weSTEM 2023

Our speakers are the heart of weSTEM! Our amazing lineup of speakers from weSTEM 2023 can be found below.

Opening Remarks

Lisa R. Abston - Assistant Dean for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Opening Keynote

Vanessa González-Peréz, Ph.D. - Associate Vice Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, University of Pennsylvania

Closing Keynote

Cristina Thomas - Senior Director, Corporate R&D, 3M; ACS Fellow; AIChE Fellow

Speakers and Panelists

Dianne Huiwen Eldridge - Worldwide Business Development Leader, Industrial AI/ML

Katie Philpott - Senior Director Meger & Acquistions Supply Chain, Motorola Solutions

Francine Marie Reyes Vega - Mechanical Engineer - Logistic Services International

Bridget Ingram - Project Manager, P.E.

Melissa Bogusch, AIA, NCARB, CSI

Radhika Nagarkar - Staff Engineer, ExxonMobil

Leighanne Gallington - Assistant Physicist

Colleen Lewis - Associate Professor of Computer Science

Christine Herman - Managing Editor, Side Effects Public Media

Olga Mironenko - Teaching Assistant Professor

Ashlee N. Ford Versypt - Associate Professor

Meg Donaldson - Principal Research Scientist, Dow Chemical

Rebecca M. Reck, Ph.D. - Teaching Associate Professor of Bioengineering

Tracy Nguyen, O.D., SWE San Diego Outreach Director

Megan L. Matthews - Assistant Professor

Cecilia Leal - Associate Professor

Mallory Stites - Ph.D., Cognitive Scientist, Sandia National Laboratories

Susan Leggett - Assistant Professor of Bioengineering

Alexa Kuenstler - Assistant Professor