, Wendy worked at Johnson & Johnson in both the pharmaceutical and medical device sectors, specializing in drug-device combination products for a variety of disease states, from pain management to coronary artery disease. She has worked in a variety of functional roles, including those in R&D and project management. Wendy is passionate about mentoring the next generation of women engineers and is the past site lead of the Stryker Women’s Network chapter at the Fremont, CA site. She holds a M.S. in Materials Science & Engineering from the University of Florida and a B.S. in Ceramic/Bio Engineering from the University of Illinois.

Jingru Yu is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Stanford University. She specializes in computational biology for cancers. Before joining Stanford, she earned her Ph.D. in Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics from Karolinska Institutet, focusing on utilizing population-based health data and clinical information to explore the etiology and early detection of gastrointestinal cancers. Now her research interest is to study epigenetic alterations through advanced methylation sequencing techniques, contributing to cancer diagnosis and monitoring. With a cross-disciplinary background, she brings expertise in biostatistics, epidemiology, and molecular pathology to precision medicine.

Zhan Yu is the Associate Vice President at Marvell Semiconductor’s Central Engineering Group. At Marvell, she built and led cross-functional cross-geographic R&D organizations to design, and develop high-performance, mixed-signal IPs. Zhan holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, from UCLA, and an MBA degree from INSEAD and Tsinghua University in Tsinghua-INSEAD EMBA program. She founded the Coaching Center at Tsinghua x-lab and has been an avid mentor for women’s leadership development and coaching young entrepreneurs.

Jessica Zenk is Deputy Director for the City of San Jose Department of Transportation, where she leads an exceptional team of professionals planning, designing and building a more accessible and sustainable San Jose.

Jessica is an urban planner with expertise in economic development, transportation, infill and redevelopment, and the arts. Prior to joining the City of San Jose, Jessica directed transportation and land use policy for the Silicon Valley Leadership Group and worked with Seifel Consulting Inc., where she advised on a wide range of urban planning projects. She received a Master of City and Regional Planning degree from the University of California, Berkeley, a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Political Science from Brown University.

Jessica is an avid dancer, performer and advocate for the arts and urbanism, having served on the San Jose Arts Commission and the Advisory Board for SPUR San Jose. She lives with her husband and two children in Downtown San Jose, enabling fun but complex multi-modal, multi-generational commutes.