2020 Women in Science & Engineering Forum Presented by Airing live on PBS39, online at davincisciencecenter.org/wiseforum, or on the PBS39 Facebook. September 9, 2020 5:30-7 p.m. Because B. Braun Patients are safe. Clinicians are protected. The environment is healthy. B. Braun Medical Inc. is proud to sponsor the Da Vinci Science Center and the WISE Forum. bbraunusa.com ©2020 B. Braun Medical Inc., Bethlehem, PA. All rights reserved. 20-0107 Dear Friends, On behalf of the Da Vinci Science Center and the Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Advisory Council, we are pleased to welcome you to the 2020 WISE Forum, our signature mentoring event! The Da Vinci Science Center is passionate about supporting women in STEM fields and inspiring young girls to follow in their footsteps. In Pennsylvania, the demand for STEM jobs is growing 3x as fast as non-STEM jobs. Baby boomers are retiring and employers report that they cannot find qualified individuals to fill STEM positions. For the Lehigh Valley, it is essential that more women be supported to enter and persist in the STEM workforce. The Lehigh Valley is among the top five fastest growing regions in the Northeast and the fastest in PA. STEM-heavy occupations make up 19% of all jobs, and the Lehigh Valley’s targeted growth sectors for economic development are all STEM-intensive: Advanced Manufacturing and Food and Beverage Manufacturing; High Value Business Services; Transportation, Logistics, Warehousing and Wholesale; Health Care Services; and Life Science Research and Manufacturing. Between 2017 and 2022, the industry sectors targeted for growth have an anticipated replacement demand of 96,826 workers (when taking into account anticipated net employment growth, retirements, and workers transferring into other industries).1 Despite women holding 49% of all jobs in the region, they represent 29% of the STEM workforce. Women have the lowest representation in the engineering and computer and mathematical sciences, where much of the growth in STEM jobs is occurring. The growing demand for a STEM workforce can be met by hiring more women to work in these fields. In addition to this evening’s WISE Forum, the Da Vinci Science Center hosts a variety of programs and events through the year for students and our WISE Network of STEM professionals. We encourage you to check out the WISE Network online (www.davincisciencecenter.org/wise) and find us on LinkedIn for regular updates. Thank you again for joining us this evening as we inspire the next generation of female scientists, inventors, and engineers! With warmest regards, Erin Armstrong Katy Worrilow WISE Advisory Council Co-Chair WISE Advisory Council Co-Chair Associate Director, Sterilization LifeAire Systems B. Braun Medical 1 The Lehigh Valley Talent Supply and Industry Sector Analysis and Strategic Action Plan, June 2018 A FIRSTGENERATION COMPANY PROUD SPONSOR For flawless, high-end events and installations, contact Technicom. www.technicomAV.com Thank You to Our Sponsors! Presenting Sponsor Sanofi Partner Sponsors ATAS International, Inc. B. Braun Medical Institute for Museum and Library Services Mentor Sponsors Mack Trucks Manufacturers Resource Center & The Dream Team Network Sponsors ADVANCE Lehigh University • Air Products Bob & Sandy Lovett • C.F. Martin DeSales University • Lafayette College PPL • Victaulic Print Sponsor Working Dog Press Venue Sponsor The Center at Holiday Inn Table Sponsors Bosch Rexroth • Computer Aid • Evonik First Commonwealth Federal Credit Union H.T. Lyons • Just Born Quality Confections Langan Engineering • Lehigh Valley Health Network • Olympus QuVa Pharma • Thermo Fisher • UGI • Waters Corporation Professional Sponsors Sharon Alexander, CFRE • Mary Armstrong, PhD • Erin Armstrong Stephanie Hnatiw • Tamala Mallett Moore, MD, MBA, ABPF Bonnie Hall • Lin Erickson • Soha Daher-Mansour Crown Partners Judy Belaires • United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley About the WISE Initiative Established in 2015 by the Da Vinci Science Center, the Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Initiative supports current female professionals in the STEM fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics and encourages female students to pursue STEM careers. Purpose & Goals • To directly mentor young girls who are interested in STEM • To connect professional women employed in STEM fields, creating a community of STEM professionals who support one another through networking, social events, and mentoring • To bring passion, insight, expertise, and resources to advise the Da Vinci Science Center on strategies for developing girls’ interest and achievement in STEM WISE Executive Advisory Council The WISE Initiative is overseen by an Executive Advisory Council which was formed in 2017. Co-Chairs Erin Armstrong, B. Braun Medical Katy Worrilow, Ph.D., LifeAire Systems Members Mary Armstrong, Lafayette College Terry Capuano, Lehigh Valley Health Network Lin Erickson, Da Vinci Science Center Bonnie Hall, Crayola Rachel Hayden, Just Born, Inc Stephanie Hnatiw Kristen Jellison, Ph.D., Lehigh University Joy Karnas, Ph.D., Cedar Crest College Maureen Maier, Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania Tamala Mallett Moore, MD, Sanofi Darlene Pors, HT Lyons Kelly Rindock, Steel Valley Investment Group of Raymond James & Associates, Inc. Susan Schierwagen, Victaulic Jean Vincent, Evonik Corporation Driven around the world. Built right here. Manufacturing trucks