Speakers

Adam Doge is a digital safety advocate, attorney and speaker who believes you do not have to be a tech expert to protect yourself or others in the digital age.  As the founder of EndTAB and The Tech-Savvy Parent, he trains organizations to address tech-facilitated abuse and has written and presented extensively on subjects including cyberstalking, online harassment, non-consensual pornography and co-authored the first victim safety guide on the emerging threat of ‘deepfake’ pornography. 

A frequent speaker and lecturer at universities and national conferences, Adam has advised the White House Task Force to Address Online Abuse and Harassment, is a special advisor to the Coalition Against Stalkerware and sits on both the California AI Innovation Council and the World Economic Forum's Digital Justice Advisory Committee. 

Adam's work and expertise has been featured on CBS and in Vogue, MIT Technology Review, the Washington Post, SELF Magazine, HuffPost, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, GQ, VICE and others. Adam is a licensed attorney in California, and earned his B.A. from UC Santa Barbara and his J.D. by way of McGeorge School of Law and UC Law SF. 

Leslie Abrams is a Family Nurse Practitioner with over 20 years of experience in primary care. For more than 13 years, she has provided comprehensive primary care to college students at Stanford University's Vaden Health Center. Leslie has a particular focus on the medical management of eating disorders, with a special interest in the intersection of athletics and disordered eating. Her additional areas of expertise include reproductive and sexual health, preventive care, and travel medicine. 

Candice Banducci, DNP, FNP-C is a dedicated nurse practitioner with a diverse clinical background spanning college health, women's health, interventional cardiology, hospice and palliative care, and pediatrics. She serves as both a clinician in a college health clinic and a nursing faculty member, committed to advancing student health and nursing education.

As a product of the university she represents, Candice earned both her undergraduate and graduate degrees at California State University, Bakersfield (CSUB) and recently completed her Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) at Touro University Nevada. 

Candice has contributed to student wellness initiatives, including leading a campus study to increase student health service utilization through collaboration with campus affinity groups. She has also shared her expertise through professional presentations including a version of this one at the Equity in Action Conference: Driving Healthcare Change Through Engagement and Belonging held at the CSU Office of the Chancellor, Long Beach, CA.

Erika Delamar, MPH, MS,  is the Director of Student Health Services at California State University, Bakersfield, where she has over 25 years of leadership experience in higher education administration. She oversees all aspects of departmental operations, including strategic planning, accreditation, compliance, risk management, and operational management, fostering organizational excellence while mentoring staff and supporting institutional priorities. Erika is responsible for developing and implementing health equity initiatives in the clinic, including founding the Health Equity, Accessibility, and Leadership (HEAL) Taskforce and leading university-wide DEIA efforts within Student Health Services.

A recognized champion for equity and inclusion, Erika received the CSU Champions for Advancing Health Equity Award (2024) and the CSUB Unity Award (2021). She is currently pursuing her Doctorate of Public Health at San Diego State University.

Melissa Johnsgard is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with extensive experience in community mental health. She worked for years at Pacific Clinics, the largest Medi-Cal behavioral health agency in California, and worked in private practice before transitioning to Mission College as their first Mental Health Supervisor. At Mission College, she developed and oversees the Mental Health Internship Program, supervising five mental health interns who provide therapeutic support to the college's diverse student population. Melissa is trained in EMDR and holds an Advanced Process Therapist certification from the Process Therapy Institute. She specializes in experiential interventions, offering innovative therapeutic approaches tailored to her clients' needs.

After graduation from med school in Munich, Germany in 2006, Susanne moved to the USA for research in oncology and pursued an Internal Medicine Residency at Yale New Haven Hospital, CT. The desire to help a unique age group, let to a niche fellowship called Adolescent Medicine from 2011-2014 at Stanford. A big focus of the fellowship and main research projects allowed Susanne to learn the ins and outs of medical management of eating disorder patients. Following fellowship, Susanne started working at the Vaden, Stanford student health center (currently Assistant Clinical Professor), as the primary care doctor of a residential facility treating teens with eating disorders (Center For Discovery) and stepped into the role of Medical Director at The Health Teen Project, a PHP and IOP program for teens with eating disorders. In addition, she is seeing patients of all ages in her private practice to sum up the various levels of care. 

Lynnea Palazzolo is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist with over a decade of experience in the mental health field. Since 2013, she has been dedicated to helping individuals of all ages improve their mental and emotional well-being, working across multiple settings including non-profits, hospitals, autism clinics, and schools. Lynnea holds a Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from Santa Clara University and is passionate about integrating a compassionate, client-centered approach in her work. Specializing in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Lynnea is also currently undergoing training in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) to further enhance her therapeutic skills. Lynnea is the Mental Health Supervisor at West Valley College and the owner of Empathic Empowerment Therapy Services, a group practice based in San Jose. In her supervisory roles, she provides guidance and support to mental health professionals, fostering an environment of growth and learning.

Outside of her professional life, Lynnea enjoys pickleball, traveling, spending time with her family, and riding her motorcycle, finding joy in both adventure and connection.

Sue Walker spent the majority of her professional career as a Senior Employee Communications Manager in high-tech, Fortune 500 Silicon Valley companies, partnering with executive business leaders to develop and execute internal communication strategies.

In 2009, she left the corporate environment to pursue her passion for writing and storytelling. In early 2010, she completed an intensive three-month resume training and certification program—earning her Academy Certified Resume Writer (ACRW) credential from the Resume Writing Academy. She launched Sue Walker Consulting, and today, she leverages her corporate knowledge and resume-writing expertise to create targeted and branded resumes, LinkedIn® profiles, career biographies, cover letters, and thank you letters for clients across all industries and professions.

Sue holds a Bachelor's degree in Organizational Behavior from the University of San Francisco, and an Academy Certified Resume Writer (ACRW) credential from the Resume Writing Academy (RWA).

Sophia Yen, MD, MPH is CEO and co-founder of Pandia Health, an asynchronous women’s hormonal telehealth and pharmacy service. She is passionate about preventing unplanned pregnancies, making periods optional, and improving peri/menopause care.

Board-certified in Adolescent Medicine, she has over 20 years of medical experience. She earned a BS from MIT, an MD from UCSF, and an MPH from UC Berkeley, and serves as a Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Stanford. She co-founded the Silver Ribbon Campaign to Trust Women and SheHeroes.org.

Dr. Yen advocates for easier access to birth control, relief from painful or heavy periods, and better education, research, and insurance coverage for peri/menopause. She also teaches about birth control, menstrual regulation, acne, obesity, and adolescent health, and grew up in the Bay Area.