Ellen McCarthy, COO National Geospatial Intelligence Agency
Veda Woods, Chief Information Security Officer at the Recovery Accountability & Transparency Board
“The nation is facing an unprecedented shortage of workers with education and skills in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, with some estimates pegging the shortfall at about 2.4 million unfilled positions by 2020.”
Women tech leaders are urging for a change in the perception of STEM jobs and are advocating that very young girls begin to understand the value of technology and STEM-related fields in our society. Without more interested women, the country as a whole will fall behind in the sciences and math.
