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STEM Talks Speakers
Lumity’s STEM Talk Speakers are professionals from a variety of industries, often from the same neighborhoods as Lumity youth. These trained speakers share what inspired and motivated them in both their life and career journey with our youth. Through STEM Talks, youth can begin to visualize their future differently.

Tola Alade-Lambo
VP-Quality & Food Safety, Ferrara Candy Company

Peter Bernstein
Principal Architect, TransUnion

Heather Boggs
Chief Innovation Officer, Ferrara Candy Company

Beth Bond
Founder of For Goods and Community Startups

Ezra Chaskelson
General Manager in Canada, Ferrara Candy Company

John Conversa
Sr. Director of Operations, Ferrara Candy Company

Tia Craddock
Brand Manager, Seasonal (Valentine’s & Halloween), Ferrara Candy Company

Anne Cruz
IT Director – Pharmacy Delivery, Walgreens

Emilio DiCesare
SVP, Commercial Banking (C&I), Republic Bank of Chicago

Gayle Ekstrom
SVP/Director, Business Analysis & Innovation, Republic Bank of Chicago

Stacey Espinosa
Senior Director, InTech Sugar, Ferrara Candy Company

Gustavo German
Sales Specialist Analytical Chemistry, VWR, part of Avantor

Charles Gill
Owner, Creating Life Goals, LLC

Miguel Guerra
Solutions Technical Marketing Engineer,
Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company

Gregory Guidotti
General Manager, Sugar Portfolio, Ferrara Candy Company

Ron Harris, MBA, CISSP
CyberSecurity & Quality Assurance

Jason Havlin
VP of Supply Chain Finance, Ferrara Candy Company

Vernon Johnson, Ph.D.
Director, Inclusion & Diversity, CIBC US

Andy Khorshid
VP of Sales, Focused Labs

Lena Lewis
Consumer Experience, VP, Ferrara Candy Company

Simone Liverpool
Attending Physician and Hospitalist, Insight Hospital and Loretto Hospital

Arunashish Majumdar
Managing Director (Partner), Strategy & Consulting, Accenture

Fletcher McCombie
Director, Jabian Consulting

David McGranahan
Expert Food Scientist, Ferrara Candy Company

Diana Mucci
Client Executive, Cybersecurity Managed Services, EY

Christina Perry
Sr. Team Lead, TransUnion

Savannah Podolinsky
Analytical Chemistry Sales Specialist, VWR, part of Avantor

William J. Reed
Enterprise Account Manager, HP

Jalisa Richardson
Sr. Process/Manufacturing Engineer, VWR, part of Avantor

Sandi Santa Ana
Director of Category Leadership, Ferrara Candy Company

Carmen Santiago-Keenon
Founder, IT Girl Solutions

Karriem Shakoor
VP, CIO at Underwriters Laboratories

Alok Sharma
Business Analyst/Technology, Arity

Jack Shedd
Partner/Interactive Director, Mess

Chandrika Shrinivasan
Business Unit Head, Tata Consultancy Services

Lisa Snyder
Sr. Director, IT Pharmacy, Walgreens

Sasha Sundstrom
Senior Scientist, AbbVie

Jim Tandy
Director of Project Engineering, Ferrara Candy Company

Melissa Tate

Ken Townsend
Global Chief Information Security Officer, Ingredion Incorporated

Nicole Walker
Vice President Customer Experience, BCBSIL

Salena Whitfield, Ph.D.
Finance Director, Abbott

Caleb Wolfram
Associate Scientist,
Avantor Sciences

Alberto Zapata
Creative Director,
Ferrara Candy Company

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