SPEAKERS 2025

Alana Hoskin
Villanova Alumna
​Keynote Speaker
GLOBAL AUDIT & CHIEF RISK OFFICER, NIKE 
Deborah Harris 
Assistant DIRECTOR OF STUDENT & CAREER SUPPORT, CPS, VUNITED SCHOLARS
Melissa Leighton
Villanova Alumna
Manager of cloud transformation & Strategy, 
​deloitte 
Kristin Obermyer
​Villanova Alumna
Associate​INSTRUCTOR, DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTING SCIENCES,
VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY
Lizbeth Ventura
Villanova Alumna
senior managing director of global private equity, SAP
Christy Hansen
Villanova Alumna
Artemis Deputy Mission Manager (Moon 2 Mars Program), NASA Headquarters
Emma Holt
Operational Technology Systems Security and Safety Engineer,
The Mitre Corporation
Susan Leighton
Villanova Alumna
Assistant Dean, Academic Programs
College of Professional Studies
Julie Ortlieb
Lead Project Consultant at MCIU and Adjunct Instructor, VUnited Scholars
Karen Walsh
System director performance measurement, improvement & analytics, 
​main line health
Pam Cacchione, PhD
Villanova Alumna
Nurse Scientist, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center; Ceo, 
AGINGSENSE 
Kritika Jain
Villanova Alumna
host of Season 2 of the Girls Into VC podcast
Gloria Mendoza
Associate Project Manager,
SAP North America 
Raquel Ronzone
​Villanova Alumna
Senior Manager, Partnerships, Howe Innovation Center​
Teresa Thomas
Program lead of neurodiverse talent enablement and lead of cyber engagement, 
​The mitre corporation
Chichi Chioke
Villanova Alumna
Chief of Staff to McKinsey's Global Technology and Platform Officer, McKinsey and Company
Julie Joyce
​Villanova Alumna
TECHNICAL PROGRAM MANAGER, 
​MONGODB
Peg Monaghan
​Associate director for the center of autism and neurodiversity (CAN),
Drexel university
Raisa Velthuis
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF FINANCE, 
​VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY