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This month's Remarkable Women: Yaa Kpodo Edusei

Listen to Yaa's story on the go | Spotify | YouTube

Next month's Remarkable Women: Sarina Todd

Hear Sarina's story on-demand on 30 July | Bio

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Meet our host: Lynne Foley, OAM

“I channel my energy into influencing and supporting each woman I meet to be empowered to reach her aspirations. I intend my legacy to be the contribution I make to achieving gender equality, through opening doors to education for women and girls.”

An exciting motivational speaker, Lynne Foley, OAM, is passionate about leaving her audience with new ideas, thoughts and challenges and full of confidence to break through personal and professional barriers. She works professionally by facilitating leadership programs for individuals and organizations whose mission is to empower women and men through personal and leadership development. Lynne is an accredited and highly respected executive coach, speaker, consultant and educator, gaining her experience through successful executive leadership, consulting, board chair and director roles. As chair of the Zonta Spirit Working Group, Lynne implements the organization’s global strategy to meet the leadership needs of members, clubs and districts  facilitates at conferences and workshops.

Meet Sarina Todd

Sarina Todd is a systems engineer and passionate STEM advocate. She was a 2023 recipient of the Zonta International Women in STEM Scholarship.

Recognizing the importance of representation and access to opportunity early in her career, Sarina cofounded Women in STEM New Zealand (WISTEM) during her final year of high school. While studying for a bachelor's in mechatronics engineering, she became deeply involved in initiatives that supported young women and students exploring engineering pathways, representing New Zealand on the international stage through STEM and youth leadership initiatives. In her final year of university, Sarina was invited by NASA and the United States Embassy to lead a STEM outreach event in New Zealand, inspiring high school students through robotics and engineering.

As a system engineer, Sarina now works on major infrastructure projects across Australasia, continuing to champion diversity, inclusion and the next generation of STEM leaders.