Our Team

Valerie Taylor

CEO & President

Senior Scientist
Center for Research Collaborations
University of Chicago

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Rosario Robinson

Executive Director

Board of Directors

Sandra Begay

Board Member

Research & Development Engineer Sandia National Laboratories More About Sandra Begay

Jennifer Chayes

Board Member

Associate Provost
Computing, Data Science and Society
UC Berkeley

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Jeanine Cook

Board Member

Principal Member of the Technical Staff
Sandia National Laboratories

Stuart Feldman

Board Chair

Chief Scientist
Schmidt Futures

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Charles Isbell

Board Member

The John P. Imlay Dean of Computing
Georgia Institute of Technology | College of Computing

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Richard Ladner

Board Treasurer and Secretary

Professor Emeritus
University of Washington

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Eric Marin

Board Member

Chief Financial Officer
Southwest Keys Programs

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Telle Whitney

Board Member

Telle Whitney, PhD

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Board of Advisors

Jamika Burge

Advisory Board Member

Head of Research Curriculum and Outreach
Capital One

Sharon Brogdon

Advisory Board Member

Head of Diversity and Inclusion
RetailMeNot

Jeffrey Forbes

Advisory Board Member

Associate Dean of Trinity College of Arts and Science
Duke University

Shirley Malcom

Advisory Board Member

Head of Education and Human Resources
American Association for the Advancement of Science

David Martinez

Advisory Board Member

Associate Division Head
Cyber Security and Information Sciences Division
MIT Lincoln Labs

Manuel A. Perez Quinones

Advisory Board Member

Associate Dean of the College of Computing and Informatics
University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Daniel Reed

Advisory Board Member

Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
University of Utah

Sharron Rush

Advisory Board Member

Executive Director
Knowbility, Inc.

Lucy Sanders

Advisory Board Member

CEO and Co-founder
National Center for Women & Information Technology

Richard Tapia

Advisory Board Member

University Professor and Maxfield-Oshman Professor in Engineering
Rice University

Miriam Vializ-Briggs

Advisory Board Member

Marketing Specialist
Briggs & Briggs Marketing

Project Leaders

Ronald Metoyer

Student Professional Development Workshop

Assistant Dean of Diversity and Special Initiatives
University of Notre Dame

Manuel A. Perez Quinones

University Award

Associate Dean of the College of Computing and Informatics
University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Dorian Arnold

Student Retention Discussion Group

Associate Professor
Department of Math and Computer Science
Emory University