2016 Workshops and Panelists:

Act Like a Lady: Questioning Media, Challenging Society, Breaking the Box

Lori Hayes, Health Educator, County of Middlesex Office of Health Services

Allied Health Professions

Hina Ahmed, Physician’s Assistant

Denise Daley, BSN, Director of Nursing, Drug & Alcohol Rehab

SANE Nurse, FN-CSA

Cindy McIntire, Charge RN, Drug & Alcohol Rehab

Rosemary Peng, Clinical specialist Physical Therapist, Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation

Lynn Tobin, Dental Hygienist

Date Rape/Sexual Harassment

Allysa Gambarella, Assistant Prosecutor, Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office

Denise Daley, BSN, Director of Nursing, Drug & Alcohol Rehab

SANE Nurse, FN-CSA

Lori Hayes, Health Educator, County of Middlesex Office of Health Services

Entrepreneurship

Aisha Bhatti, Co-owner/founder, Director of Home Towne Rx Pharmacy

Tirusha Dave, Founder, Bravura Magazine

Heba Macksoud, Owner, Plainsboro Pharmacy

Sushama Patil, President/Owner of The Goddard School

Environmental and Biological Sciences

Vandana Aiyar, Associate Director, Global Quality & Regulatory Compliance-GMP, Bristol-Meyers Squibb

Mary Krause, Research Investigator, Drug Product Science and Technology Department Bristol-Myers Squibb

Dr. Deepti Salvi, Research Faculty, Department of Food Science, Rutgers University

Jennifer Shin, Senior Industrial Hygienist, Occupational & Public Health Division ExxonMobil Biomedical Sciences

Fashion Professions

Iram Zaidi Ahmed, Founder, Profound Aesthetic Co.

Tirusha Dave, Founder, Bravura Magazine

Kathy Juana, Owner, Mission Lane

Nicole Lorber, Designer and Owner Distinctive Designs

Financial Services Professions

Lucinda Cochrane, Managing Director, Risk Management Executive at Bank of America and Chief Risk Officer for Merrill Lynch Wealth Management’s Financial Advisor network.

Patti Lagarenne, Certified Public Accountant, Office of School Finance for the NJ Department of Education

Michelle Stanley-Nurse, Division Credit Executive, Senior Vice President, PNC Financial Services, Inc.

Amrit Walia Zaidi, Senior Vice President, Regional Managing Director-Wells Fargo Private Bank

Health Profession

Dr. Sejal Amin, Obstetrics-Gynecology

Dr. Dawn Forbes, Dentistry

Dr. Mehnaz Haq, Internal Medicine

Dr. Eileen Russo, Critical Care Medicine

Dr. Audrey Tashjian, Obstetrics-Gynecology

High School and Beyond

Sophia Balsamo, Senior

Julia Duarte, Senior

Sena Kumapley, Junior

Sneha Rampalli, Senior

Legal Professions

Senwan Akhtar, Esq., Counsel, Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis

Allysa Gambarella, Esq., Assistant Prosecutor, Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office

Carmen Garcia, Esq., Associate Board Member, New Jersey State Parole Board

Marlyn Quinn, Esq., Law Office of Marlyn Quinn

Music and Theatre Professions

Ellen Bredehoft, Costume Director and Design Faculty, Mason Gross School of Art, Rutgers

Vickie Esposito McLaughlin, Costume Designer, Associate Head of Design, Mason Gross School of Art, Rutgers

Lian Farrer, Vice-President of Education, State Theater

Erica Finnie, Voice Teacher, Music Tech

Philanthropy Professions

Ravina Daphtary, Director of State Strategies, All Above All

Rhonda DiMascio, Director of Development at Grounds For Sculpture

Stephanie Giordano, Director of Development, Parent and Family Philanthropy, Rutgers University Foundation

Sadia Kalam, RWJ Foundation

Social and Behavioral Sciences Professions

Kristy Castle, LCSW, Castle Counseling

Jennifer Illis, Graduate Student, The College of New Jersey (MSW, SAC Certification)

Noreen Iqbal, LCSW, Therapist/Director of the Olive Branch Therapy Group

Nicole Schley, MA, LPC, Clinician Supervisor, Rutgers Day School - Children's Program

Teaching Professions -- Higher Education

Dr. Nadia Ansary, Professor of Psychology, Rider University

Dr. Suzanne Brahmia, Associate Teaching Professor, Director of the STEM TRIAD coalition Rutgers University

Dr. Deborah Hutton, Professor of Art History, The College of New Jersey

Dr. Jennifer Jones, Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences Honors Program, Rutgers University