WiCyS 2025
Conference Committees
WICYS 2025 ANNUAL CONFERENCE
GENERAL CHAIR
Janell Straach
Chair of the Board, WiCyS
PROGRAM CHAIR
Dr. Ambareen Siraj
Founder, WiCyS
(*Siraj is serving in her personal capacity)
CONFERENCE SUPPORT TEAM
Patty Duffy
Jennifer Haisten
Kimberly Hutcherson
Celeste Matarazzo
Patti Palacios
Tia Pearson
PROGRAM CO-LEADS
Pat McCain (Lead)
Amani Altarawneh
Deborah Barnes
Basma Basem
Smriti Bhatt
Priyam Biswas
Jennifer Cheung
Ashley Greeley
Deborah Kariuki
Elena Peterson
Junia Valente
PROGRAM
Shade Adeleke
Motunrola Afolabi
Dalal Alharthi
Mary Aloia
Anas Alsobeh
Amani Altarawneh
Haily Beem
Missy Bentzen
Smriti Bhatt
Katherine Burke
Angela Clark
Juanita Dickhaus
Joe Eastman
Mai Ensmann
Maria Fanelle
Marcie Friedman
Anthea Gonzalez Santiago
Joanna Grama
Stephani Guimaraes Lima
Deepti Gupta
Eman Hammad
Barbara Hewitt
Ann-Marie Horcher
Afrida Islam
Norine Jackson
Amy Justice
Artilya Key
Yasmin Khan
Brenda Killingsworth
Cindy Kishoyian
Rachael Klamo
Avery Koep
Kristin Lane
Amanda Lawrence
Chris Lemmon
Michelle Lindblom
Varshitha Manjunath
Danielle McAllister
Salini Mishra
Rita Mitra
Nicole Morris
Meaghan Neill
Lynette Borjeson Painter
Jeff Pelzer
Katey Riesing
Penelope Rozhkova
Antara Sargam
Stephanie Scheuermann
Jillian Seabrook
Amulya Sharma Kurumeti
Samantha Shields
Miranda Skar
Danielle Strimbu
Elizabeth Tatulis
Cynthia Taylor
Colleen Warren
Anna Yap
Xiao Zhang
Linxi Zhang
Shafia Zubair
PROGRAM CFP MENTORS
Abigail Allen
Carly Battaile
Paula Briggs
Christina Crockett
Suzanne Dove
Esther Goldstein
Courtney Hans
Heather Holliday
Chandler Jackson
Meghan Jacquot
Diana Kelley
Laura Malave
Camila Martins
Aleise McGowen
Yasmeen Natzle
Tolu Onireti
Lisa Raykowski
Dianne Rose
Anastasiya Rutus
Smruthi Sandhanam
Fatoumata Sankare
Kainaat Singh
Cindy Sutherland
Linxi Zhang
SCHOLARSHIP
Janell Straach (Lead)
Ridhima Agarwal
Monika Akbar
Sylvia Azumah
Gretchen Bliss
Chutima Boonthum-Denecke
Kimberlee Ann Brannock
Deb Briggs
Kristine Christensen
Ramona Codreanu
Diara Dankert
Jacqueline Elkins
Lauren Gallegos
Polly Gitau
Esther Goldstein
Nikkia Henderson
Pushpa Kumar
Gemma Mills
Iswarya Narayanan
Laura Navarro Cobos
Angela Sims-Ceja
Erica Smith
Julie Sparks
Amy Starzynski Coddens
Mary Wallingsford
CAREER FAIR
Pat McCain (Lead)
Tara Lewis
CAREER GROWTH HUB
Andrea Frost (Lead)
Mia Harkins
Terri Johnson Akse
Keena Williams
RETAIL STORE
Rosalie Olmsted (Lead)
Jamie Boyce
Reethee Ghafoor
Mia Partain
SOCIAL MEDIA
Abigail Phillips (Lead)
Chelsea Conard
Delia Dohm
Alina Thai
Anusha Vajha
VOLUNTEER
Cameron Mitchell (Lead)
Brooke Beyer
Holly McMullin
STAFF
Lynn Dohm (Executive Director)
Mary Jane Suarez Partain (Program Director)
Michele Tomasic (Deputy Director)
Sanaa Ahmad
Peter Baldwin
Morgan Garland
Hilary George
Colleen Huber
Cameron Mitchell
Quiana Oates
Rosalie Olmsted
Quintana Patterson
Sarah Porter
Adaeze Udoh
LOCAL SUPPORT: WiCyS DFW AFFILIATE
Santina White (Lead)
Alia Elfella
Arlyssa Jaquez
Mia Khedairy
Joyce Marube
Harshitha Reddy
Rubab Siddiqui
Kristine Thomas
Valerae Washington