The STEM Innovation Forum
Activating Collaborations to Advance an Inclusive STEM Workforce
Thank you for attending!
On behalf of STEMconnector, Million Women Mentors, and STEMx, thank you for attending the STEM Innovation Forum last week! We hope that you found the event content and experience to be valuable, insightful, meaningful, and that the connections you made will serve to advance your work to grow an inclusive STEM workforce.
We were honored to host a variety of dynamic speakers including the Governor of Colorado, Jared Polis; Brynt Parmeter, Chief Talent Management Officer, U.S. Department of Defense; Dr. Athina Kanioura, Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer, PepsiCo; Dr. Lisa Hinkelman, Founder and CEO of Ruling Our eXperiences (RoX). We extend our gratitude to our panelists and Learning Session speakers as well.
Event Resources
General Event Resources
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General Event Information Overview
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Million Women Mentors - State of the States
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Ruling Our eXperiences, Inc. (ROX)- The Girls Index Explainer (video)
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Learning Session Agenda
Learning Session Resources:
Learning Session Resources Continued:
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DoD STEM: Developing a STEM Workforce to Support the National Security Mission
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Creating Meaningful Workforce Connections with Students
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Federal Opportunities to Support STEM Education and the Role of Out of School Time Learning
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STEM Workforce Readiness for Teen Girls: “If She Can See It, She Can Be It”
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Linking Industry and Education through WorkBased Learning
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Mentor Me! Mentor You! STEM Peer Mentoring for Equity and Inclusivity
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Xplorelabs, The Science and Practice of Safety STEM
Event Speakers
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Dr. Athina Kanioura, Executive VP, Chief Strategy & Transformation Officer, PepsiCo
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Brynt Parmeter, Chief Talent Management Officer, Department of Defense
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Dr. Lisa Hinkelman, Founder & CEO, ROX (Ruling our Experience)
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Dr. Jamie Vernon, Executive Director & CEO, Sigma Xi Society
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Maya Ajmera, President and CEO, Society for Science
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Eva Giglio, Executive Director, CME Group Foundation
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Jahi Simbai, Senior Manager, Workforce Development, Human Resources, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
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Pam Feldman, Lower Carbon Advisor, OPG, Chevron
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Ryan Higgins, Manager, Corporate Social Responsibility, Verizon
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Karen Lindebrekke, Program Manager, Math Motivators and Money Mentors, The Actuarial Foundation
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Holly Hansen-Thomas, Ph.D., Vice Provost for Research, Innovation, & Corporate Engagement, Texas Woman’s University
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Meron Mathias, Vice President, Corporate Social Responsibility & Sustainability, Thermo Fisher Scientific
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Martha McCabe, Senior Vice President of Community Partnerships, Project Lead the Way
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Maria Reyes, Program Manager for New Product Introduction, Google Cloud
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Dr. Donna Souder Hodge, Vice President, Operations and Advancement, Colorado State
University Pueblo (CSU Pueblo)