Elizabeth Ames

Anita Borg Institute

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Senior Vice President of Strategic Marketing, Alliances and Programs at the Anita Borg Institute.

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On Monday, Google fired engineer James Damore, who wrote an internal memo saying “biological causes” are partially to blame for the low numbers of women in tech.

Google tries -- and fails -- to achieve diversity in Silicon Valley

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