BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2159@wjcenter.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240618T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240618T210000 DTSTAMP:20240528T143531Z URL:https://www.wjcenter.org/events/wjc-sisterhood-women-inspiring-women/ SUMMARY:WJC Sisterhood: Inspiring Women DESCRIPTION:Join us in the Activity Center to hear WJC Sisterhood members p resent their incredible journeys to their wonderful careers through small group Q&\;A sessions and guest speakers. Please bring your tweens and t eens! This is an incredible opportunity for our children to have conversat ions with professionals in exciting fields.\nSee below for some of our pre senters!\nElise Dowell is CEO of the JCC Mid-Westchester\nElise started he r career in corporate marketing\, but quickly transitioned to the non-prof it sector. She has spent over 20 years working in executive roles in the J ewish community. Elise holds a BBA from Emory University and an MBA from C olumbia Business School.\n\nSuzi Oppenheimer\nNY State Senator serving fro m 1985 to 2012. She earned a master's degree from Columbia University's Gr aduate School of Business\, worked on Wall Street as an industry analyst f or L.F. Rothschild\, then moved to Mamaroneck where she became Mayor of VO M before running for state senate.\n\nJudy Herbst\nExecutive Director Savv y Ladies\, a non-profit organization empowering women through financial li teracy\n\nKimberly Langus\nSales Director\, Penguin Random House\nKim has worked in children's books at Penguin Random House for over 24 years. She has been instrumental in nurturing established brands like Dr. Seuss and L ittle Golden Books\, as well as growing sales for some of the biggest teen and middle grade books: The Book Thief\, The Phantom Tollbooth\, Eragon\, Wonder and many many more! She works closely with Barnes &\; Noble\, B ooks-A-Million and Amazon\, and loves any and all bookstores! She has a BA in Art History from Binghamton University and an MBA in Marketing from Fo rdham University.\n\nSeverine Chavel\nDermatologist in private practice in Stamford\, CT\nAfter attending Brown University\, where I majored in neur oscience\, I received my medical degree from Yale Medical School and staye d in New Haven for my dermatology residency at Yale New Haven Hospital. I have been practicing medical and cosmetic dermatology at the Dermatology C enter of Stamford for the last 15 years.\n\nCarolyn Rosen\nI started my ca reer as a production assistant at Montel Williams. In 2003\, I moved over to a show called the Insider\, and began to work in the NY office of both ET and The Insider. Insider was cancelled many years ago and I'll be at ET 20 years in August. I am one of 3 producers out of the NY office of ET \, and book all stories coming out of NY. It entails booking them\, writing questions and content for the interview\, and following it all through air .\n\nRuth Hendel\, Theater Producer\nRuth Hendel is an active theater pro ducer on Broadway\, off-Broadway\, US regionals\, and in London. She is pa rticularly passionate about musicals and plays that explore Jewish content (PARADE) and social justice themes (FELA!) and totally unrelated to theat er\, she enjoys weaving talliot.\n\nElizabeth Ehrlich\, a writer\, has wor ked in journalism and communications. She has published nonfiction\, ficti on\, and poetry\, and is now studying Midrash at JTS.\n\nErica Strongin\nA n art curator in New York City for 15 years working at the Guggenheim Muse um\, Neue Galerie\, the Lauder Family Private Art Collection and the Estee Lauder Corporate Art Collection. When her daughter Chloe was born\, Erica decided to stay home for a few years and had every intention of going bac k into the art world. An opportunity teaching at Westchester Day School pr esented itself so she took it thinking it would be temporary. Ten years an d a 2nd graduate degree later she is still there!\n\nLauren Sholder\, Busi ness Development\, Investment Firm\nLauren Sholder raises money and develo ps relationships with the prospects and clients of Winton Capital\, a Lond on-based hedge fund. She started her 20-year career in quantitative tradin g and research before transitioning to systematic-driven investment firms. Lauren graduated from the Management and Technology dual degree program a t the University of Pennsylvania.\n\nAllison Dubrow\nAllison Dubrow is a p artner in Caldwell\, a retained executive search firm. As a core member of the firm’s Financial Services and Insurance practices\, Allison focuses on the recruitment of senior business and functional leaders across the C -suite and boardroom in the insurance industry.\n\nBarbara Richter\nWriter \, ghostwriter\, translator\, and podcast host Barbara Basbanes Richter is a 20-year veteran of the publishing world and founder of two writing comp anies. Some links to Barbara's work are here writing4immortality | Instagr am | Linktree and here: Writing Samples | In Ink Ghostwriting\n\nGali Lodi sh\, MD/MPH\, Physician\nI have been working for 20+ years as a general me dicine doctor\, managing conditions such as high blood pressure and diabet es. The most rewarding part of my job is connecting with people who have t hese\, and other\, medical issues\, and trying to help them improve their physical health.\n\nRebecca Baron\, Corporate Lawyer\nRebecca graduated fr om Georgetown Law School in 2001 and started her career as a Mergers &\ ; Acquisitions and Private Equity attorney for one of New York’s largest law firms. In 2008 she pivoted to working in-house\, first as general cou nsel of an international spa management company and subsequently as associ ate general counsel of a distressed debt trading firm\, Seaport Global\, w here she is currently employed. Her day-to-day responsibilities include th e drafting and negotiation of the firm’s general contracts\, the settlem ent of private equity and trade claims trades and addressing general corpo rate governance matters.\n\nRisa Seelenfreund\, Human Resources Consultant \nRisa is an HR Consultant who specializes in Learning and Development and Organizational Development (i.e.\, executive coaching\, designing /facili tating workshops\, creating onboarding programs\, designing organizational assessments\, etc.). She worked for many years on HR Teams in the publish ing\, information services\, and pharmaceutical industries and now has her own practice\, elevating the leaders and staff of both for-profit and not -for profit clients.\n\nEliana Tretiak\, International Tax Lawyer\nBegan w orking on Capitol Hill. After law school worked for the IRS as an attorney . Worked as an in house attorney specializing in international tax at GE\, then as a managing director at PwC.\nI graduated with a degree in Archite cture &\; Urban Planning. Took a job in retail with Macys Executive Tra ining Program to pay the bills and loans and found that I liked brand mark eting and strategic planning - and build my career around that - all throu gh work positions. I received a certificate in digital marketing from NYU when that became important to land a digital marketing job at a startup. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.wjcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2024 /05/WJS-Sisterhood-Women-1.png CATEGORIES:Featured Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR