Hi again!
This month's blog post is a focus on LGBTQIA+ engineers!
Here are several that have been highlighted in their professional organizations this month.
Reginald Rogers, Jr: earned a BS at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and MS at Northeastern University, and PhD from the University of Michigan. As described in a post about him on the AIChE blog, "Currently, I am an Associate Professor in Chemical Engineering. I also serve as the Director of Graduate Studies for the chemical engineering program. As an Associate Professor, my primary duties include teaching several courses, completing research in separation and energy applications, and service obligations. As Director of Graduate Studies, I am primarily focused on recruitment of graduate students. This involves ensuring graduate students are staying on track for completion of their degrees and resolving any issues that may arise with graduate students. A typical day involves teaching my class, holding office hours, resolving any service obligations that require my attention, and keeping up to date with my students in my research laboratory."
Alan Bahl: earned a BS from Carnegie Mellon University and MChE from Johns Hopkins University. He described his work in this way "I’m an Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) auditor for my company who manufactures chemicals. I’m responsible for managing the EHS Audit program for approximately 30 facilities across North, Central, and South America. Each day is different (which makes it more appealing for me). Some days may be spent reviewing documents to prepare for an audit; others are spent at the manufacturing facility conducting the audit; and other days, I may be working with facilities to improve their EHS program."
(AIChE (https://www.aiche.org/chenected/series/aiche-celebrates-pride-month))
The following people are listed on this article which also contains many other resources from Columbia University. https://bootcamp.cvn.columbia.edu/blog/top-tech-lgbtq-innovators/
Leanne Pittsford: The founder and CEO of Lesbians Who Tech, Leanne Pittsford leads the largest LGBTQ community of technologists around the world. The organization includes 40,000 LGBTQ women, non-binary people, and queer women of color across 40 city chapters.
Kara Swisher: Kara Swisher is one of the most influential journalists in the tech world. With significant connections up and down the organizational charts of major firms and a reputation for doggedly searching out key scoops in the tech industry, Swisher’s thoughts are read — and respected — across the tech sector.
Aliya Rahman: Aliya Rahman builds software for social justice movements. Her main aim is to strengthen the relationship between grassroots movement, community organizers, and tech innovators. As the former field director of Equality Ohio, she has proven her ability to build strong ties between LGBTQ+ rights groups and other social justice movements.
Ann Mei Chang: After spending years in top technology roles at Apple, Intuit, and Google, Ann Mei Chang moved into global development and the public sector. She was part of the team to launch the Alliance for Affordable Internet and recently served as the Chief Innovation Officer for the Pete Buttigieg presidential campaign.
Gina Trapani: Web developer, tech blogger, and writer Gina Trapani is the founder of the Lifehacker blog. She also led the development of ThinkUp, a social media aggregation and analysis tool, before becoming the director of engineering at Postlight. She has been named one of the most influential women in tech and one of the most influential LGBTQ people in tech.
Angelica Ross: Beyond being a businesswoman, actress, and transgender rights advocate, Angelica Ross is also a self-taught programmer and coding professional. In 2014, she founded TransTech Social Enterprises, a firm that works to promote transgender inclusion and employ transgender people in the tech industry. As an actress, she had starring roles in Pose and American Horror Story — and earned acclaim for her performances in both.
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