Margaret Brisbane Awarded 2023 Large Enterprise ORBIE Award

Margaret Brisbane, founding ITWomen board member, awarded 2023 OBIE award for Large Enterprise Technology Leadership by SouthFloridaCIO

Please join me in congratulating founding ITWomen Board member, Margaret Brisbane, who was honored by SouthFloridaCIO on June 9th, at the Diplomate Beach Resort as a 2023 ORBIE® Award recipient!   Margaret was selected as recipient for the Large Enterprise ORBIE ($5B+) for her leadership as the Chief Information Officer of Miami-Dade County.   We celebrate you Margaret for the many…

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ITWomen 2023 Scholarship Awards

ITWomen scholarship recipients receive a send-off gift of essentials for their college journey.

It was such an honor to present $24,000 in ITWomen technology and engineering scholarships to amazing young women at our 2023 awards ceremony. ITWomen Charitable Foundation has provided $875,000 in STEM college scholarships to 138 female graduates of high schools across South Florida in the past 20 years. Congratulations to our newest ITWomen Scholars: Karina…

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Congrats to These ITWomen Scholarship Grads

Congratulations to our latest graduating ITWomen scholars: Mariya JivaJi, Cassandra Garzia, Julieth Forero, and Sophie Ayoung-Chee. Mariya graduated from Penn State University with a Bachelor of Cybersecurity & Operations. Cassandra graduated from the University of Florida with a Bachelor of Computer Sciene & Digital Arts. Julieth graduated from the University of Central Florida with a…

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See how your gifts grew on Give Miami Day 2022

Thank You! Give Miami Day 2022 boosted the donations of everyone who gave so generously! Due to the power of matching donations and bonuses, your $1,017 original gifts for ITWomen scholarships grew to $1,582.08. You are truly helping level the field for young women aspiring to a future in tech. Since our founding in 2002,…

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Akamai Hosts Fireside Chat with ITWomen Mentor Chair Margaret Brisbane, CIO, Miami-Dade County

Margaret Brisbane, ITWomen Board member, Virtual Mentor Chair, recently shared her career journey to becoming Miami-Dade County’s first female CIO/Department Director in a Fireside Chat with leadership groups at Akamai Technologies. Akamai’s GS America’s Inclusion, Diversity, and Engagement (ID&E) team hosted the virtual event, which drew Akamai’s Women’s Forum Americas ERG, as well as extended…

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Designing Cultures for Hybrid Workspaces

Company culture consultant Gustavo Razzetti holds that companies often hold out highly desirable perks as their core foundation, but perks alone do not define a culture. The key to hybrid workspaces where everyone can thrive is when all employees, remote or on-site, share a sense of belonging to something bigger than themselves, he says. Razzetti…

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