2011 ANNUAL REPORT - Anita Borg Institute

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ANITA BORG INSTITUTE FOR WOMEN AND TECHNOLOGY
2 0 1 1 A N N U A L R E P O R T
Anita Borg Institute Reach in 2011
5,102
Program participants
42,866
Members of online communities
16,315
Newsletter recipients
348
Articles, blog and media mentions
29
Press releases mentioning partners
41
Speaking engagements
Anita Borg Institute Newsletter Recipients
The Anita Borg Institute Newsletter is sent to subscribers in 125 countries.
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Grace Hopper Celebration of
Women in Computing
The Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing is the largest
gathering of women in computing in the world. Held November 9
– 12 in Portland, Oregon, the conference featured 10 tracks and included
the Senior Women’s Summit, Technical Executive Forum, K12 Computing
Teachers Workshop, and Grace Hopper Open Source Day.
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• 2889 attendees
• 35% increase in attendance from 2010 technology by providing an
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to connect, learn, and grow. Now,
• 235 academic institutions
as a recruiter, I am able to give
• 98 sponsors
• 34 countries represented back to a community that has
• 419 speakers graciously given me so much.
• 148 people on the committees
Tyelisa Shields,
Systems Solutions Engineer, HP
WWW.GRACEHOPPER.ORG
Grace Hopper Celebration of
Women in Computing India
The Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing India brings
the research and career interests of women in computing in India to the
forefront. The 2011 conference was held December 14 – 16 in Bangalore,
India. The conference featured eight tracks, including the Electronic System
Design and Manufacturing (ESDM) track in conjunction with the India
Semiconductor Association, as well as Women Entrepreneur Quest and
poster sessions for industry and academia.
I attended the Grace Hopper
Key accomplishments:
Celebration India for the first time
• 1029 attendees
last year at Bangalore and was
• 72% increase in attendance from 2010
really amazed at the magnitude
• 126 students
• 27 scholarships of networking opportunity that it
• 23 sponsors provided. The lineup of events left
• 249 speakers
me truly inspired and motivated.
• 201 committee members
Sruthi Kannan,
Program Manager, Cisco
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Women of Vision Awards and Anita Borg Top
Company for Technical Women Award
“Thinking about those girls and
boys fueled me to start One
Laptop Per Child and fueled me
to continue going - the cause
of what we could accomplish if
we could pull it off, it we could
make a laptop that could give
the children of the world access
The Women of Vision Awards honor women making significant
to information so they could contributions to technology. Also recognized at the Women of Vision
have some different outcome Awards Banquet is the winner of the Anita Borg Top Company for Technical
Women Award, which recognizes an organization that has demonstrated
for their opportunities and their
measurable results in the recruitment, retention, and advancement of technical
education.”
women at all levels.
Mary Lou Jepsen, Ph.D., CEO,
PixelQi; 2011 Women of Vision Award The 2011 Women of Vision Award winners are: Chieko Asakawa, Ph.D., IBM
Winner for Innovation Fellow, IBM Research – Tokyo; Mary Lou Jepsen, Ph.D., CEO, Pixel Qi; and
Karen Panetta, Ph.D., Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Tufts
University.
The 2011 Anita Borg Top Company for Technical Women Award winner is
IBM.
Women of Vision Awards Banquet Key Accomplishments:
• 770 attendees
• 114 free student seats
“Our company has a long history • 9 event sponsors
• 35 table sponsors
of developing women technology
leaders as a cornerstone of
At the Anita Borg Top Company for Technical Women Workshop, held
our global talent and diversity the same day as the Women of Vision Awards Banquet, participants from
strategy. This recognition is leading companies discussed issues and proven solutions for the recruitment,
retention, and advancement of technical women at all levels.
especially welcome during
IBM’s Centennial year — it’s a
Anita Borg Top Company for Technical Women Workshop
confirmation of our success in Key Accomplishments:
building a strong pipeline of • 131 attendees
incredibly talented technical • 39 companies represented
• 18 speakers from American Express, CA Technologies, Cisco, Hewlett-
leaders to create innovation that
Packard, IBM Research, Intel, Intuit, Microsoft Research, NetApp, SAP, SAP
matters for our company and the
Labs, and Symantec Corporation.
world.”
