What It Means to Be an Ally to Women and Underrepresented Populations in Tech

This week, Samantha Walravens facilitates a conversation with influential thought leaders on the importance of allyship for women and other underrepresented populations in tech. Melinda Briana Epler shares from her experience as a consultant, tech executive, and Founder & CEO of Change Catalyst about the importance of digging deep and thinking systemically to address inequities. Jeremy Sussman is a senior product manager at Google and serves on Google’s Allyship NYC Steering Committee. Jeremy talks about how allyship is a choice and an action that we need to take again and again. As Senior VP and General Manager at VMWare, Tom Gillis shares how essential it is for leaders across functional teams and at all levels of the organization to take ownership of DEI work.

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