Executive Alliance Announces 2023/24 Effective Impact Mentoring Cohort

August 10, 2023

The 2023/24 Effective Impact Mentoring Program Cohort has been solidified. 


Our Effective Impact Mentoring Program is a transformational, year-long experience that provides individual guidance and professional skills to help mid-level women achieve their career goals. Since its launch in 1997, over 200 women have benefited from the program.


Congratulations 2023/2024 Cohort


Julie Bruce

Director of Marketing, 

Whiting-Turner


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Lauren Ellison Poster

Senior Associate Attorney, 

Tydings & Rosenberg LLP


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Louise Flavahan

Director of Dialogue and Debate, 

Johns Hopkins University


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Virginia Jeffery

Project Manager, 

The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company


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Cheryl Keeney

Senior Director, Financial Reporting, Ciena Corporation



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Sabrina Knott

Director, Tax & Compliance, 

Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.


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Jessica Lopez

Tax Principal, 

Ellin & Tucker


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Leslie Nissenberg

Senior Digital Product Owner, 

SECU


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Mary Ann Saunders

Engineering Manager, 

Rampart Communications


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Darci Smith

Associate, 

Gordon Feinblatt


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JasCiel Stamp

Director, Human Resources & Organizational Effectiveness, 

Maryland Health Benefit Exchange (State of MD)


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Katherine Watko

Group Supervisor, 

JHU Applied Physics Laboratory


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