About Women's High-Tech Coalition

A Unique Forum for Women Executives

The Women’s High Tech Coalition (WHTC) is a non-profit, 501(c)(3), non-partisan organization that promotes the exchange of ideas among leaders in the public and private sectors whose focus is technology, innovation and the development of public policy related to technology.

The WHTC will host periodic Happy Hours, meetings, and semi-annual Luncheons here in Washington, DC, as well as additional events in Silicon Valley and New York City, for policy-makers and leaders from the private sector to network and exchange ideas.

The Women's High Tech Coalition (WHTC) was founded in November of 2000 with a mission to provide resources and opportunities for professional women in the technology industry to interact with policy makers on issues of mutual interest and to empower them to thrive, achieve and make a difference in this evolving and dynamic industry.

The WHTC provides a unique forum for prominent women executives to interact with policy makers on issues of mutual interest. By providing an atmosphere that generates sincere discussions and access to industry leaders from the private and public sector, the WHTC presents women leaders the opportunity to foster political change. The environment for the formation of the Women's High Tech has been tested for the past two years, in order to insure the value that would accrue to members, companies and legislators.

The conclusion is that there is not only a strong need for such a group, but a significant role to be played in furthering the role of women in the corporate structure, and in providing the resources for substantive exchange of expertise on the issues facing every country today. It is through the networking possibilities presented by WHTC that women can learn from one another.

Technology has advanced so rapidly and the infrastructure in the regulatory and policy arena has lagged considerably. For a time, this was a positive development, but from here on, given the controversies now raging on issues such as DRM, broadband and others, policymakers will now step up and make these decisions. Knowledge, information, access are the tools women need to succeed in this new industry.

The ability to bring together the forces of so many Representatives in Congress to voice an educated view on the direction in which this country and others need to go to fully realize the value of the continually evolving world of technology will be central to the goals of WHTC. By sharing between the public and private sectors - both on a substance and on a political level - women can attain and achieve the same level of knowledge that is often available to their colleagues with more extensive networks.

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