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#DigitalEmpowersUs Interview Series: Women in Tech with POLITICO's Alexandra Levine

Alexandra S. Levine
Alexa Miller
Economic Empowerment
Innovation
Women
February 28, 2020
Corporate Citizenship Center
Alexandra Levine Graphic

Alexandra S. Levine is a reporter covering the intersection of technology, government and public policy — as well as the broader crosscurrents between Silicon Valley and Washington D.C. She currently reports on these topics for POLITICO, where she also writes POLITICO’s popular daily newsletter, Morning Tech. This year, she is focused in particular on how tech is shaping the 2020 U.S. presidential election. I sat down with ask her about her role as a journalist covering the tech world and to learn how she has seen topics surrounding women evolve within the areas she covers. — Alexa Miller, Director, Digital Empowers National Campaign

Billion Dollar Problem: Working Parents Leave Workforce, Postpone School Due to Childcare Challenges

Julia Barfield, MPH, MSW
Data
Early Childhood Education
Education
February 28, 2020
Center for Education and Workforce
The Billion Dollar Problem
© David Walker Photography

Building on the work of other states, we partnered with the business communities in Idaho, Iowa, Mississippi, and Pennsylvania and their early education partners to understand just how much breakdowns in childcare cost each state. In this study we looked at the causes of childcare challenges as well as motivations behind why parents select various childcare providers. Knowing many employers want to facilitate more access to childcare but do not know where to begin, we sought to learn what types of childcare benefits working parents desire most from employers.

#DigitalEmpowersUs Interview Series: Women in Tech with City Tech Collaborative's Brenna Berman

Alexa Miller
Brenna Berman
Economic Empowerment
Innovation
Women
February 28, 2020
Corporate Citizenship Center
Brenna Graphic

Brenna Berman is working to make cities happier, healthier and more productive. She currently serves as the CEO & Executive Director of City Tech Collaborative in Chicago, Illinois, an urban solutions accelerator looking to improve cities and turn them into places where technology helps drive innovation, inclusion, and collaboration for all. Before joining City Tech, she worked in the administration of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, where she served as the Chief Information Officer for the City and Commissioner for the Department of Innovation & Technology (DoIT) from 2012 to 2017. Brenna began her career at IBM where she worked to promote government innovation. We sat down with her to learn more about what has influenced her career, her work at City Tech and other projects she enjoys.

#DigitalEmpowersUs Interview Series: Women in Tech with Bayer's Nalini Polavarapu

Nalini Polavarapu
Alexa Miller
Data
Economic Empowerment
Innovation
Women
February 28, 2020
Corporate Citizenship Center
Nalini Polavarapu

Nalini Polavarapu has always been interested in taking an interdisciplinary approach to solving challenges on a global scale. She currently works as the Head of Data Sciences – Customer Centricity at Bayer. With a strong foundational background in STEM coursework, she developed a lifelong passion for AI and agriculture, that she has been able to combine when she began her work as Bayer’s first data scientist over 10 years ago. Since then, the team has vastly expanded and the overall data science community within Bayer Crop Science alone employs 700 + people. We sat down with her learn more about her experience as a woman in the tech industry and advice she would give to women looking to follow a similar path. — Alexa Miller, Director, Digital Empowers National Campaign

#DigitalEmpowersUs Interview Series: Women in Tech with TCS' Anita Selvakumari

Alexa Miller
Anita Selvakumari
Economic Empowerment
Innovation
Women
February 28, 2020
Corporate Citizenship Center
Anita Selvakumari

Anita Selvakumari is an experienced professional in the information technology and services industry. She has been working at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), an IT services, consulting and business solutions organization, for almost 20 years. She currently serves as a client partner and began her career at TCS in 2000 as a program manager. In her free time she enjoys volunteering and running. She is a 2-time Ultra Marathoner and 7-time Marathoner. I sat down with her to learn more about her work at TCS and her experience as a woman in the technology field. — Alexa Miller, Director, Digital Empowers National Campaign

Why Economic Success is So Connected to Quality Childcare

Katie Rast, Director, Community Impact, The San Diego Foundation
Community Improvement
Data
Early Childhood Education
Education
January 16, 2020
Center for Education and Workforce
Childcare Efforts in San Diego
© The San Diego Foundation
To better understand the need and childcare challenges that currently exist, The San Diego Foundation partnered with San Diego Workforce Partnership and the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce to commission two new reports that outline the regional landscape surrounding early childhood care and the economy.

Using Technology to Measure True Impact

James Citron
Community Improvement
Innovation
November 18, 2019
Corporate Citizenship Center
Pledgeling
© Photo by Ian Wagreich / © U.S. Chamber of Commerce

There’s a fundamental change happening right now. Corporate social responsibility is no longer in the footnotes of a company’s goals—it’s moving to the forefront. Giving back and integrating purpose into business is increasingly important to consumers, employees, and business leaders.

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