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An Evening in Conversation with Women in Venture Capital

Join us for an inspiring evening dedicated to exploring the experiences and impact of women in venture capital. This event offers a unique opportunity to learn, engage, and expand your professional network in a welcoming and insightful setting.

Date: Tuesday, September 16, 2025
Time: 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Location: Cal State Monterey Bay Alumni & Visitor Center

Schedule:
5:00 – 6:00 PM – Reception with wine and small bites
6:00 – 6:45 PM – Panel discussion featuring women leaders in venture capital
6:45 – 8:00 PM – Guided networking session

Panelists

Amelia (Mia) Eichel

Amelia Eichel is the CEO and Co-founder of Wonderfil, PBC, a refill technology startup based in Santa Cruz. Amelia studied circular economy solutions at the Center for Entrepreneurship and Leadership at Lewis & Clark College where she identified the global need for a scalable refill and reuse infrastructure for liquid and cream products. Since 2021, she and her team have been building the first autonomous refill vending machine which is now successfully deployed at Whole Foods Market and in universities across California. Amelia is passionate about scalable solutions that help end our reliance on petrochemicals and accelerate our shift towards localized, regenerative, community-enriching economies.

Kelsey (Lynn) Skinner

Kelsey Skinner is an experienced venture capitalist and board director who has spent over 15 years in technology investing, serving on more than a dozen boards across materials, chemicals, water, insurance, entertainment, and data analytics in both Silicon Valley and London. She was recognized by Investment Week as "Investment Woman of the Year" and by the UK Sunday Times as a Top 5 “Private Company Board Director of the Year.”

Kelsey is currently CEO of AMS Industrial, a heavy industrial construction company specializing in federal dam and waterway rehabilitation. A mechanical engineer by training, she currently serves on the Advisory Board for Gracon (construction in food and beverage) and its investment arm, Western Harvest Capital. She holds BS and MS degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business. A former fullback for Stanford’s national champion women’s rugby team, Kelsey remains a passionate sports enthusiast across rugby, basketball, triathlons, and more recently pickleball and surfing, though her toughest daily workout is chasing her two energetic children.

Ming Yeh

Ming Yeh is the founder of Upshot Ventures and launched CSC Upshot in 2015 to support founders and operator angels in building high-growth, innovative tech companies. With over 20 years in venture capital and a decade of technical and operational experience, she brings deep expertise to early-stage investing.

Previously, she led SVB Capital’s Asia practice, expanding its footprint in China and Hong Kong, and co-founded PacRim Venture Partners in Menlo Park to connect Asian capital with U.S. innovation. Ming began her career as an engineer at Sun Microsystems, earning three patents, and later worked in investment banking at Lehman Brothers.

She currently serves on the board of AAMA and is part of the Wellesley College Business Leadership Council. Ming holds an MBA from MIT Sloan, an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from USC, and a B.A. in Physics from Wellesley College.

Tricia Timm

Tricia Montalvo Timm is a first-generation Latina, tech executive, and investor who helped lead Looker’s $2.6 billion acquisition by Google. One of the few Latinas to reach the C-suite, serve on corporate boards, and break into venture capital, she has advised both major public companies and early-stage startups throughout her career.

Tricia currently serves on the board of Salsify and is an angel investor and limited partner in several venture funds. Most recently, she was General Counsel and Executive Sponsor of DEI at Looker, where she led legal, privacy, equity, and the antitrust regulatory process during the Google acquisition.

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