Across Generations: Berks Leaders Share Their Stories
Join us for a conversation with Carolyn Holleran with granddaughter Katherine Williams, and Ramona Turpin with daughter Martha Turpin, discussing the generational differences they see & experience in the workplace, facilitated by Julia Klein CEO and Chairwoman of CH Briggs. What’s changed, stayed the same, and where is the work still to be done to continue to advocate for women? Carolyn Holleran is a retired educator and aided in founding Berks Women in Crisis (now SafeBerks) and is a pioneer in Berks for women. Her granddaughter Katherine currently works at Tower Health Reading Hospital in Supply Chain Management and has been a member of Junior League of Reading, advancing women.
Katie is one of the ten grandchildren of Carolyn. Katie started off her career in education, working first as a Teach for America Corps Member teaching high school math in Chicago and then as a Manager of Data Analysis for the District of Columbia Office of the State Superintendent of Education managing the collection, analysis, and reporting of state education data. Currently, Katie is responsible for Tower Health Supply Chain Management’s non-clinical contracts as well as the capital budgeting and acquisition processes. She receievd her undergraduate education also at Connecticut College with a Major in Mathematics and also received her Master of Science in Public Policy and Management from Carnegie Mellon.Join us for a conversation with Carolyn Holleran with granddaughter Katherine Williams, and Ramona Turpin with daughter Martha Turpin, discussing the generational differences they see & experience in the workplace, facilitated by Julia Klein CEO and Chairwoman of CH Briggs. What’s changed, stayed the same, and where is the work still to be done to continue to advocate for women? Carolyn Holleran is a retired educator and aided in founding Berks Women in Crisis (now SafeBerks) and is a pioneer in Berks for women. Her granddaughter Katherine currently works at Tower Health Reading Hospital in Supply Chain Management and has been a member of Junior League of Reading, advancing women.
Carolyn Holleran
Katherine Williams
Ramona Turpin
Workforce Development Coordinator
Literacy Council of Reading-Berks
Martha Turpin
Martha Elizabeth Turpin was born on Easter Sunday, April 22, 1984. Born and raised in Reading Pennsylvania she is a graduate of Reading high school. Martha received her bachelors degree in communication studies at Kutztown University. She recently became an independent sales director with Mary Kay cosmetics. Martha has been in and out of the beauty industry for 17 years starting as a shampoo girl at graces Golden Combs at the age of 17. Her greatest accomplishment is being the mother to her amazingly smart and talented 12-year-old daughter Juliana Raquel!
Date and Time
Wednesday May 8, 2019
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM EDT
Wednesday, May 8, 2019
8:00am - 9:30am
Location
Crowne Plaza Reading
1741 Papermill Rd
Reading, PA 19610
Fees/Admission
$25 per person
(includes breakfast)
Contact Information
Rachael Romig
610-898-7775
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