Will This Be a Lost Year for America’s Children?September 21, 2020-As students across the country start school, education experts reckon with the long-term implications of remote learning, vanishing resources and heightened inequality. Featuring IWFCO member Susana Cordova as one of the five participants interviewed. (New York Times Magazine)
Rural Technology Pioneer – Featuring Dr. Alison BrownSeptember 15, 2020-Dr. Brown is a pioneer in many ways—as an academic, entrepreneur, engineer, and community leader. After completing her doctorate at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), she founded NAVSYS Corporation in 1986 to deliver positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) technology development supporting government and commercial organizations.
“Hecho en Colorado” captures a century of Latino culture in paintings, sculpture and moreSeptember 8, 2020-When Adrianna Abarca visited History Colorado Center’s massive, new museum eight years ago, she wandered up and down the 200,000 square feet of just-opened exhibition space hoping to learn a little bit about her own Colorado story. (The Denver Post)
State CIO Theresa Szczurek Receives Inaugural Colorado CIO of the Year ORBIE AwardJuly 17, 2020-At a virtual event today, Governor’s Office of Information Technology (OIT) Chief Information Officer and Executive Director Dr. Theresa Szczurek was presented with ColoradoCIO’s first-ever 2020 Colorado CIO of the Year® ORBIE® Award in the public sector category. This award spotlights CIOs in seven key categories who have demonstrated excellence in technology leadership.
A Conversation with Her Royal Highness Princess ReemaJuly 6, 2020-Colorado Business Roundtable hosts an event with Saudi Arabia's Ambassador to the United States to talk about women's rights and women in business. Roundtable participants include IWFCO members Kristen Blessman, Lt. Governor Dianne Primavera and Becky Takeda-Tinker.
Ellie Greenberg featured on ‘Great Colorado Women’ June 18 on Rocky Mountain PBSJune 12, 2020-The Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame (CWHF) and Rocky Mountain PBS will debut Season Three of a broadcast series focusing on the legacies of women who helped shape Colorado through their accomplishments. IWFCO member Ellie Greenberg will be featured on June 18 at 8:00pm.
Susana Cordova, Superintendent of Denver Public Schools, and Veronica Figoli, President & CEO of the DPS Foundation, led the pivot COVID-19 demanded.May 29, 2020-This graduation video and the Food Security Fund show a bit of what they have been up to. "We have witnessed communities going above and beyond to support each other—whether it’s to congratulate our students for another year well done, or to provide meals and supplies for those in need (https://dpsfoundation.org/foodsecurityfund/). We compiled a video of DPS alumni to wish our 2020 graduates success as they embark on their post-graduation journeys. "