Female Role Models
Building the largest network of female role models serving as leaders and mentoring the next generation of girls in METS
Meet Our Female Role Models
Below are countless interviews with the female leaders of today from various fields of expertise – sharing their journeys and insight.
Raaida Mannaa
Director, Latino Giving Circle Network
Involved with Global Dignity, CLAVE, IAVE, socialBaq, and more
Tammy Duckworth
Senator of Illinois
Iraq War Veteran, former Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Kosha Gada
Founder and CEO, Recastled LLC
Media & Tech Leader
Ilakkiya Venkatachalam
Genetics Researcher, Ph.D. Student at the University of Michigan
Co-founder of Cittalayam Global Mental Health
Soojin Chung, MBA
Senior Business Planner at Microsoft
Mentor at Simple Steps Organization, Community Advocate for Kids Reach
Stephanie Hu
Director, Mobile Marketing at Sephora
ex-Kearney Tenure, New York
Joanna Cutts
Founder of Cogitania
Educational Advocate
Haripriya Mehta
Co-Founder of Mehta+ Tutoring
MIT graduate, Creator of Award-Winning AI Project Paper Dreams
Chris Kim
Co-Founder and CEO at Excellerate Learning Studio
Neha Ramachandran
Reproductive Biology Researcher Fellow at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Silver Chai
Project Manager at Howard County DPW
Danielle DiPietra
Director of Strategy & Operations at Kearney
Yvette Zhang
Director at AlixPartners
Global Leader of Asian ERG (ALIGN) at AlixPartners
Lori Kim
Senior Customer Success Account Manager
Co-President at the Barrington Council for the Gifted and Talented Organization, and more
Geok Koh
Founder of startup Lilitofu, ex-Amazon, ex-Airbnb, ex-Kearney
Blair Chan, PhD
Regional Carbon Capture and Sequestration Principal at Archaea Energy
Stanford Graduate
Bryttie Kurtenbach, MBA
Director of Sales at Microsoft
Graduate from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Shirali Patel
Principal Product Manager, Microsoft
ex-United States Air Force
Saila Penumarth
Project Manager, Alliant Credit Union
Lead Technical Analyst in Finance Industry
Charukesi Sivakumar
PhD student at the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Demoda Ogunsanya
Senior Product Engineering Manager, US Markets Tech, TransUnion
Mita Lakhia
Director, Corporate Counsel, Americas Privacy
Amanda Burns
Lead Front End Developer, Ulta Beauty
Eisha Peyyeti
Computer Science Major at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Christie O’Donnell
English Teacher and SOS Service Club Sponsor at Fremd High School
Swati Shah
SVP/CIO, U.S. Markets, TransUnion
Rachel Jacobsen
Human Resources & Administrative Manager at CultureFit
Kim Whitehouse
Founder and President, Send A Smile Today
Palak Shah
Student, Northwestern University
Joanna Hwu
Senior Director Cocoa Plant Science & Operations at Mars
Amrutha Venkat
Public Health, Nova Southeastern University
Henali Shah
Manager, Riveron
Lecturer, Columbia University
Nima Parikh
Chief Marketing Officer, WRAP Technologies
President and Founder, Mezzanine Consulting LLC
Kelly Behrens
NCH Volunteer Service Manager
Lora Cimpean
Senior Manager, Enterprise Architecture
Starting the conversation.
Our goal is for the conversations we have with today’s female leaders to transcend to the next generation of girls to inspire and open up their eyes to the possibilities of working in the field of METS one day. Know a female role model in your community? Nominate them below to be interviewed and featured!