The UCLA ECE Alumnae Advisory Committee aims to educate and enable female students of all ages to pursue academic and career opportunities in electrical & computer engineering. The key mission of the committee is to unite alumnae to support one another, and to foster a community of outreach and development for girls interested in science and technology, from the time they start elementary school through university and beyond.
Committee Chair:
Grace Evita King
Email: geking@ucla.edu
Grace E. King is an Assistant General Counsel at Deloitte LLP, specializing in Data Security, Privacy, & AI . She graduated from UCLA in 2010 with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and from the USC Gould School of Law in 2014. Her practice currently focuses on tracking AI legal developments, negotiating licenses for generative AI technology, and helping Deloitte teams deploy and use that technology compliantly. She holds multiple security and privacy certifications, including the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP). Grace is excited to help recruit new talent to UCLA’s E.E. program and bring together its amazing group of alumnae.
Chair of the Subcommittee on Student Mentoring:
Kelsey Curtis
Email: kelseycurtis@ucla.edu
Kelsey Curtis is an IC Integration and Design Engineer at Infineon Technologies. She holds both her B.S. ’12 and M.S. ’14 degrees in Electrical Engineering from UCLA. As an undergraduate, Kelsey was president of UCLA’s chapter of Eta Kappa Nu (HKN), the international electrical and computer engineering honor society of IEEE. She looks forward to working with the department and student groups to support and foster the development of female undergraduates.
Co-Chairs of the Subcommittee on K-12 Outreach:
Caitlin Gomez
Caitlin Gomez graduated Summa Cum Laude from the UCLA in 2006 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering. She continued studying at UCLA where she obtained her Medical Degree in 2010. She then completed her internship at Olive View-UCLA Medical Center and her residency training in Radiation Oncology at UCLA. She is currently working for City of Hope in Santa Clarita.
Jenny Ji
Lieutenant Colonel Jenny Ji is the Chief Engineer for Space C2, Space Systems Command, at Los Angeles, AFB, CA. She provides systems engineering, integration, and test support for Software Acquisition Pathway programs in the Space Domain Awareness Enterprise. She graduated from UCLA with a BSEE in 2006. She holds an MSEE’11 from Air Force Institute of Technology and an MBA from UMass Amherst ’12.
Chair of the Bay Area Chapter:
Melissa Erickson
Email: mserickson@ucla.edu
Melissa Erickson is a Senior Technical Program Manager at Amazon Lab126, focusing on power and performance management for the Fire Tablets and TVs. She graduated from UCLA in 2012 with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering. Melissa is eager to bring together Bruin Electrical Engineering Women in the Bay Area for networking and local outreach.
Co-Chairs on the Subcommittee for Alumnae Networking:
Guadalupe Zaragoza
Guadalupa was raised in Southern California and graduated in 2002 from UCLA with a BS in Electrical Engineering. She then joined Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems and was awarded a fellowship to continue her graduate studies. In 2010, she obtained an MS in Systems Engineering and an MBA. She is currently a Principal Systems Engineer with the primary role of being the Logistics Manager for GPS and Navigation Systems Avionics. Outside of work, she likes to spend time with her family and travel.
Judy Gilmore
Email: judygilmore@gmail.com
Judy graduated from UCLA with a BSEE in 2001. She is currently working on Advanced Concept Electro-Optical Technologies in various positions as Electronics Lead, Systems Hardware RE, and Systems Engineer. In the past, she worked at BAE, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon and a small commercial company. A Fun fact about Judy: she made a portable LED Dance floor for a Mothers of Twins Club Fundraising Event. She looks forward to working with other alumnae and brainstorming on how best to keep more women electrical engineers in engineering.
Chair of the Seattle Chapter:
Sonia Hingorany
Email: soniahi@gmail.com
Sonia Hingorany is a Senior Manager at Amazon within the AWS Data Center Planning & Delivery organization. She earned her BS in Electrical Engineering with a minor in Cognitive Science from UCLA in 2008. Before earning her graduate degree, Sonia worked at Accenture for five years as a technology consultant, specializing in systems integration and technical architecture initiatives for various financial services clients around the world. She earned her MBA from Carnegie Mellon University in 2015, pursuing concentrations in information systems and operations management. Sonia’s education and previous work experience has been instrumental in her ability to lead an organization at AWS where technology, operations, and business intersect. While Sonia was at UCLA, she served on the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) board for four years. Since graduating, Sonia has continued to be involved with alumni activities including attending UCLA EAA Alumni-Student connection meetings, UCLA EAA Governing Board meetings and now currently sits on the board, the 2020 UC Womxn’s Conference as an engineering alumni guest speaker, ACM-W at UCLA events, reviewing student scholarships for three years, and serving as a mentor for SWE, IEEE WATT, and on the UCLA ONE platform. She enjoys traveling, live music, playing soccer and tennis, and the outdoors including hiking and skiing.
Chair of the San Diego Chapter:
Wenrui Yang
Email: wenruiyoung@gmail.com
Wenrui is a Software Product Manager at Teradyne. Prior to joining Teradyne, she worked as a Senior Test Engineer at Qualcomm. She holds her B.S. ’14 and completed her M.S part-time at Columbia University ’17. She has taught training courses and seminars at work and also was invited to give talks and panel talks at UCLA in EE dept and at WE@UCLA. She is excited to stay involved with UCLA and hopes to bring local ladies in engineering together and also help younger ladies to succeed in becoming electrical engineers
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Chair of the Orange County Chapter:
Maryam Rofougaran
Email: ilcmaryam@gmail.com
Maryam Rofougaran is co-founder and co-CEO of Movandi Corporation, a venture-backed startup that is developing innovative RF front-end technology for new applications such as 5G. Prior to Movandi, Maryam Rofougaran was a senior VP of Radio Engineering at Broadcom Corporation. She joined Broadcom in 2000 after the company she co-founded, Innovent Systems, was acquired by Broadcom. At Broadcom Maryam led a team of more than 300 engineers worldwide who developed and shipped wireless radios for a variety of combo chip technologies, including Bluetooth, WLAN, GPS, NFC and cellular devices. The team also supported wireless radios for mobile backhaul, femtocells and other mobile network technologies. Maryam received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from UCLA. She is a co-inventor on more than 250 U.S. patents, and has co-authored more than 45 journal and conference papers.
.Chair of the subcommittee on Fund Raising and Industrial Liaisons:
Rozi Roufoogaran
Email: roziro@gmail.com
Rozi Roufoogaran is the VP of Semiconductor Engineering at Ethertronics Inc, an AVX Company, where she leads the RF and active steering antenna IC development. Prior to Ethertronics, she was a senior manager at Broadcom Ltd, responsible for the design and development of CMOS RF and analog circuits for varieties of wireless communication standards, including Bluetooth, WLAN, FM radio, and GPS. At Broadcom she led a team of 10 direct reports including chip leads and senior RF designers and drove cross functional teams spanning multiple groups in the company. Rozi joined Broadcom in 2000 after Innovent Systems, the first company to develop single chip CMOS RF devices, was acquired by Broadcom. Rozi received M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from UCLA. She is the co-author of 15 journal and conference papers and is an inventor or co-inventor of 22 issued patents.
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