Who We Are: Jerri Barrett

Director of Marketing

Jerri BarrettAs the Director of Marketing for the Anita Borg Institute, Jerri is responsible for ABI’s overall branding, public relations, collateral and communications. Jerri is a 20 year veteran of the telecommunications industry with experience in both large corporations and startups. Prior to coming to ABI, Jerri was Director of Marketing for IP Unity, a Silicon Valley startup and managed the communications for their merger with Glenayre in 2007. Before that Jerri worked with a variety of companies in marketing positions including Nortel, Frontier, CNET, Inc., LinkAir and HighWired. Jerri holds a BA from Mount Holyoke College and an MBA from the William E. Simon School of Business Administration at the University of Rochester.

Who am I?

I have a wide range of interests and passions that keep life interesting. I am passionate about promoting education for women and teaching women to use networking as a way to progress in their careers. Before moving to California, I worked with organizations such as the AAUW and WIWC (Women in Wireless Communications) to promote education and networking for women. Here in California I have been president of my local alumnae association and have enjoyed planning and attending events doing everything from high tea in San Francisco to boating the Elkhorn Slough. I enjoy being an auctioneer and have organized and bid-called auctions to raise money for charities such as Save Tahoe Blue and the Michael Landon Children’s Cancer Fund, and yes I am a fast talker when I need to be. I am also an avid mystery reader, knitter, card maker and movie fanatic.

Officers

  • Telle Whitney, - President and CEO
  • James Beck, CPA & CMA, Managing Director & CFO, Mayfield Fund - Treasurer & Vice President

Corporate Counsel

  • Allison Spinner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Staff

Our Founder

Board of Trustees

  • William Wulf, Ph.D., Former President, National Academy of Engineering, Board Chair
  • Bill Unger, Partner Emeritus, Mayfield Fund - Vice-Chair
  • Robin Abrams, Investor
  • Margaret Ashida, Director, Diversity and Workforce Programs - IBM
  • Prith Banerjee, Senior Vice President, Research, and Director, HP Labs, HP
  • James Beck, CPA & CMA, Managing Director & CFO, Mayfield Fund - Treasurer & Vice President
  • Francine Berman, Professor, Dept of Computer Science and Engineering, UC San Diego and Fellow, ACM
  • Debi Coleman, Managing Partner, SmartForest Ventures
  • Nora Denzel, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Payroll, Intuit
  • Alan Eustace, Senior Vice President, Research and Systems Engineering, Google
  • Penny Herscher, President & CEO, firstRain
  • Kathy Hill, Senior VP Ethernet and Wireless Systems Technology Group, Cisco Systems Inc.
  • Leah Jamieson, John A. Edwardson Dean of Engineering, and Ramsburg Distinguished Professor, Purdue University
  • Maria Klawe, President, Harvey Mudd College
  • Ike Nassi, Chief Scientist and Executive Vice President, SAP
  • Brian Pawlowski, CTO, and Senior Vice President, NetApp
  • Richard Rashid, Senior VP and VP Research, Microsoft
  • Justin Rattner, Senior Fellow & CTO, Intel
  • Telle Whitney, President & CEO, Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology
  • Linda Bernardi, Emeritus (Term: 1996 -2006)
  • Greg Papadopoulos, Emeritus (Term: 1996 -2006)

Individual and Organizations

Board of Advisors