Who We Are: Jody Mahoney

Vice President Business Development

Jody MahoneyJody Mahoney is vice president business development responsible for developing current and new Institute sponsors and partners willing to grow with ABI as our programs expand in support of our mission. Prior to joining the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology, Jody was senior director international development with TechSoup, a social enterprise based in San Francisco where she was instrumental in developing the corporate and nonprofit partnerships needed for international expansion. Prior to TechSoup, Jody held many and varied business development, partnership recruitment and technology sales positions. Jody holds a BFA from Antioch College and an MFA from Warren Wilson College.

Who Am I?
My passions include international development, pro-poor policy, access of women to technology, equity and microfinance, writing, travel, gardens, advocating on behalf of breast cancer research, teenagers of all shapes and sizes including my son Josh and AFS exchange sons Timo (Denmark), Daniele (Italy), Eduardo (Spain) and AFS daughter Viivi (Finland), London fashion, Les Soldes in Paris, the Pacific ocean, surfing, bodyboarding, my very tall husband Ira, four sisters and assorted nieces and nephews, wonderful friends, Rue de Rosier, New York anytime, the markets of Cairo, Al-Madinah in Tunis, Delhi, jazz in Warsaw, Camden Locke, Kentish Town, Elephant’s Head Pub, Courage Best Bitter, my Welsh Cardigan Corgi, and finally, laughing—lots and lots of laughing.

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  • 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)

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