by Nicole Carpenter | Jun 5, 2018 | Board Openings
Updated June 5, 2018 The Salt Lake County (SLCO) Mayor’s Office is currently seeking applicants for the SLCO Boards and Commissions listed below. If you are interested or know someone who might be, please pass the word along. Here at WLI, we are particularly...
by Jayne Edwards | May 31, 2018 | Gender Bias
Chloe Brown is only eleven years old. Already she has witnessed gender bias in elementary school. Like any sixth grader, Chloe wants to grow up knowing she has the same shot at success as the boys in her classroom. And to prove it, this past April she explored her...
by Nicole Carpenter | May 31, 2018 | ElevateHER Challenge, Videos, Women In Leadership
Nate Quigley is co-founder and CEO of Chatbooks, a subscription-based photo book service based in Provo, Utah. (www.chatbooks.com) Chatbooks automatically creates photo books through it’s mobile and web applications. The company sold over 1 million books in its first...
by Nicole Carpenter | May 25, 2018 | ElevateHER Challenge, Retention Rate of Women, Videos
Gary W. Lowder, DDS, is the Director of Student Admissions of the University of Utah School of Dentistry. In the video and slides below, Dr. Lowder explains how they increased admissions of female dental school students to 48% in one year of intentional efforts. Dr....
by Nicole Carpenter | May 24, 2018 | ElevateHER Challenge, Retention Rate of Women, Videos, Women In Leadership
Deepika de Silva is the Senior Vice President and Science Officer at BioFire. Deepika de Silva is responsible for directing the Biochemistry Research and Development functions of the Company. She also leads the operations and manufacturing functions of the Company’s...
by Nicole Carpenter | May 24, 2018 | ElevateHER Challenge, Mentoring Women, Videos
Jeff Weber is currently the SVP People and Places at Instructure, a rapidly growing provider of the Canvas and Bridge learning management platforms focused on transforming online learning. He also serves on the WLI Advisory Board. In the video and slides below, Jeff...
by Nicole Carpenter | May 23, 2018 | ElevateHER Challenge, Mentoring Women, Videos
Cathy Donahoe is the vice president of human resources at Domo, a Silicon Slopes-based cloud software company, and a member of the WLI Advisory Board. With more than 25 years of HR leadership, Donahoe is responsible for all things “people” and “places”, including...
by Nicole Carpenter | May 12, 2018 | ElevateHER Challenge, Press Releases
SALT LAKE CITY (May 12, 2018) – On Thursday, 40 businesses and organizations accepted the ElevateHer challenge to elevate women in the workplace, bringing the total number of business taking the challenge to 200 since the Women’s Leadership Institute (WLI) first...
by Jayne Edwards | Apr 24, 2018 | Women on Boards
Shirley Chisholm, the first woman elected to the United States Congress in 1968, famously stated, “If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.” For the past 50 years, this statement has been a rallying cry for women in political office,...
by Nicole Carpenter | Apr 5, 2018 | Board Openings
Updated April 5, 2018 The Salt Lake County (SLCO) Mayor’s Office is currently seeking applicants for the SLCO Boards and Commissions listed below. If you are interested or know someone who might be, please pass the word along. Here at WLI, we are particularly...
