“Ellen Pao’s case against sexism in venture capital sparked a national conversation.”
— Fast Company
Ellen K. Pao is a tech investor and advocate, the former CEO of reddit, and a cofounder of the award-winning diversity and inclusion nonprofit Project Include. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times , The Washington Post, Time, The LA Times, WIRED, Lenny, and Recode. She has earned an electrical engineering degree from Princeton and law and business degrees from Harvard.
“Some of us lose, and some of us win. What’s important is that we’re telling our stories and standing up for ourselves and for one another.”
— Ellen Pao
Project Include
Project Include is a non-profit that uses data and advocacy to accelerate diversity and inclusion in the tech industry. We encourage CEOs to implement comprehensive solutions that include everyone in all activities and to use metrics for accountability.
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