ABOUT OUR GUEST:   Kate Yoder dynamic Project Management Professional (PMP) known for delivering innovative results through creative engineering practices and a people-centric approach. She received her B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Lafayette College in Pennsylvania and her M.Sc. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. After graduating, Kate honed her analytical skills as a modeling & simulation engineer for several years. She then transitioned into project management, where she has a proven track record of coordinating project interdependencies, streamlining processes, and r ..read more

ABOUT OUR GUEST:   Jennifer is a speaker, agent of change, vitality + high performance leadership coach and integrative practitioner.  Her true passion is working with ambitious + conscious leaders to create their true wellness by breaking free permanently of their core wounds/blocks, expand their leadership by fanning their unique INFLUENCE so they can live the soul-aligned life that they were created for with Ease & FLOW. … CONNECT WITH JENNIFER   LinkedIn  Instagram Facebook Jennifer Watson Leadership Website     EPISODE AND EMPOWERING WOMEN IN INDUST ..read more

ABOUT OUR GUEST:   Chloe Arsenault is a second-year student in the Civil and Mining Engineering Technician program at Collège Boréal. Having been involved in the skilled trades for some time, she noticed the lack of female role models in these industries. It was the spark Chloe needed to use her voice in women's empowerment movements; sharing her skills and personal stories to help pave the way for women in male-dominated careers and the mining sector.  She is continuing to break new ground by participating in the Miss Ontario Regional Canada Pageant 2023 where she will continue to ..read more

ABOUT OUR GUEST:   Erin Galloway is the founder of The Habitized Life & Habitize Publishing where she helps individuals, families, and large corporations create customized mindful, healthy habits for home, school and work.   Erin’s entire career has focused on behavior change and how small choices add up to have a big impact. Much of this work has been in supporting families, communities, and schools in building healthy environments that lead to long-term, multi-generational wellbeing.  She has served on the leadership team that is opening and operating two innovative early ..read more

ABOUT OUR GUEST:   Carla Vallone, is a marketing and communications strategist for business-to-business organizations and leaders who are commercializing highly-technical, mission-critical products and services.    Marrying business-to-business insights and buying habits with an organization’s inherent expertise, Portavoce PR mobilizes marketing strategies the remove barriers to activation, generate leads and accelerate the sales process.    She builds marketing communications strategies that are approachable for companies that don’t yet have mature marketing practices ..read more

Episode 3 (Season 3) of the Empowering Women Podcast GUEST:  Titi Sule, Portfolio Leader – Controls and Technology at Ingersoll Rand BIO:  As a Portfolio Leader at Ingersoll Rand, Titi is responsible for strategic direction for Controls Technology including hardware and software. Her portfolio includes onboard controllers, system controls, and IoT integration. Titi has had diverse 13 years of experience in manufacturing companies including control system engineering, application engineering, aftermarket service offerings, and technology strategy including three patents. Titi is also ..read more

ABOUT OUR GUEST:   H.J. Dewes is a strategic leader with a proven record leveraging cross-functional teams to achieve optimal results. He is currently a Business Development Manager at ABB where he has spent his 30+ year career across diverse roles in business development, strategy, sales, marketing and channel, operations and logistics.  Prior to joining ABB, H.J. was an Enlisted Operations Specialist in the United States Navy where he earned the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal.    H.J. is an active or former member of the Hydraulic Institute, the National Electrical Manu ..read more

ABOUT OUR GUEST:   Giovanna Gray Lockhart moved to Yarmouth, Maine full time three years ago. Her national experience spans work in government from an advisor to Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York to national nonprofit leadership as a member of the Board of Directors for StoryCorps.  Previously, Lockhart held senior roles at venture-backed companies, as the Senior Director of Impact at The Wing and as Chief Strategy Officer at The Riveter. Immediately prior to coming to the Center, she provided strategic consulting, advising executive level clients across the country on philanthr ..read more

ABOUT OUR GUEST:   Martie Edmunds Zakas has been Mueller Water Products’ CEO since August 2023 and served as President and CEO from August 2023 to May 2024. She previously served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Mueller Water Products since 2018. She has directed Mueller’s strategic planning, corporate development, investor relations and corporate communications activities since joining the Company in 2006.  Prior to joining Mueller, Martie spent five years with Russell Corporation where she held a variety of positions culminating in her role as Corporat ..read more

ABOUT OUR GUEST:   Meaghan Ziemba is an industrial tech writer, brand storyteller, and marketer for industrial manufacturers.  She has a B.A. and M.A. in Professional and Technical Writing from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and has been writing for manufacturing since 2008.  Meaghan also hosts a live video broadcast series called Mavens of Manufacturing. The series focuses on women in the sector and aims to attract younger generations to join manufacturing or engineering career pathways to help close the skills and gender gaps. Meaghan is a proud mother of three. She enj ..read more