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related areas. Before WAKE, the women
worked together at the Institute of International Education (IIE), a large nonprofit headquartered in New York City.
Tierney was executive director of the San
Francisco office, where she was exposed
to the rigors of running an office, managing a team, and driving an organizational vision. Feeling that she was ready
to parlay those skills and experiences into
starting her own nonprofit, which she had
always hoped to do, she decided the time
was right to take the leap. "Fortunately
for me, my best friend at IIE also had that
same dream," she says of Ramsey.

A Passion for Women and Tech
They started with what they knew. Presently, the work being done by WAKE
is very much inspired by Tierney and
Ramsey's previous roles, where they managed the development of IIE's women's
programs. "We worked in a lot of areas
but the women and tech component was
what we felt most passionate about and
where we thought we could make the

WAKE was founded in 2014 by (from
left) Ramsey and Tierney.

biggest difference," Tierney explains.
"Being based in San Francisco, it's a
natural connection to build relationships with Silicon Valley, and we knew
we could leverage those resources into
meaningful programs."
Tech2Empower is WAKE's first initiative, and the heart of it is a one-week
trip that brings skilled female professionals to the developing country of focus to
conduct hands-on, interactive training.
"We're not training 'techies'," says Tier-

ney, "We're training women like me who
lead groups doing work to support other
women and girls in the community."
Volunteers (called advisors) can be any
women with an interest in taking part, as
long as they have a skill that can be shared
in some type of training. This could range
from technical knowledge to leadership
advice to experience pitching donors to
acquire funding for nonprofits. When not
leading workshops, advisors visit different
organizations to participate in other volunteer activities and to learn more about
the issues facing females in the community. There are also key local site excursions-for example, the Tech2Empower
group in Cambodia visited women's co-ops
and the temple complex Angkor Wat-
so that the overall experience is both a
cultural and educational exchange.
The group's first trip took place
in October 2015 to Ukraine, where the
pressing women's issues of gender-based
violence, human trafficking, and internally displaced persons were discussed.
The sessions then covered ways that

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