Judy gave her talk "Being HEARD - Powered by YOU: Bragging... and Building Your Personal Brand" at the Women Chemists Committee (WCC) breakfast at the American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting in New Orleans on April 8, 2013.

Judy highlighted the true need for empowering women to help solve the global issues we face today.  Women also need to embrace the fact that they need to change in order to take their seat at the table - we have met the enemy and she is us!  Women need to stand up and declare their excellent skills and valuable contributions - don't be afraid to brag and build your personal brand!

Download the slides here!

Judy had the pleasure of moderating a great panel at the American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting in Philadelphia, PA titled "Financial Planning, Your Career and YOU: Building Financial Security in an Insecure World."  Sandra Goodstein, CFP, MSFS, CSFA, Managing Principal of Goodstein & Associates, LLC and Karen McIntyre, CFP, Wealth Counselor for United Capital Private Wealth Counseling were the distinguished panelists.  This panel was part of the programming offered by the ACS Women Chemists Committee (WCC) and co-sponsored by the Association for Women in Science (AWIS).

The slides from the panel are available for download!

December 2011

The NCIIA in conjunction with ecosVC has put out an interesting and informative video series discussing women's perspectives on entrepreneurship.  Three experts share their thoughts on the challenges of being a female scientist or entrepreneur, and advise women in these fields to persevere and to let these challenges make them stronger.

This video series was supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation, grant CHE #0920877.

Judy Giordan, Partner ecosVC and Senior Advisor to the NCIIA, explains that we all view the world and everyone in it through different lenses, and we need to use these lenses to discover and embrace opportunities, rather than allowing them to limit us. Hear what everyone else has to say!

September 2011

Judy at the American Chemical Society (ACS) Meeting's Women Chemists Committee (WCC) Luncheon in Denver, Colorado.

The Women Chemists Committee Luncheon hosted a talk with entrepreneurs which was facilitated by ACS Executive Director, Madeleine Jacobs and featuring Kitty Hach-Darrow, cofounder of Hach Chemicals and Judy Giordan, venture developer and serial entrepreneur. Tom Tritton, Executive Director of the Chemical Heritage Foundation cited the luncheon as one of his three favorite things about the Denver 2011 ACS meeting.

From left to right are Judy Giordan, Kitty Hach-Darrow, and Madeleine Jacobs.  This photo is credited to Linda Wang of Chemical and Engineering News.

July 2011

Judy and her thoughts on women in science, engineering, and business were featured in an Angel Capital Education Foundation (ACEF) Newsletter article on July 21, 2011:

 In "Women and the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem: Diversification Leads to More and Better Deals" Judy shares her thoughts on why having women involved in entrepreneurial ventures, either as innovators or as investors, is critical to the future.   The large global issues of sustainability, energy, and food production "...they are going to be solved by systems thinking from women and men," Judy said.  "A more diverse, highly trained set of opinions gets you a better set of answers."