Organization: Women In Bio Inc
Mission: Women In Bio (WIB) is an organization of professionals committed to promoting careers, leadership, and entrepreneurship of women in the life sciences.
Activities: WIB aims to help women achieve the highest levels of leadership, influence and decision-making that they desire. We focus our activities on education, mentoring and networking, and on creating opportunities for leadership that can help advance careers. Chapters hold events that fall broadly into two categories: professional development or educational events, and social or purely networking events.Our Mentorship, Advisors, Peers & Sponsorship program provides a forum for groups with common interests to gather and exchange advice and views. Our Young Women In Bio program aims to encourage middle & high-school girls to enter STEM by creating fun, hands-on laboratory events that are partnered with local biotech companies. Our Executive Women In Bio program is a resource for women in executive roles & provides networking events, webinars, and a yearly board competency program, Boardroom Ready, aimed at enabling and enhancing women's effectiveness on boards.
NTEE category: Community Improvement & Capacity Building
Secondary category: Youth Development