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Jennifer “Jenny” Gaffney:...

“Organizer of Chaos” Jenny Gaffney is a Senior Manager for Disney’s Direct-to-Consumer & International (DTCI) segment, currently supporting ESPN’s Fantasy App and Web portfolio. Jenny is on Disney’s Women + Tech leadership team and previously served on the ESPN+ launch team. She has an MBA and Advanced Business Certification in both Human Resource Management and Project Management from the University of Connecticut. Jenny never thought she would work for a company like...

Dr. Beiyan Zhou: 2020 Women of...

“I am so excited to be a part of Covid-19 solutions, to be able to help the world!” Dr. Beiyan Zhou is a first-generation immigrant from China. As a ninth-grader in her home country, she published her first paper while competing with an upperclassman. “I had a laboratory setting in my bedroom. I would walk by these peach flowers every morning and watch them bloom. I...

Dr. Rebecca Andrews: 2020 Wome...

“I love my job and that is a gift. I have never said, oh I can't go to work today.” Though her favorite part about her job is patient care, Dr. Rebecca Andrews is more than just a doctor who sees patients. Recently promoted to a full-time professor, Rebecca is also a Primary Care Physician, Internal Medicine Residency Associate Program Director, and their Director of Ambulatory Education...

Maranda Wong: 2020 Women of In...

“I just want to be happy and enjoy my life. That is how I define success.” Maranda Wong is a Commercial and Advanced Military Engines Component Integrated Product Team (CIPT) Deputy and ACE (Quality) Deputy Manager in the Material & Processes Engineering department for Pratt & Whitney. We asked Maranda what it means to be a CIPT Deputy Manager: Maranda Wong opening up the Asian Heritage Month Celebration...