2014 NCWIT Summit on Women and IT

Thanks to all of those who came prepared to leverage their efforts for encouraging more girls and women to pursue computing. The 2014 NCWIT Summit on Women and IT: practices and ideas to revolutionize computing took place at the Newport Beach Marriott Hotel & Spa in Newport Beach, California from May 19-21, 2014.

The 2014 NCWIT Summit marked our 10th anniversary  — a time to recognize the significant accomplishments of our heroes and evangelists. Hundreds of change leaders from our community of educators, entrepreneurs, corporate executives, and social scientists received research, ideas, and action items for increasing girls’ and women’s participation in computing.

"The strong camaraderie of folks with common interest and goals, and who are very open to sharing their experiences and expertise make this a very rewarding conference."

Speakers

Daniela Marghitu

Daniela Marghitu

Dr. Daniela Marghitu is a professor in the Computer Science...

A headshot of Lucy Sanders smiling at the camera wearing a purple and white blazer over a black top in front of a gray-blue background

Lucy Sanders

Lucy Sanders is Founder and Executive in Residence of the...

Ruthe Farmer

Ruthe Farmer

Ruthe Farmer has focused her efforts on diversity and inclusion...

Cathy Hawley

Cathy Hawley

Cathy Hawley is a Sr. Director of People Development at...

Dalene King

Dalene King

Dalene King is a Global Diversity & Inclusion Manager at...

Amy Gurley

Amy Gurley

Amy Gurley is the global program lead for Bank of...

Lee Wills-Irvine

Lee Wills-Irvine

Lee Wills-Irvine leads Global Diversity & Inclusion at Qualcomm. Her...

Sylvia Martinez

Sylvia Martinez

Sylvia Martinez is a maker, mom, engineer, and co-author of...

Jane Margolis

Jane Margolis

Jane Margolis is a Senior Researcher at UCLA Graduate School...

Emmanuel Schanzer

Emmanuel Schanzer

Emmanuel Schanzer is a CS-expat, having spent several years as a...

Linda Ott

Linda Ott, PhD

Dr. Linda M. Ott received her PhD in computer science...

Telle Whitney

Telle Whitney

Dr. Telle Whitney served as President and CEO of ABI...

Scott McCrickard

Scott McCrickard

Scott McCrickard is an Associate Professor in the Department of...

Renee Fall

Renee Fall

Renee Fall is project manager of the Commonwealth Alliance for...

Eric Bradford

Eric Bradford

Eric T. Bradford is the Managing Director of the Information...

Tracy Camp

Tracy Camp

Tracy Camp is the Department Head and Professor of Computer...

Sharon Simmons

Sharon Simmons

Sharon Simmons is the Computer Science Department Head at James...

Bobby Schnabel

Bobby Schnabel

Bobby Schnabel is a Professor of Computer Science at University...

Martha Kosa

Martha Kosa

Martha Kosa has been a faculty member in the Department...

Shalini Kesar

Shalini Kesar

Shalini Kesar is Associate Professor in Information Systems, department of...

Elsa Macias

Elsa Macias

Education: Ph.D. Policy Analysis, Arizona State University Areas of Expertise:...

Sapna Cheryan

Sapna Cheryan

Dr. Sapna Cheryan is an associate professor of social psychology...

Deborah Keyek-Franssen

Deborah Keyek-Franssen

Watch Deborah Keyek-Franssen’s Summit interview here Deborah Keyek-Franssen, Ph.D. is...

Kimberly Bryant

Kimberly Bryant

Kimberly Bryant is the Founder and Executive Director of Black...

Terry Hogan

Terry Hogan

Terry Hogan is the Executive Director and CEO at NCWIT....

Cameron Wilson

Cameron Wilson

As Director of Public Policy for ACM, Cameron Wilson develops...

Jeffrey Forbes

Jeffrey Forbes

Jeff Forbes is a Program Director for the Education and...

Wendy Hawkins

Wendy Hawkins

Wendy Hawkins is Executive Director of the Intel Foundation.  The...

Stacy Smith

Stacy Smith

Stacy L. Smith’s research focuses on children’s responses to mass...

Michael Lach

Michael Lach

Michael Lach is the Director of STEM policy and Strategic...

Maggie Johnson

Maggie Johnson

Maggie Johnson is Director of Education and University Relations for...

Lynette Kvasny

Lynette Kvasny

Lynette Kvasny received her Ph.D. in Computer Information Systems from...

David Evans

David Evans

David Evans has taught two large open courses for Udacity, including...

Carol Dweck

Carol Dweck

Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D., is a leading researcher in the...

Jan Cuny

Jan Cuny

Since 2004, Jan Cuny has been the Program Officer for...

Mike Younkers

Mike Younkers

Mike Younkers, Senior Director of Systems Engineering for Cisco’s US...

Eileen Sweeney

Eileen Sweeney

Eileen, now with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, led the Motorola...

