PARTICIPANTSParticipants

  • Evelyn Abayyah , University of Massachusetts Lowell
  • Mary C. Juhas , National Science Foundation
  • Pnina Geraldine Abir-Am , Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, Brandeis University
  • Joanne Kamens , Massachusetts Association for Women in Science (and Abbott Bioreserach Center)
  • Eleanor L. Babco , Council of Graduate Schools
  • Kim Kraunz , Harvard University
  • Carol Barry,  University of Massachusetts Lowell, Dept. of Plastics Engineering
  • Sarah Kuhn , University of Massachusetts Lowell, Regional Economic and Social Development
  • Deborah Belle , Boston University Department of Psychology
  • Jody Lally , University of Massachusetts Lowell
  • Judith Boccia , University of Massachusetts Lowell, Office of School Partnerships
  • Suzie Laurich-McIntyre , Carnegie Mellon University
  • Meg A. Bond , University of Massachusetts Lowell, Director of Center for Women and Work
  • Paula G. Leventman , Northeastern University
  • Maria Brunette , University of Massachusetts Lowell, Dept. of Work Environment
  • Angela Liu , Partners HealthCare System, Inc
  • Coleen Carrigan , University of Washington, ADVANCE Ctr. For Institutional Change
  • Diana Lurie , The University of Montana, Dept. of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Charles Carroll , University of Massachusetts Lowell, Dean of Division of Fine Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
  • Michelle Scribner-Maclean , University of Massashusetts Lowell, Graduate School of Education
  • Erin Cech , University of California San Diego, Department of Sociology
  • Pia Markkanen , University of Massachusetts Lowell, Department of Work Environment
  • Viviana I. Cesaní , University of Puerto Rico, Industrial Engineering Department
  • Michele Markstein , Havard Medical School, Department of Genetics
  • Kavitha Chandra , University of Massachusetts Lowell, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Luz J. Martínez-Miranda , University of Maryland
  • Maria Charles , University of California, San Diego, Department of Sociology
  • Jim McQuaid , Boston University
  • Cindy Chen , University of Massachusetts Lowell, Dept. of Computer Science
  • Peggy S. Meszaros , Virginia Tech
  • Julie Chen , University of Massachusetts Lowell, Mechanical Engineering
  • Carol C. Nadelson , Partners Healthcare and Harvard Medical School
  • Daryl Chubin , American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • Maria del Carmen Paniagua-Quiñones , ISyE at University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Joanne McGrath Cohoon , University of Virginia and National Center for Women & IT 
  • Irina Nikiforova , Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Elizabeth G. Creamer , Virginia Tech
  • Ronke Olabisi , Houston, TX
  • Stacey Cunningham , Edgewater Technology, Inc.
  • Lynette Osborne , National Academy of Engineering/CASEE
  • Marjorie Dennis , University of Massachusetts Lowell, Graduate School of Education
  • Stacy Penna , University of Massachusetts Lowell, QSR International NVIVO
  • Nicole M. Di Fabio , Commission on Professionals in Science and Technology (CPST)
  • Inga Persson , Department of Economics, Lund University, Sweden
  • Kerry Donohoe , University of Massachusetts Lowell, Office of the Registrar
  • Laura Punnett , University of Massachusetts Lowell, Dept. of Work Environment
  • Andrea K. Dupree , Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
  • Paula Rayman , University of Massachusetts Lowell, Dept. of Regional Economic & Social Development
  • May M. Elewa , University of Massachusetts Lowell
  • Juliette Rooney-Varga , University of Massachusetts Lowell, Dept. of Biological Sciences
  • Kamisha Hamilton-Escoto , University of Minnesota
  • Amelia Rosa , Partners Healthcare 
  • Allan Fisher , iCarnegie, Inc.
  • Sue V. Rosser , Georgia Tech, Ivan Allen College
  • Mary F. Fox , Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Jen S. Schoepke , University of Wisconsin-Madison, Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering and The Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL)
  • Lisa M. Frehill , Commission on Professionals in Science and Technology
  • Ruta Sevo , Momox Consulting
  • Barbara Gault , Institute for Women’s Policy Research
  • Caroline Simard , Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology
  • Joyce T. Gibson , University of Massachusetts, Graduate School of Education
  • Padmaja Sistla , University of Massachusetts Lowell
  • Angela B. Ginorio , University of Washington
  • Laurel Smith-Doerr , Boston University
  • Laura Gleason , Edgewater Technology, Inc.
  • Gerhard Sonnert , Harvard University
  • Ted Greenwood , Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
  • Kerry Stack , Partners Healthcare System
  • Georges Grinstein , University of Massachusetts Lowell, Institute for Visualization and Perception Research
  • Andrea Stith , Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)
  • Jong-on Hahm,  George Washington University
  • Manuela Stoyanov , Partners HealthCare System
  • Evelynn Hammonds , Harvard University
  • Tashi Tsomo , Kronos Inc
  • Alice Hogan , National Science Foundation
  • Julie Watts , State University of New York at Albany – School of Public Health
  • Jolene K. Jesse , National Science Foundation
  • Jodi Wesemann , American Chemical Society
  • Lois Joy , Catalyst
  • Holly Yanco , University of Massachusetts, Computer Science Department
  • Xu Yu,  Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School 

specialSpecial Guests

  • Emily Byrne, Special Assistant to Congressman Marty Meehan (Recently appointed UMass Lowell Chancellor)
  • Joyce Gibson, Interim Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Management and Student Services, UMass Lowell
  • Louise Griffin, Vice Chancellor for Administrator and Finance, UMass Lowell
  • Evelynn M. Hammonds, Professor of the History of Science and of African and African American Studies and Senior Vice Provost for Faculty Development and Diversity at Harvard University
  • David MacKenzie, Interim Chancellor, UMass Lowell
  • Robert Tamarin, Professor and Dean of Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, UMass Lowell
  • John Ting, Dean of Engineering, UMass Lowell.
  • John Wooding, Provost, UMass, Lowell

FACILITATORSFacilitators

  • Judith Boccia, Maria Brunette, Marjorie Dennis, Kerry Donohoe, Pia Markkanen
  • Stacy Penna, Laura Punnett, Michelle Scribner-Maclean

NOTE-TAKERSNote-Takers

  • Stacie Hargis, Kyle Twarog, May Elewa, Padmaja Sistla, Kate Tsui, Karishma Shetty, Alice Hubbell, Mona Bryan

STAFFINGStaffing, Registration 

  • Joyce Abelson, Christie Adu, Heather Sartelle, Matthew Geoffroy

WISE-TEAMProject Working Wise Team

  • Paula Rayman, Principal Investigator
  • Meg Bond, Co-Principal Investigator
  • Maria Brunette, Co-Principal Investigator
  • Jody Lally, Project Manager
  • May M. Elewa, Graduate Research Assistant
  • Padmaja Sistla, Graduate Research Assistant