Program and Schedule
Wednesday, April 7, 2021
| Session Time (EST) | Session Title | Presenters |
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| 8:30-9:00AM | Welcome and Opening Remarks | |
| 9:00-9:50AM | Time to Come Out of the Box | Kimberly Bryant, Founder and CEO at Black Girls CODE |
| 10:00-10:50AM | STEM Diversity and Service to Society | US Congresswoman Chrissy Houlahan |
| 11:00-11:50AM | How Leaders Create a Diverse and Inclusive STEM Workplace: Tangible, Transformational Change | Catherine T. Hunt, Ph.D., former R&D Director at DOW and Distinguished Visiting Professor, UVA Ramon Kemp, Ph.D., Vice President/Head, Oncology Early Development Leaders, GSK Margaret Martonosi, Ph.D., Assistant Director for CIS and Engineering, NSF Alisia Ratliff, CEO Victus Capital Ventures |
| 12:00-12:50PM | Alternative Pathways in STEM | Megan Heckart, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Geography and Planning, WCU |
| Science Communication | Oné Pagán, Ph.D., Professor of Biology, West Chester University | |
| Meet a STEM Professional | Meg Annan, Ph.D., Scientific Director, GlaxoSmithKline Pharma GmbH Carleton Barbour, Ph.D., Lead Scientist, Emergent BioSolutions Luis Colmenares, MBA, Customer Success Executive, SAP |
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| 1:00-1:50PM | Breakout Session 1: Alternate Pathways in STEM Careers | Geny Caballero, Executive Level Digital Transformation Leader Ujwal Pyati, Ph.D., Practice Lead, Scientific Strategy, W2O Group Tara Haarlander, Senior Project Specialist, West Pharmaceutical Services |
| Breakout Session 2: Entering the STEM Workforce | Joy Gallagher, Ph.D., Global Segment Leader, Dow Denise Okafor, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Penn State University Darryl Williams, Ph.D., Senior Vice President Science and Education, The Franklin Institute |
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| 2:00-2:50PM | Working in Teams in the STEM Workplace | Anthonise Fields, Ph.D., PMP, Director, Global Strategic Collaborations, Bristol Myers Squibb Amy Lane, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Chemistry, University of North Florida Kiernan Seth, Ph.D., MBA, Vice President Medical Affairs, Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
Thursday, April 8, 2021
| Session time (EST) | Session Title | Presenters |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00-9:50AM | Impostor Syndrome | Jennifer Hunt, M.D., Executive Leadership Coach and Chair of Pathology, University of Florida |
| 10:00-10:50AM | Determining the Culture of a STEM Workplace | Anne-Marie Martin, Ph.D., SVP, Global Head of Experimental Medicine, GSK Clarence Young, M.D., Chief Medical Officer at Velicept Therapeutics, Inc. |
| 11:00-11:50AM | Addressing Bias in the STEM Workplace | Anita Foeman, Ph.D., Professor of Communication Studies, West Chester University Alison Gammie, Ph.D., NIGMS, NIH Director, Training, Workforce Development, and Diversity Iris Wagstaff, Ph.D., STEM Program Director, AAAS |
| 12:00-12:50PM | Inclusivity in the Workplace | Liam Lair, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Women's and Gender Studies, West Chester University |
| Impostor Syndrome | Jess Sowa, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biology, West Chester University | |
| Mentoring | Lauri Hyers, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, West Chester University | |
| Meet a STEM Professional | Carleton Barbour, Ph.D., Lead Scientist, Emergent BioSolutions Denise Levasseur, M.S., Senior Director, Immunology/Dermatology, Janssen Global Services Jay Stephens, Ph.D., Director, R&D, Containment Systems & Packaging, West Pharmaceuticals Services |
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| 1:00-1:50PM | The Value of Mentoring | Karina Edmonds, Ph.D., GVP, Head of Academies and University Alliances, SAP |
| 2:00-2:50PM | Breakout Session 1: Finding a Mentor | Cameron Bardliving, Ph.D., Director, PD & Operations at Jefferson Institute for Bioprocessing Maria Curry-Nkansah, Ph.D., MBA, Senior Research Advisor and Lead, NREL Julia Lee-Soety, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biology, St. Joseph's University |
| Breakout Session 2: Mentoring an "Only" When You're Not an Only | Tripp Fischer, P.G., Chief Science Officer at Brownfield Science & Technology, Inc. Jennifer McCafferty, Ph.D., VP External Manufacturing Operations at Merck |
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| Breakout Session 3: Building a Mentoring Program | Julianne Bowers, Leadership, Innovation, D&I, Collaboration, Lockheed Martin Mary Oates, Ph.D., Senior Vice President at Emergent BioSolutions Alexandra Schonning, Ph.D., Director of The Center for the Advancement of Women in Engineering at University of North Florida |