Who We Are: Jody Mahoney

Vice President Business Development

Jody MahoneyJody Mahoney is vice president business development responsible for developing current and new Institute sponsors and partners willing to grow with ABI as our programs expand in support of our mission. Prior to joining the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology, Jody was senior director international development with TechSoup, a social enterprise based in San Francisco where she was instrumental in developing the corporate and nonprofit partnerships needed for international expansion. Prior to TechSoup, Jody held many and varied business development, partnership recruitment and technology sales positions. Jody holds a BFA from Antioch College and an MFA from Warren Wilson College.

Who Am I?
My passions include international development, pro-poor policy, access for women to technology, equity and microfinance, writing, travel, gardens, advocating on behalf of breast cancer research, teenagers of all shapes and sizes including my son Josh and AFS exchange sons Timo (Denmark), Daniele (Italy), Eduardo (Spain) and AFS daughter Viivi (Finland), London fashion, Les Soldes in Paris, the Pacific ocean, surfing, bodyboarding, my very tall husband Ira, four sisters and assorted nieces and nephews, wonderful friends, Rue de Rosier, New York anytime, the markets of Cairo, Al-Madinah in Tunis, Delhi, jazz in Warsaw, Camden Locke, Kentish Town, Elephant’s Head Pub, Courage Best Bitter, my Welsh Cardigan Corgi, and finally, laughing—lots and lots of laughing.

Officers

  • Telle Whitney, – President and CEO
  • James Beck, CPA & CMA, Managing Director & COO, Mayfield Fund – Treasurer, Vice President & Corporate Secretary

Corporate Counsel

  • Allison Spinner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Staff

Our Founder

Board of Trustees

  • Leah Jamieson, John A. Edwardson Dean of Engineering and Ramsburg Distinguished Professor, Purdue University, Board Chair
  • Francine Berman, Vice President of Research and Professor of Computer Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute – Vice Chair
  • Robin Abrams, Investor
  • Anushka Anand, Ph.D Candidate, University of Illinois at Chicago
  • James Beck, CPA & CMA, Managing Director and COO, Mayfield Fund – Treasurer, Vice President and Corporate Secretary
  • Mark Bregman, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Neustar
  • Debi Coleman, Managing Partner, SmartForest Ventures
  • Nancy E. Cooper, Retired, EVP and Chief Financial Officer, CA Technologies
  • Kelli Crane, Senior Vice President of Global Enterprise Information Solutions, LexisNexis
  • Nora Denzel, Senior Vice President, Big Data, Social Design and Marketing, Intuit
  • Alan Eustace, Senior Vice President of Knowledge, Google
  • Penny Herscher, President and CEO, firstRain
  • Kathy Hill, Senior Vice President, Development Strategy and Operations, Cisco Systems Inc.
  • Tracy S. Keogh, Executive Vice President, Human Resources, HP
  • Sarah Loos, Ph.D Candidate, Carnegie Mellon University
  • Brian Pawlowski, CTO and Senior Vice President, NetApp
  • Richard Rashid, Chief Research Officer, Microsoft
  • Justin Rattner, Senior Fellow and CTO, Intel
  • Mike Schroepfer, VP of Engineering, Facebook
  • Bill Unger, Partner Emeritus, Mayfield Fund
  • William Wulf, Former President, National Academy of Engineering
  • Telle Whitney, President and CEO, Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology
  • Margaret Ashida, Emerita (Term: 2003- 2009)
  • Linda Bernardi, Emerita (Term: 1996 -2006)
  • Wayne Johnson, Emeritus (Term: 2002-2008)
  • Maria Klawe, Emerita (Term: 1996-2011)
  • Greg Papadopoulos, Emeritus (Term: 1996 -2006)

Individual and Organizations

Board of Advisors