OUR BOARDS
The AnitaB.org staff and board are made up of people who are passionate about what women can bring to technology. We understand the needs of women, and have worked inside organizations that view technology innovation as an imperative. Our community extends around the world, driven by the belief that we can accomplish more together than any of us can alone.
Trustee Committee Chairs
Our Board of Trustees is comprised of distinguished technology professionals from industry and academia, dedicated to our mission to connect, inspire and guide women in the field of computing.
Angela Tucci, Chairwoman
Angela Tucci, Chairwoman
Chief Operating Officer
Board of Trustee Chairwoman and Chief Operating Officer at Uplight
Ashley Johnson
Ashley Johnson
Audit Committee Chief Financial and Operating Officer & Treasurer
Chief Financial and Operating Officer & Treasurer
Dale Reed, Vice Chair
Dale Reed, Vice Chair
Clinical Professor in the Computer Science Department
Senior Vice President, Global Development Center Intuit U.S. & Vice Chair
Diana Bersohn
Diana Bersohn
Strategy & Programs Committee
Managing Director, Technology Strategy & Advisory Accenture & Chair, Strategy & Programs and Vice Chair, Investment
Dr. Rebecca Parsons
Dr. Rebecca Parsons
CTO
Dr. Rebecca Parsons is the chief technology officer at Thoughtworks and she has more experience than she cares to admit across a range of industries and systems. Rebecca’s technical experience includes leading the creation of large-scale distributed applications and the integration of disparate systems. Separate from her passion for deep technology, she is a strong advocate for diversity and inclusion in the technology industry. Committed to increasing the number of women in coding and STEM fields, she has served on the board of CodeChix and acted as an advisor to Women Who Code, and is a member of the Board of Trustees for AnitaB.org. Rebecca was also chairwoman on the Agile Alliance Board of Directors for four years and served the organization over a total of six years.
Dr. Parsons is a frequent speaker at industry events including Collision Conference, Web Summit, YOW!, Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing and more.
Before joiningThoughtWorks, she was an assistant professor of computer science at the University of Central Florida where she taught courses in compilers, program optimization, distributed computation, programming languages, theory of computation, machine learning and computational biology. She also worked as a Director’s Postdoctoral Fellow at the Los Alamos National Laboratory researching issues in parallel and distributed computation, genetic algorithms, computational biology, and nonlinear dynamical systems.
In 2018 Rebecca was honored to receive the prestigious Technical Leadership Abie Award, presented by AnitaB.org, celebrating a woman who led or developed a product, process, or innovation that made a notable impact on business or society.
Dr. Parsons received a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science and Economics from Bradley University, a Master’s of Science in Computer Science from Rice University and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Rice University. She has also co-authored “Domain-Specific Languages,” “The ThoughtWorks Anthology,” and “Building Evolutionary Architectures.”
You can follow Rebecca on Twitter: @rebeccaparsons
Check out this video about Dr. Rebecca Parsons, along with her speech at the GHC 18 Opening Keynote and her GHC 18 session.
Thank you to Intel for sponsoring the 2018 Technical Leadership Abie Award.
Inhi Cho Suh, Vice Chair
Inhi Cho Suh, Vice Chair
President
President, Product & Technology Docusign & Vice Chair, Nominations and Governance
Jamillah Boyd
Jamillah Boyd
Assistant Teaching Professor , Chair
Assistant Teaching Professor
Chair, Nominations & Governance Student Trustee
Joy Chik, Vice Chair
Joy Chik, Vice Chair
President, Identity and Network Access, Vice Chair, Strategy Commitee
President, Identity and Network Access, Vice Chair, Strategy Commitee
Tony Wilkins, Chair
Tony Wilkins, Chair
Investment Committee
Standing Oaks Venture Partners & Chair, Compensation and Chair, Investment
Trustees
Our Board of Trustees is comprised of distinguished technology professionals from industry and academia, dedicated to our mission to connect, inspire and guide women in the field of computing.
