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May 24, 2023

108. Dr. Rachel Cady, M.D. – Menopause Specialist; The Health/Medical…

Dr. Rachel Cady is an Obstetrician/Gynecologist and a Certified Menopause Practitioner. She is an active member of both the North American Menopause Society and the International Menopause Society. Among the concerns and symp...

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May 16, 2023

107. Dr. Ginger Campbell: Palliative Care Physician; MD, BSE Electric…

Dr. Ginger Campbell is a Palliative Medicine Physician. Prior to Palliative Care, Dr. Campbell was an Emergency Physician. She earned a BSE in Electrical Engineering and an MSE in Biomedical Engineering prior to her MD. Dr. C...

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May 9, 2023

106. Anna Litvinova: Flight Test Engineer; BS Aerospace Engineering

Anna Litvinova is a Flight Test Engineer. She graduated from college with a Bachelor’s Degree in Aerospace Engineering about three years ago and spends her time writing test plans, executing test missions on planes per those ...

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May 2, 2023

105. Pat Muoio - Venture Capital, Cybersecurity, Cryptanalyst

Pat Muoio is a partner at Sinewave Ventures where she assess the technical value and viability of emerging technologies and make investment recommendations in the federal marketplace. Prior to joining Sinewave, she worked in ...

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April 25, 2023

104. STEMSkills: Menopause & Your Career - Heather Jackson

Heather Jackson, co-founder of GenM, shares how GenM works with brands to provide awareness and branding of products that support women in menopause. GenM also provides research, awareness and resources for women going throug...

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April 11, 2023

103. Jill Anderson - Utility Executive; BS Mechanical Engineering; MBA

Jill Anderson is the Executive Vice President of Operations at Southern California Edison. She has served in several leadership roles in several utilities in her career. At SCE in addition to her current position, she has als...

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March 30, 2023

102. Hayley Hoaglund, Madeleine Howard - Artificial Intelligence Tamp…

Hayley Hoaglund and Madeleine Howard developed a tampon that uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) to detect cervical cancer without a pap smear. They share their journey with the intersection of women's global health, business, ...

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March 28, 2023

101. Parmin Sedigh - High School Student; Stem Cell Research; Science…

Parmin Sedigh is a high school senior in Canada who enjoys researching and creating content about stem cells and developmental biology. She is also also the VP of Communications at Eye Hope Canada and a Sponsorships Associate...

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March 21, 2023

100. Isabel Nelson - Computer Science (soon to be) graduate; Kathy's …

Isabel Nelson is a senior majoring in computer science, minoring in business at Montana State University. She is in her last semester of college and is beginning to look for jobs. What do we talk about in this episode? Isabel...

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March 7, 2023

99. E-liza Dolls - Eliza Kosoy; Founder of dolls that teach girls to …

Eliza Kosoy is the Founder of Eliza Dolls, a doll which teaches young girls how to code and build hardware through custom, tech-enabled projects based on things girls love. Eliza is also a PhD Student at University of Califor...

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Feb. 21, 2023

98. STEMSkills - Wellness, Wellbeing - Lennis Perez, Wellness Engineer

Lennis Perez is the founder and chief wellness engineer at Just Lennis, LLC, a wellness consulting company focusing on helping organizations and individuals implement stress management strategies to prevent burnout, improve e...

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Feb. 5, 2023

97. Saba Khalid; BS & MS Electrical Engineering; Utility Consulting E…

Saba Khalid is a Manager in Technical and Business Consulting focusing on Energy & Utilities. She has Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in Electrical Engineering. What do we talk about in this episode? Saba and I talk about som...

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Jan. 4, 2023

96. Ashley McDonald - Agriculture; Bachelor's degree in Ag Econ; JD; …

Ashley McDonald is the Interim Vice President of Sustainability at National Pork Board. Ashley's passion for agriculture, farming, and STEM started at a very young age and she specializes in sustainability and policy. Ashley has a Bachelor's Degree in Agricultural Economics and a Doctor of Law (JD)…

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Nov. 29, 2022

95. Lois Melbourne - Author, former co-founder & CEO of tech company

Lois Melbourne is the co-author of the newly released science-fiction novel, "Moral Code", a book about ethical artificial intelligence. Lois has also written two children's books and is the former co-founder and CEO of Acquire, a global technology company which provides talent management solutions…

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Nov. 21, 2022

94. Dr. Patty Mechael - Author & Global Health Leader; PhD Public Hea…

Patty Mechael is a leader in digital transformation of global health in low-and middle-income countries. She is the Co-founder and Policy Lead of HealthEnabled. She has held numerous executive and leadership positions, travel...

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Nov. 7, 2022

93. Erin Twamley - Children's STEM book author, educator; Master's De…

Erin Twamley is an award-winning children’s book author, educator and lifetime Girl Scout. Erin's current children's book series, Everyday Superheroes, provides female role models in different STEM, energy, and engineering careers. Erin's background in psychology, education, and energy provide the …

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Nov. 2, 2022

92. Dr. Emilia Molimpakis - Co-founder and CEO of thymia; PhD Neurosc…

Dr. Emilia Molimpakis is the co-founder and CEO of thymia, a company that uses video games based on Neuropsychology along with analysis of speech and facial micro expressions to quickly, accurately, and objectively diagnosis ...

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Oct. 18, 2022

91. Kimberly Moore - Founder and CEO of KDM Engineering; BS Elec Engi…

Kimberly Moore is the founder and CEO of KDM Engineering, a consulting firm specializing in utilities and telecommunications. She is the founder and president of Calculated Genius, an organization dedicated to helping underre...

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Oct. 4, 2022

90. Adriana Talianová, 16 yo student, Research Assistant at Northwest…

Adriana Talianová is a 16 year old student in Slovakia. She recently completed an internship at NASA and is also working as a research assistant at Northwestern University. Episode Notes Adriana talks about her experience wor...

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Sept. 13, 2022

89. Madison Sidebottom - Civil Engineer specializing in surveying

Madison Sidebottom is a Civil Engineer currently working towards her Professional Surveyor License. She has a Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering from Western Kentucky University. Episode Notes Madison shares her experienc...

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Aug. 16, 2022

88. Dr. Monique Chism - Undersecretary of Education at Smithsonian In…

Dr. Monique Chism is the Undersecretary for Education at the Smithsonian Institution. Dr. Chism is repsonsible for coordinating educational programming throughout all of the Smithsonian facilities. She has spent her life work...

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Aug. 2, 2022

87. STEMSkills - Mentoring & Networking; Erin Chapple & Jodi Boone

Jodi Boone is a Product Manager 2 for Microsoft's Azure platform, a cloud computing platform for application management via Microsoft-managed data centers. Jodi graduated graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science in 2020. Erin Chapple is a product and technology executive who delivers …

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July 26, 2022

86. Museum of Mathematics & Cindy Lawrence, Executive Director of MoM…

Cindy Lawrence is the Executive Director and CEO of the Museum of Mathematics. The Museum of Mathematics began in 2008 with the mission of enhancing public understanding and perception of mathematics. Its dynamic exhibits and...

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July 11, 2022

85. Lisa Bowers - Master of Health Services Administration; CCO biote…

Lisa Bowers is a mission-driven, visionary, senior executive in the biopharmaceutical industry. She has extensive experience leading strategic, operational, field, program and product initiatives in healthcare. She is passion...

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