Autistic Women's Alliance
CARRIE HALL
Founder and Chair
Carrie graduated from California State University, Northridge with a degree in Radio/TV/Film with a screenwriting emphasis in 1995. Before coming to SAP through the Autism at Work program, she had 10+ years within the Information Technology and Healthcare industries working with end-users. She now enjoys working as a User Assistance Developer at SAP SuccessFactors, and SAP HCM Cloud company. Her achievements have included working as a part time fellow with Autism at Work at SAP and leading SAP Women’s Autistic Network (SWAN). Her newest endeavor outside of SAP, is Autistic Women’s Alliance, a professional autistic women’s group. Her hopes for this group are to provide a professional network for autistic women across all careers.
LOUISE STONE
Secretary
Louise graduated with a degree in psychology from Occidental College in LA and jump started her career with a job in cold call sales. After 3 years in the industry, she made a pivot to marketing operations, which led her to general operations, which led her to project management. Having struggled with underemployment, something common in autistic women, she hopes to bring the knowledge gained from her varied background to AWA and help other autistic women find their professional fit.
LOUISE STONE
Secretary/Board Member
Louise graduated with a degree in psychology from Occidental College and jump-started her career with a job in cold call sales. After a couple years in sales, she made a pivot to test out different career paths and find her professional fit. She tried out marketing, operations, and project management but struggled with underemployment and the insecurity of contract jobs. Finally, after a lot of trial and error, she moved from SF to LA and is now working at auticon, a global IT consulting company that exclusively employs autistic QA analysts and technology consultants. She is excited to combine her passion for autism advocacy with her career and wants to use her experience with underemployment to help more autistic women succeed in the careers they want!
CAMILLE HANSEN
Treasurer/IT Director
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Camille graduated with a Masters in Fine Arts in Creative Writing from National University in 2010.
She has worked with content for 15 years and now works at SAP Concur as a User Assistance Developer.
She volunteers as a mentor for the Autism at Work program at SAP and helps other colleagues with autism feel welcome in the autistic community. Outside of SAP Concur, she's a member of the extended leadership team for the Autism Alliance Network ENG (Employee Network Group) at SAP to build a professional network for women with autism. She also enjoys working on writing her novel and hiking on trails in the beautiful forests of the Pacific Northwest
CARRIE HALL
Founder and President
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers/They/Them. Identifies as queer.
Carrie graduated from California State University, Northridge with a degree in Radio/TV/Film with a screenwriting emphasis in 1995. Before coming to SAP through the Autism at Work program, she had 10+ years within the Information Technology and Healthcare industries. She's had a lot of experience with project coordination on software remediation and procurement IT projects. She now enjoys working as a User Assistance Developer at SAP SuccessFactors, an SAP HXM Cloud company. Her achievements have included working as a part time fellow with Autism at Work at SAP and leading SAP Women’s Autistic Network (SWAN), and is one of the co-leads of Autism Inclusion Network ENG (Employee Network Group) at SAP. Her newest endeavor outside of SAP, is Autistic Women’s Alliance, Autistic women that mentor and help other autistic women gain and flourish in employment. She currently resides in Pittsburg, California with her partner of 20+ years.
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