Recently, I met 500 people at the movies. As the Executive Director of Techbridge Girls in Greater Seattle, I spend a lot of time encouraging girls, particularly girls of color from low-income households, to try STEM. So when one of…
In late winter of 2016, we here at Artemis Connection realized that there was wasn’t much action being taken by the startup community here in Seattle to achieve racial and gender equality. Martha Burwell, an independent consultant, and Ruchika Tulshyan,…
A friend of mine, Rodney Sampson, a partner at TechSquare Labs, made a statement at an event I recently attended that has stuck with me: “Diversity gets us a seat at the table. Inclusion gets us a voice in the…
There is strong evidence that more diverse teams produce better results. Diversity in thinking, experience, age, gender, race, etc. leads to more innovation and that innovation can yield the next big breakthrough. In addition, customers are becoming more diverse. American…
I work for King County on the Communities of Opportunity (COO) Initiative, and a goal of the COO Initiative is to ensure all residents thrive economically. To reach this goal, we work with employers and community members to help expand…
Why Some Diversity Thinkers Aren't Buying The Tech Industry's Excuses KUOW.org | Alina Selyukh | July 19 "The thing about the tech industry and employee diversity reports is they can feel like Groundhog Day:" Read more. (Editor's commentary: seriously, read…
Meet Anne Wager. First, her biography: Anne founded Benchmark Associates, LLC in 1984. Prior to counseling college applicants, her firm implemented mapping and demographic solutions for businesses. She worked for engineering consulting firms in Boston and San Francisco before opening…
Meet Virginia Emery – Insect Entrepreneur. Here's what her bio says: “Canadian-born, Berkeley-bred, and Seattle made. Her life’s mission is to breed a bug that tastes like bacon. Virginia has a Ph.D. in entomology from UC Berkeley and is passionate…
I’m a 48-year-old nuclear engineer who became an intellectual property attorney who also happens to be a registered patent attorney. Way back in school, I was the only woman in both my undergraduate and graduate programs. In my early career,…
