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Lili Gangas is the Chief Technology Community Officer at the Kapor Center, an operating…

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  • Harvard Business Review

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Volunteer Experience

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    Advisory Board Member

    AI4ALL

    - 5 years 1 month

    Science and Technology

    AI4ALL is a nonprofit working to increase diversity and inclusion in artificial intelligence. We create pipelines for underrepresented talent through education and mentorship programs around the U.S. and Canada that give high school students early exposure to AI for social good. Our vision is for AI to be developed by a broad group of thinkers and doers advancing AI for humanity’s benefit.

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    Advisory Council Member

    DreamWakers

    - 1 year

    Education

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    Oakland Organizer

    Startup Weekend

    - Present 8 years 5 months

    Economic Empowerment

    Helping Oaklanders experience entrepreneurship hands via intense 54 hours to go from idea to pitches.

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    Diversity & Inclusion Digest

    Startup Digest

    - 1 year

    Civil Rights and Social Action

    Sign up for our weekly curation of articles, readings, podcasts, videos, events all about diversity & inclusion in all things entrepreneurship from techies to startups.
    https://www.startupdigest.com/digests/diversity

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    Mentor

    East Bay College Fund

    - 2 years

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    Stanford Latino Entrepreneurship Initiative - Business Mentor

    Stanford University Graduate School of Business

    - 1 year

    Economic Empowerment

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    Social Venture Business Plan Competition Mentor

    George Washington University

    - Present 10 years 11 months

    Economic Empowerment

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    Boston Fellow

    StartingBloc

    - Present 14 years 11 months

    Economic Empowerment

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    Womens Edition Co-Organizer and Global Startup Battle DC Pitch Coach Organizer

    Startup Weekend

    - Present 10 years 2 months

    Economic Empowerment

    Secured and managed exclusive corporate sponsorship for Startup Weekend DC Women’s Edition bringing over 100 participants (70% women) with a 3M Twitter reach. Co-led the planning and execution of DC's 1st ever Women's Startup Weekend as the Booz Allen lead. Also coordinated the pitch coaching sessions. Coached 12 teams competing at in the Women’ Edition and Global Startup Battle DC Startup Weekends

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    Social Impact Edition

    Startup Weekend

    - Present 9 years 7 months

    Poverty Alleviation

    Planning and execution team for Washington DC’s inaugural Social Impact Edition that brought 117 multi-disciplinary participants to tackle poverty alleviation, social justice, food access, sexual assaults problems. Secured coaches and judges.

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    Small Business Administration Startup in a Day Judge

    US Small Business Administration

    - Present 9 years 6 months

    Economic Empowerment

    Evaluated 14 challenge.gov submissions for Startup in a Day Competition – Dream Big Model designed to spur the development, implementation, and improvement of online tools to let entrepreneurs learn about the business startup process in their area

  • Panelist on Data Innovation

    Council of Women and Girls, The White House

    - Present 9 years

    Civil Rights and Social Action

    Presented on a data innovation and discussed open data tools to help The White House Council of Women and Girls visualize suspension rates across demographic indicator such as race, income level.

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    Panelist - Mentoring Kickoff

    Women Who Code

    - Present 9 years

    Science and Technology

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    Innovation Panelist

    Central Intelligence Agency

    - Present 9 years

    Science and Technology

Honors & Awards

  • SF Business Times 40 Under 40

    San Francisco Business Times

    San Francisco Business Times’ 40 Under 40 Class of 2020
    "In a dynamic region rife with innovation we have the pleasure of highlighting some of the young business leaders making their mark on both the Bay Area and the world. With hundreds of nominations flooding in – not surprising given the vibrancy of the business community in this region – we have chosen 40 individuals we think exemplify the creativity, passion and perseverance that characterize the Bay Area."

  • San Francisco Business Times 2019 Most Influential Women in Business

    San Francisco Business Times

  • 40 Under 40: Tech Diversity – Silicon Valley

    theREGISTRY Bay Area and Digital Diversity Network (DDN)

  • Culture Catalyst, Innovation & Inclusion Awards

    Digital Diversity Network

Organizations

  • Net Impact

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    - Present
  • Society of Women Engineers

    USC Student VP

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  • Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers

    USC Student VP, Corporate Relations

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