STATE OF STEM

Brian Crouse, Vice President of Education for the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry, will give an overview of the state of the STEM workforce in Missouri and why students need to be prepared to meet this demand.

KEYNOTE

Tammy Buckner is the Founder of a minority women-owned technology solutions company. She also co-founded WeCode KC, a technology education program that trains, and mentors’ youth and young adults from underserved communities in technology concepts to increase economic prosperity and equalize the technology playing field. As the CEO of WeCode KC, Ms. Buckner is a thought leader and a highly requested technology strategist and Innovative Systems Change speaker. She advocates for entrepreneurship and diversifying technology to close the black tech talent by gap making changes to the education system, preparing a pipeline of diverse tech professionals and promoting retention initiatives. 

She’s been recognized as a Community Builder to Watch in KC and is a recent graduate of the Executive MBA program at Rockhurst University.

Engineering Mindset; Equity & Inclusion Framework

Perrin Chick, Maine Math and Science Alliance, will lead this presentation.

Role Models, Mentors & Resource Panel

A discussion will be led by National Girls Collaborative followed by a resource panel where attendees can learn more about available resources and get programming ideas.

Resource Panel Participants

• Beta.Made
• Girls Who Code
• Discovery Center
• Mizzen by Mott