Conference Organizers
The Georgia Tech Women's Leadership Conference is planned by a committee of undergraduate and graduate women students, advised by a board of Georgia Tech faculty and alumnae.
Volunteers are an integral part of the conference. If you're interested in helping out on the day of the conference or beforehand, please check out the volunteers page!
Conference Chair
Liz Tarpey is a 4th year Industrial and Systems Engineering major from Braintree, MA. Aside from working with WLC, Liz serves as Secretary to the Panhellenic Council and is a member of the Order of Omega. She spent her last summer studying abroad on the Oxford Program and looks forward to an internship this summer. Last year, Liz served as Publicity chair to the conference and really enjoyed publicizing for the event. She also served as Publicity chair to her sorority, Alpha Xi Delta at that time.
Advisor
Colleen Riggle is the director of the Georgia Tech Women's Resource Center and advisor to Women's Leadership Conference and Women's Awareness Month. This is Yvette's 9th year of involvement with the Women's Leadership Conference.
Awards Chair
Corey Aitken is a 3rd year Management major from Tucker, GA and is serving as the Awards Chair this year. Outside of the WLC, she is the House Manager for Alpha Xi Delta Sorority, a member of the Team Leader Advisory Board, a GT 1000 Team Leader, a host for Connect With Tech, and previously ran Cross Country and Track for Georgia Tech. She is also currently co-oping at Action Capital Corporation. In her free time she enjoys running half marathons, traveling, scuba diving, and shopping.
Finance Chair
Maryam Doroudi is a graduate student in the school of Biology. She served as a keynote speaker chair in 2009 and as a volunteer in the 2007 and 2008 Women's Leadership Conference. She is very excited about the opportunity that WLC has provided her to practice teamwork and leadership skills. In her spare time, she enjoys outdoor activities such as sailing, hiking, skiing, kayaking, caving and running.
Registration Chair
Caitlin Simmonds is a 3rd year Building Construction major from Peachtree City, GA. Besides working with the WLC as the Registration Chair, she also is involved with the Marketing Committee for Relay for Life, the Mystagogue Chair for the Alpha Chi Omega sorority, the grassroots campaign ONE, and the Student Construction Association. She also works with and is involved in Georgia Tech's Success Programs as a student assistant. In her free time, Caitlin enjoys dancing, whether its for Homecoming Week's MockRock or just for fun. She also loves to travel and recently studied abroad this past summer in Paris.
Ambassador
Aarthi Murugappan is a 3rd year Biology major from Augusta, GA. She is also involved with AIESEC and is on the logistics committee for TEAM Buzz. Last year, she spend a semester studying abroad in Singapore and loved her time in Southeast Asia. Her hobbies include eating lots of good food and sometimes cooking. This is Aarthi's second year with WLC.
Web Chair
K.C. Young is a 5th year Industrial Engineering major from Memphis, TN. She serves as President of the Student Alumni Association, and is a member of Alpha Chi Omega Sorority and Georgia Tech Student Ambassadors, where she also serves as the Website Chair. When she is not sending e-mails or updating the WLC website, K.C. can be found searching Atlanta for good Tex-Mex and interning at Bain & Company. This is K.C.'s fourth year working with WLC.
Graphics Chair
Keynote Speaker Chair
Logistics Chairs
Naveena Rahman is a 3rd year Industrial and Systems Engineering student from Woodstock, Georgia. Her experience with the Women's Leadership Conference has ranged from a guest as a high school student to volunteer to 2010 Logistics Chair. In addition to serving on the conference committee, she is in Georgia Tech's Honors Program, a member of Society of Women Engineers, Muslim Student Association, STAND, Gamma Beta Phi, National Society of Collegiate Scholars, and the Festival committee. She spent the last summer studying abroad at Georgia Tech Lorraine. Beyond academics, her interests include traveling, reading, shopping, basketball, and organizing logistics for the WLC.
Publicity Chairs
Workshops Chair
Keianna Shipp is a 3rd year Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering major originally from Oklahoma. She is this year's WLC Workshops chair, in addition she is also an RA in Eighth Street West and mentor in a local Atlanta high school. Among other positions, she is Co-Historian for the African American Student Union and a member of the National Society of Black Engineers.She enjoys crocheting and watching movies when she's not busy with her extracurricular activities.
Volunteers Chair
Jennifer Lor is a 3rd year Management major pursuing a certificate in Accounting. After attending the conference last year, she was deeply impressed and is now thrilled to be serving on the planning committee. Aside from WLC, Jennifer has also been a Resident Advisor for Eight Street Apartments and the Marketing Director for Alpha Kappa Psi. She is now interning for GT Conference Services and can be found volunteering at the Atlanta Pet Rescue in her spare time.