Staff & Interns
The KS WELI staff’s goal is to be intentional, innovative, and creative to grow and support the number of women-led and women-owned businesses.
KS WELI Internships provide UT Austin students hands-on experience at the professional level, from running events, leading working boards, to running and marketing programs. These students are the drivers of the KS WELI's direction and impact.
Staff

Lesley Robinson, M.S.
Founding Director
Lecturer, McCombs School of Business
Lecturer, College of Fine Arts
About // Lesley Robinson
Robinson brings to the role a mix of experience in higher education, the nonprofit and business worlds and has a proven record of supporting both students and early-stage entrepreneurs. Most recently, Robinson worked as the head of Americas for INCO, a Paris-based global leader in the movement for a new economy, to support entrepreneurs at every stage of development. Through the INCO Global Network, Robinson was the program director for the Tarmac TX accelerator, graduating two cohorts of social impact and environmentally focused startups.
Robinson has also worked extensively in higher education, and she served as the director of the Global Engagement Office at St. Edward’s University in Austin, the assistant director for international programs at Princeton University and senior manager of partnerships at Cross-Cultural Solutions, a nonprofit volunteer abroad organization. She also taught English abroad with the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) program.
Currently, she is pursuing a Ph.D. in Higher Education Leadership from Colorado State University, where her research is focused on assessing entrepreneurship curriculum with a gender lens.

Catherine Scoggins
Senior Events Program Coordinator

Evelyn Garcia ’21
Communications Specialist

Julie Nguyen ’16
Senior Administrative Associate

Shana Rehwald
FoundHER Program Coordinator

Tiffany Galligan ’00
Website Manager (Contract)
Too Good Strategy

Vaishali Jadhav ’99
Leadership Development Facilitator
Certified Executive Facilitator
Student Interns

Aakriti Kamal ‘25
Partnerships Support Assistant
Business

Abigail Dewhirst '25
Senior Creative Design Associate
Design

Arunima Chhimwal ’25
Videographer / Editor Associate
Radio, Television, Film

Emma Dixon '24
Creative Design Intern
Design

Grace Zhou ‘26
Partnerships Support Assistant
Business

Isabella Cano ’25
Senior Events Program Associate
Public Relations

Kena Desai '25
LeadHERship Assistant

Kayla Akly ’25
Digital Strategist Assistant
Marketing

Kelsey Knigin ’25
FoundHER Program Associate
Finance

Priscilla Olivarez ’25
Senior Events Program Associate
Textiles & Apparel

Sydney Key ’25
Senior LeadHERship Associate & Student Board President
Business