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Alumnae Storytellers

Audra Bandy

Environmental Protection Specialist within the Federal Highway Administration at the U.S. Department of Transportation 

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Bethany Clarkson-Morgan

Assurance Programme Lead Americas, Europe and North Africa at bp

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Vidya Krishnan

Chief Learning Officer at Ericsson

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Mia Lai

NPI Supply Chain Planner at Marvell Technology 

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Audra Bandy

Audra Bandy is an environmental protection specialist within the Federal Highway Administration at the U.S. Department of Transportation in Washington, D.C. She offers a broad transportation perspective having previously worked in local government and the private sector. 

Bandy is passionate about equity and transportation safety, and has spoken at national conferences about the importance of recruitment, retention and promotion of underrepresented groups in the transportation industry. She is the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee Chair for the Washington, D.C. Chapter of WTS and is a member of the Transportation Research Board's Standing Committee on Women and Gender in Transportation. 

Bandy holds a bachelor of science and master of science in civil engineering from Washington University in St. Louis, is a licensed professional engineer and a certified public manager.

Bethany Clarkson-Morgan

Bethany Clarkson-Morgan is the Assurance Programme Lead Americas, Europe and North Africa in the Safety and Operational Risk Assurance (S+ORA) organization within bp. During her 24-year career at bp, she has primarily been focused on process engineering and operations management. Her past bp experience includes providing engineer support and leadership in bp chemicals, refining and production businesses. Prior to joining bp, Clarkson-Morgan spent five years working as a cryogenic applications engineer for Messer MG Industries.  

Clarkson-Morgan holds a bachelor of science in chemical engineering from Washington University in St. Louis. She is a lifetime member of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) and serves as bp’s Board of Corporate Affiliates representative to the NSBE.

In her spare time, Clarkson-Morgan is active in her alma mater serving as a mentor in the WashU CNX program; supporting interviews for local students via the school’s APAP program; participating in the McKelvey School of Engineering DEI taskforce; as well as serving on the Houston area Eliot Society team.  Additionally, she is a board member for Pearland Speed Track Club (TX), St. Mary of the Purification School Advisory Council (TX) and Sponsor 4 Success (KY). Clarkson-Morgan also volunteers with various nonprofits (HLSR—Black Heritage Committee and Agriculture Education Committees) focused on providing opportunities and pathways to success for young people and communities.

Clarkson-Morgan is married to Andy and has one son, Griffin. She enjoys traveling with her family, cooking and expanding her reading genres by having quality time with her two long standing bookclubs.

Vidya Krishnan

Vidya Krishnan is the Chief Learning Officer of Ericsson, leading Ericsson’s Global Learning and Development team as part of Ericsson’s Global People organization. Krishnan and her team have responsibility for transforming capability creation for every one of Ericsson’s 95,000+ people in over 180 countries around the world. 

Krishnan is a technology and entrepreneurial leader with more than 20 years of experience in networks, digital services, learning, engineering, consulting and business transformation operations. She fervently believes that learning is the intersection of execution, strategy and engagement. She began her career in engineering operations with AT&T, then worked at Nortel, building and launching wireless networks before joining Ericsson in 2009, where she has held a variety of leadership positions in networks, digital services and now people. She holds a bachelor of science degree from Princeton University and a master of science degree in electrical engineering, with a specialization in how technology can uplift impoverished areas from Stanford University.

Krishnan is particularly proud and privileged to sponsor the Ericsson-Girl Scouts Alliance, a unique and growing partnership dedicated to building tomorrow’s STEM leadership pipeline today. She and her husband, Karthik, are parents to two teenagers and two dogs (who behave like teenagers). Krishnan and her best friend, Nithya, enjoy coaching their kids’ team in Destination Imagination, a global, non-profit, creative problem-solving organization.

Mia Lai

Mia Lai is an NPI Supply Chain Planner at Marvell Technology, where she serves on the steering committee for Women@Marvell. Lai has more than six years of semiconductor supply chain experience working in the heart of Silicon Valley. 

Lai earned her bachelor of science in systems engineering and master of science in supply chain management from Washington University in St. Louis. Lai is an active volunteer in WashU alumni engagement networks, such as the Asian Alumni Network, SF Regional Cabinet and Alumni Board of Governors. She loves traveling to new countries to enjoy authentic cuisines.