Politics in the Workplace: The Relationship Between Your Career and Advocacy
Event details
While any election year tends to bring politics to the forefront of our lives, it’s probably safe to say that 2020 is a year that’s blended personal, professional, and political unlike any other time in our lives before. During this time of great social change and upheaval, how do we bring politics into the workplace in an authentic and educated manner?
Join Fairygodboss and AnitaB.org as we discuss how your experience and career can drive your advocacy, and how to engage your network in thoughtful election-related conversations.
*Fairygodboss and AnitaB.org are nonpartisan organizations.
This event will be recorded and posted here within 24 hours of the end time. We'll also email the recording directly to everyone who registers.
Meet the speakers
Dr. Stephanie Rodriguez
Vice President, Policy & Engagement
Prior to working at AnitaB.org, Stephanie served as the Director of STEM Policy at the Afterschool Alliance, a nonprofit supporting afterschool and summer learning across the nation. An immunologist by training, Stephanie found her way to STEM education policy and advocacy through years of STEM-related community outreach, and service as a AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow at the National Science Foundation. While at NSF, she worked on efforts to broaden participation in computer science and other STEM fields. Stephanie completed her doctoral degree in immunology at Washington University in St. Louis, where she studied the T-cell development process and devised innovative strategies to observe this phenomenon in live animals, in real time, using advanced microscopy techniques. She received her bachelor’s degree in biological sciences from Stanford University, with a focus on microbes and immunity. Having personally benefited from the generosity and attention of amazing STEM mentors, and still benefiting from those relationships, she values the opportunity to support young STEM enthusiasts and the systems that encourage them.
Liz Bander
Chair Member of AnitaB.org’s Mid-Career Women Committee
Liz Bander is a Senior Program Manager at Microsoft where she works on Skype for Business and Microsoft Teams. She also supports a number of initiatives that center diversity, equity, and inclusion such as the Hack for Good and Microsoft DigiGirlz programs. Liz believes that it’s not enough to build a pipeline without supporting women throughout their careers, so she volunteers with nonprofits that support girls and nonbinary youth interested in tech, like IGNITE Worldwide and NCWIT, as well as chairs AnitaB.org’s Mid-Career Women Committee. Liz is also a Director/Trustee on the boards of the League of Women Voters of the United States and League of Women Voters Education Fund, where she works on programs to empower voters and defend democracy. She holds a BA from North Carolina State University in English Language and Literature and an MBA from University of Scranton.