2007 Anita Borg Social Impact Award winner- sponsored by Microsoft

Founder and Director, Imagining Ourselves Project, International Museum of Women

Paula Goldman is the Founder and Director of the Imagining Ourselves project with the International Museum of Women. An anthropologist and social entrepreneur, she melds a professional background in public policy with impressive academic skills in order to understand – and improve—the lives of young women across the globe. Whether working on reconciliation projects in Bosnia, or initiating educational opportunities in India that forge professional paths for rural high school graduates, she finds satisfaction by instigating opportunities that result in increased opportunity for underserved populations. She has lived and worked in more than ten countries on four continents.

Paula’s work has been featured in magazines, newspapers and broadcast media globally – from O, the Oprah Magazine and MSNBC, to the Irish Times and Time Out Bombay. Speaking engagements have taken her from Northern California and New York to Ghana, Bangkok and Spain. She holds a Masters degree from Princeton University, is a PhD candidate at Harvard University, and is currently a fellow with the Human Rights Committee of the American Anthropological Association. Her book Imagining Ourselves was published in 2006.

The mission of the International Museum of Women is to value the lives of women around the world. Based in San Francisco, the Museum amplifies the voices of women worldwide through history, the arts and cultural programs and exhibits that educate, create dialogue, build community and inspire action. With its unique focus on cultural change, the Museum advances the human right to gender equity worldwide. Its 2008 theme for exhibits and programs will be on women, power, and politics.