Selena Birk

Selena BirkTitle: Consultant
Company: Selena Birk
Location: Playa Vista, CA United States

Selena Birk has 26 years of experience in Project management, emergency management and airport operations. She was the deputy executive director of operations and emergency management for the Los Angeles World Airports until she left to start her own consulting business, Selena Birk, where she uses her experience to offer airport operations and systems and emergency management services.

Ms. Birk describes her first airport management position at Van Nuys Airport as the highlight of her career. She also worked on the software for LAX to be prepared for the year 2000. She has been determined not to let any barriers stop her in her career, and she does not accept no as an answer. She knows that women are certainly a minority in aviation, but she attributes her success to good mentors, both male and female.

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Ellen Welter-Meiseles

Title: Manager
Company: LegalShield
Location: Santa Clarita, CA United States

Starting her career as a licensed commodities exchange trader, and only one of five women licensed to sell and trade on the commodities exchange, Ellen Welter-Meiseles now works as a manager for the legal services company LegalShield. She started her position here after speaking with a representative of the company, and realizing how important their services are. She enjoys being able to help people get the protection they need at an affordable rate. She owns her own bookkeeping business as well.

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Clara Taylor

Clara TaylorTitle: Project Manager
Company: WorleyParsons
Location: Glen Iris, VIC Australia

Clara Taylor has 22 years of  experience working in the mining, industrial chemical, food, railway, and oil and gas industries. She became involved in her profession after being exposed to the oil and gas industry as an undergraduate student. She has worked with companies such as Exxon Mobil Corporation, Rio Tinto Alcan, Fonterra Tiwest, and most recently, WorleyParsons, where she was the major projects project manager. Most recently, she was responsible for leading an 84-plus person team in completing the compression upgrade detail design engineering of a major offshore facility for the Brunei Shell Petroleum Project.

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Tina Suihkone

Title: President
Company: Beacon Default Management
Location: Lake Forest, CA United States

With 22 years in real estate and 8 years in her current position, Tina Suihkonen initially began her career as a paralegal, but eventually ventured into residential and commercial real estate. As the market began to change, she saw the need for commercial foreclosures and progressed into its niche market, creating Beacon Default Management.

As a woman in today’s world, Ms. Suihkonen feels that her drive to want more for herself has contributed to her success in a male-dominated industry. When she went to a conference 15 years ago, it was 99 percent male, but that number has changed to 75 percent. She plans to continue to grow her business in the years to come.

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Linda Shugart

Title: Chief Executive Officer
Company: HPC Solutions
Location:  Lakewood, CO United States

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