Revi Sterling, Ph.D.

Revi directs the USAID WomenConnect Challenge, which focuses on the use of technology to create new social norms that empower women. Before the WomenConnect Challenge, Revi was Chief of Party at NetHope and directed the Women and the Web Alliance, a private public partnership with USAID, Intel, NetHope, World Vision, World Pulse, and UN Women. Prior to this, Revi founded and directed the first Information and Communications Technology for Development professional master’s program in the United States at the University of Colorado Boulder. Revi spent a decade at Microsoft Research, spearheading efforts in gender equity in computer science. She serves on leading gender and technology boards, has testified before the U.S. Congress about the need for more women in the technical workforce, and is the recipient of the Anita Borg Institute Women of Vision award for Social Impact and the 2019 Impact.Engineered Award for Women in Technology.