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Breaking the Mold Lunch Panel: Tech for Good - Opportunities and Pitfalls
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There's no question that the Tech sector has been driving some of the most exciting and positive change in the social impact space. From tools that enable the delivery of social services at scale, to the innovative and data driven approaches, Tech based organizations employ to drive social good. However, this change has also brought on new and complex issues such as data privacy.
Join alumni in tech for lunch and an intimate discussion on how they employ tech for good in their roles, where they think tech for good is headed, and how they entered this exciting space.
Location: South Fairbanks 105
Lunch provided
Limited seating!
Speakers
Susan Horrell ‘06
https://www.linkedin.com/in/susangordo/
Susan Gordon Horrell (she/her) builds and develops cross-sector partnerships and collaborations that accelerate cures for rare cancer patients at the Rare Cancer Research Foundation. Susan has many years of experience in partnership development and has worked with companies including Starbucks and Under Armour, as well as nonprofits and over 400 other partners. Prior to entering the nonprofit space, Susan worked as an ICU and Emergency Department nurse. Susan is originally from Minnesota and she has a BA from Dartmouth College, a BSN from Duke University School of Nursing, and is currently pursuing her MPH at Harvard University's T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Alex Bernadotte ‘92
Alex is the founder and CEO of Beyond 12, a tech-enabled nonprofit that “helps institutions provide their students with the academic, social, and emotional support they need to succeed in higher education.” She has more than 18 years of executive management and strategic development experience in the nonprofit and private sectors. Alex received her undergraduate degree from Dartmouth and earned a master's degree with a concentration in policy and organizational leadership from Stanford.
Ben Beisswenger ‘09
https://www.linkedin.com/in/benbeisswenger/
An engineer at heart, Ben Beisswenger navigated the nexus of tech and social impact at places like Emerson Collective and Salesforce.org. His journey includes hundreds of tech infrastructure projects across nonprofits, startups, and larger companies, aimed at amplifying impact. Off-duty, I serve on a charter school board and enjoy skiing, musing over philosophy, and puzzling. On-duty, I am the Senior Director of Internal Technology at the Collective.
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Co-hosted with: Center for Professional Development
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