Global Board of Directors

The Global Board's primary duties are working on strategy, setting goals and objectives, overseeing WEN Global programs and activities, and actively managing risks for all WEN Chapters. If you're interested in serving on the Global Board of Directors, please email us [email protected].

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Alicia Taylor *President* BNY Mellon	× Alicia Taylor *President* BNY Mellon Alicia Taylor has over 19 years of operational and financial experience. Currently, she is Vice President, Group Manager Global Client Services at BNY Mellon. In this role she administers trustee, custodian, collateral administrator services and provides relationship management to portfolio managers, investors and financial institutions. Alicia began her career in Corporate Trust as a Trust Administrator in Global Structured Finance, where she served as a subject matter expert for a variety of processes and products such as reconciliation, accounting services, and cash distributions. Later, she became Relationship Specialist in Corporate & Insurance Business Development, where she established and maintained relationships with fortune 100 companies in the energy, entertainment, technology, and insurance industries. Alicia supported the onboarding of project finance, and debt issuance deals and documents, validation of mandates, know your customer (KYC) and organized several corporate events for client engagement and retention. Alicia is native Houstonian and enjoys being an active member in the community. She joined Women’s Energy Network, Houston Chapter, in 2014 and currently serving as 2022 WENH President . Previously, she has held several roles on the membership committee, partnerships and as the Co-Director of Membership Programming. Alicia also sits on J.B. Rhodes Prostate Cancer Foundation Board.
Katie House *President Elect* Darcy Partners	× Katie House *President Elect* Darcy Partners Katie House is an Engineer, Connector, Entrepreneur, Motivational Speaker, & HUGE advocate for Women in STEM! She is currently President-Elect with WEN Houston. Professionally, Katie is currently the Product Manager of Platform Development at Darcy Partners, a technology scouting and consulting firm in Downtown Houston, as well as a certified yoga teacher.
Lidiya Deane *Membership Director* Stout Risius Ross, LLC
Laet. Pesenti *Treasurer*	× Laet. Pesenti *Treasurer* Laet Pesenti bring over 15 years of Accounting and Financial management experience to the team. She previously held numerous positions as Head of Finances, Controller and Analyst, in and out of the Energy sector, in Europe, the US and South America. Laet graduated from the University of Houston in Finance and holds an Accounting Degree under IFRS from The National Institute of Economic and Accounting Technics, Paris, Fr.
Jessica R. Bertsch *Membership Director* Spinergie
Cheryl Crawford *Secretary* EDF Energy - Houston Sponsor	× Cheryl Crawford *Secretary* EDF Energy - Houston Sponsor Cheryl has over 24 years of experience in professional office management and executive assistant positions in the oil & gas industry. She has a track record of strong performance in high-volume and high-pressure environments. As executive assistant, she ensures the smooth operation of top level executives, Cheryl supports the President, Retail and COO. Cheryl graduated from Lamar University in Beaumont, TX with a Bachelor of Science in Speech Communication. She was a mentor for 3 years with Yellow Stone Academy. She also participated with Just Energy and Volunteer Houston with planning and organizing the building of Sustainable Garden’s at selected HISD campuses.
Megan Fabian *Membership Programming Director* Texas Children's Hospital