{"id":14013,"date":"2023-03-23T10:15:08","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T14:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/?p=14013"},"modified":"2023-03-23T18:49:45","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T22:49:45","slug":"elizabethtown-college-women-in-business-and-stem-clubs-celebrate-the-pursuit-of-equity-with-annual-womens-panel-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/2023\/03\/23\/elizabethtown-college-women-in-business-and-stem-clubs-celebrate-the-pursuit-of-equity-with-annual-womens-panel-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Elizabethtown College Women in Business and STEM Clubs Celebrate the Pursuit of Equity with Annual Women’s Panel Event"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Elizabethtown College Women in Business and Women in STEM clubs recently collaborated to host their annual Women in Business and STEM Panel. Held in conjunction with Women\u2019s History Month, this year\u2019s panel topic was \u201cCelebrating the Pursuit of Equity.\u201d<\/p>\n

The event, which was open to all members of the campus community, provided participants with the opportunity to network with one another before listening to a guided Q&A with several accomplished panelists. The panel featured six leaders in Business and STEM-related fields, including three Etown alumnae. The panelists shared stories and advice about their experiences navigating their careers.<\/p>\n

Kathy Schwab \u201990<\/strong> \u2013 Elizabethtown College<\/strong> Adjunct Professor of Marketing
\n<\/strong>Schwab, <\/strong>an alumna of Etown, is a life coach, consultant, writer\/editor, and motivating leader who served as the head of marketing for the Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club for nearly 15 years. Schwab also founded her own company called \u201cWhat\u2019s Your Story?\u201d to help others courageously live out their most authentic stories.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s so important to find someone in your life that can help you grow and champion you in your field,\u201d Schwab said, when asked about the importance strong female mentors have played in her life. \u201cFind women who really spark something for you and reach out to them. You don\u2019t have to be in the working world yet \u2013 do it now. They will be so honored and humbled that you asked them. I owe so much to the women mentors in my life.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Dr. Sharmin Maswood \u2013 Elizabethtown College Psychology Adjunct<\/p><\/div>\n

Dr. Sharmin Maswood<\/strong> \u2013 Elizabethtown College Psychology Adjunct
\n<\/strong>Maswood is a trained neuroscientist who has been teaching and completing research focused on the impact of female hormones on anxiety\/depression and memory in rodent models for the past 20 years.<\/p>\n

Brianna Carden \u201917<\/strong> \u2013 PwC Deals Manager, Capital Markets and Accounting Advisory Services
\n<\/strong>Carden majored in accounting during her time at Etown. She is currently a consulting manager in PwC\u2019s deals practice where she regularly helps clients address complex accounting matters under US GAAP.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlways be willing to learn and have an open mind,\u201d Carden emphasized when asked what advice she would give to anyone just beginning their career. \u201cTake every opportunity you can to build your network. In every interaction you have, be sure you\u2019re investing in that relationship not just from a professional standpoint but from a personal standpoint as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vanessa Philbert<\/strong> \u201916 \u2013 Chief Executive Officer for the Community Action Partnership of Lancaster County
\n<\/strong>Philbert received her master\u2019s degree in Strategic Leadership and Organizational Development from Etown, and she has been engaged in community-building and nonprofit work in Lancaster County for the past 20 years.<\/p>\n

\u201cEquity starts with truth-telling,\u201d Philbert said when asked about the changes she believes need to be made to provide equity for all women. \u201cThere is also a lot of power in realizing that we are on a journey of learning. Creating space for the voices of others is so important; you don\u2019t always have to be the one to speak.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chelsea Allen \u2013 Scientist I – Viral Clearance Services at Eurofins Lancaster Laboratories Inc.
\n<\/strong>Allen graduated in 2018 from Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor\u2019s degree in biology with a concentration in biomedical sciences and a minor in psychology. She currently works as a scientist with Eurofins Lancaster Laboratories Inc. within their Viral Clearance Services department.<\/p>\n

Colleen Fabriziani \u2013 Chemical Engineer for the Naval Surface Welfare Center
\n<\/strong>Frabriziani has a bachelor\u2019s degree in chemical engineering from Villanova University. She currently works as a Chemical Engineer for the U.S. Navy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Elizabethtown College Women in Business and Women in STEM clubs recently collaborated to host their annual Women in Business and STEM Panel. Held in conjunction with Women\u2019s History Month, this year\u2019s panel topic was \u201cCelebrating the Pursuit of Equity.\u201d The event, which was open to all members of the campus community, provided participants with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133,"featured_media":14030,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1338],"tags":[69,197,1350,415,1237,1500],"class_list":["post-14013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics-and-research","tag-business","tag-elizabethtown-college","tag-etown","tag-stem","tag-women","tag-women-in-business","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/133"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14013"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14013\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14048,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14013\/revisions\/14048"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}