STEM Conference
Opening Doors to the STEM Workplace: More Seats at a Longer Table
Wednesday - Thursday, April 7-8, 2021
Presenting Sponsors
Gold Sponsor
Sponsorship Opportunities
For more information on sponsorship, please contact Helen Hammerschmidt.
Team Members
- Trish Kennedy, Receptionist, WCU College of the Sciences and Mathematics
- Kirstie Grant, WCU Adjunct Professor and Frederick Douglass Teaching Scholar, Department of Biology
- Radha Pyati, Dean, WCU College of the Sciences and Mathematics
- Karen Schwarz, WCU Associate Professor of Astronomy
- Jessica Sullivan-Brown, WCU Associate Professor of Biology
Steering Committee Members
- Meg Annan, Director and Early Development Leader, GlaxoSmithKline, WCU Alumna (Chemistry)
- Carleton Barbour, Lead Scientist, Development Services, CDMO, Emergent BioSolutions
- Geny Caballero, Vice President, Innovation Services and Solutions, SAP America
- Amondo Clayton, WCU Ambassador: College of the Science and Mathematics and Global Engagement Office, Computer Science major, White Collar Crime and Finance minor
- Luis Colmenares, Customer Success Executive, SAP America
- Tara Easterling, Secretary, WCU Department of Political Science
- Nebiyou Elias, WCU Actuarial Science and Statistics major, Student Government Association Senator, College of the Sciences and Mathematics
- Kirstie Grant, WCU Adjunct Professor and Frederick Douglass Teaching Scholar, Department of Biology
- Dametraus Jaggers, Senior Director, WCU Dowdy Multicultural Center
- Joan Kaminski, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Program Manager (retired), WCU Alumna (Chemistry), WCU Foundation Trustee
- Denise Levasseur, Senior Director, Immunology/Dermatology, Global Commercial Strategy Organization, Janssen/Johnson & Johnson
- Christopher Lewis, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer Emeritus and Partner, Blank Rome LLP, WCU Trustee
- Amber Pleasants, Assistant Director, WCU Twardowski Career Development Center
- Karen Schwarz, WCU Associate Professor of Astronomy
- Jay Stephens, Director, Container Systems, R&D, West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.
- Jessica Sullivan-Brown, WCU Associate Professor of Biology