WITI Inducts U Colorado's Sanders

Women in Technology International, a professional organization for tech-savvy women, inducted Lucy Sanders, Executive in Residence at the University of Colorado's Atlas Institute, into its Hall of Fame. Sanders is also CEO and Co-founder of the National Center for Women & Information Technology.

She is currently serving on the Information Technology Research and Development Ecosystem Commission for the National Academies. Sanders received her B.S. from Louisiana State University and an M.S. in Computer Science from  the University of Colorado at Boulder.

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