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The WiDS Community

Since our beginnings as a Stanford conference in 2015, we have steadily built a community of women in data science, at every level of involvement. Calling on people worldwide, there is a way to participate for everyone.

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We Are Women in Data Science Mujeres en la Ciencia de Datos en Todo el Mundo 世界中のデータ サイエンスの女性 النساء في علم البيانات في جميع أنحاء العالم Mulheres na Ciência de Dados em Todo o Mundo נשים במדעי הנתונים ברחבי העולם Vrouwen in Datawetenschap Wereldwijd दुनिया भर में डेटा साइंस में महिलाएं женщины в науке о данных по всему миру 全球数据科学领域的女性

Global impact on a local level, through…

Celebration

Elevate and celebrate the accomplishments of women in data science

Connection

Connecting the women in data science and those who aspire to be in data science

Community

Building a community of support, togetherness, and inclusivity.

Collaboration

Sharing the knowledge, sharing the love, working together, creating partnerships

WiDS Worldwide Community

WE MULTIPLY l Participants — join and engage with the WiDS community, by attending conferences, participating in workshops and datathons, listening to the podcast, and following on social media and the website

WE EXTEND l Contributors — volunteer, support, participate as thought leaders, experts to inform, inspire, and share knowledge and ideas

WE ENGAGE l Ambassadors — representatives of WiDS around the world create, plan, and execute WiDS events and activities

WE ORIGINATE l Central Team —mobilizes around the mission, manages the programs, and develops and distributes core content, tools, and resources to share

WiDS Worldwide Central Team

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Chisoo Lyons

Executive Director

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Shawna Morgan

Director of Development

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Sally Taylor

Director of Strategic Marketing

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Shelly Darnutzer

Director of Strategic Impact and Growth

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Bryan Muñoz

Director of AI Learning and Datathon

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Amy Jaggard

Program Director

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Katherine Sherer

Development and Program Specialist

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Emily Lee

Marketing Manager

WiDS Worldwide Advisory Committee

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Esteban Arcaute

Director of Engineering, Responsible AI at Meta and Co-founder of WiDS

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Silvina Grad-Freilich

Head of Technical Marketing at MathWorks

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Judy ​Logan

Associate Director, Center for Investing, Stanford GSB

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Chisoo Lyons

Executive Director

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Mona Sabet

SVP Strategy & Operations, GCG-AFS, Usertesting

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Lori Sherer

Advisory Committee Chairwoman and Advisory Partner at Bain & Company

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Vandana Sikka

Founder & CEO Learnee, Inc and Board member at Code.org

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Louvere Walker-Hannon

Society of Women Engineers Board of Directors, National Society of Black Engineers Boston Executive Board, and Senior Team Lead at Mathworks

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Suzanne Weekes

CEO at Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)





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