• Palo Alto AWIS Mission
• Palo Alto AWIS Team
• Chapters
• AWIS History

Palo Alto AWIS Mission

The Palo Alto chapter of the Association for Women in Science (Palo Alto AWIS) was founded in 1983 by Rivka Sherman-Gold to:

• provide networking opportunities for women in science at all levels
• foster career development and advancement for women in science
• raise public awareness of the scientific and technological skills of women
• work with other scientific, educational, and women's organizations in developing national and community programs that meet the above goals
• provide recognition for women scientists in order to advance the above goals

National AWIS

AWIS, a non-profit national organization of women and men, was established in 1971 with the mission to achieve equity and full participation for women in a variety of scientific fields. AWIS has over 4,200 members in the life and physical sciences, mathematics, social sciences, and engineering. Click here for history of Palo Alto and National AWIS.

Palo Alto AWIS Team

	Board Members:
	President	Ashley Fouts
	Vice President	Rita Finones
	Treasurer	Chitra Chakravarthy
	Secretary	Alayne Brunner
	Member at Large	Rachel Harte
	Committees
	Mentoring	Lyle Rice, Kim Williams, Katrin Sangkuhl
	Membership	Emily Piccione
	Programs	Kelly Harradine and Simona Neumann
	Industry Outreach	Marcy Auerbach
	Newsletter	Maytal Bar-Shir
	Webmistress	Shibing Wang and Kristin Vanderbeek
	Community Outreach	Katy Korsmeyer
	Scholarships	Yun Hsu and Rachel Harte

To learn more about us, click here.
To learn about our committees and how you can help, click here
To see our bylaws click here.

Chapters

AWIS organizations in the Bay Area and beyond include:

• National AWIS and Chapter Events
• AWIS Northern California Chapters (NCC-AWIS)
• San Francisco AWIS (sfAWIS)
• Easy Bay AWIS (ebAWIS)
• Sacramento Valley AWIS (svAWIS)