3rd Annual Recognition

Celebration Honoring

Women in Technology

The New Mexico Technology Council is preparing for the 3rd Annual Recognition Celebration honoring Women in Technology. This breakfast event is scheduled for November 4, 2010 at the Albuquerque Marriott Pyramid North (just off I25) in Albuquerque, New Mexico from 8:30am-10:30am.

The New Mexico Technology Council believes that inspiring more women to choose technology careers is critical to ensuring that our country can compete in the global economy, that we maximize opportunities for innovation, and that the technology industries are as diverse and creative as the people it serves. Statistics reveal the need for women in technology:

• Women make up a quarter of todayʼs U.S. IT workforce, down from 37 percent in the mid-1980s. (http://www.infoworld.com/d/developer-world/activismprovides-)
• The percentage of women corporate officers of Fortune 500 technology companies is 8.9 percent. (http://www.diversitycentral.com/business/diversity)
• In technology classes, stereotypes about appropriate careers for girls, a lack of female role models and the absence of basic career information dampened girls' interest in technology-related careers (http://www.iterasi.net/openviewer.aspx?sqrlitid=cv6cswdn6eufixjmbn74ug)

November 4, 2010

Albuquerque Marriott Pyramid North
5151 San Francisco RD NE
Albuquerque, NM 87109

Sponsored by:

• Technology Integration Group
• The New Mexico Business Weekly
• New Horizons Computer Learning Centers

Find out how to be a SPONSOR for this year's event!

Nominate a woman in technology for an award!

Nominate a female high school senior in NM pursuing an education in IT for a scholarship!

The Program
We have two esteemed presenters this year: Martha Burk - Governor Richardson's special policy advisor on women's issues; and Katie Pushor, founder of Inner Capital, a company formed to serve the developmental needs of business and community leaders throughout the arc of their career. The event will be emceed by Katie Snapp, owner of Skirt Strategies, a company that serves women to grow professionally through cultivating tactical skills in communications, building and leading teams, supervising others and managing beliefs about self.

Opening Remarks:
Martha Burk is a political psychologist and women's issues expert who co-founded the Center for Advancement of Public Policy, a research and policy analysis organization in Washington, D.C. She is currently serving as Senior Advisor for Women's Issues to Governor Bill Richardson, where she is leading a ground-breaking pay equity project. Dr. Burk is also Director of the Corporate Accountability Project for the National Council of Women's Organizations (NCWO) and Money Editor for Ms. Magazine. She holds a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Texas at Arlington. Her background includes experience as a university research director, management professor, and advisor to political campaigns and organizations.

Martha Burke
Senior Advisor for Women's Issues to Gov. Bill Richardson

Emcee:

For twenty years, Katie Kessinger Snapp has been designing and delivering leadership techniques in industry, government, Fortune 500 companies and small businesses. Her experience in a production environment led her to realize the unique contributions that women offer to the workplace, yet also see the dilemma of being the minority in leadership.

As a result, she built a company that could serve women to grow professionally through cultivating tactical skills in communications, building and leading teams, supervising others, and managing beliefs about self. She has worked with such companies as Coca-Cola, Centex Homes, Northrop-Grumman, Commonwealth-Edison, and Bausch & Lomb, as well as senior levels of government, including the US Navy, and the US Air Force. Her involvement with a highly diversified group of clients and an initial career as an electrical engineer has led her to identify common themes and universal truths about the unique position that leaders hold as influencers in their businesses.

Katie Kessinger Snapp
Owner, Skirt Strategies

Keynote Speaker:

Katie Pushor is the founder of Inner Capital, a company formed to serve the developmental needs of business and community leaders throughout the arc of their career. Inner Capital offers the coaching and consulting services required to sustain three distinct phases of leadership: emergence, achievement, and transition.

Pushor has long played an active role in the local business community, and currently sits on the board of Insight Enterprises, a Fortune 500 company headquartered in Tempe; and on the board of the Bank of Arizona. She is a trustee on the national board of Blood Systems Inc., and the non-profit organization Alliance for Audience.

Katie Pushor
Founder, Inner Capital

The Awards
Our Recognition Celebration honoring Women in Technology is aimed at recognizing the exceptional women in the State of New Mexico who are working in a technology field and who encourage other women to pursue careers and leadership roles in technology.

Nominate a woman in technology if she meets any of the following criteria by completing the nomination form. Women in a technology field who exemplify volunteer service in the community as measured by service to community organizations, leadership in community efforts and/or financial support of community programs.

Women in a technology field who have had a sustained career commitment to mentoring, a significant positive impact on their menteesʼ careers, and through their mentees have advanced research and development, entrepreneurship and/or growth of young women in a field of technology.

Women in a technology field who exemplify an entrepreneurial spirit as measured by innovative business practices, superior use of technology and sustainability in a field of technology.

Women in a technology field whose efforts have blazed a trail in a technology profession, and whose pioneering contributions and been outstanding and unique.

Nominate a Woman in Technology for an award here!

The Scholarships
If you know of a deserving female high school senior in New Mexico who could benefit from scholarship money and mentorship as she pursues or completes her education in technology, please complete and submit the nomination form.

Education is a key focus of the New Mexico Technology Council. The future of the New Mexico technology industries depend on college and career ready high school students. In recognition of the vital need for excellent technology education, NMTC and its sponsors will award scholarships to young women in the state of New Mexico pursuing a degree in an information technology (IT) field. IT is diverse and includes such areas as computer science, management information sytems, computer and systems engineering, web and digital media design, among others.

Eligible scholarship nominees are female high school seniors in New Mexico, who intend to start or continue their information technology education at any trade school, community college or university in New Mexico. Given the nature of the scholarships, nominees should be seniors who - through their educational and extra-curricular pursuits - intend to pursue an information technology-oriented career. To help include more women in information technology fields, consider nominating a female high school senior who shows interest and promise in an IT field. The number and value of scholarships depend on sponsorship of the event.

Nominate a female high school senior in NM pursuing an education in IT for a scholarship here!