Google event: International Women's Day 2022

Feb. 23, 2022

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JOIN US FOR A GLOBAL SUMMIT CELEBRATING

International Women's Day 2022

On March 8, 2022, Google will celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD) with a live streamed Global Summit featuring panels, workshops, and tech talks highlighting the accomplishments and forward momentum of women technologists at Google and within the industry. 
 
Join us as we hear from women at Google and their experiences with: 
・Career and industry switches
・Developing products to make the world safer and more accessible
・Finding a balance between self, work, and community
 
... and more! 

event

March 8, 2022 

10:00 AM

 

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12:45 PM

 

 PST

Grace Chung 

Grace is an Engineering Manager on the ChromeOS Software team. She is the head of Machine Intelligence for ChromeOS and she is also one of the two Engineering Site Leads for Australia and New Zealand. Grace has worked at Google for over thirteen years as a software engineer, a tech lead and a manager. She has a PhD in Computer Science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and has worked in academic and industry research. She has a nine year old son and in her spare time she loves to sing and play the piano.

Juliet Ehimuan

Juliet Ehimuan is founder of Beyond Limits Africa initiative and Director at Google West Africa. She was named by Forbes as one of the top 20 power women in Africa, by the London Business School as one of 30 people changing the world; featured in the BBC Africa Power Women series, and on CNN Innovate Africa. She is a globally respected business executive, thought leader, and a leading voice on Innovation, Transformation, and Leadership. Juliet is a certified Executive Coach and a member of the Forbes Coaches Council.

Adrienne Lofton

Adrienne Lofton is dedicated to inspiring and empowering consumers around the world through breakthrough storytelling and experiences. 

As Vice President of Brand Marketing at Google, Adrienne oversees the end-to-end marketing funnel for Google’s Platforms & Ecosystems portfolio (such as Android, Chrome, Play and Education). Her team focuses on creating unbreakable consumer relationships with a focus on brand management, integrated media, social, creative and operations. Prior to joining Google, Adrienne held executive positions at several leading Fortune 100 brands, including Nike where she served as the Head of North America Marketing, Under Armour where she was the head of Brand, Operations and Philanthropy, as well as Target, General Motors and Gap where she began her career. 

With over 20 years of cross-industry experience, Adrienne is known for leading transformation and always advocating a team-first internal mentality. She prides herself in leading efforts that have consistently resulted in new market domination, multicultural and purpose driven magnification, and always with the ability to identify unmet consumer needs. 

An industry leader, Adrienne has been recognized for her contributions including the recognition by The Holmes Report's Influence 100, Ad Age Brand Genius Award, Black Enterprise Most Powerful Women in Business, Ad Week Most Powerful Women in Sport and NBC News Most Powerful Women in Sports and many more. 

Adrienne serves on the Board of Directors of Alaska Air Group, Inc. and sits on the Advisory Board for Howard University’s School of Business, where she is also a proud graduate. Adrienne is an unabashed purpose-driven DEI champion, a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., an avid fitness enthusiast and resides in Los Angeles with her partner, Eli Kumekpor and their puppy Kosi Langston.

Cinthia Lopez

Cinthia joined Google as Director, Talent Outreach in November 2021 after almost 20 years at Capital One. Cinthia began her career in Product Management in the credit card industry. Since then, she embarked on opportunities in Project Management, Process Management, and Risk Management.

 

In 2015, Cinthia transferred to Human Resources where she held roles in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Leadership Development, and as an HR Business Partner. In 2018 she became Head of Campus Recruiting and Programs for Capital One, where her team delivered amazing recruiting and program experiences for thousands of candidates and associates.

Cinthia holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from University of the Ozarks, and a Master of Arts in Latin American Studies from Georgetown University. She is a proud wife and mother of three children and loves to travel and read when she finds the time.

Nuha Elkhiamy 

Nuha Elkhiamy joined Google in 2019 and is a Director of Program Management for Legal Works. In this role, Nuha partners with Google’s Legal department and oversees program and solution delivery across enterprise solutions, including a new Google-wide Contracting solution implementation.

Before Google, Nuha was at General Electric (GE) where she held roles across project management, product management, and application engineering. While at GE, Nuha’s primary focus and passion was delivering enterprise applications. Her career highlights include co-building and launching GE’s performance development approach which received accolades from Harvard Business Review and Fast Company. While at GE Nuha led Detroit’s first award-winning Women’s Network Hub and championed GE’s first Girls Who Code summer program.

At Google, Nuha leads the Austin Engineering Diversity Equity & Inclusion (DEI) pillar where she crafted an Early Career & Talent Pipeline focused on increasing representation in the technology industry. 

Nuha currently resides in Austin, TX with her husband, two children, and two pets. You can often find the family exploring new cuisines or riding their bicycles around town.

Ana-Maria Icancu 

Ana-Maria is a technical lead and software engineer working on Fitbit smartwatches. She has developed various UX features for all released watches in multiple areas, including apps and system wide experiences. On the Fitbit Sense watch, she leads the development of the Mindfulness experience and the Today app. Outside of work, she is passionate about sports and fitness. She also enjoys SciFi and Fantasy series. 

Loredana Ninov

Loredana is part of the Fitbit Health Experiences team, working on hero features that help users become more active for better health. She is passionate about health & wellness, especially fitness and its deep impact on health. She loves sports, traveling and reading.

Luciana Maroun

Luciana is a Senior Software Engineer working on bringing the best of Google to kids and families everywhere. She has a MSc and a BSc in Computer Science from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil, and is currently pursuing an MBA in People Management. She loves to travel (and notably planning the itinerary), has an inclination to put everything on a list, enjoys singing, playing foosball and hide-and-seek with her 2-year-old daughter.