A BIG MMWSS Thank You!

Jascin N. Leonardo Finger • October 3, 2022

The MMA and the MMWSS extends a huge thank you to our speakers, moderators, and panelists who made the third MMWSS a big success. While we couldn’t meet in-person this year, we met online where we listened, asked questions, provided input, and discussed the topics of discussion from the state of women in STEM, diversity, intersectionality, mental health, equity, accessibility, mentorship, and more.


Speakers, panelists and moderators were:

Nicole Cabrera Salazar         Nancy Ryan Gray      Malika Jeffries-EL

Shawna Young                      Skylar Larsen           Darby Dyar

Tara Spann                            Chiara Mingarelli     Dionne Hoskins-Brown

Amanda Hough                     Sandra Begay          Sabine von Sengbush

Amy Bower                            Dorene Price            Stella Kafka

Gwyneth Packard


A big thank you to our sponsors as well who allowed us to shift and make this a successful virtual MMWSS and helped us to make it accessible with ASL Interpretation and live captioning.


American Philosophical Society                   Massachusetts Biotechnology Council (MassBio)

Vassar College                    Mount Holyoke College        Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

D. E. Shaw Company            Agios                                     American Astronomical Society

Schwartz Hannum PC         Axcelis Technologies, Inc.      Novartis

Massachusetts Technology Collaborative                         MassGeneral Brigham

The Simons Foundation                                                    Stinson LLP

Tupancy-Harris Foundation              Kenan Institute of Engineering, Technology and Science


And, we would also like to thank Nantucket Community Television (NCTV) for their technology support and Vidman Barber for its ASL interpretation.

 

THANK YOU!


JNLF

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