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By Vicki Smith Bigham

MOUSE has elected Dawn Barber to its Board of Directors. Dawn is a recognized leader within the rapidly growing technology community in New York City. She is a co-founder of the NY Tech Meetup, an organization with more than 21,000 members representing the most innovative companies in the city who come together to demonstrate new ideas and share leading edge thinking on technology topics.

She has extensive experience in planning and organizing groups and events in the New York technology community. From 1998 to 2001, she served as Director, New York New Media Association (NYNMA), then the largest association of professionals using innovative technologies in the New York area, and has since produced many other technology events in New York City.

Dawn is dedicated to increasing the presence of women in technology. She is a Fellow for the New York-based Pipeline Fund, which aims to increase the number of women who become angel investors and social entrepreneurs. She also serves on the NYC Advisory Board of Astia, an organization dedicated to building women leaders and accelerating the funding and growth of high potential, high-growth startups led by women.

Dawn is a New York Trustee of The Awesome Foundation for the Arts and Sciences, serves on the Board of InSITE, and is Apprenticeship Director for the Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism.

Congratulations to Dawn on her work with MOUSE!

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