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Estée Lauder Companies + Girls Write Now: Think Tank on Tech, Art, Language & Beauty
Friday, December 6,
2-5PM ET
at Girls Write Now Headquarters
in-person event; open to Girls Write Now mentees, prospects, and alum + ELC employees
We need your brilliant brains! Girls Write Now and Estée Lauder Companies (ELC) join forces for a panel discussion and think tank exploring the intersection of technology, art, language, and beauty.
What happens when creativity meets technology to make a lasting impact? Together, we’ll have an intergenerational exchange to help shape Girls Write Now’s programs and lay the groundwork for our future tech leaders.
What can you expect?
-Network to learn about amazing positions and new talent
-Share personal and professional journeys
-Demonstrate the art behind technology
-Explore how technology enriches writing
-Enhance digital literacy
-Contribute to Girls Write Now’s curriculum
-Impact the next generation of tech superstars!
This event is perfect for those interested in technology and the creative fields, from ELC employees and mentees to tech enthusiasts and creative problem-solvers. No matter your background, there’s a place for you to contribute and connect.
Snacks, drinks, and gift bags!
This event is live at the Girls Write Now Headquarters, 247 W 37th Street, between 7th and 8th Avenues, 10th floor
Girls Write Now participants and ELC employees must register.
Meet the Partner
The Estée Lauder Companies
The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. is an American multinational cosmetics company, a manufacturer and marketer of makeup, skincare, fragrance and hair care products, based in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.
Estée Lauder Companies Employees
Lynda Pak
Lynda Pak is Senior Vice President, Technology Leader for Global Brands and Corporate Functions at Estee Lauder Companies (ELC). Since joining ELC in 2016, she has been passionate about helping business leaders make smart technology investment choices to shape and accelerate value creation. With over twenty years of technology strategy and operational experience, she has collaborated with executive leadership teams at ELC, Bed Bath and Beyond (BBB), Borders Group (BGI), and other leading companies in the consumer products/retail industry. Prior to ELC, as the Vice President of eCom/Digital and Marketing Technologies for BBB, she successfully led the redesign of the digital customer experience and their next generation digital and marketing capabilities. At BGI, she served as Chief Technology Officer and VP of Applications, and as VP of eCommerce Operations. Additionally, with over 19 years of consulting experience with Deloitte Consulting and PricewaterhouseCoopers, she has demonstrated commitment and success as an advisor to senior executive business partners to define and curate their strategic initiatives to drive business value. Lynda has led the delivery of very large, complex, and global ERP programs for key clients. Finally, Lynda built Deloitte Consulting’s global ‘Green IT’ practice to help clients reduce their technology carbon footprint.
Diane Kerr
Diane Kerr is a seasoned change leader with over a decade of experience driving employee engagement, business transformation, and change management initiatives across global organizations. Known for her innovative approach to problem-solving and her ability to build strong relationships with senior leadership, Diane excels in leading high-impact projects that transform workplace culture, drive employee engagement, and achieve business outcomes. Currently, she leads Global IT Employee Engagement at The Estée Lauder Companies, where she champions strategic initiatives and change management efforts to create an inclusive, collaborative, and growth-oriented environment. Diane holds an MBA and a B.S., in Civil Engineering from Rutgers University and is currently working on becoming a Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach.
Brittney Kim
Brittney Kim is a Lead IT Business Partner at the Estée Lauder Companies. In her role, she focuses on strategy, driving innovation, and bridging the gap between technology and business needs. Brittney has been with ELC full-time for four years, and her journey began with a summer internship in 2019, where she was first introduced to the business. Brittney is passionate about leveraging technology to create impactful solutions and drive business success.
Ellen Morgenstern
Ellen Morgenstern has worked for The Estée Lauder Companies for nearly ten years in various IT and Digital Communications roles, and is currently a Senior Lead, Business Analyst — supporting the company’s corporate functions. She began her career in PR, working in the television industry and later in publishing, including for companies like MTV, Sesame Street, Reader’s Digest and Disney. She also provided strategic communications counsel and services to corporate and nonprofit clients through her own consultancy. Ellen’s expertise includes digital platform creation and management, content strategy, and corporate storytelling — with a passion for helping businesses be environmentally and socially responsible.
