About Women in Technology (WIT)

Our Programs & Events: WIT offers a variety of programs and benefits designed to support women in tech. To fully experience our offerings, become a member today!

  • The Leadership Foundry: Prepares experienced women executives for corporate board service with intensive training and networking events.
  • Adult Mentor Protégé Program: Connects protégés with seasoned professionals to help them achieve their career goals through a structured five-part series.
  • Girls in Technology (GIT): Engages over 500 girls annually in the D.C. metro area, inspiring them to pursue careers in IT fields.
  • Accelerate(her): Encourages your continuous professional development by providing monthly virtual events featuring career coaches and professionals sharing pertinent information for women at any level in their career
  • Women Business Owners: Helps established and new women business owners in the Washington, DC, Maryland, and Virginia (DMV) area increase their visibility through disruptive and innovative business strategies.
  • WIT Podcast: Inspires listeners with stories from leaders within the organization, influential women in the STEM industry, the men who support women rise, and other captivating stories to empower and reinforce WIT’s mission.
  • WIT Online Job Bank: A member-only resource where companies post job opportunities.

WIT Events

  • Meet the Company: Monthly events where WIT members visit D.C. metro companies to learn about career opportunities.
  • Job Fairs: Biannual events providing members with direct access to leading area companies looking to hire.
  • Annual Leadership Awards Gala: Every year, the Women in Technology Leadership Awards recognize and honor female leaders whose achievements, mentorship and contributions to the community. These are highly successful women who have made mentoring the next generation of leaders in technology a significant component of their own success.
  • Annual Golf Tournament: WIT DIG IT (Diversity in Golf - Information Technology) Golf Tournaments champion diversity in the technology industry. Proceeds from the tournaments go back into WIT programming to fund advancing women in technology.

Our Values

Women in Technology is a non-profit professional association dedicated to advancing women in technology from the classroom to the boardroom. This important mission is best met by a Board of Directors and other volunteers who are committed to WIT’s core principles

  • Collaboration: We believe in the power of working together to achieve common goals. We strive to be proactive, innovative and creative in all we do, leveraging technology where appropriate and empowering all members to reach their potential.
  • Integrity: We pursue WIT’s mission with honor, fairness and respect for the organization, its resources and associated individuals; and are committed to acting in good faith, in compliance with the law and with WIT’s policies and standards.
  • Accountability: We hold ourselves accountable to our members and the community and strive for continuous improvement in developing and implementing WIT’s programs.
  • Community: We foster a supportive community for all women in tech. We serve responsibly as members of the communities in which we live and work, fueled by a collaboration of thought and action, and committed to recognizing the rights of all individuals to mutual respect.

 


Women in Technology is located in the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area.