The TechWomen US State Department mentoring program based in the Silicon Valley for STEM women in the Middle East and Africa had its kickoff event last night. It was generously hosted by Juniper Networks in their impressive but really-very-hard-to-find Aspiration Dome in Sunnyvale, California. The TechWomen panel was interesting and I enjoyed staffing one of the tables to answer questions from potential-newbies. Such a joy to see so many mentor alumnae as well as new faces!
Today, MentorCloud, eCloset.me, and the Sunnyvale Plug and Play Center were honored to host a visit by distinguished guests, including:
- Lee Satterfield, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Professional and Cultural Exchanges
- Sheila Casey, Deputy Director, Office of Citizen Exchanges at U.S. Dept. of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
- Heather Ramsey, Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships, Institute of International Education (IIE)
You can see more about the PNP visit in my MentorCloud blog entry “Distinguished Visitors to MentorCloud”.
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