in the Lehigh Valley since 1905. WISE Forum Distinguished Panelists Jill Evans Manager, Customer Service, Bosch Rexroth Jill Evans is the Manager of Customer Service for the Industrial Hydraulics Division of Bosch Rexroth, a global leader in Drive and Control components for a diverse range of industries. Jill recently stepped into a leadership role at Rexroth after 27 years as an engineer in Rexroth’s Plastics Machinery group where she designed and supported hydraulic systems for injection molding and blow molding machines throughout the country. After high school in Southern California, Jill attended Cal State Northridge, majoring in Computer Science and Journalism before moving to Cal Poly Pomona, majoring in Computer Science. While at Cal Poly, she worked part time at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, working on the flight software acceptance testing for the Galileo project. When Jill decided that a career at NASA or other space-related industries was not the career for her, she left college, got married, and moved to Northern California. It was here that she accept- ed a job in the accounting department of a hydraulic components distributor. It didn’t take long before she moved into the more technical side of hydraulics, moving from Market Specialist to Inside Sales and finally to Technical Coordinator. In this position, she designed and specified hy- draulic circuits for a number of applications. She also served as computer expert in a time where the Personal Computer was in its infancy. She took many courses in hydraulics, one of which was a two week course with Rexroth in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. During her time in San Francisco, she served on the Board of Directors of the Northern California chapter of the International Fluid Power Society for four years and became the first person in California and the first woman in the country to become a Certified Fluid Power Specialist. In 1989, ready for a career change, Jill and her husband moved to Pennsylvania where she accept- ed a position as an Inside Sales Coordinator at Rexroth, intending to go back to school to finish her bachelor’s degree. Those plans were postponed in favor of raising her daughter. In 2008 Jill went back to college. She received her AS in Mechanical Engineering Technology from LCCC in 2012, and her Bachelor’s degree from Temple University in 2016 in Engineering Technology with an emphasis in Mechatronics. In 2018, Jill led a team in Bosch’s Innovation Framework learning about entrepreneurship and developing and marketing new products. Jill has a passion for encouraging young women and girls to pursue STEM careers and has been attending the WISE forum as one of Rexroth’s Table Sponsor Mentors for several years. She serves as a panelist for Lehigh University’s CHOICES program during the summer, and gives career pre- sentations at Parkland High School and other venues. Jill was a charter member of the Bethlehem chapter of Women@Bosch, an employee resource group available to all employees whose mission is to Engage, Educate, and Empower associates. 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WISE Forum Distinguished Panelists Kisha Hortman Hawthorne, Ph.D., FACHE Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) Dr. Kisha Hortman Hawthorne’s healthcare career spans over 18 years. She has extensive experience in the areas of hospital operations, information services, revenue cycles, and project management. Kisha’s expertise includes strategic planning, comprehensive business plans development, information technology, budget management, and staff and leadership development. As the Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer at CHOP, Kisha’s responsibilities include strategic leadership of the Information Services (IS) department, which includes 550 full-time employees who support over 500 applications and approximately 16,000 employees and 21,000 active directory accounts. She currently holds operational responsibility within Health Information Management (HIM), Coding and Release of Information, and Biomedical Engineering. Working collaboratively with the IS Executive Committee and other CHOP senior leaders, Kisha manages an enterprise-wide portfolio of over 90 IS projects annually. In addition to her opera- tional leadership, she participates on governance committees, leads IS oversight and leadership groups, and provides regular updates to the CHOP Board of Directors. Overall, Kisha ensures that Information Services is supporting CHOP’s strategic initiatives to protect patient safety and promote information security. These strategic priorities consist of IS Organization & Governance, Infrastructure & Security, Emerging Technology & Transformation, Customer Service and Strategic Foundational Systems. Currently a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives, Kisha holds a PhD in In- formation Studies from Drexel University’s College of Computing and Informatics, a Master of Healthcare Administration from the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management, a Master of Business Administration from the University of St. Thomas (St. Paul, MN) and a Bachelor of Science degree in Biological Sciences from Florida A&M University. Kisha was recognized as a Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) 2019 recipient of the Most Influential Women in Health IT Award. Lafayette is a proud sponsor of Women in Science and Engineering Cameron Cranley ’20 Chemical Engineering THE POWER TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE PPLWEB.COM WISE Forum Distinguished Panelists Megan McGovern Quality Business Team Leader, Cab Over Product Mack Trucks, Inc. After high school, Megan McGovern decided that she wasn’t ready for another long stint in formal education so she went to work full time. A couple of her experiences were within industrial environments, but for the most part she stuck to the service industry because it had the most flexibility and allowed her to work pretty much anywhere she wanted to live. Megan spent a few years bouncing around North Carolina before deciding it was time to focus on her future and enlisting in the United States Air Force. The 6 years Megan spent serving her country was a game changer for her. In boot camp, when it came time to select career paths, her only question was, “Which one of the options on my list is the hardest to get into?” To be an Egress Systems Specialist, you needed to deadlift 165 lbs. - at the time she only weighed about 155 lbs. She didn’t even put down a second choice - she was simply going to do it. That set the tone for the rest of Megan’s military career as an Egress professional. She was the only female in her career field at every base she was stationed at and she thrived in the rank and structure that the military provided. Megan was promoted ahead of schedule, earned multiple accolades, and completed 2 undergraduate degrees while on active duty. After an unfortunate injury changed her trajectory, she opted to come home at the end of her first tour and pursue a civilian career. Megan’s GI Bill provided her with an opportunity to adjust to civilian life as a full time graduate student. She worked at the Department of Justice’s local DEA office while she earned her next degree. In 2014, she completed a Master of Business Administration degree with a focus in Operations, Logistics and Supply Chain Management, completing enough additional courses to qualify for a post-baccalaureate ISOM certificate. That’s when she joined the Volvo Group’s International Graduate Program. Participants spend 12 months traveling the world studying diverse business cultures and benchmarking world class manufacturing operations. The experience was rewarding in a number of different ways. Not only did Megan gain a lot of personal growth from getting to experience new cultures firsthand, but she was able to build a wide network across the global organization, which has been a key part of her success within the company ever since. After the Graduate Program concluded, Megan spent 3 years working in the regional quality organization providing an interface between the internal manufacturing quality groups and the service managers out in the field with customers. This built up her knowledge base around how customers experience products and what types of issues impact them and their perception of value the most. In 2017, when she was offered an opportunity to relocate to one of their manufacturing sites, Megan was able to take that experience with her to help guide the local team at Mack Trucks. Over the next few years, she went from continuing her work as a field quality liaison to overseeing a portion of the final department as a production manager, and is now back in the quality group as the Quality Manager for the entire Cab Over product line. As a Quality Business Team Leader, Megan’s team monitors the production performance via assembly technician feedback, post-assembly performance testing, sample auditing, and cumulative feedback from the dealers and customers in the field. Her team uses this information to build a working picture of the overall quality, performs root cause analysis on all high impact issues, evaluates processes for improvement opportunities on systemic issues, and provides direct support to the production team. Since 2018, the team has worked hard to reduce the average number of defects per truck found in the field by 60% – an incredible achievement! Since Megan’s time in the Air Force, she has enjoyed being an active volunteer in programs supporting her peers. From coordinating volunteers on base and running booster programs, to helping get internal networking programs off the ground at multiple sites, Megan enjoys seeing people working hard to make their own experience and that of their peers better. Just as Victaulic is committed to advancing the global construction industry with innovative pipe joining services and solutions, we are dedicated to the betterment of the communities where we live and work. WISE Forum Distinguished Panelists Lisa J. Scheller President & Chairman, Silberline Manufacturing Co., Inc. Lisa Jane Scheller is currently the President and Chairman of Silberline Manufacturing Co., Inc., a third-generation family-owned and operated business established in 1945. Silberline is a world leader and global supplier of high-quality special effect and performance pigments with world headquarters located in Tamaqua, Pennsylvania. Silberline has manufacturing facilities in the United States, Scotland, and China, with sales and representative offices in Brazil, China, Mexico, and India, and employs over 600 employees worldwide. Lisa possesses a Master of Science Degree in Manufacturing System Engineering from Lehigh University and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Math from the University of Colorado. Currently, Lisa is a board member of the Executive Committee and Chair