Ladies That UX ATL

Note: This will be a virtual event!
✨Event description
Four speakers. 10 minutes each. New inspiration. Get ready for one of our most anticipated events: the Annual ⚡️Lightning Talks! Join us virtually for an exciting evening where you’ll learn new perspectives and inspiration from leaders in the UX community!

🗣️Speakers
⚡ ️Rachelle Stover - A Crash Course in Change Management: Practical Tips for Leading Teams Through Transition
Description: Change is a constant—but navigating it well can make all the difference. This session breaks down the basics of change management, why it matters, and how you can make it work in your team or company. You'll leave with practical tips you can start using right away to embrace change with confidence.

Leveraging a unique background in Public Health from Emory University, Rachelle excels at building user-centric products that solve real-world problems. As a Product Manager, she has successfully led multiple product lines to generate more than $10 million in ARR and is certified in both Product and Change Management.

⚡️Jasmine Orange - Design & Ethics in the Age of AI
Jasmine is a Lead Experience Strategist at EY with a passion for inclusion and innovation based in Atlanta, GA. She has a Master’s Degree in Human-Computer Interaction and is a member of UXHelpers and IxDA. She has given presentations about accessibility, inclusion, and design thinking. In her free time, she enjoys running, playing video games, rock climbing, reading, and obsessing over K-Pop sensation, BTS.

⚡️Pooja Vazirani - Rise of Design Founders: Competing in a Tech-Dominated Startup World
Description: What happens when designers stop waiting for permission and step into the founder role? Rise of Design Founders explores how a new generation of designers is using product vision, AI, and design thinking to build companies from the ground up. This talk looks at the unique vantage point of design-led founders — how design intuition influences product strategy, how they leverage tools like AI to prototype faster than ever, and what it means to fundraise and scale as non-technical founders in a space dominated by engineers and MBAs. Attendees will hear stories of founders who began as designers and went on to launch impactful companies, and they’ll leave with practical insight into how design skills can be applied to leadership, company-building, and innovation.

Pooja is a Senior UX Designer with over five years of experience turning complex challenges into accessible, enterprise-ready solutions. She currently designs risk management tools at OneTrust, helping organizations seamlessly connect with third-party applications. Previously, she shaped supply chain experiences at AWS and created public safety solutions at Motorola Solutions. She holds an M.S. in Human-Computer Interaction and a B.S. in Computer Science Engineering, and is currently pursuing an MBA in Data-Driven Decision Making.

⚡️Dr. Laura Palmer - Solving All Design Everywhere? What Federal Design Changes Mean for UX Practice
In August 2025, the new American By Design initiative announced the establishment of a National Design Studio overseen by a Chief Design Officer to "update the Government's design language to be both usable and beautiful." This talk explores what this could mean for UX beyond federal government and what trickle-down effects designers should expect. Since January, disability rights have eroded with the withdrawal of accessibility support across agencies, including removal of ASL interpretation and White House accessibility guidance. Can we expect the National Design Studio to enhance accessibility, or should UX designers prepare to defend universal design best practices as new federal requirements emerge?

Dr. Laura Palmer is a professor of technical communication at Kennesaw State University. Her works meets at the intersection of tech development and humanities thinking. She brings the ideas from technical communication, UX research, and user-centered practices together to shape new approaches and dialogues. Dr. Palmer's current interests center on digital accessibility and recent developments within the Federal government.

Note: This event will be virtual!

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