GWN Tech Committee Members
Morgan Lin
Morgan Lin is a storyteller, social-impact-driven technology innovator, and interdisciplinary tinkerer with a purpose to amplify youth voices and promote digital literacy equity. An award-winning poet, her work explores human connection and intangible emotions, with pieces featured in Scholastic Art & Writing, Girls Write Now, Tiger Leaping Review, Noor Magazine, and Disney. In technology, Morgan channels her innovation into her app providing college resources and NightGuard, a device designed to enhance women’s safety during nighttime walks. She has contributed to projects through Google Code Next, NYU Tandon’s bioengineering lab, and NASA SEES climate research. Driven by her passion for bridging the digital divide, Morgan leads initiatives like Little League Coding, a nonprofit that introduces underserved youth to technology, GirlCon, an international conference empowering women in STEM, and the Public Knowledge AI Literacy Toolkit for K-12 schools. Morgan serves as one of 10 Youth Representatives at UNICEF USA, where she champions children’s rights in the digital realm and promotes mental health. Her efforts extend to policy, including contributing to statewide legislation to ban facial recognition in schools and combat algorithmic bias with Encode Justice. Morgan is a mentee participant in GWN’s Lead Incubator journey. Little League Coding (Morgan’s org)
Sophia One
Sophia One is a NYC high school student from the Bronx High School of Science who is also a Girls Write Now mentee and a member of GWN’s Lead Incubator. She is involved in many extracurriculars related to environmentalism, such as conducting social science research on climate policies, promoting climate action in government, and leading the Green Team at her school. Her other activities include volunteering at her local Queens Public Library, running an online vintage business, and participating in the National Honor Society. Sophia also has a strong interest in media studies and journalism, of which she hopes to continue in college. Besides her academic life, Sophia enjoys traveling the world, building legos, and watching Formula One races (a huge Ferrari fan!).
Felicia Dodge
Mentor Alum & Tech Committee Member; Felicia Dodge is currently living in the big city (New York) and chasing after even bigger dreams. She is fascinated by learning new things and has trouble staying in the same place for too long. Currently, she serves as the Director of Analytics & Insights at Monks and was previously part of the Audience Insights team at Twitter, leading custom research initiatives and developing data-backed strategies for brands in the sports & entertainment industries. She has spent the last 5 years in the tech industry, working with marketers to tell compelling stories with data.
Ashna Shah
Mentor Alum & Tech Committee Member; Ashna Shah is a brand strategist—helping brands and political candidates alike find and articulate their north stars. Having worked on campaigns for brands like H&M and Pepsi, and progressive candidates of color across the country, she’s honed her storytelling and narrative skills for maximum resonance and memorability, and has a deep respect for the power of the well-chosen word. As a mentor at Girls Write Now, she supports—and learns from—a talented mentee whose writing impresses and unveils unspoken truths.
Rose Else-Mitchell
Mentor Alum & Tech Committee Member; Rose Else-Mitchell leads the education business at Scholastic comprising all the company’s products and services in support of reading development and children’s social-emotional wellbeing created for prek-12 districts, schools, and direct to teachers. With a focus on meeting the highly diverse needs of all students, Education Solutions offers unparalleled literacy content, book collections, instruction, extended/ home learning, curricula and professional learning across print and digital formats. Education Solutions’ innovative, equitable, and effective materials which support children to learn to read and love to read serve over 90% of prek-12 institutions in the U.S. First joining Scholastic in 2000 as an instructional designer, Rose became Senior Vice-President, of Product Development for the EdTech business in 2008, developing READ 180 Next Generation, MATH 180 and System 44, which were sold to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) in 2015. She was later appointed Chief Learning Officer and EVP, Professional Learning, at HMH. Rose also serves as a Teaching Fellow at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and chairs the Industry Council of the EdTech Evidence Exchange. Rose began her career in education as an ELA classroom teacher in Sydney, Australia.
Alisha Stull
Tech Committee Member; Alisha Stull is a Partner Engineer at Google, where she works with software companies that are hosted on Google Cloud on various Go-to-market initiatives. Prior to Google, Alisha worked at ServiceNow and SAP.
Shifali Bose
Tech Committee Member; Shifali Bose works at Adobe as a Digital Strategist for Automotive, working with senior leaders to identify digital gaps across the end-to-end customer experience and provide recommendations focused on the highest-value opportunities.
This event is open to:
all mentees and program alum