La Marla has almost 15 years of combined experience working with nonprofits. From her current role with CoBiz Richmond as Events Coordinator to being a board member with several nonprofits in the areas of youth and community development. She also has over 10 years of experience working with nonprofits in her federal service with the US Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Sidafa Conde
Computational Scientist, Sandia National Laboratories
Sidafa Conde moved to New Bedford, MA from Guinea, West Africa, at 11 years old not knowing a word of English. Since then, he’s obtained his dual Bachelor of Science in Computational Mathematics and Accounting at Umass Dartmouth in 2012 before continuing on to defend his Ph.D. in Engineering and Applied Science, focused in Computational Science and Engineering in 2017. Dr. Conde is now Senior Member of Technical Staff in the Computational Mathematics Department at Sandia National Lab.