Angela Tucci, Chairwoman
Angela Tucci, Chairwoman
Chief Operating Officer
Board of Trustee Chairwoman and Chief Operating Officer at Uplight
Ash Lopez
Ash Lopez
Undergraduate Student, Santa Monica College, Student Trustee, & CEO
Undergraduate Student, Santa Monica College, Student Trustee, & CEO
Ashley Johnson
Ashley Johnson
Chief Financial Officer
Beena Ammanath
Beena Ammanath
Executive Director & AI/Tech Ethics Lead
Executive Director & AI/Tech Ethics LeadExecutive Director, Global Deloitte AI Institute
Brenda Darden Wilkerson
Brenda Darden Wilkerson
President and CEO
President and CEO at AnitaB.org
Brian Reaves
Brian Reaves
EVP & Chief Belonging, Diversity, and Equity Officer
EVP & Chief Belonging, Diversity, and Equity Officer
Dale Reed, Vice Chair
Dale Reed, Vice Chair
Clinical Professor in the Computer Science Department
Senior Vice President, Global Development Center Intuit U.S. & Vice Chair
Diana Bersohn
Diana Bersohn
Managing Director
Managing Director, Technology Strategy & Advisory Accenture & Chair, Strategy & Programs and Vice Chair, Investment
Dr. Rebecca Parsons
Dr. Rebecca Parsons
CTO
Dr. Rebecca Parsons is the chief technology officer at Thoughtworks and she has more experience than she cares to admit across a range of industries and systems. Rebecca’s technical experience includes leading the creation of large-scale distributed applications and the integration of disparate systems. Separate from her passion for deep technology, she is a strong advocate for diversity and inclusion in the technology industry. Committed to increasing the number of women in coding and STEM fields, she has served on the board of CodeChix and acted as an advisor to Women Who Code, and is a member of the Board of Trustees for AnitaB.org. Rebecca was also chairwoman on the Agile Alliance Board of Directors for four years and served the organization over a total of six years.
Dr. Parsons is a frequent speaker at industry events including Collision Conference, Web Summit, YOW!, Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing and more.
Before joiningThoughtWorks, she was an assistant professor of computer science at the University of Central Florida where she taught courses in compilers, program optimization, distributed computation, programming languages, theory of computation, machine learning and computational biology. She also worked as a Director’s Postdoctoral Fellow at the Los Alamos National Laboratory researching issues in parallel and distributed computation, genetic algorithms, computational biology, and nonlinear dynamical systems.
In 2018 Rebecca was honored to receive the prestigious Technical Leadership Abie Award, presented by AnitaB.org, celebrating a woman who led or developed a product, process, or innovation that made a notable impact on business or society.
Dr. Parsons received a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science and Economics from Bradley University, a Master’s of Science in Computer Science from Rice University and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Rice University. She has also co-authored “Domain-Specific Languages,” “The ThoughtWorks Anthology,” and “Building Evolutionary Architectures.”
You can follow Rebecca on Twitter: @rebeccaparsons
Check out this video about Dr. Rebecca Parsons, along with her speech at the GHC 18 Opening Keynote and her GHC 18 session.
Thank you to Intel for sponsoring the 2018 Technical Leadership Abie Award.
Evaristus Mainsah
Evaristus Mainsah
VP, People eXperience & Technology
VP, People eXperience & Technology at Amazon Ads & IMDb
Ibrahim Gokcen
Ibrahim Gokcen
Managing Partner
Chief Data & Analytics Officer AON
Inhi Cho Suh, Vice Chair
Inhi Cho Suh, Vice Chair
President
President, Product & Technology Docusign & Vice Chair, Nominations and Governance
Jamillah Boyd
Jamillah Boyd
Assistant Teaching Professor , Chair
Assistant Teaching Professor
Chair, Nominations & Governance Student Trustee
Joy Chik, Vice Chair
Joy Chik, Vice Chair
President, Identity and Network Access, Vice Chair, Strategy Commitee
President, Identity and Network Access, Vice Chair, Strategy Commitee
Kamau Bobb
Kamau Bobb
Director, STEM Education Strategy
Director, STEM Education Strategy at Google
Lauren Himbeault
Lauren Himbeault
Graduate Student
Graduate Student & Student Trustee
Melissa Rick
Melissa Rick
Partner
Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Tony Wilkins, Chair
Tony Wilkins, Chair
Partner
Standing Oaks Venture Partners & Chair, Compensation and Chair, Investment
Trishala Pillai
Trishala Pillai
Product Manager, Walmart Supply Chain Innovation & Automation
Product Manager, Walmart Supply Chain Innovation & Automation