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Debra Richardson

Debra Richardson

Debra J. Richardson is founding Ted and Janice Smith Dean of the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences at the University of California—Irvine.  She joined the UCI faculty […]

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Margaret "Maggie" Neale

Margaret “Maggie” Neale

Dr. Margaret A. Neale is the Adams Distinguished Professor of Management. She was the Graduate School of Business John G. McCoy-Banc One Corporation Professor of Organizations and Dispute Resolution from

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Christopher Metzler

Christopher Metzler

Dr. Christopher J. Metzler is Senior Associate Dean for Applied Management Degrees at the School of Continuing Studies and Associate Dean for Human Resources and Diversity Studies at Georgetown University

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Ed Lazowska

Ed Lazowska

Dr. Ed Lazowska holds the Bill & Melinda Gates Chair in Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington, where he also serves as the Founding Director of the

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Eleanor Kolchin

Eleanor Kolchin

Eleanor Kolchin graduated from Brooklyn College in 1947 with a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics. She was treasurer of Pi Mu Epsilon, the national honorary mathematics society. After a short period

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Rachael King

Rachael is the Head of Communications at DogVacay, where dog boarding just got AWESOME. She has also been the Head of Social for the ridesharing app Sidecar, worked in Adobe’s social consulting

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Brayden King

Brayden King

Dr. Brayden King is an associate professor of Management and Organizations and is also affiliated with the Department of Sociology. Professor King’s research focuses on how social movement activists influence corporate

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Michael Kimmel

Dr. Michael Kimmel is an American sociologist, specializing in gender studies. He holds the position of Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the Stony Brook University in New York and is the founder

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Adrianna Kezar

Adrianna Kezar

Dr. Adrianna Kezar, Professor for Higher Education, University of Southern California and Co-director of the Pullias Center for Higher Education. Kezar holds a Ph.D. 1996 and M.A. 1992 in higher

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Hai Hong

As part of the team at Google whose mission is to inspire the next generation of computer scientists, Hai manages the RISE Awards and research on computer science education. Prior to

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Raquell Holmes

Raquell M Holmes, Ph.D., is founder of improvscience which was featured in NatureJobs (Jan, 2014) for its innovative use of improvisation to help scientists communicate and collaborate more easily and effectively.  Holmes is

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Andrea Guendelman

Andrea is the co -founder of DevelopHer. Her goal is to ignite a transformation in the entrepreneurship communities by making it more diverse and inclusive. Andrea co-organized Common Pitch Chile, where

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Anna Giraldo-Kerr

Anna is the President of Shades of Success, a Boston-based talent development organization that partners with professional women, helping them become effective team members, mentors and leaders. Using a unique

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Erin Gavin

Erin Gavin is a Senior Manager of Government Affairs for Qualcomm Incorporated.  In this role, Erin manages Qualcomm’s Wireless Reach™ programs in Southeast Asia and supports programs in India and

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geoffrey cohen

Geoffrey L. Cohen

Much of Dr. Cohen’s research examines processes related to identity maintenance and their implications for social problems. One reason for this interest in intervention is his belief that a useful

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iveta Brigis

Iveta Brigis

In her seven years at Google, Iveta has worked on various initiatives across People Operations (what other companies call HR), including compensation, performance management, and education outreach. She is currently

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Mitch Baranowski

A seasoned writer-producer, design thinker, and creative strategist, Mitch Baranowski co-founded BBMG with longtime friend Raphael Bemporad in January 2003 to help create disruptive business solutions and delightful brand experiences.

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Donna Brazile

Veteran Democratic political strategist Donna Brazile is an adjunct professor, author, syndicated columnist, television political commentator, Vice Chair of Voter Registration and Participation at the Democratic National Committee, and former

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Maria Bello

Maria Bello, an award winning actor (The Cooler, Coyote Ugly, History of Violence, Sisters), and having just won the Best Ensemble Award for 2013 for Prisoners, is an internationally renowned

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Andrea Jung

Andrea Jung is President and Chief Executive Officer of Grameen America, the fastest-growing microfinance organization in the United States. Ms. Jung, the former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Avon

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Chelsea Clinton

Chelsea Clinton

Chelsea Clinton, Vice Chair of the Clinton Foundation, works with her parents, President Bill Clinton and Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton, to drive the vision and work of the Clinton Foundation.

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Tami Mallett

Tami oversees the delivery of application development and support, customer service and technology innovations and solutions to meet the needs of the HP Enterprise Group, including the server, storage, networking,

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Terry Hogan

Teresa (Terry) Hogan is the Executive Director and CEO at NCWIT. Her career began at US WEST where she was the lead engineer of the original region-wide dialup Internet access

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Joanne

Joanne Esch, Ph.D.

Dr. Esch is a faculty research associate at NCWIT and the College of Engineering & Applied Science at the University of Colorado Boulder. At NCWIT, she develops resources to support

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