of the Finance Committee of the Aluminum Association, a national trade organization. Some of the numerous awards and accolades that Silberline has received under Lisa’s leadership include the Family Business of the Year Award from Lehigh Carbon Community College in 1998, the Family Business of the Year Award from the Small Business Development Center of Wilkes University in 1999, the Job Creator of the Year Award for the Northeastern Region of Pennsylvania in 2000, the Manufacturing Excellence Award from the Manufacturers Resource Center in 2004, and the Innovative Application of Technology Award from the Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania in 2008. Silberline Limited, which is located in Scotland, has won the Queen’s Award for Enterprise or Innovation on four occasions. Most recently, in April 2018, Silberline received its national certification as a Women’s Business Enterprise by the Women’s Business Enterprise Council – PA, DE, sNJ, a regional certifying partner of the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC). Lisa likes to travel, hike and bike. WOMEN IN SCIENCE & ENGINEERING CAI is a proud supporter of women in STEM www.cai.io / +1 (888) 824-8111 Bosch Rexroth Corporation supports Women in Science and Engineering elop, and build We design, dev l systems drive and contro world move. which make the www.boschrexroth-us.com WISE Forum Distinguished Panelists Camille Schrier Miss America 2020, STEM Advocate Camille Schrier, 24, grew up in Bucks County, PA, before moving to Virginia to pursue her undergraduate degrees. In 2018, Camille graduated with honors from Virginia Tech with dual Bachelor of Science degrees in Biochemistry and Systems Biology, and is currently pursuing a Doctor of Pharmacy at Virginia Commonwealth University. In June of 2019, Camille was named Miss Virginia after breaking from tradition to perform the “catalytic decomposition of hydrogen peroxide” as her onstage talent. Her unique talent performance and focus on women in STEM has sparked a positive reaction of inclusivity for the program as a whole. Camille’s story has been shared with hundreds of children and viewed by millions. She can be seen on national and international media outlets including The Today Show, Talk Stoop, CNN, BBC, The Kelly Clarkson Show, CBS This Morning, Inside Edition, The Weather Channel, Southern Living, Canada’s CTV, Germany’s RTL, and many more. On December 19, 2019, Camille earned the job of Miss America 2020 after competing live on NBC from Mohegan Sun Arena in Connecticut. A certified Naloxone trainer in the city of Richmond, Camille will use the Miss America national recognition to promote her own social impact initiative, Mind Your Meds: Drug Safety and Abuse Prevention from Pediatrics to Geriatrics. Most recently, Camille was awarded the Engineering Champion Award by the Phi Sigma Rho National Sorority for her work in promoting women in engineering and technical fields. Camille will travel over 300 days this year to share her message and advocate for change. In addition to her passion for science and drug safety, Camille has battled body image issues. As a young woman who previously battled an eating disorder, Camille chose to compete in Miss America 2020 because of the redirection from physical appearance to social impact. We are proud to support The Da Vinci Science Center’s Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Forum 7165 Ambassador Drive | Allentown | PA | 18106 www.engiemep.com | 610.530.2600 See how we put good back into the world at truetolife.com. Olympus. True to Health. True to LIFE. WISE Forum Distinguished Panelists Nancy Wang Head of Product Management, Amazon Web Services Data Protection; and CEO & Co-Founder, Advancing Women in Product Nancy Wang currently leads the data protection team for Amazon Web Services, responsible for unifying data protection (backup/recovery) needs across all AWS services. Previously, Nancy also led products at Rubrik, the fastest-growing enterprise software unicorn. With a history of building and launching large-scale enterprise systems in storage, data management, and networking, Nancy also led product at Google (Fiber) and system integration efforts for the U.S. Intelligence Community in Washington, D.C. She is passionate about the democratization of data and empowering more women tech leaders as the founder & CEO of Advancing Women in Product. 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She is currently Global Medical Expert Lead for Influenza and RSV, working with her team to develop and execute the global medical strategy for Sanofi Pasteur’s licensed influenza vaccines and help guide pipeline research and development projects, such as the monoclonal antibody, nirsevimab. Prior to joining Sanofi Pasteur, Rosalind spent 14 years in Global Medical Affairs at Pfizer with responsibility for pneumococcal conjugate vaccines. Rosalind has also worked with group C meningococcal conjugate vaccines, live attenuated influenza vaccine, transcutaneous vaccine delivery and, beyond vaccines, antibiotics (tigecycline and piperacillintazobactam). Rosalind’s early research focused on an evaluation of host and viral factors which could influence the rate of progression and clinical outcome of hepatitis C virus infection, with post-doctoral research on early vaccine candidates for the prevention of group B meningococcal disease. Working here. Living here. Giving here. 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