The Empowering Women Podcast

Episode 10 of the Empowering Women Podcast GUEST : Shereen Yusuff, Production Petroleum Engineer Shereen has held positions in Project Management, Business Development and Customer Success through her 15 year career in Oil and Gas. Within oil and gas, she has worked on Production, Drilling and Reservoirs. This is unique experience in the context of oil and gas professionals because she has worked...

Episode 9 of the Empowering Women Podcast Guest: Taralinda Willis, Co-Founder & CEO of Curate Solutions Bio: Taralinda earned her MBA from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater with a focus on operations and project management. Taralinda has experience in large-scale public project management, overseeing the creation of a $94M multi-use facility for the state of Wisconsin, sales and account m...

Episode 8 of the Empowering Women Podcast Guest : Ingrid Lindberg, Founder & CEO of Chief Customer Consulting Bio : Ingrid Lindberg is the founding owner of Chief Customer Consulting. She is the first person to hold the title of CXO, or Chief Customer Experience Officer. From the early age of 14, Ingrid began working full-time at a salon; she soon worked her way into retail, and then retail ma...

Episode 6 of the Empowering Women Podcast GUEST :  Drena Howard is a Senior Environmental, Health, Safety and Sustainability professional with 15 years of experience in retail, manufacturing and warehouse, spanning cosmetics, building system services, and aerospace. Drena holds a Bachelor of Science in Biology from South Carolina State University, which is an important Historically black universit...

Episode 6 of the Empowering Women Podcast GUEST : Sepi Saidi, Civil Engineer & Entrepreneur, Founding Owner of SEPI, Inc. Sepi Saidi is a visionary leader who founded SEPI Engineering & Construction in 2001 and has led the company to become a premier full service civil, environmental planning, and construction management engineering firm in the Southeast. The firm’s awards include Fast 50...

Episode 5 of the Empowering Women Podcast Guest : Jackie Saling, Chemical Engineer and Remediation Community of Practice Leader at Arcadis Jackie Saling has over seventeen years of professional experience in the environmental consulting industry and is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Michigan. At Arcadis, Ms. Saling is lead engineer for several large accounts where she develops...

Episode 4 of the Empowering Women Podcast Guest: Christen Wood, Wastewater Operator Christen is currently the Operations Administrator at the County of Summit Department of Sanitary Sewer Services. She has been working in the wastewater field since 2008, first at the City of Ashtabula wastewater laboratory, then in both laboratory and operations roles for the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District...

Episode 3 of the Empowering Women Podcast Guest: Jenny Han, Architect, Director of Design Operations at Skender Jenny Han is a licensed Architect based in Chicago. Her specialities include design of healthcare facilities. Ms. Han also has a special interest in the intersection of space and community. She shared her story of being the daughter of immigrants and what it was like to find her path at...

Episode 2 of the Empowering Women Podcast Renee shared her career path. She started her career in the HVACR space without any technical training. She courageously shared her experience of leaving the workforce to become a caretaker for her terminally ill father, and her experience returning after some time away. Renee has exception, heart-felt advice for women working their way up in male-dominate...

Episode 1 of the Empowering Women Podcast Guest: Lynn Spivey, Director of Utilities for the City of Plant City, Florida  Lynn shared her career path. She started her early career working for the U.S. Airforce and working for a defense contractor in electronics. She went to school for Chemical Engineering and ended up in the municipal water and wastewater sector. Lynn has a wonderful perspective on...

Mel the Engineer speaks solo on this episode to describe what the Empowering Women Podcast is all about. She also shares information on the Empowering Women in Industry Organization, and CollabSuite, a career support group for women working in male-dominated fields.