2024 NOW Conference Presenters

Diego Holguin

Diego A. Holguin (he/they) is an alumni of UC Berkeley and a College Advisor for the College of Computing, Data Science, and Society (CDSS). Diego's journey from student employee to professional staff embodies the transformative power of education and community engagement. Currently, Diego Co-Leads an informal gathering of colleagues that provides a network of support, a toolkit of resources, and an opportunity to build community among supervisors of student employees.

Originally from Compton, Diego has embraced the Bay Area for over 8 years....

Dr. Lorneka Joseph

A native of The Bahamas, Dr. Lorneka is a pharmacist, speaker, and coach helping professionals merge wellness with work. She’s been hired by Citi Bank, The Florida Bar Association, Orange County Government, and Arkansas State University, delivering workshops on resilience, productivity, and mental health.

Founder of Brightly Awake, Dr. Lorneka empowers individuals to embrace holistic success. She believes success isn’t about doing more—it’s about working well. No stranger to media, she’s been featured in Forbes magazine and Comcast. She enjoys time...

Catherine Burns (she/her)

Catherine Burns is the Senior Trainer & Content Developer on the Learning & Development team at UCOP. Her area of focus is supporting the development of emotional intelligence and people skills in leaders at every level to create organizations that are more cohesive, inclusive, and impactful. Prior to her work at UCOP, she trained and coached teams, managers, and CEOs throughout the Bay Area as a Leadership Trainer at LifeLabs Learning, and developed leadership curriculum for girl-identified youth and the adults who serve them as the National Training Director at Girls Leadership....

Danielle Posa (she/her)

Founder of Workplace Wellbeing Advisors and The Wellbeing Hacker

Danielle is the co-founder of Attollo Group(link is external), a management consulting firm focused on elevating the quality and impact of human lives through work. With 14+ years as a management consultant, Danielle has worked with organizations across a variety of industries, all over the world. She partners with executive teams to develop and implement long-term, culturally integrated wellbeing strategies. Danielle believes...

Chester Santos (he/him)

“The International Man of Memory” has left an impression on all corners of the earth. With his unique ability to not only demonstrate extraordinary feats of the mind, but also educate others to do the same, this U.S. Memory Champion is widely regarded to be the world’s leading memory skills expert. Through his entertaining & educational television and movie appearances, professional seminars, and best-selling books, Chester has helped millions of people...

Kim Sapp Dinwiddie (she/her)

Kim Sapp Dinwiddie has been at Berkeley for over 22 years. She is the Director of Talent Management and Organizational Development in Talent Management and Workforce Planning at University Development and Alumni Relations. Kim provides HR and organizational consulting, instructional design and development, as well as training and facilitation to meet UDAR’s strategic workforce planning needs. She managed Berkeley’s first fundraising training program during the successful Light the Way campaign, whereby a shift in the fundraising enterprise yielded a surpassed $6B...

R. Harumi Quinones Austria (she/her)

Harumi, Director of Student Services in the Department of Psychology, is a dedicated staff alumna with 20+ years on campus.  She credits multicultural roots for her ability to communicate with and bridge communities.

Advocacy for DEIBJ and opportunities for students and staff are her passions. She enjoys inspiring and being inspired by her team, students, faculty, and peers; effectively managing resources to support her department while developing community; and campus-wide efforts making a difference in DEIBJ.

She currently serves on the AMP...

Jolie Lam (she/her)

Jolie Lam is the manager of the surgical robotics and digital health program at CITRIS and the Banatao Institute. Before joining CITRIS, she was a programmatic officer for the Foundations of Machine Learning program at the UC Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, and she previously worked as an academic officer for the Guizhou-Berkeley Big Data Innovation Research Center at the UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare.

Jolie is from Hong Kong and has worked in mainland China for multinational companies as well as startups. She...

Phyllis Lin (she/her)

Phyllis is a UC Berkeley Economics graduate and currently works as a Research Data Science Analyst at CITRIS Health. Her proactive approach to research has led her to assist a business school professor and participate in investment clubs, fueling her research interest. Two banking internships have exposed her to the finance world, and the summers she spent at Credit Suisse Equity Research and Citigroup Investment Banking solidified her passion for healthcare research.

Apart from her academic and professional pursuits, Phyllis enjoys playing...

Lucrecia Iruela (she/her)

Lucrecia Iruela is a multi-talented professional with +25 years of experience as a seasoned leadership coach, career catalyst, storyteller, and HR consultant in multiple countries. Her work in Silicon Valley has allowed her to support the largest tech companies, such as Google, Apple, and LinkedIn. In addition to working with Fortune 500 companies, she collaborates with agencies, non-profits, and universities. She creates leadership programs and workshop content, speaks, and writes for Forbes, AMA, CEO Magazine, and other publications. Lucrecia's experience as an attorney, founder, and...