• 2 plenary sessions and 5 panel sessions
Ron Glover, Vice President,
Global Diversity and Workforce
Programs, IBM
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Grace Hopper Regional Consortium
The Grace Hopper Regional Consortium, an initiative of the ACM
Council on Women in Computing, the National Center for Women and
Information Technology, and the Anita Borg Institute, expands the positive
impact of the Grace Hopper Celebration and the NCWIT Practices Summit
to reach underserved, local, diversity-rich populations. Two-day regional
What I like best about the
conferences include keynote speakers, poster sessions, panel discussions,
regional Grace Hopper
professional development workshops, birds of a feather sessions, and research
Celebrations is that they provide presentations. In 2011, over 800 attendees attended eight regional conferences
the level of excitement which across the country.
pervades the Grace Hopper
Regional conferences in 2011:
Celebration in a more intimate
• Carolinas Women in Computing (CWIC)
environment. For many attendees
• Indiana Celebration of Women in Computing (INWIC)
of the regional conferences this • Lexington, Louisville, and Cincinnati’sCelebration of Women in Computing
is their first opportunity to feel (TRIWIC)
• Tennessee Celebration of Women in Computing (TNWiC)
energized and empowered as a
• Missouri-Iowa-Nebraska-Kansas Celebration of Women in Computing
technical woman.
(MINKWIC)
Maria Gini • New York Celebration of Women in Computing (NYWiC)
Professor, Department of Computer • Michigan Celebration of Women in Computing (MICWIC)
Science and Engineering, University • Ohio Celebration of Women in Computing (OCWIC)
of Minnesota
TechWomen
TechWomen is a global initiative that brings emerging women leaders in
technology from the Middle East and North Africa to the San Francisco
Bay Area for a professional mentorship and exchange program. TechWomen
is an initiative of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and
Cultural Affairs. It is managed by the Institute of International Education, and
implemented in partnership with the Anita Borg Institute for Women and
Technology.
In June 2011, 37 technical women from 6 countries undertook a five-week
The TechWomen bring so much
mentorship program at San Francisco Bay Area companies. 43 technical
energy, such passion with many women from 24 companies were technical mentors, as well as 20 cultural
goals and a strong desire to learn. mentors. The program culminated with a trip to Washington, D.C. and an
outreach tour of the MENA region.
They picked me up – I learned
a lot and came back fired up to
re-launch my career and focus
my efforts where it’ll make a
difference for me and for NetApp.
Audrey Van Belleghem
Director, Office of the CTO, NetApp
TechWomen Mentor 2011
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Online Communities
The Anita Borg Institute connects technical women through online
groups and social media to build a strong global community. Through
communities like Systers, Latinas in Computing, Black Women in Computing,
and more, we bring together technical women with shared interests and
backgrounds to discuss and support each other. We are active on all of the
Systers is unique from other
major social media networks, including Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn, Twitter,
technical mailing lists for
Pinterest, and YouTube, connecting technical women, spreading the word
about our programs, and sharing news and resources. women in the diverse range of
experience, age, and cultural
Key Accomplishments:
backgrounds represented. For me,
• 37,348 total memberships in online social media
that diversity is key to avoiding an
• 33% growth in social media memberships from 2010
echo chamber, or group think. I
• 5,388 group memberships, including Systers, Latinas in Computing,
ResearcHers, and more love participating in and reading
• 18% growth in group memberships from 2010 Systers discussions because of
• New Black Women in Computing group created
the wisdom contained in those
• 7 groups gathered in person at the 2011 Grace Hopper Celebration
posts. that comes from having a
• Six Systers Pass-It-On Awards given to support women entering technology
group joined together supporting
one thing - Women in Technical
Computing - representing many
Our online groups include:
ages, cultural background, and
• ABI Ambassadors
experience.
• Black Women in Computing
• Entrepreneurs Jennifer A. Redman
• GHC Scholars Director of IT,
• Latinas in Compyting Oregon Public Broadcasting
• LGBT
• ResearcHers
• Systers
• Systers-Techtalk
• Women of Color in Computing
The Anita Borg Institute is active on the following social media:
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FINANCIALS
REVENUE AND SUPPORT
In 2011, the Anita Borg Institute generated contributions and support of $4,991,000,
a 6% increase over of $4,721,000. The 2010 contributions and support included a
one-time grant of $1,000,000 received from Google. Excluding this grant, contribu-
tions and support grew 34% in 2011. The Anita Borg Institute partners contributed a total
of $2,892,000 in 2011, a 13% decrease from 2010. However, excluding the one-time 2010
Google grant, the Anita Borg Institute partners grew 24% in 2011.
