Leanne Pittsford

Entrepreneur, doer, risk taker and big believer that ideas are nothing without execution. I spend my time trying to fill 500,000 open tech jobs, increase economic opportunity for all Americans and helping tech companies build teams that reflect the people who use their products. Current ventures include: Lesbians Who Tech | 25,000+ Community of LGBTQ Women in Tech with 39 chapters across the globe, the largest LGBTQ network of technologists in the world increasing visibility and improving representation among LGBTQ women in the tech sector on a global scale. Programs include the Edie Windsor Coding Scholarship, a coding scholarship fund for LGBTQ to learn how to code and Bring a Lesbian to Work Day, a one day shadow career program. And Summits in New York, San Francisco, Mexico City, Singapore & Paris. More at LesbiansWhoTech.org Tech Jobs Tour | 1 Year. 50 Cities. 100,000 Jobs. The Tour is partnering with TechHire, Obama’s tech jobs program and advisor Megan Smith, 3rd CTO, United States to connect diverse and non-traditional talent to over 500,000 open tech jobs. More at TechJobsTour.com include.io | Helping companies build their best team The include.io product is a recruiting and retention platform that uses mini-mentoring sessions to validate diverse and non-traditional technical talent, allowing you to be intentional about inclusion and scale access to the direct referrals that matter most, your current employees. More at include.io

Solving problems, coffee, wine, bikram, hot tubs and slow jams.

There's no way to remove bias from humans, you have to fight it with intention.

Roller blading & arm wrestling