Summit General

[upbeat music with applause] PAT RUSSO: It’s a pleasure to be here with all of you. Can you hear me? Is this mic working? And […]

[peppy music] LUCY SANDERS: I’m Lucy Sanders. I’m the CEO and co-founder of NCWIT. [cheering and applause] Whoo! And I’d like to welcome you to

LUCY SANDERS: Thank you, everybody for coming and learning and sharing with each other and just incredible spirit you have. I hope you take it

JEFFREY FORBES: Morning. [audience applauding] Come on in. So good morning, hi, I’m Jeff Forbes. I teach computer science at Duke University and I also,

BOBBY SCHNABEL: And now we’ll continue on the theme of change leadership and in this case the next session is about corporate change leadership which

[applause] LUCY SANDERS: With that, let’s get to it. I mentioned all those awards and we’re gonna open and close the summit this year with

[upbeat guitar music] LUCY SANDERS: Hello, please come in, we’re about ready to get started. Please come in and take a seat. Whoa, that quieted

LUCY SANDERS: I am extremely excited to introduce our special guest, Chelsea Clinton. She’s the vice-chair of the Clinton Foundation, and in that role she’s

LUCY SANDERS: Our final award before the plenary session is the NCWIT undergraduate research mentoring award sponsored by AT&T and as we all know mentoring