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Lisa Mae Brunson        

Founder & CEO at Wonder Women Tech

Lisa Mae Brunson is Chief Visionary and Founder of Wonder Women Tech, host of the Wonder Women Tech Show Podcast, and a speaker, author, and social innovation architect.

As a Black, Latina and Indigeneous female, Brunson is passionate about equity, inclusion, belonging and humanity. She builds programs and initiatives working with Fortune 500 companies, government entities, schools and universities, organizations, and individuals to address the challenges stemming from lack of inclusion, discrimination, systemic racism, gender parity and more.

Brunson has launched Junior Innovation Camps for underserved kids, and created STEAM camps and workshops for the deaf and hard-of-hearing. She received the 2020 Heart-Centered Tech Award from California Senator Ben Allen; was named one of the “100 Powerful Women” in 2019 by Entrepreneur Magazine; included in the 2019 “Create & Cultivate 100” List, in partnership with Chevrolet; and was a Long Beach Post’s “40 Under 40” Winner in 2017. She also received an award from Congressman Alan Lowenthal for her work inspiring middle school students through STEAM career fairs. She is featured in three award-winning documentaries: “Breaking the Silence,” “Kindness is Contagious,” and “Nevertheless.”

A Duke Corporate Educator, Brunson serves as Chair for the Commission for Technology and Innovation for the City of Long Beach and serves on the board for CSULB Innovation and Entrepreneurship. She is the founder of two hackathons: Hacks 4 Humanity, a hackathon for social good, and Wonder Women Hacks, a hackathon to address challenges facing women and girls. She also produced two #Fishackathon events, a global program launched by the United States Department of State, under the Obama Administration.

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