Inclusivity Lab: Digital Inclusion in 2020

Morgan Collins is the Vice President General Manager for
AT&T in the Pacific States Market that covers,
Washington, Oregon, Alaska and Hawaii where she
oversees mobility sales and operations for more than 245
retail locations. Her teams are responsible for serving
customers with mobile and entertainment solutions. She
also leads community engagement with consumers and
businesses.

Deena Pierott is a Diversity and Inclusion Professional and Founder of the Nationally recognized STEM+Arts Program iUrban Teen which focuses on “non-traditional” STEM learners ages 13 to 18 and exposes them to the world of STEM careers. Our target demographic are male youth of color but inclusive to all.

Adelle grew up in the pacific NW and enjoys growing all manner of plants and reading sci-fi. She works for Free Geek managing four community programs: the Community Technology Education, offering 400 free, volunteer-run classes yearly on hardware, programming, privacy, and open source. The Plug into Portland Program which provides computers to youth and promotes volunteering. The Welcome to Computers Program which provides multi-week digital literacy training and a device to the participants who complete it and lastly, Hardware Grants, which provides refurbished technology to local nonprofits.

Lindsey Davis is a program manager at the nonprofit New Avenues for Youth, overseeing the organization’s workforce-development program Promoting Avenues to Employment (PAVE), which provides job training and employment services for youth experiencing homelessness and housing instability. Among other things, her work addresses the barriers to employment sectors (including tech) and upward mobility faced by young people experiencing homelessness and focuses on the design and implementation of developmentally appropriate services tailored to their needs and readiness. With ten years’ experience in STEM public education and workforce development, she is a former Social Studies Department Head at The Chattanooga Girls Leadership Academy and was a Teacher-Ranger for the National Park Service.