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Pivotal Software
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BreakLine
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Co-Director
Runway Incubator
Joy L. Hightower, Ph.D.
Innovation, Diversity, and Inclusion Specialist
Genentech
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Founder/CEO
O.school
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Co-Founder
Autism Advantage
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Consulting Portfolio Lead
Future State Inc.
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Chief Executive Officer
Mission Bit
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City and County of San Francisco
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United States Digital Service
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Silicon Valley Bank
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Reuters
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President
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American Institutes for Research
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Kaiser Permanente
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Twitter
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Head of Inclusion & Diversity
Pinterest
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Techstars
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Global Growth - International Research Platforms
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Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability
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CTO
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Founder & CEO
Blendoor
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Design Lead, Anti-Discrimination
Airbnb
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Web Developer
Slack
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Founder & CEO
Atipica Inc.
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Executive Director
Spanish Speaking Citizens' Foundation
VO
Viola Olayinka
Product Operations
Twilio
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Senior Manager, Diversity & Inclusion
PayPal
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Managing Partner
Backstage Capital
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Head of Business Operations, North America
StubHub
Charlotte Burrows
Commissioner
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
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Creative Lead, Business Inclusion
Google
Mary Grove
Director
Google for Entrepreneurs
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Head of Diversity, Inclusion & Corp Recruiting
Yelp
Yaritza Perez
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Candi Castleberry Singleton
VP of Intersectionality, Culture, & Diversity (ICD)
Twitter Inc
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Founder/Published Author
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Andrea Chasko
Co-Founder
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Laura Teclemariam
Lead Senior Product Manager
Electronic Arts (EA)
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Business Development
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Education & Training Engineer
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Director
Intel Capital
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Founder & CEO
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President
XEODesign, Inc.
Liz Travis Allen
Attorney
Clever
Ciara Trinidad
Head of Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging
Blend
Terell Sterling
Intrapreneur
Oracle
Aubrey Blanche
Global Head of Diversity & Inclusion
Atlassian
Beth Rosenberg
Founder/Director
Tech Kids Unlimited
Damon Scott
Mobile Build Manager
NBC Universal
Cindy Alvarez
Principal Design Researcher
Microsoft
Reshma Hyder
Investor / Co-Founder & CEO
MiFam
Denise Wilmer Barreto
Author, Managing Partner, Trainer and TEDx Speaker
Relationships Matter Now, LLC
Danny Allen
VP, Silicon Valley D&I Lead
SAP Labs
Claire Horner-Devine
Founder
Counterspace Consulting
José Velasco
Head, SAP Autism at Work , United States
SAP
Arielle Hobbs
Founder
The Lion League
Jennifer Carlson
Executive Director
Apprenti
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Consumer Specialty Servicing & Support Quality Executive
Bank of America
Wayne Sutton
Co-founder, CTO
Change Catalyst
Kenneth Maxey
Director of External Affairs
Comcast
Ryan Micheletti
Director of Global Operations
Founder Institute
Miriam Aguirre
VP of Engineering
Skillz Inc.
Maurice D. Wilkins Jr.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Program Manager
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Sian Morson
Founder
Kollective Mobile
Steve Huffman
CEO
Reddit
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Founder/Creative Director
NativeVR
Shannon Rosa
Senior Editor
Thinking Person's Guide to Autism
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Staff Attorney
Legal Aid at Work
Jill Wetzler
Director of Engineering
Lyft
Nick Caldwell
VP Engineering
Reddit, Inc.
Lili Gangas
Chief Technology Community Officer
Kapor Center for Social Impact
Parker Thompson
Partner
AngelList
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Head of Branded Content
The Mission
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Activist, Educator, Podcasr Host
Pod Save The People
Sumayyah Emeh-Edu
Diversity & Inclusion Strategist
Sumayyah Emeh-Edu Consulting
LaFawn Davis
Global Head of Culture & Inclusion
Twilio Inc.
Oliver Thornton
CEO
Coding Autism
Billy Vaughn
Executive Director
Diversity Executive Leadership Academy
Naomi Assaraf
co-founder, CMO
cloudHQ
Jenni Snyder
Engineering Manager
Yelp
Frank Strona
Content Specialist on Diversity, Social Media Communication, Personal Discovery & Technology interventions
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Steven Matly
CEO - Founder
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Geoff Kershner
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Medallia
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Co-Founder
Kabam
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Founder
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Charlene Carr
Community Resources Development
CA Department of Rehabilitation
Elizabeth Yin
Co-founder / General Partner
Hustle Fund
Melissa Dodd
Chief Technology Officer
San Francisco Unified School District
Jon Pincus
CTO
TapestryMaker
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Head of Women Techmakers
Google
Laura Moran
Unite SF Director
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Annie Tahtinen
Workforce Development Lead
Bay Area Video Coalition
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Headmaster CEO and Co-Founder
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Lead Engineer
Karat, Inc.
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CEO & Founder
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Jeff Tidwell
Entrepreneur In Residence
Boxador
Annie Jean-Baptiste
Diversity Programs Manager
Google
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Account Executive
Yelp
Daniel Sonnenfeld
Technology Program Management Director
Salesforce
Monique Woodard
Venture Partner
500 Startups
Kelly Egan
Customer Relations Manager
Sprint
Rita Kallas
Director of Inclusive Partnerships
DiversityComm: BEOEJ, HNM, PWM, USVM, DISM & DAM
Carolina Huaranca Mendoza
Principal
Kapor Capital
Elizabeth Perez
CEO/Founder
GCG
Ellen Pao
Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, Venture Partner
Kapor Center/ Kapor Capital
Shawn Farrow
Software Engineer
Avvo
Brittany VanPutten
Head of Product
Blendoor
Belinda Van Sickle
Executive Director
Women in Games International
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Cofounder + Managing Partner
Jump Canon
Tammy Thieman
Military Recruiting Program Manager
Amazon Web Services
Paul Williams
Director
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Patty Dingle
Senior Director, Diversity & Inclusion
Visa, Inc
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Chief Product Officer & Co-founder
ADVR
Amy Lazarus
Founder + CEO
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Kay Leininger
Freelance
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Neilda Pacquing
Founder
SparkWorks Creative
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Founder
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Software Engineer + Evangelist
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Chief Business Officer
Automattic (WordPress.com)
Michelle Glauser
Founder & CEO
Techtonica
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Diversity & Inclusion Lead
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Founding Partner
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President and Founder
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Product Manager, Research & Machine Intelligence
Google
Scott Wiener
CA State Senator
CA Legislature
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Sr. Talent Management Consultant - Windows Device Group
Microsoft
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Regional Administrator
Department of Labor Women's Bureau
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Co-Founder
Present Company
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VP Product
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Executive Director
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Cofounder + Managing Partner
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Professor Emeritus
University of Washington
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Facebook
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Inclusion & HR Consultant, Founder
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Coordinator
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Director of Product Marketing
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