The first ever New York City Young Enterprising Women Mentoring Forum for high school girls in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) and STEAM (adding the Arts) will be presented by the Enterprising Women Foundation on April 20, 2023 at Columbia Secondary School for Math, Science, and Engineering--a public school in Harlem partnered with Columbia University.
NEW YORK, April 13, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- EcoPlum®, a sustainable promotional products company, announces today that Gia Machlin, its President & CEO, will co-chair with Dr. Sandi Webster the first ever New York City Young Enterprising Women Mentoring Forum for high school girls in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) and STEAM (adding the Arts). Presented by the Enterprising Women Foundation, the event takes place on April 20, 2023 in Harlem at Columbia Secondary School for Math, Science, and Engineering--a public school partnered with Columbia University.
The Enterprising Women Foundation Mentoring Program provides high school girls across the U.S. and Canada with an opportunity to meet and connect with outstanding women entrepreneurs in their community at a local event. These events are designed to recognize the leadership potential of the young women participants, inspire them to dream big, and provide a focus on opportunities in STEM and STEAM, an educational model that includes science-based fields, a wide-range of the arts, and creative problem solving.
The inaugural New York City mentoring forum at Columbia Secondary School for Math, Science, and Engineering (CSS) will be highly interactive and include a panel of business leaders, roundtable discussions, a financial literacy breakout session, and a scholarship announcement. Ten diverse women mentors and over 50 young women from the high school are expected to participate in the three-hour event. Two of the students will win scholarships sponsoring their attendance at this year's Annual Enterprising Women of the Year Awards, May 21-22 in Clearwater, Florida. Airfare, transportation, hotel, meals, and incidentals will be covered for each winner and an accompanying parent or adult chaperone.
Gia Machlin, forum Co-Chair, said:
"I am so excited for our mentors to inspire, and be inspired by, these fabulous young women in STEM at a New York City high school that collaborates with my alma mater, Columbia University."
Ms. Machlin will open the event with a welcome to attendees and the introduction of Dr. Sandi Webster, forum Co-Chair and CEO of Sandi Webster LLC. Then Monica Smiley, Editor & Publisher at Enterprising Women magazine, and foundation founder, will greet the students with CSS Principal Vikram Arora, host of the forum, and Roxana Bosch, forum liaison for the school.
Dr. Webster will moderate a mentor panel discussion with six successful businesswomen. These entrepreneurs and leaders will share their unique stories, offer advice for success in STEM/STEAM, and take questions. After the panel discussion, there will be ten small group mentoring roundtable discussions, each led by one of the participating mentors.
The Mentors and Panelists are included below with their official titles:
- Dr. Sandi Webster, CEO Sandi Webster LLC, Co-Founder & Chief Learning Officer at Pandi LLC, Co-Chair NYC Mentoring Forum
- Gia Machlin, President & CEO EcoPlum, Co-Chair NYC Mentoring Forum
- Nisha Balwani, CEO RCI Technologies
- Sunita Bajaj, Managing Director and Registered Principal at Fortis Lux Financial
- Nadine Cino, CEO TygaSmart, a portfolio of sustainable tech products
- Michele Maybaum, Outsourced Finance and Accounting Partner at EisnerAmper
- D. Savi Prashad, President and CEO of RISA Management Corp.
- Carol Richards, Financial Advisor at The Richards Group Morgan Stanley
- Bonnie Schnitta, Ph.D., CEO Soundsense LLC
- Maisha Walker, President & Founder at Message Medium
Enterprising Women is a partner in the Million Women Mentors Project and has committed to bringing a focus on opportunities in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) to high school girls who may not have role models or mentors. Million Women Mentors is the premier network dedicated to encouraging girls and women to pursue, persist, and succeed in STEM careers.
Information on hosting a Young Enterprising Women Mentoring Forum is provided here.
About Enterprising Women Foundation
The Enterprising Women Foundation, a 501(c)3 organization and sister organization of Enterprising Women magazine, is hosting a series of mentoring events around the U.S. and Canada to connect outstanding high school girls with an interest in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) with outstanding women entrepreneurs in their local community. Learn more at https://www.enterprisingwomenfoundation.org/
About EcoPlum
EcoPlum Business Gifts offers branded marketing solutions with its Sustainable Swag® line of promotional products. EcoPlum curates best-in-class, eco-friendly gift items and customizes them for clients with their logos, taglines, or messages. We help companies make responsible choices on their branded gifts – a visible symbol of their values – with a goal of reducing plastic and harmful waste in our landfills and oceans. EcoPlum uses rigorous standards for ecological and social sustainability. Transparency is essential. Product sourcing criteria include USDA organic, fair trade, biodegradable, renewable, recycled, reusable, women/minority-owned, Made-in-the-USA, handcrafted or artisan, vegan, non-toxic, and third-party eco-labels (e.g. B Corp, FLA).
EcoPlum is a certified B Corp, WBENC (Women's Business Enterprise National Council) women-owned business enterprise, and Green America Gold Business. The company is a member of ASBC (American Sustainable Business Council), AASHE (Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education), FLA (Fair Labor Association), PPC (Plastic Pollution Coalition), and ASI (Advertising Specialty Institute).
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Marcia Robbins, EcoPlum, 8887309990, [email protected]
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