Category Archives: Press Releases

RecognizingMember, Eloisa de Villalobos

Eloisa de Villalobos is a Monitoring Officer at IAEA where she works to improve Results Based Management in technical cooperation projects. She promotes team management techniques along impact tracking methodologies to tell the story about what has been done and achieved during project implementation. To this role, Eloisa brings unmatched communication skill and advance methods for economic evaluation expertise.

Eloisa holds her Master’s degree in Economic Development from the London School of Economics. She has also published books on the use of economic analysis in project cycle and digital evidence in 2012, 2014, and 2016. Moving forward, she would like to grow in her work by changing the way results are reported.

When not engaged with work, Eloisa enjoys travel, sports and film. Also a passionate philanthropist, she has worked with refugees through fostering mechanisms and charity organizations.

Women’s Networking Association Member, Eloisa de Villalobos, can be found on the Association Directory, where she is looking forward to networking with you.

 

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Amy Zuk President of Elevate and Co-owner of F&S Safety Buzz Ltd & CAR Realty

 

Amy is a business leader, a safety professional, a volunteer and most importantly  a family girl!

Amy has spent the last 15 years as a safety coach impacting and enhancing thousands of people’s mindsets towards safety and development.  Whether it’s in the classroom, as a keynote speaker or coaching, her passion is for everyone to live the most fulfilled, healthy & safe life possible!

Amy was born and raised on a mixed farm near Bonnyville Alberta.  Amy sometime jokes that some of the short cuts she witnessed on the farm was what led her to safety.  She is blessed with various backgrounds of work experience such as farming, working as a laborer, a fourth class power engineer and an oilfield operator.  It was Amy’s experience in the oilfield that brought her the realization “there are much safer ways to do things!”.  While sitting in on an H2S class, Amy loved the training course so much she said “I would love to be part of influencing peoples safety”….so she did! That created the start of Safety Buzz in 2004 and F&S Safety Buzz in 2018.  In 2016 Amy became a John Maxwell certified speaker, trainer and coach to elevate her leadership skills and add value to others.  Amy’s had the enjoyment of presenting motivational messages to clients such as Canlin Energy, Methanex, City of Medicine Hat Natural Gas Department & Canadian Society of Safety Engineers to name a few.

Amy loves to give back to the community, work with like-minded people and help those that could use a little boost.  Amy volunteers with many organizations.  Amongst her favorite are Safety City, HALO &  Canadian Society of Safety Engineers.

Women’s Networking Association Member, Amy Zuk, can be found on the Association Directory, where she is looking forward to networking with you.
 
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RecognizingDr. Jamese J. Hilliard

 

Dr. Jamese J. Hilliard has been in her profession for 25 years, and is working with Janssen Pharmaceutical Research & Development (a Johnson & Johnson company) as Principal Scientist, PreClinical Models Leader in the Infectious Disease/Microbiome Department.

Having always had a natural interested in science since she was a child, it was no surprise she went all the way in her profession, earning her Doctorate from Rutgers University in NJ in Microbiology/Molecular Genetics, 1993. She has done extensive research in her field, but is now focusing on the clinical aspects of research. She is part of the American Society for Microbiology.

An experienced infectious Disease Pre-clinical Research Biologist with extensive experience leading and conducting pre-clinical models of inflammation/infectious disease in an AAALAC accredited facility, she holds a distinctive combination of leadership, collaboration and technical strengths generate scientific insight, process improvement and cost savings. Some of her expertise includes due diligence evaluations for licensing and acquisition opportunities of therapeutic biologicals, antibodies, small molecules and antibiotics.

Dr. Hilliard is always willing to try new things and learn something new, and is most proud of work she did getting antibiotics to patients. She is looking forward to networking and connecting with other like-minded professionals, and to gaining the recognition and credibility of being a member.

Women’s Networking Association Member, Dr. Jamese J. Hilliard, can be found on the Association Directory, where she is looking forward to networking with you.

 

Selected Accomplishments

Program Management – Designed and led pre-clinical teams leading to adoption of shorter courses of treatment.

Pre-Clinical Technical Advising – Shifted focus toward immunology parameters and utility of combination therapies.

Infectious Disease Research – Created in vivo models that better evaluated combination therapy and host response.

Presentations –

  • Awarded Medimmune ‘Science Day Top 10 Posters’ -“Evaluation of anti-Alpha Toxin mAb and Vancomycin combination therapy in a Murine MRSA Pneumonia Model”.
  • Awarded the prestigious MedImmune ‘Patent of the Year’ – 2014 for the “Treatment of Polybacterial Infections”.
  • Awarded Paper of the Year -“A multifunctional bispecific antibody protects against Pseudomonas aeruginosa”.

RecognizingElexis Lawson

 
As Business Engagement Specialist for the Howard County Office of Workforce Development, Elexis Lawson is dedicated to implementing employment strategies that focus on value-added solutions for companies and individuals. Skilled in strategic human resources and organizational development, Elexis has extensive experience in employee relations, change management, project management, employee training, and recruitment.
 
Additionally, when she isn’t at work for the County Office, Elexis is the owner and proprietor of ZippyErrand Delivery Service, LLC, a reliable weekend delivery service that offers local services in  groceries drop-off, post office visits, picking up in-store packages, taking care of store return items, and more. Especially helpful for seniors, new parents, and people newly moved into the neighborhood, Zippy Errand helps customers conquer their to-do list.
 
Coming from public service origins, Elexis was on the Round Table of Manufacturers for Senator Ben Cardin’s Made in America initiative. She has established strategic industry partnerships across the healthcare, IT, and public sectors. Additionally, Elexis is adept at program management and business analysis.
 
Elexis earned a bachelor’s degree in Public Relations from Howard University, and her master’s degree in Human Resources and Organizational Development from The Johns Hopkins University. Based in Columbia, Maryland, she serves as Executive Chair for the NAACP branch of Howard County, specifically over the Mature Active adults.
 
Outside of her professional and community endeavors, Elexis enjoys travel and dancing.
 
Elexis Lawson, Women’s Networking Association member, can be found on the Association Directory. She looks forward to networking with you!
 
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RecognizingHsin Loke, D.Phil

 
Dr. Hsin Loke is a highly accomplished business leader with executive finance experience in the big pharma and biotech startup sectors. In July 2018, Hsin joined OMass Therapeutics as VP and Head of Finance and Strategy, where she has a broad ranging leadership role which include target selection, finance, HR, Legal and Intellectual Property. Prior to this, Hsin held a range of finance, strategy and business roles within GSK, including at the Rare Diseases Unit supporting development and commercialization of gene therapy medicines. Outside work, Hsin is a member of the Board of Trustees for BookTrust, UK’s largest reading charity.
 
A role model for women in science, business, and technology, Hsin holds a First Class degree in Biology from the University of Oxford, where she also completed her DPhil in genetic susceptibility and cellular immunology on Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever in Vietnam. Hsin is a Chartered Accountant and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales.
 
Hsin is currently based in London but grew up in multicultural Malaysia, which explains impressive range of languages she speaks: English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Hokkien and Malay. Outside work, Hsin juggles a busy family life with her two boys and her love of cycling.
 
Women’s Networking Association Member Hsin Loke, D.Phil, be found on the Association Directory, where she is looking forward to networking with you.