In celebration of Women’s History Month, the Silicon Valley and San Francisco lawyers of DLA Piper’s Leadership Alliance for Women (LAW) invite you to a breakfast featuring a panel of prominent women leaders in the technology industry.

The panelists will discuss their work toward changing the industry’s gender disparity — the under-representation of women in technology-
related academia, entrepreneurship, venture capitalism and computer science.

We also encourage you to support one of two local nonprofit organizations by either:

• Providing a monetary gift to the Children’s Creativity Museum, based in San  Francisco, which focuses on teaching children how to be creative with technology, including programs tailored to encourage girls to pursue science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) or
• Bringing a STEM-focused toy or game to donate to Girls to Women, based in East  Palo Alto, which supports 45 under-resourced school-aged girls throughout the school year.

We will have representatives from both organizations present at the event.

We hope you can join us!

DEB PARSONS, MODERATOR
Deb Parsons is Director, Portfolia, a startup equity crowdfunding platform that connects smart, savvy investors and consumer products-focused companies. Portfolia focuses on  the largely untapped market of women investors who currently hold more than 60  percent of the wealth in the US and make 80 percent of all consumer purchasing decisions.

JANICA ALVAREZ, PANELIST
Janica is Founder and CEO of Naia Health, Inc., a seed-stage company developing digital, consumer-focused health products that aim to revolutionize the well-being and  life  style of mothers and babies. The company’s initial product is a radically improved  breast pump for nursing moms that is hospital grade, yet about the size of a  smartphone.

LISA MAKI, PANELIST
Lisa is the Co-Founder and CEO of PokitDok, a marketplace that brings price transparency to health care, where consumers shop for treatment and physicians openly quote prices.

MIRA VEDA, PANELIST
Mira is Founder of Lipstick and Politics, an online media entity focusing on amplifying the voice of women through content that drives popular dialogue with a unique focus on defeating stereotypes.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 2014
8:00 a.m. — 8:30 a.m. — Breakfast  
and Registration  

8:30 a.m. — 9:30 a.m. — Panel  
Discussion  

DLA PIPER
2000 University Avenue  
East Palo Alto, CA 94303-2215  
Directions

FOR MORE INFORMATION  
Please contact Vicky Lee or Linda  Pfatteicher at
victoria.lee@dlapiper.com  or  linda.pfatteicher@dlapiper.com