Girl Power! Videos
You Can Do ANYTHING with STEM!
Have you ever wondered what it's like to work in a STEM field? Maybe you've dreamt of being a registered nurse, an engineer or even a geochemist. It's possible and we have proof! The local women featured below are all STEM professionals and have very different careers. Each has faced challenges but never gave up pursuing their dreams, even when it felt impossible.
Thank you for an awesome Girl Power!
Meet these remarkable, trailblazing women!
Katie Sowers - Keynote Address
Katie Sowers is the second woman to hold a full-time NFL coaching position and the first openly gay coach in the league. Katie just completed her fourth season on the sidelines, spending the last two years with the San Francisco 49ers as an offensive assistant coach. She is listed as one of the 100 Most Influential Women in Sport by Sport360 and won the 2019 Rising Star Award from The Sports Power Brunch: Celebrating the Most Powerful Women in Sports.
Katie has a master’s degree in kinesiology with an emphasis in pedagogy from the University of Central Missouri.
Day Seven: Teanya Norwood
Health Outcomes Manager, Social Determinants of Health, ProMedica
LOCAL women share their STEM successes. Listen to their stories below.
Sally Gladwell - Senior Vice President, Principal, Mannik & Smith Group
Caely Hambro Yanikoglu - Physician, Stanford Department of Dermatology
Dr. Emily Boehm - Facility Development Consultant, Unversity of N.C. Chapel Hill
Lianne Genzman - Science Teacher, Ottawa Hills
Kailyn Blazey - Apprentice Electrician, IBEW Local 8
Bonnie Blankenship - Retired Science Writer, Bowling Green State University
Day Six: Wendy Miller, PhD
Manager of Application Care, The Andersons Inc.
From engineering to teaching and more - These LOCAL STEM professionals are making a difference!
Ana Grewal - Sustainability Engineer, O-I
Crystal Burnworth & Paige Sloma - Sylvania STEM Center
Deb Swan - Journeyman Electrician, IBEW Local 8
Jessica Zychowicz - Occupational Therapist, Athletico Physical Therapy
Kristie K. Howe - Senior Wealth Strategy Associate and Planning Specialist
Day Five: Angélica Vázquez-Ortega
Assistant Professor of Geochemistry, Bowling Green State University
There are so many LOCAL opportunities. Discover where STEM can take you!
Dr. Jennifer Shimola - Education Research Coordinator, Toledo Area Sanitary District
Jennifer Elsworth - Manager of Requested Programs, Metroparks Toledo
Quinci Copeland - Former Firefighter, Current Medical Student
Candice Snead - Residential Electrician, IBEW Local 8
Dr. Monita Mungo - Professor of Sociology, University of Toledo
Erinn Wilson - Radon Professional, Radon Environmental Services
Day Four: Clare Carson
Planning and Protection Engineer II, Toledo Edison
Check these amazing LOCAL STEM careers.
Dr. Bridget Kozy-Snyder - Dentist, Kozy Dental Care
Lauren Broderick Stewart - ODNR Naturalist, Maumee Bay State Park
Dr. Shahna Arps - Asst. Professor of Anthropology, University of Toledo
Meredith Miller - Patent Attorney, Associate, Dinsmore
Dr. Melissa Baltus - Associate Professor of Anthropology, Archeologist, University of Toledo
Day Three: Marquisa Horton
Director of Technical Operations and Construction, Buckeye Broadband
Discover even more possibilities with these LOCAL STEM professionals!
Rebecca Ransberger - Asst. Manager of Computers and Media, Toledo Lucas County Public Library
Dr. Margaret (Peg) Yacobucci - Professor of Geology, Bowling Green State University
Lee Ann Tyrell - Associate Field Engineer, Columbia Gas
Day Two: Sara Floyd
Senior Electroforming Lab Technician, Novavision Inc.
Anything is possible with STEM - Just ask these LOCAL women!
Dr. Laura Megeath - Coordinator of Appold Planetarium, Lourdes University
Catherine Smith - Teaching Professor, Chief Flight Instructor, Bowling Green State University
Dr. Sujata Shetty - Professor, Department of Geography and Planning, University of Toledo
Kaitlyn Porter - Criminologist, Toledo Crime Lab
Deb Fortney - Program Coordinator for NorthWest State, Advanced Manufacturing Training Center
Dr. Sarah Stierman - Dermatologist, Dermatology and Associates
Day One: Paulina Bourgeois
Development Engineer I, First Solar
Explore more amazing STEM opportunities with LOCAL professionals!
Dr. Karie Jo Peralta - Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Toledo
Kelly Alter - Architect, The Collaborative
Patty Dowd - STEM Teacher, Ottawa Hills Local Schools
Stephanie Swan - Electrical Safety Inspector, IBEW Local 8
Beth Hare - Retired Manager of Engineering & Product Modifications, Fermi 2 Nuclear Power Plant
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