Renee Wittemyer (@reneewittemyer) 's Twitter Profile
Renee Wittemyer

@reneewittemyer

Director, Program Strategy and Investment, Pivotal Ventures (Melinda French Gates' company) women/tech, innovation, former Intel, Microsoft Research (views own)

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calendar_today27-11-2008 02:09:31

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History being made by 400 powerful VCs- and yeah they happen to be badass powerful women. Diversifying founders and funders All Raise inaugural summit #womenwhoventure aileenlee

History being made by 400 powerful VCs- and yeah they happen to be badass powerful women. Diversifying founders and funders <a href="/AllRaise/">All Raise</a> inaugural summit #womenwhoventure <a href="/aileenlee/">aileenlee</a>
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Thrilled to see perspectives from several of my favorite change-makers featured on Evoke (new online community hosted by Melinda French Gates )-- AI pros @timnitGebru (@dair-community.social/bsky.social) @ayannahoward, designer @_GirlsGarage Emily Pilloton, bias researcher Women and Public Policy Program Iris Bohnet. evoke.org

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“They took two years to design an AI automatic résumé scanner and they found that it was so biased against any female applicant that if you even had the word ‘woman’ on your résumé that it went to the bottom of the pile.” - Kate Crawford bit.ly/2Ij5Muw

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It's All Raise 's 1st birthday + we're so excited to announce our new CEO Pam Kostka who is a gift! Jess Lee & I wrote a bit about hiring Pam - hope you'll check it out link.medium.com/UPQLKjCpKV and share if All Raise has helped or inspired you @allraiseFTW

Melinda French Gates (@melindagates) 's Twitter Profile Photo

.All Raise helps put more money in the hands of female founders & more power in the hands of female funders. That's exactly the lift women need to scale the walls of the old boys' VC club. Congratulations to Pam Kostka—I can't wait to see what you all do. m-gat.es/2WW6JNh

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New study by AI Now Institute shows that lack of of women and people of color in AI contributes to flawed systems and bias. This needs to change. Kate Crawford theguardian.com/technology/201…

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Carla Brodley started the brilliant ALIGN program to broaden pathways into computing Masters degrees & tech industry for people with non-tech backgrounds and no previous experience (like a JD or MBA). It's starting to scale in a big way! Khoury College of Computer Sciences geekwire.com/2019/facebook-…

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SO excited for this book to have hit the shelves. This message is crucial right now. Thanks, Melinda French Gates for writing this. I'm inspired by your words, so I commit to the lift by encouraging and helping girls & women everywhere to live life brave, not perfect. #MomentofLift

Dr. Barbara H. Whye (@drbarbarawhye) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I’ll commit to the lift by having real conversations on the lack of Black women in tech, building solutions and taking action to impact change. #RebootRepresentation #MomentofLift #IamIntel

Bill Gates (@billgates) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I was touched when Melinda asked me to introduce her at her #MomentofLift book tour stop in Seattle tonight. I wanted to do right by her but wasn’t sure what the best approach was -- so I turned to someone with some expertise in this area…

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By far the biggest and most exciting thing that I have ever worked on—and I feel a sense of incredible optimism to be a part of it. At Pivotal Ventures, we will put resources behind new & established partners to expand women’s power and influence in the US #EqualityCantWait

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18 months ago, we sat in a small conference room dreaming up ideas on how to shape women’s representation in tech hubs as they grow. I couldn’t have even imagined that would result in the $50M collaboration that Melinda French Gates launched today. #GETcities fortune.com/2020/01/28/mel…

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One of the best leaders I have ever worked with- incredible integrity, constant focus on impact, and made me laugh a lot (!) on a daily basis. Congrats, my friend! @barbarawhye

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Caring for kids, remote schooling and supporting aging parents is hard in the best of times. In this op-ed Melinda French Gates explains why now, more than ever, we must fix our country’s broken #caregiving system. pvtl.ventures/2LbTFPS

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There's more investment in petcare than eldercare in the US? Check out 10 startups in @techstars Future of Longevity Accelerator creating new products/services for older Americans & caregivers. Below is op-ed I wrote w/ Techstars.#caregiving #aging inc.com/renee-wittemye…

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Speaking today w/ these brilliant experts at launch of new collaborative TUF providing timely resources to support the mental health and well-being of young people—particularly adolescents who are of color and/or LGBTQ+ #MentalHealthUpswing theupswingfund.org

Speaking today w/ these brilliant experts at launch of new collaborative <a href="/UpswingFund/">TUF</a> providing timely resources to support the mental health and well-being of young people—particularly adolescents who are of color and/or LGBTQ+ #MentalHealthUpswing theupswingfund.org
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Proud of launch of new #MentalHealthUpswing Fund for Adolescent Mental Health (seeded by Pivotal Ventures, in partnership with @panoramateam). It will rapidly deploy resources to organizations that address the mental health needs of young people of color and LGBTQ+ youth.

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Loving this first-of-its-kind #CARE100 list by our partner The Holding Co. featuring 100+ trailblazing entrepreneurs, policy advocates, artists who are re-imagining how we care for children, elders, & families. Check it out: care100list.com

Loving this first-of-its-kind #CARE100 list by our partner <a href="/the_holding_co/">The Holding Co.</a> featuring 100+ trailblazing entrepreneurs, policy advocates, artists who are re-imagining how we care for children, elders, &amp; families. Check it out: care100list.com