Lucy Sanders, who directs the National Center for Women and Information Technology on the University of Colorado at Boulder campus, has been inducted into the Women in Technology International Hall of Fame.
WITI, the leading trade association for women in technology, recognized four women on Sept. 27, in Santa Clara, Calif., including Sanders, Wanda M. Austin, senior vice president of the national systems group at The Aerospace Corporation, Helen Greiner, co-founder and chairman of iRobot Corp. and Padmasree Warrior, executive vice president and chief technology officer at Motorola Inc.
The association聮s hall of fame award is considered one of the most prestigious recognitions for women working in technology and science.
聯These brilliant women are excellent leaders and role models for young women eagerly seeking an academic or career path in a technology or science field,聰 said Carolyn Leighton, CEO, chairwoman and founder of the trade group.
Sanders is CEO and co-founder of the National Center for Women and Information Technology, which is based in CU-Boulder聮s ATLAS Institute. The center is a coalition of more than 100 prominent corporations, academic institutions, government agencies and nonprofits working to increase women's participation in information technology.
Sanders, who has an extensive industry and academic background in increasing women聮s participation in information technology, also serves as the ATLAS Institute聮s executive in residence.
ATLAS, or the Alliance for Technology, Learning and Society, is an innovative, campuswide institute that broadens the benefits of the information age by providing multidisciplinary curricular, research and outreach programs that integrate information technology with a wide variety of disciplines, people and communities, both inside and outside the university. ATLAS places special emphasis on areas and communities that are less commonly partnered with information technology.
Before coming to Boulder, Sanders worked in research and development and in executive positions at AT&T Bell Labs, Lucent Bell Labs and Avaya Labs for more than 20 years. She has six communications technology patents and has received the Bell Labs Fellow Award and the Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award.
Sanders serves on the University of California at Berkeley聮s Mathematical Sciences Research Institute board of trustees; CU-Boulder聮s engineering advisory council; Denver Public Schools聮 computer magnet advisory board; the University of Denver聮s Women's College Applied Computing Program advisory board; and several corporate boards. She also is chair of the 2007 Grace Hopper Conference and currently serves on the Information Technology Research and Development Ecosystem Commission for the National Academies.
Sanders received a bachelor聮s degree in computer science from Louisiana State University and a master聮s degree in the same field from CU-Boulder.
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