GBP/GBCS: IN-PERSON: Women in Business: Breaking Barriers, Building Balance
Join California State University, Long Beach Graduate Business Programs for an inspiring panel discussion featuring accomplished women leaders across finance, HR, marketing, and digital strategy.
This dynamic conversation will explore real-world insights on career growth, professional image, and achieving balance in today’s workplace. The event is open to CSULB graduate students, alumni, and prospective students.
Event Details
📅Saturday, March 7, 2026
⏰1:00 – 3:00 PM
📍COB 140A
🔗 RSVP: https://bit.ly/womenpanel2026
Featured Panelists
• Celeste Asberry, OMBA ’24, MSA ’25
Senior Financial Analyst, Rivian
• Karla Herrera, EMBA ’23
Senior Manager, HR, Skechers
• Emily Hopton, SMBA ’24
Event Marketing Manager, Keenan
• Janna Rezzonico, MSFA ’20
Financial Advisor, Northwestern Mutual
• Stephanie Wells, MSIS ’22
Director of Digital Channels, SkyOne Federal Credit Union
You can view their bios down below.
If you require disability-related accommodations, please complete the Bob Murphy Access Center Event Request Form: https://bit.ly/BMACrequest
We hope you’ll join us for an afternoon of insight, inspiration, and connection.
Featured Panelists
• Celeste Asberry, OMBA ’24, MSA ’25 is an accounting and finance professional with over four years of experience in financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and compliance across complex and highly regulated environments. She has worked closely with cross-functional teams to support strategic decision-making and bring clarity to financial challenges. Celeste values honest, real-world conversations about career growth, self-advocacy, and building confidence as a woman in business.
• Karla Herrera, EMBA ’23 is a senior HR leader with expertise in benefits strategy, HR operations, and employee experience. She currently oversees the Benefits and HR Solutions departments for a multi-functional and global organization, supporting employees across complex and high-impact people initiatives. Her work focuses on organizational design, service delivery transformation and stake holder partnership during time of growth and change.
She earned her MBA from California State University, Long Beach and holds a SHRM-SCP certification. Karla is passionate about developing future leaders, navigating career transitions, and helping others succeed in corporate spaces while balancing faith, family, and purpose.
• Emily Hopton, SMBA ’24
• Janna Rezzonico, MSFA ’20
• Stephanie Wells, MSIS ’22 is an entrepreneur, speaker, and senior leader in the financial technology industry. Drawing on more than a decade of experience, she most recently served as Director of Digital Channels at SkyOne Federal Credit Union, where she reshaped digital strategy and translated it into disciplined execution, strengthening performance across the organization’s core digital platforms, AI solutions and teams. She also served on SkyOne’s Senior Leadership Team, where she partnered with executive leadership to guide enterprise strategy, influence cross-functional priorities, and was accountable for organization-wide financial, operational, and growth performance.
She holds both a B.S. and M.S. in Information Systems from California State University, Long Beach, where she now returns as a speaker to guide others in navigating their own career growth.
As a woman in tech, the daughter of immigrants, and a first-generation college graduate, Stephanie brings a perspective shaped by navigating and overcoming barriers and is deeply committed to empowering women and underrepresented groups to pursue STEM, financial literacy, and entrepreneurship. Her mission centers on expanding socioeconomic opportunity and helping others build purposeful, authentic, and balanced careers.
She now owns and operates LVL ONE STUDIO, providing licensed professionals access to private office space through a membership model designed to break barriers to independent business ownership.
Looking ahead, Stephanie remains focused on building ventures across both physical and technology-driven spaces, while continuing to contribute to organizations through strategic and executive leadership.
