Name: Madeline Ramey Occupation: Facilities Engineer As a Facilities Engineer, Madeline’s favorite part of her job is investigating the cause of equipment failures because it’s like solving a mystery. Originally from The Woodlands, Texas, Madeline moved to Bakersfield, California after…
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Watermelon Breeder Brings Green Thumb to Kern County
By Lindsey Brackett, KEDF/KEDC Intern One of Kern County’s newest residents, Elizabeth Straley, is one to thank for filling grocery stores with summer’s most popular snack… watermelon! As a local watermelon breeder at United Genetics Seeds, Elizabeth’s daily routine at…
Continue reading →KEDF’s Reimagined Mission Leads to New STEM Programs Linking Business and Education
This is definitely being whenever compared with “Swagger Like Us” as well as the debate over whose verse was the “best” has officially started to spread like wild sack. It is only fair to ask, that do you think shined…
Continue reading →WESTEC Leader Elected to Chair KEDF Board of Directors
By Lindsey Brackett, KEDF/KEDC Intern Kern Economic Development Foundation’s newly elected chair, Bill Rector, is no stranger to leadership roles in Kern County and he brings a broad range of experience to his new position. Currently the executive director at…
Continue reading →Architect Jeannie Bertolaccini Thrives in a Male-Dominated Industry and Encourages Local Young Women to Pursue Their Dream Careers in STEM
By Lindsey Brackett, KEDF/KEDC Intern When most young kids are asked what they want to be when they grow up, they give answers such as a doctor, a teacher or a police officer. Lucky for Jeannie Bertolaccini, she was only…
Continue reading →First Annual Kern County STEMposium
Set aside part of your morning on Friday, May 19th and stop by the Inaugural Kern County STEMposium at the Bakersfield College gymnasium! Students will demonstrate some of their best STEM-related projects from the classroom. Think: robots, pharmaceutical compounding, 3-D…
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