Ben Eater

Ben Eater

Ben Eater is the Lead Exercise Developer at Khan Academy,...

Jean Sammet

Jean Sammet

Jean E. Sammet is a retired computer scientist and programmer...

Carleen Beste

Carleen Beste

As manager of Corporate Citizenship, Carleen Beste is responsible for...

Cassidy Williams

Cassidy Williams

Cassidy Williams is a computer science undergraduate at Iowa State University....

Matthew Blakely

Matthew Blakely

Born and raised in and around Chicago, Matt Blakely has...

Hadi Partovi

Hadi Partovi

Hadi Partovi is the co-founder and president of Code.org. A Harvard...

Tony Hey

Tony Hey

As Vice President in Microsoft Research, Tony Hey is responsible...

Paula Golden

Paula Golden

As Executive Director of the Broadcom Foundation and Director of...

Alvaro Monge

Dr. Alvaro Monge has earned BS (UC Riverside, 1991), MS,...

Rebecca Dohrman

Rebecca Dohrman

Education: Ph.D. Organizational Communication, Purdue University Areas of Expertise: Qualitative...

Sheryl Sorby

Sheryl Sorby

Sheryl Sorby is Visiting Professor in the Engineering Education and...

David Neal

David Neal

David is a social and behavioral psychologist specializing in behavior...

Colleen Lewis

Colleen Lewis is the McGregor-Girand Associate Professor of Computer Science...

Tim Faiella

Tim Faiella is the Content Director for the National Center...

Kyla McMullen

Watch Dr. Kyla McMullen’s Summit interview here Dr. Kyla McMullen...

Richard Ladner

Richard E. Ladner is a Professor in the Department of...

John Paxton

John Paxton received a B.S. degree in computer science from The...

Mo Fong

Mo Fong

Mo has been at Google for over 10 years and...

Ann Lorbes

Ann Lorbes

Ann Lorbes serves as the lead for Diversity and Inclusion...

Janice Zdankus

Janice Zdankus

Janice Zdankus is Vice President of Quality in Hewlett Packard...

Cameron Fadjo

Cameron Fadjo

Cameron Fadjo, PhD is the Founder and CEO of the...

Ruha Devanesan

Ruha Devanesan

Ruha Devanesan specializes in creating access for the disenfranchised through...

Heather Pon-Barry

Heather Pon-Barry

Heather Pon-Barry is a Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor of...

Chris Stephenson

Chris Stephenson

Dr. Chris Stephenson is the Head of Computer Science Education...

Matt Wallaert

Matt Wallaert

Matt Wallaert is a Behavioral Scientist working at the intersection...

Mizuko Ito

Mizuko Ito

Mizuko Ito is a Cultural Anthropologist of Technology Use, examining...

Moritz Hardt

Moritz Hardt

Moritz Hardt is a senior research scientist at Google Research....

Kortney Ziegler

Kortney Ziegler

Kortney Ziegler, PhD, is the Founder of Trans*H4CK, an organization...

Cynthia Solomon

Cynthia Solomon

Cynthia Solomon’s focus has been on creating fun-filled, thoughtful, personally...

Gregory M. Walton

Gregory M. Walton

Greg Walton is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Stanford...

Patricia Russo

Patricia Russo

Pat Russo is a technology-industry veteran who has spent her...

Dr. Chris Wood

Dr. Chris Wood

Dr. Chris Wood is an Associate Professor in the Educational...

Sarah Provencal

Sarah Provencal

Sarah Provencal is a director, teacher, and actor. She earned...

Luz M. Gonzalez

Luz M. Gonzalez

Luz M. Gonzalez is Senior Vice President of Solutions Delivery...

Jane Condon

Jane Condon

Jane Condon, both a mom and comedian, lives in Greenwich,...

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2014 NCWIT Summit Program

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2014 NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing Southern California Affiliate Ceremony

The winners of the 2014 Southern California NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing were recognized as some of the best and the brightest young women in Southern California. They were been selected for their computing and IT aptitude, leadership ability, academic history, and their plans for post-secondary education. We also recognized the 2014 Southern California Educator Award Winner, selected for encouraging students to continue their interest in computing and technology and promoting gender equity in computing. Find out more at www.aspirations.org.

2014 NCWIT Summit AiC Ambassadors

There were 26 Aspirations in Computing Ambassadors joining us here at the 2014 NCWIT Summit, brought together as part of the Aspirations in Computing Community. Sponsored by Bloomberg, the AiC Community provides regional and virtual community activities for more than 2,300 technical young women nationwide including meet-ups, technical projects, career and technical skill-building webinars, access to internships, scholarships and more.

2014 NCWIT Summit Sponsors​

We were honored to have Qualcomm, a local NCWIT Alliance Member, as a co-host of the 2014 NCWIT Summit.

Many of the enlightening and inspiring conversations about women in tech were captured on our livestream and are now available in our archives. We greatly appreciate our Investment Partner Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. for media production and making the livestream possible.

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