2026 Presenters
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Joyce Allen
Entrepreneur, Community Leader, and Advocate for Women in Business
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Alexa Apodaca ‘19
Executive Operations and Advancement Manager at Women for Afghan Women
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Temilade Amede
Founder and CEO of Slayth
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Rania Amen
Chief Community Services Officer and City Engineer for the City of San Diego
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Dr. Susan Antolin '06
Executive Director of Women for Afghan Women
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Bethany Bezak
Chief Performance and Logistics Officer for the City of San Diego
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Llonda Bins-Lohman
Lead Systems Engineer for Blue Origin
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Dr. Brett Boeh Bergmann '10
Licensed Clinical-Community Psychologist at Sharp Mesa Vista Hospital
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Miriah Boettcher '09
Trauma Injury Prevention Coordinator at Sharp Memorial Hospital
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Garilee Chuma '03
Senior Business Development Executive at Apex Contracting and Restoration
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Marie Coronel
Emmy Award Winning Broadcast Journalist for ABC10News
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Michelle Coté
Board-Certified Physician Assistant and Founder of Étoile Aesthetics SD
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Dr. Maryruth Culver
Harpist and Vocalist
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Bethany Curiel
Senior Vice President and Director of Sales at Columbia Bank
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Sara Eaton
Owner of Black Lotus Designs
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Cecilia Fernandez '01
Creative Director, Designer and Entrepreneur of SO NIICE
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Lauren Fisher
CrossFit Games athlete and Founder of Grown Strong
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Natalia Fuscoe '00
Founder and CEO of Storied Communications
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Allison Gill Sanford
Senior Associate at Haeggquist & Eck
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Margaret Graziano
Executive Coach, Author, and Founder of Magi
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Nargis Habib
Founder & Chief Executive Officer of The Rug Mine
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Renata Helfman-Baron
Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Lipstick Angels
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Alexis Hernandez
Educator, Singer, & Writer
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Grace Hoy '09
Director of Social Marketing
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Sherry Knight
On-Air Personality, KyXy 96.5 | Educator
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Dr. Renee Lemus
Academic Writer, Social Justice Advocate, Educator at Cal State Los Angeles and in the Los Angeles District.
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Claire Luce
Technical Product Manager at Blue Origin
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Maria Morgan '17
Research and Development Engineer at Terumo Neuro
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Rachel Nafis
Urban Flower Farmer and Owner of Psalter Farm Flowers
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Christina Needles
Senior Technical Project Manager at Blue Origin
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Dr. Cristina Padilla
Chief Community Officer at Fluence
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Sara Persson
PBS & KPBS Documentary Filmmaker and Co-Founder of Fifty Square Feet Productions
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Julia Portela '11
Senior Vice President at Look Ahead Strategies
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Jenna Rangel '98
Attorney with Haeggquist & Eck, LLP
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Dr. Cristina Rose
Doctor of Philosophy and Religion at CSUDH
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Amber Rush
Director of People & Leadership Development at Growth Quest
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Tatiana Sallins '18
Law Student and VP, North American South Asian Law Students Association at George Washington School of Law
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Shivana Sodawala
Senior Manager of Manufacturing Engineering at Blue Origin
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Bianca Surwilo '18
Product Marketer at Estée Lauder
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Mayumi Uejima-Carr
President of TABLE FOR TWO USA
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Sr. Judy Vaughan, CSJ
Founder and Executive Director at Alexandria House
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Dr. Silvia Verdugo
Medical Director of FirstWatch Solutions
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Alexis Villanueva
President and Chief Executive Officer, City Heights Community Development Corporation
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Sr. Mary Waskowiak, RSM
Sister of Mercy and Founder of Casa de Misericordia
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Kristine Wexler
Principal, Managing Director of Bernstein
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Rend Williams '93
Founder, Foresight Business Consulting
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Dr. Jen Wojciechowski
Clinical Child Psychologist & Manager, Sharp Mesa Vista’s Child and Adolescent Programs, Recreation Therapy and Psychology Departments
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Jillian Wright
Firefighter Paramedic & EMS Instructor
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Dr. Sophia Zaccarine
Fault Protection Engineer, Aerospace Engineer and Space System Researcher at Blue Origin

