The Geekettes Club^TM was formed in late 2009, after our Chief Geekette, Sonya Schweitzer became increasingly crazed by the number of stories of females cat-fighting their way to the top of the corporate pile. The Geekettes Club was formed to provide a safe and nurturing learning environment, where helping other women is strongly encouraged and educational and professional opportunities will abound.

 

 

 

Sonya Schweitzer
Chief Geekette, The Geekettes Club

Sonya is a passionate and sometimes fanatical proponent of the marketing industry. She is a seasoned senior marketing professional with proven success in developing and implementing comprehensive marketing strategies, leveraging a targeted array of online and offline channels.

Sonya is currently boss chick at Wave Marketing (www.wavemarketing.biz), a progressive full service advertising and marketing agency. An innovative marketer, Sonya holds a particular interest in leading edge marketing techniques, including social media, word of mouth, viral and conversational marketing.

Previously, Sonya worked in a variety of roles at AOL, most recently as Program Director, Marketing, New Ventures & Innovation. Other experience gained at AOL was in product and brand marketing. Prior to AOL, Sonya held senior marketing positions in the finance, online education and technology sectors.

Sonya is a strong advocate of women in business and founded The Geekettes Club (www.thegeekettesclub.com) in 2009 to provide the training, tools and resources to empower women in marketing, business and technology. As Chief Geekette, Sonya’s main role is to develop the vision and goals for the Club, continually evolving it into a ‘best in class’ club for women.

She also regularly blogs (www.socialsonya.com), Tweets (@SocialSonya), Facebooks, Skypes and anything else involving connecting with people.

Sonya is married to an über geek, and resides with him in Virginia Beach, Virginia, along with their three cats and a crazy Australian cattledog/beagle mix.

Karen Clements
Operating Geekette, The Geekettes Club

Karen is an enthusiastic and innovative professional with extensive experience in event management.

She is passionate about The Geekettes Club and will tap into her knowledge of event planning to develop, coordinate and manage The Geekettes Club workshops, seminars and networking events.

Karen is currently seeking employment in the administrative field, event planning and human resources.  

Previously, she has worked for over 15 years in administrative and customer service, including extensive human resources and event management.

Karen believes in giving back to the community and non-profit organizations hold a special place in her heart.  Karen is involved in a few professional associations such as ISES, MPI, the Good Morning America Job Club/It Factor, and IAAP.

She can also be found doing social media on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. Karen is a recent graduate with a Hospitality Management Degree.

Jessica Swink
Literary Geekette, The Geekettes Club

With a passion for books, reading, knowledge, learning and anything associated with the literary world, Jessica is perfectly suited to be the Literary Geekette of The Geekettes Club.

Jessica is an experienced and published writer currently working at Tidewater Women magazine as design editor in addition to being a Social Media Specialist at Ciniva Systems. Jess has a wide variety of skills, ranging from PR to graphic and Web design, copywriting to search engine optimization and much more!

As Literary Geekette, Jessica will manage monthly book club meetings and the ever-expanding library of books (including marketing, business and technology topics) available for loan to members.

She dived into the journalism field at Auburn University, including her role as managing editor of her campus newspaper and numerous internships with a variety of newspapers across the Southeast.

Jessica holds an M.A. in Journalism from University of Memphis and a B.A. in Journalism from Auburn University.