This event is open to current and eligible prospective SIMCAC members (women and men).

Workers today have a bigger responsibility to take charge of their professional growth similar to how a CEO is charged with charting the growth, journey and success of his/her company. To achieve success in your career, your approach has to be similar to that of a Chief Executive.  It requires a proactive, flexible, creative position.   Being the CEO of your career involves taking control of your destiny, continuous learning, networking and strategically utilizing your knowledge, skills and abilities to secure opportunities for advancement.   

 
Join us at our November Women's Summit to hear from two top women executives who have done just that, served as the CEO's of their careers to advance to the top levels in their organizations. During this fireside chat, learn valuable tips on what you can do to achieve your goals.  This will be a discussion that you won't want to miss.

Speakers

Sarah Angel-Johnson, CIO at Save the Children

Originally from Hawaii, Sarah Angel-Johnson was hired by IBM in 1997 as a Software Engineer and coded IBM’s first e-commerce website. She quickly became a change agent integrating technology and business and one of IBM’s youngest female executives, leading 25,000 team members, managing seven global labs, and driving $1.7 billion in revenue.

In 2014, she made a career decision to move to nonprofit and transform the $860 million Girl Scout Cookie Program – taking it digital! The launch of “Digital Cookie” garnered 4 billion media impressions with Sarah quoted in the NY Times, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and more, as well as recognitions that included a place in Fast Company’s Top 10 Most Innovative Nonprofits. Following Girl Scouts, she joined Year Up as CIO to empower young adults to reach their potential through careers and higher education and was recognized as CIO of the Year by InspireCIO for human-centered design and data-driven outcomes.

Sarah is passionate about delivering social impact at scale and was honored with a U.S. Congressional Award for her work with underserved youth. In November 2020, Sarah will take the next step in this journey and join Save the Children as CIO to apply her 20+ years of expertise in business transformation, digital innovation, and operational integration to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.

Sarah received her MBA from Cornell University and BS from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She regularly serves as a motivational keynote speaker and on multiple governing boards, including United Nations Association. She is also an active entrepreneur, owning a performing arts coffeehouse and establishing a salsa dance studio after retiring from being a professional salsa dancer. At home, she is a loving wife and mother.

Judith Asphago, AVP IT at Amtrak

Judith Apshago is an accomplished IT executive with over 25 years of leadership experience in information technology, with an emphasis on process improvement and digital transformation. Judith currently serves as AVP IT, Corporate and Operations Technologies, for Amtrak where she leads a service-oriented team that partners with the business to provide IT and process transformation solutions and support critical business applications and strategic projects and initiatives. In this role, Judith provides technology leadership for design, development and delivery of integrated enterprise-wide technology solutions.

Previously, Judith was Vice President and Chief Information Officer of U.S. Silica, a leading producer of performance materials and industrial minerals. At U.S. Silica, Judith spearheaded an IT and digital transformation to support the company’s rapid and substantial growth. She led a company-wide technology modernization, shifted IT from a utility provider to a high-performing strategic business partner, integrated multiple acquired companies, and collaborated with business leaders on strategic initiatives that enabled scalability, drove business efficiencies, and provided market differentiation.

Prior to U.S. Silica, Judith held various IT leadership roles with Sigma-Aldrich, BioReliance, and Invitrogen, and spent several years as a consultant with ePresence and PricewaterhouseCoopers. She began her career implementing process improvements within the Department of Defense.

Judith was awarded the 2018 Enterprise Capital CIO of the Year Orbie Award and the Norma Miller Passionate Philanthropist Award.

Judith holds a Masters in Public Administration from Troy State University, a Masters Certificate in IT Project Management from George Washington University, and Bachelors degrees in Finance and Math from Hood College. She currently serves on the Capital CIO Leadership Association Advisory Board, the Innovation Advisory Council for Vation Ventures, and the Washington DC CISO Executive Leadership Summit Advisory Board, and holds several volunteer Board roles at Hood College including the Board of Associates, Computer Science Advisory Board, and the Chair of the Career Center Advisory Council.

Radha Muthiah, CEO of the Capital Area Food Bank

Radha Muthiah currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the Capital Area Food Bank. As CEO, she heads a team that distributes over 59 million meals of good, healthy food, directly and through a network of 400+ partners, to more than 540,000 food insecure people in the greater Washington region each year. Under her leadership, the CAFB has responded to the increase in the region’s food insecurity as a result of the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Under the food bank’s new strategic plan, she is leading the food bank’s work to provide our local communities with the food people need to thrive today, and to partner with organizations addressing hunger’s root causes in order to build brighter futures tomorrow.

Prior to her role at the food bank, Muthiah has led and grown both start-up and established organizations spanning multiple sectors in the US and internationally. She serves as a member of the Greater Washington Board of Trade and Public Health Institute Board of Directors and is a Trustee of the Federal City Council. She holds a bachelor’s and a master's degree in economics from Tufts University and a Master of Business Administration degree from Stanford University.