SoCal Women's Leadership Summit 2023

KEYNOTE: Madeline Di Nonno, Geena Davis Institute

Madeline Di Nonno, President & CEO, Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media

KEYNOTE: Kelly Hamilton, Sony Pictures

Kelly Hamilton, Chief Information Officer, Sony Pictures Entertainment

KEYNOTE: Cass Warner, Warner Sisters

Cass Warner, Founder & President, Warner Sisters

Christina Aguilera, WiTH Foundation

Christina Aguilera, President, WiTH Foundation

Rosemary Ampuero-Jacobs, Fair Trade USA

Rosemary Ampuero-Jacobs, Senior Product Lead, FairTrade USA

Kavita Anand, Qvest

Kavita Anand, Senior Vice President, IP & Rights Management Practice Lead, Qvest

Samira Panah Bakhtiar, Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Samira Panah Bakhtiar, Director of Global Media & Entertainment, Amazon Web Services (AWS)

iAsia Brown, Microsoft

iAsia Brown, Tri-Chair, WiTH, DEIAB Committee and Data & AI Specialist, Microsoft

Hema Chamraj, AMD

Hema Chamraj, Director, AI Advocacy & Thought Leadership, AMD

Annie Chang, Universal Pictures/NBCUniversal

Annie Chang, Vice President, Creative Technologies Universal Pictures/NBCUniversal

Rose Cherubin, AWS Cloud Practitioner Certified, Seeking IT & Cloud Entry-Level Role

Rose Cherubin, Women's Empowerment Institute Alum, AWS Cloud Practitioner Certified, Seeking IT & Cloud Entry-Level Role

Jeanette DePatie, Propellerhead

Jeanette DePatie, Lead Writer/Analyst, Propellerhead

Nina Doeff, PopSQL

Nina Doeff, Boundless Brilliance Alum, and Support Engineer, PopSQL

Vanessa Fiola, Qvest.US

Vanessa Fiola, Executive Vice President, Qvest.US

Guy Finley, MESA

Guy Finley, President, MESA

Tara Fournier, Enthusiast Gaming

Tara Fournier, Chief People Officer, Enthusiast Gaming

Michelle Huynh, Netflix

Michelle Huynh, Head of Production Technology & Operations, Netflix

Nadya Ichinomiya, WiTH Foundation and Sony Pictures

Nadya Ichinomiya, WiTH Foundation Chair and Vice President, Head of Agile Transformation, Enablement & Operations, Sony Pictures Entertainment

Davida Johnson, UCLA Office of Advanced Research Computing

Davida Johnson, Executive Director (Interim), UCLA Office of Advanced Research Computing

Nikki Johnson, Fortinet

Nikki Johnson, Vice President, SASE & Cloud, Fortinet

Lauren Kush, AI Recruiting Consultant

Lauren Kush, Codetalk Alum, AI Recruiting Consultant

Cindy MacKenzie, STEM Advantage

Cindy MacKenzie, VP and Co-Founder, STEM Advantage

Fabiola Martinez, College of the Canyons

Fabiola Martinez, DIY Girls Alum, BS Computer Science Student, College of the Canyons

Renee McGinnis, Lionsgate

Renee McGinnis, Executive Vice President, Lionsgate

Shelley McKinley, GitHub and Microsoft

Shelley McKinley, Chief Legal Officer, GitHub and Vice President, Microsoft

Theresa Miller, Lionsgate

Theresa Miller, Treasurer, WiTH Foundation and Chief Information Officer & Executive Vice President, IT, Lionsgate

April Schneider, Sony Pictures Entertainment

April Schneider, WiTH Board and Vice President IT, IP Management & General Counsel, Sony Pictures Entertainment

Nina Skorus-Neely, Microsoft

Nina Skorus-Neely, WiTH Secretary and Digital Advisor, Microsoft

Emily Villalba, Sony Pictures

Emily Villalba, STEM Advantage Alum, Associate Software Engineer, Sony Pictures

Yesha Yadav, Vanderbilt Law School

Yesha Yadav, Associate Dean and Robert Belton Director of Diversity, Equity & Community, Vanderbilt Law School

BOARD: Ana Achaval, AMD

Ana Miren Achaval, Head of Localization, AMD

BOARD: Shelley Andagan, Snapdragon Studios

Shelley Andagan, Director of Game Studio Partnerships & Executive Producer, Snapdragon Studios

BOARD: Nancy Baca, The Walt Disney Company

Nancy Baca, Board of Directors, WiTH Foundation and Director, Licensing Financial Systems, The Walt Disney Company

BOARD: Filiz Bahmanpour, Gracenote/Nielsen

BOARD: Filiz Bahmanpour, Vice President Product, Studio Solutions, Gracenote/Nielsen

BOARD: Iseabail Lane, Pharmavite

Iseabail Lane, Director, Application Development and Enterprise Data, Pharmavite

BOARD: Dawn Martin, Advantis Global

Dawn Martin, Senior Product Manager, Advantis Global

BOARD: Cybill Miklaszewski, WiTH Foundation

Cybill Miklaszewski, WiTH Foundation

Speakers