Women of Interest
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Satya Scainetti Co Owner and Designer, Satya Jewelry
"A description of my job would be helping to oversee design, production, and quality plus running the foundation aspect of our business. The most challenging part of the business as our company grows is finding people with the talent we need that are willing to work hard. The most gratifying and rewarding aspect of the business is our ability to help kids with the donations we make to different organizations." -
Barbara McLaughlin, President, The Fund for Park Avenue
Barbara worked at Christies for 13 years, performing jobs in operations, administration, client marketing and special event planning. “I traveled quite a bit in the early days, saw wonderful art collections and met so many interesting and colorful people. One of my last projects at Christie’s was working on the sale of Princess Diana’s gowns which benefited some of the Princesses’ favorite charities.”
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Sarah Crawford, Senior Writer
She has a Bachelor of Journalism (BJ) from the Missouri School of Journalism, well known for producing famous journalists. She also graduated with honors from the Portfolio Center, Atlanta, Georgia. The Portfolio Center has a two year program which is treated like a Masters program in advertising, enabling writers to build a writing portfolio.
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Marcia Kravis, Musician and Music Practitioner
Marcia began working as an Intern Music Practitioner at the Thomas Jefferson University Hospital playing the hammer dulcimer for patients on the hospital’s Palliative Care Service. Now she has four additional venues in the hospital, including a cancer infusion suite, a busy lobby, and the Emergency Medicine Department.. Her goal is “to create a soothing and calming atmosphere in order to reduce stress, and to change the patients’ and caregivers’ hospital experience, by adding the element of beauty to the environment. ” -
Sandy Hayes Merten, Teacher
Sandy grew up in Orange County CA and has a BA degree from UCLA with a major in Political Science and a Minor in History. She has a MA in Education from Pepperdine and has done Post Graduate work at UCSD in Education.
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Charlene Giannetti Website Founder and Editor
Charlene grew up in Amsterdam, New York and has a joint BA degree in Political Science and Journalism from the Newhouse School, Syracuse University. She is a former newspaper reporter, magazine editor and author of 11 books having to do with parenting. Seven of them are for parents of young adolescents, including The Roller-Coaster Years, Parenting 911, Cliques, and Boy Crazy.
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Maria Farrington, CEO Discovery Gateway Children’s Museum
Maria grew up in Corpus Christi, Texas, earned a BA in History and Political Science from the University of Houston and has completed a Masters program in Public Administration (MPA) at the University of Utah. In addition Maria speaks fluent Spanish.
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Sheyla Santamaria, Resort Management
Arriving in beautiful Tortuguero National Park area, we were welcomed by Sheyla, the assistant manager of Tortuga Lodge and Gardens. Tortuguero, Costa Rica is a National Wildlife Refuge located 30 minutes by plane from San Jose, the capitol of Costa Rica.
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Beth Chang Director, Equity Fund and ETF Product Management
When Beth graduated in 1990, the job market was similar to what graduates are facing today, a tough job market. She spent a couple of years temping and moved to California. While working for a management consulting firm, she was exposed to marketing and strategic planning, which led to several jobs helping internet start ups during the dotcom boom. -
Daphne Kwok Executive Director APIDC
Daphne's current position, with the APIDC, a new non-profit organization based in Oakland, seeks to give a voice and a face to AAPIs with disabilities, to break down the stigma in the AAPI community about disabilities and to provide technical assistance to organizations wanting to effectively work with AAPIs with disabilities.