) for the RIT NSF ADVANCE Institutional Transformation grant. The goal of this large-scale ($3.4M), multi-year university-level organizational transformation effort is to increase the representation and advancement of women STEM faculty. At the university level, she serves as Senior Faculty Associate to the Provost for ADVANCE and co-chairs the President’s Commission on Women.Prof. Maureen S. Valentine, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST) Professor Maureen Valentine, P.E. has been a faculty member at the Rochester Institute of Technology for 23 years. She has served in many rolls, including teaching faculty, Department Chair, Director of Women in Technology and Associate Dean of the College of Applied Science and
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