Who We Are: Caroline Simard

Director of Research

Caroline pictureI manage and direct the Anita Borg Institute’s research initiatives. Currently, my focus in on our major research initiative with the Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University and the evaluation and impact measurement of our programs. 

I am passionate about social science and its role in creating practical solutions to social problems. Prior to ABI I was a Researcher at the Center for Social Innovation of the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

I have a PhD in communication studies from Stanford University, with a focus on organizational behavior, high-technology industries, and social networks. My publications have focused on the barriers to the diffusion of best practices, managing open innovation, regional clusters of innovation, the role of social networks in the circulation of knowledge in technical communities, and nonprofit management.

In my lack of free time, you will find me having dinners with friends and pursuing a project of turning my dissertation work into a book about engineering practice and knowledge networks, as well as writing papers on nonprofit management.

Find me on Linked In, Facebook, and on Del.ici.ous 

Officers

Staff

Our Founder

Board of Trustees

  • William Wulf, Ph.D., Former President, National Academy of Engineering, Board Chair
  • Bill Unger, Partner Emeritus, Mayfield Fund - Vice-Chair
  • Margaret Ashida, Director, Diversity and Workforce Programs - IBM Software Group
  • James Beck, CPA & CMA, Managing Director & CFO, Mayfield Fund - Treasurer & Vice President
  • Francine Berman, Professor, Dept of Computer Science and Engineering, UC San Diego and Fellow, ACM
  • Debi Coleman, Managing Partner, SmartForest Ventures
  • Alan Eustace, Senior Vice President, Research and Systems Engineering, Google
  • Penny Herscher, President & CEO, firstRain
  • Kathy Hill, Senior VP Ethernet and Wireless Systems Technology Group, Cisco Systems Inc.
  • Wayne Johnson, Vice President, University Relations, Hewlett-Packard
  • Maria Klawe, President, Harvey Mudd College
  • Richard Rashid, Senior VP and VP Research, Microsoft
  • Justin Rattner, Senior Fellow & CTO, Intel
  • Cheryl Shavers, Former Undersecretary of Technology, Clinton Administration, & CEO of Global Smarts, Inc.
  • Telle Whitney, President & CEO, Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology
  • Linda Bernardi, Emeritus (Term: 1996 -2006)
  • Greg Papadopoulos, Emeritus (Term: 1996 -2006)

Individual and Organizations

Board of Advisors