The Anita Borg Institute Programs contributed $3,826,000 in 2011, a 49% increase. The
Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, The Anita Borg Institute’s flagship
program, yielded $2,468,000 in 2011, a 40% increase over 2010. The Grace Hopper
Celebration of Women in Computing India yielded $532,000, a 66% increase over 2010.
Individual donations totaled $234,000. In-kind facility, services, and equipment donations
represented $234,000. Interest income yielded $10,000.
ExPENSES
Expenses for 2011 totaled $5,370,000, a 46% increase over 2010 expenses of $3,780,000.
This significant increase in expenses was due to investment in the institutes made possible
by the $1,000,000 grant from Google received in 2010. In 2011 79% of expenses were
directly related to programs, 12% to administration and 9% to fundraising. The audited
financial statement for 2011 is available upon request.
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2011 ANITA BORG INSTITUTE PARTNERS
In 2011, the Anita Borg Institute added three new Partners, nine new Supporters,
and 40 new Event Sponsors.
V I S I O N A R Y
STRATEGIC
GROWTH
SUPPORTERS
Adobe, American Express, Applied Materials, Autodesk, Brocade, Goldman Sachs, Huawei,
Juniper Networks, Neustar, ThoughtWorks, Xerox
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ANITA BORG INSTITUTE PROGRAM SPONSORS
ACADEMIC INDUSTRY Qualcomm
ATLAS Institute, University of Colorado Adobe Quora
Boulder Accenture Raytheon
California Institute for Telecommunications Akamai Technologies Risk Management Solutions
and Information Technology Amazon Salesforce.com
Carnegie Mellon University, Heinz College American Express SAP
Carnegie Mellon University, Silicon Valley Applied Materials State Farm Insurance
Duke University AT&T Symantec
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Autodesk Tagged
Georgia Tech College of Computing a2z, Inc. Thomson Reuters
Harvey Mudd College Barclays Capital ThoughtWorks
Hassno Plattner Institute BlackRock Twitter, Inc.
Information Networking Institute, Bloomberg USAA
Carnegie Mellon Broadcom VMware
Kent State University – School of Digital Brocade Xerox
Sciences Career Action Center Yahoo!
Liberal Arts Colleges Association for CA Technologies ZaReason
Faculty Inclusion (LACAFI) Cisco
Michigan State University Comcast Interactive Media FOUNDATION
Michigan Tech Credit Suisse Intel Foundation
MIT Media Lab Deutsche Bank Motorola Foundation
Northwestern University D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P. Wikimedia Foundation
Oakland University EMC
Oregon State University Etsy.com GOVERNMENT
New York University Expedia, Inc. Argonne National Laboratory
Penn State College of Information Sciences Facebook Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
and Technology FactSet MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Rochester Institute of Technology Freddie Mac National Security Agency
Princeton University School of Engineering GE Global Research National Science Foundation
and Applied Science Gemalto, Inc U.S. Department of State
Regis University College for Professional Genworth Financial
Studies Goldman Sachs NONPROFIT
Santa Clara University School of Google, Inc. ACM
Engineering HP ACM-W
Seidenberg School of Computer Science Huawei CRA
and Information Systems, Pace IBM CRA-W
University Intel CSTA
School of Informatics and Computing, Intuit Institute of International Education
Indiana University Bloomington Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Internet Systems Consortium
University of California, Irvine, Donald Laboratory NCWIT
Bren School of Information and Juniper Networks
Computer Sciences KLA-Tencor MEDIA
University of Illinois – Department of Lab126 Diversity Careers
Computer Science LikeList
University of Michigan School of Lockheed Martin ADDITIONAL
Information mPay Connect
SUPPORTERS
University of Nebraska Omaha Mayfield Fund
Anita Borg Top Company for Technical
University of Pennsylvania Microsoft
Women Award Applicants
University of Washington, CSE Morgan Stanley
Anita Borg Top Company for Technical
Washington University NetApp
Women Workshop Ticket Sponsors
XSEDE Neustar
Women of Vision Table Sponsors
Newcomb Anderson McCormick
Women of Vision Ticket Sponsors
Northgate Environmental Management,
Grace Hopper Celebration Ticket Sponsors
Inc.
