Impact Areas
We focus on the underlying systems that structure our existence, supporting women in the following areas:
The path to a better future lies in creating better systems for everyone, starting with systems in which women work and live. Toward that end, we see certain areas as particularly important: they’re how much of the world’s work gets done. Yet these areas are also where women have historically been under-represented. For all of us to realize the greatest benefit, let’s help women take their place as full partners everywhere.
Public
+ Private Enterprise
Women today comprise more than half the U.S. workforce. Yet they hold fewer than a quarter of the leadership positions in U.S. business. Research shows a strong correlation between gender diversity in leadership and improved financial performance. In short, companies with more women in executive positions tend to outperform their peers. If we want to see public and private enterprise thrive, let’s leverage the talent of more female leaders.
- Executives
- Advisors
- analysts
- Consultants
- Strategists
- Investors
- Entrepreneurs
- Founders
- Innovators
- Professionals
- Civic Leaders
- Change Makers
Global Supply Chain
In one generation, the global supply chain has dramatically changed how we live and work. Supply chain management is now the heartbeat of global business. Women bring impressive strengths to this industry, including skills in collaboration, adaptability, and overseeing complex, fast-moving systems. In a world where increasingly everything that happens, happens because of the global supply chain, let’s make sure women are at the top, helping to run the game.
- Chief Supply Chain Officers
- Heads of Operations
- Leaders of Procurement
- Heads of Global Logistics
- Supply Chain Strategists
- Sustainability +
Risk Executives
Engineering
+ Technology
Technology is rewriting the rules everywhere now. But who writes the rules for technology? In many cases, it’s women—and with good reason. Research shows women leaders currently play a big role in driving AI strategy adoption. As they do, they are emphasizing the impact on people of integrating new systems, not just competitive advantage. Their focus: Making responsible choices. So, who do you want driving STEM going forward?
- Civil, Environmental, Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, Biomedical, Aerospace, Industrial, and Robotics Engineers
- Data Scientists
- Computer Scientists
- Experts in Artificial Intelligence + Machine Learning
- Systems Analysis
- Cybersecurity
- Software Engineering
- Cloud Computing
- Chief Information Officers
- Chief Technology Officer
- Technical Directors
Infrastructure
+ Design
Well-designed infrastructure creates swift connections between people, ideas, and resources. Some of our best minds in systems and design thinking belong to women. They help create spaces that are intelligent, sustainable, beautiful, and resilient so that the people in them thrive. If good spaces help make good people—and women leaders help make good spaces—it’s essential to bring more women to the table to lead the infrastructure and design conversation.
- Architects
- Directors of Metropolitan Planning
- Heads of Transportation Infrastructure
- Aviation Program Executives
- Leaders of Power + Energy
- Directors of Utilities
- Heads of Water and Waste Management
- Rail + Roadway Systems Directors
- Chief Design Officers
- Creative Directors
- Directors of Public
+ Recreation Facilities
Space
+ Astrophysics
Crewed space exploration is heading back to the moon—and beyond. This next phase opens the door for intrepid new explorers and exciting new enterprises as we establish outposts for research, manufacturing and logistics on other planets. Some of the most innovative initiatives are being piloted by women engineers, entrepreneurs, and investors. It’s important to everyone’s success that women help lead this adventure; the sky is not the limit.
- Astronauts
- Astrophysicists
- Planetary Scientists
- Aerospace Engineers
- Mission Directors
- Space Systems Architect
- Heads of Space Operations
- Satellite and Launch Program Executives
- Chief Scientists
- Research Directors
- Observatory Directors
- Leaders of National and International Space Agencies
- Commercial Space Executives
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"I’m excited about the opportunities that arise when women take their place as leaders in our world. We’re at a moment when paradigms can shift and new possibilities emerge.”
Ann Drake
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Collaboration is at the heart of what we do. By bringing women leaders together in a space that encourages connection—that’s both intimate and expansive—we aim to encourage the kind of fresh, brave thinking that challenges limiting beliefs and generates possibility.
