Anne
Shaffer
is a Biologist with State of Washington Department of Fish
and Wildlife. Anne also spent some time as a research scientist
in Antarctica.
Penny Becker, PhD (biochemistry)
who runs the infectious disease program for Olympic Medical
Center.
Cat Hawkins Hoffman,
Chief Natural Resources at Olympic National Park. Cat, a biologist
by education, oversees all of the policies and programs that
have to do with natural resources at ONP; e.g., bears, goats,
owls, other wildlife, fish, native plants, etc.
Lara Johnson Research
Scientist At Batelle she was responsible for conducting biological
tests with marine organisms in a laboratory with running seawater.
She later began work with a small group (herself and two other
women scientists) developing and testing remediation technologies
using fungi. |
Combine 70 high school girls; 4 scientist speakers; platters of
fruit, veggies, cheese, and meat from Oak Table Cafe and what
do you have? Ingredients for a successful WIN “Women
in Science” luncheon, all sponsored by Soroptimist of Sequim.
Yes, our luncheon on the 19th was a huge success. The women speakers
were from Olympic Nat’l Park, Olympic Medical Center, Fish
and Wildlife and Batelle. They had power point presentations and
shared wonderful stories. They were very down-to-earth, and even
told of situations where men tried to get in there way, and sometimes
still do. They gave great advice to the girls. The audience of girls
was attentive, inquisitive, interested, and
all-around great!
In February the girls go to Univ. of Washington for a tour; March
is “Women in Flight” at Boeing; May will be a send-off
dinner (plans in the works).
Thanks for everyone’s support and making this a great WIN
year!
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