The Role of Leadership in the Journey to Gender Equality

Friday, March 24, 2017
11:30 AM -12:30 PM
The Role of Leadership in the Journey to Gender Equality, von Kármán Auditorium at JPL - 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena

The JPL Office of the Director and the Office of the Chief Scientist present a panel discussion entitled:

Ensuring increased gender diversity and equality across our organizations requires a strong commitment from the top. This panel discussion explores the steps taken to date by JPL and Campus leadership to recruit, retain and promote a diverse talent pool, summarizes the major accomplishments over the last decade, and highlights the next steps. A Q&A session will follow.

This lecture is cosponsored by the Women Mentoring Women Program (Caltech Center of Diversity), the Caltech Division of Engineering and Applied Science, JPL, the JPL Advisory Council for Women (ACW) and the Keck Institute for Space Studies.

Speakers

  • Jan Chodas

    Jan Chodas

    Director for the Office of Safety and Mission Success, JPL

  • Melany Hunt

    Dotty and Dick Hayman Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Caltech

  • Larry James

    Larry James

    Deputy Director, Jet Propulsion Laboratory

  • Cinzia Zuffada

    Associate Chief Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory