A Podcast Celebrating Women in Leadership: This podcast features interviews with women who are changing the world. Leaders in their field, innovators, scholars, and all around glass-ceiling-shatterers. These women show us that we can and we will. Dedicated to the Mighty Girls of the future.
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Growing the Urban Forest: A Mighty Woman in Tree Advocacy
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Danielle has worked to serve the Pittsburgh environmental community for over 15 years. She has served as Tree Pittsburgh’s Executive Director for 10 years where she has led the organization through significant growth. Prior to joining Tree Pittsburgh in 2007, she was the founding Board President and Executive Director of Allegheny CleanWays, a grou…
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From Karate to Robots: A Mighty Woman in Human-Computer Interaction
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Jodi Forlizzi is the Geschke Director of the Human Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. She is an interaction designer and researcher by training. Her research ranges from understanding the limits of human attention to understanding how products and services evoke social behavior. When she's not teaching and m…
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Gaining Confidence: A Mighty Woman in Computer Programming
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Naomi Anderson has been working as a software developer for 19 years. Over the course of her career she has worked for the likes of Motorola, General Dynamics, and the Software Engineering Institute. Her current position is unable to be disclosed. She has worked on projects that have spanned the gamut from government funded large n-tiered systems t…
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Moment to Moment: A Mighty Woman in Critical Care Medicine
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Today, nearly 51% of medical students are female. But when Dr. Ann Thompson graduated medical school, the proportion of women graduates was only 10%. Dr. Thompson went on to become a pioneer in the field of pediatric critical care medicine. Her accomplishments range from being president of the Society of Critical Care Medicine — only the second wom…
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Elevator Inspiration: A Mighty Woman in Educational Leadership
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Dr. Kathy Humphrey serves as the University of Pittsburgh’s Senior Vice Chancellor for Engagement and Secretary of the Board of Trustees. She oversees the University’s internal and external relations, focusing on facilitating business engagement, strategic initiatives and partnerships and government interaction at all levels. She holds a doctorate …
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Each Building Tells a Story: A Mighty Woman in Set Design
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Kate Dougherty is an award-winning Set Designer whose work on the critically-acclaimed series "House of Cards" was the recipient of a 2016 Art Director's Guild Award for Excellence in Production Design, under the guidance of Production Designer Steve Arnold. Dougherty's work on Marvel's "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" and Annapurna's "Foxcatc…
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Beyond Spots & Dots: A Mighty Woman in Advertising
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Melanie Querry dreamed of owning a business since she was just a kid. After pursuing a degree in advertising at Penn State, she spent 12 years working in broadcast television and cable television sales before starting her own company in 2006. Today, she is the President and Founder of the award-winning advertising agency Beyond Spots & Dots, locate…
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