Grace Hopper Celebration India Ticket
Opera Solutions
Sponsors
Oracle
K-12 Workshop Ticket Sponsors
Palantir
TechWomen Mentors
Parallel Earth
Pixar
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ANITA BORG INSTITUTE DONORS
INDIVIDUAL DONORS $100-$499 $1-$99
Pamela Arya Mary Agner
$50,000-$99,999 Nina Bhatti Anushka Anand
Anonymous Kimberly Blessing Anonymous
Eustace-Kwan Foundation Claudia Bloom and Daniel A Pitt Anonymous
Valerie Bubb Anonymous
$10,000-$24,999 Elisa Camahort Anonymous, Dedicated to
Anonymous J. Bradley Chen; Google Matching Program Latinas in Computing
Jennifer Anderson, VMWare 12 year for Brad Chen Anonymous, In memory of
employee recognition Krista Claude Rear Admiral Grace Hopper
Rick and Terri Rashid; Microsoft Matching Nancy Cooper Charlton Barreto
Gift for Rick and Terri Rashid Katy Dickinson Priscilla Candelas
Justin and Virginia Rattner Laura Dillon Matthew Dooley
The Paul Scammell Foundation Sherman English, dedicated to Eric and Mary Gray; Microsoft Matching Gifts
Joanna Sachs for Mary Gray
$5,000-$9,999 Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund – Carol B HP Retired Employees Club, in honor of
Josephine Cheng Muller and Albert K Henning Nancy Levitt
Nora Denzel and Henri Manttari Google Matching Gift – SPC Program – IBM Employee Service Center
Brian Pawlowski Miche Baker-Harvey Avni Khatri
Michael Schroepfer Google Matching Program for Alex Martelli Joylee Kohler
Bill Unger Google Matching Program for Shirley Gaw Chandra Krintz
Mark Guzdial Microsoft Matching Gift for
$1,000-$4,999 Maureen Jemison Melitta Andersen
JSRM Foundation – Rekha Packer Trustee Jacqueline Mok
Anonymous
Allyson Kain Ashley Myers
Prith Banerjee
Constance A Knapp Jo Nakai
James Beck
Ellen V. B. Lapham Irit Nissim
Mark Bregman
Jennifer Lin Genevieve Orr
Kelli Crane
Microsoft Matching Gift for Jennifer Lin Tamarah Parker
Kathyrn Hill
Sarah Loos Douglas Philips, Dedicated to Lindsey
Catherine Huston
Patty Lopez Bieda
IBM Employee Services Anonymous
Ashley Myers; Microsoft Matching Gift Les Pozdena
Donations
for Ashley Myers Ashleigh Pushnig
Incentive Logic
Radha Nandkumar Susan Rodger
Leah Jamieson
Karen North, Dedicated to the Kerver Tatiana Rodriguez
Robin Jeffries; Google Matching Program
Family Greg Ruhnow
for Robin Jeffries
Rebecca Parsons S Sengupta
Maria Klawe
Nancy Ramsey Deena Serra
SAP Matching Donation for Isaac Nassi
Ann Redelfs Roald Severtson
Ike Nassi
Kathy Richardson Jaynie Shorb
Oracle Matching Gift for Elizabeth Ross Carol Smith
$500-$999
Kirk Ross Wilma Snider
Robin Abrams
Kate Schafer Joshua Tanenbaum
Francine Berman
Microsoft Matching Gift for Titapha Tiet
Anne Condon
Kathleen Tsoukalas Terrasa Ulm
Bret and Penny Herscher
United Way, Anonymous Laura Vardoulakis
Intel Volunteer Hours Match
Audrey Van Belleghem Mary Walker
Aaron Quint
United Way, Portland BJ Wishinsky, Dedicated to
Sara Schupf, in honor of Fran Berman
Dana Winner Henry Wishinsky
Silicon Valley Community Foundation –
Debbie Lai Award
Roy Weil and Mary Shaw
Telle Whitney
Bill Wulf and Anita Jones
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