MIT Sloan Women in Management

10/08/2017

Join us in celebrating Women in Tech Week! Raise money for Girls Who Code by posting your answer to the question “Why do you support women in tech?” or “Why are you proud to be a woman in tech?” on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter from Oct. 9-15. Use the hashtag , and tag and two friends. For every post tagged, CommonBond will donate to Girls Who Code.

07/24/2017

As Sloan Admissions Women’s Week approaches, we want everyone to know about all the great things women are doing at MIT Sloan. We’re asking our community to highlight deserving students, faculty, and/or alumnae on social media, using the hashtag . And if you know any prospective Sloanies who’d strengthen our community, urge them to register for one of our Women’s Week events in August: http://bit.ly/2untAag

Find out more about the MIT Sloan MBA Admission Events. We offer many different opportunities for potential students to get to know MIT Sloan. Register for an event!

03/14/2017

We are excited to welcome our new co-presidents for 2017-2018, Sara Mead and Victoria Lee! A little bit about them:

Victoria Lee is a first year MBA student at MIT Sloan. At Sloan, she is also part of VR/AR@MIT and Senate. She previously worked at Microsoft and Boston Scientific, and earned her undergraduate degree at Boston University. She founded a nonprofit chapter in NYC to increase the number of women and girls in technology. She’s looking forward to co-leading with Sara Mead and hope that SWIM can serve as a central nexus and springboard for many Sloan women.

Sara Mead is a first-year MBA student at MIT Sloan where she is on the leadership team of the Hacking Arts Conference and Management Consulting Club. She is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and prior to Sloan worked in online advertising. She is looking forward to co-leading SWIM with Victoria Lee and plans to create an environment where Sloan women feel supported, connected, celebrated and inspired.

11/29/2016

Where do women fit into MIT Sloan’s dynamic community? Find out at our December 9th Women’s Ambassadors Day! You’ll have the opportunity to engage with MIT Sloan Women in Management and current female as they share their stories: https://goo.gl/bqqMTa

10/17/2016

As women, we are fortunate enough that work discrimination based on gender is illegal in the US. But, it is still legal in 28 states in America to fire someone based on their sexual orientation or gender identity. More than 70 countries still criminalize homosexuality.

Join the Sloan LGBTQ club and all other business schools in the country signing an equality pledge in which you, as future business leaders, promise not to discriminate on the basis of sexually orientation and gender identity, regardless of the laws of the place you're living!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc7yvS1pm65xDOsOjflTH2Y83zSPT0mjw4jJ3_U5EyQ52l3Yw/viewform?c=0&w=1

09/28/2016

Women entrepreneurs: an exciting topic that we'll be talking more about about in the coming months! Join the Martin Trust Center for a showing of She Started It at the Stata Center on Oct 6th at 7pm, followed by a panel of inspirational women entrepreneurs: Elsa Sze, Founder & CEO, Agora
Thuy Truong, Co-Founder & CEO, GreenGar;
Melissa James, President, Founder & CEO, The Tech Connection Inc.;
Alex Wright-Gladstein, Co-Founder & CEO, Ayar Labs

09/18/2016

SWIM Leadership applications are due 11:59PM Monday night - don't forget to apply! We have many positions open where you can make a tremendous impact with the largest club on campus--whether it be collaborating with our fantastic alumnae, key administrators on campus, or corporate partners such as General Catalyst.
https://goo.gl/forms/yLNuZ4aeI44WU1N72

Thanks for your interest in joining SWIM, the largest club on campus! Timeline for the applications as are as follows: Thursday, Sept 15th: applications open Monday Sept 19th @ 23:59pm: applications close Decisions announced Weds Sept 21st. We look forward to reading your applications!

08/01/2016

Are you a female leader interested in your MBA? Join us for around the country for Women's Week: Women and Authentic Leadership: Sustaining your values and creating meaningful work. Hear the women of MIT Sloan talk about their personal experiences as students and leaders. Network with the panelists and learn more about what makes MIT Sloan’s programs distinctive. Space is limited. Register now!

-August 1st at Virgin Hotels Chicago from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Link: http://bit.ly/2a56gBO
-August 1st at the New York Marriott East Side from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Link: http://bit.ly/2abEQbY
-August 2nd at the Washington Marriott at Metro Center from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Link: http://bit.ly/2a1vzUo
-August 3rd at our Tang Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Link: http://bit.ly/2aspc0B
-August 3rd at Bain San Francisco from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Link: http://bit.ly/2apDRKo

05/03/2016

SWIM members across programs recently got together to catch up, celebrate, and send off the class of 2016 over a delicious brunch. Congratulations to everyone for a successful year!

04/05/2016

Have you checked out the latest episode of yet? It features Jimena Almendares (who spoke at December's Breaking The Mold!) and it is an awesome discussion on managing the intersection between personal and professional life. Find it here! https://soundcloud.com/bizobapodcast

A Podcast at the crossroads of life and business dedicated to inspiring young professionals seeking meaningful work. Life's too short to be anything but awesome. Hosted by Erica Zendell and Lily Chen

03/07/2016

The SWIM leadership team is excited to announce that Aileen Hagerman and Liz Lucero will serve as Co-Presidents during the 2016-2017 school year! Join us in congratulating them. We know they'll accomplish great things next year.

A little about each of them:

Aileen is part of the MBA class of 2017, and (despite the occasional –20°F windchill) excited to be back in the Boston area, where she completed her undergrad at Wellesley College in 2010. While she is originally from the DC metropolitan area, she has called San Francisco her home for the past 4+ years, where she worked for Google, most recently in their operations strategy team. Her long-term plans include entrepreneurship, and she is enthusiastic about being at Sloan and taking advantage of the wealth of resources and knowledge available here. On weekends, her hobbies include perfecting the chocolate chip cookie recipe, understanding the science behind baking, and of course eating delicious food. She looks forward to working with our members this year and helping build a strong SWIM community!

Liz hails from Weston, Massachusetts, about 13 miles west of Sloan! After completing her undergrad in Washington, DC back in 2011, Liz moved to Chile and then Argentina where she worked as an executive headhunter. She came to Sloan to make a career change and this summer she will intern in management consulting. Outside of work and school, Liz is a rugby enthusiast (8 year playing career, life-long obsession) and enjoys spending quality time with her Argentine-street-dog-lab-mix, Cooper. Since starting at Sloan, Liz has been an active SWIM member and she is thrilled to assume the role of Co-President. She hopes to continue to uphold the legacy of SWIM and focus the club’s efforts on the issues and initiatives in which our Sloan community is most interested!

02/01/2016

To relive the awesome session from our last conference "Talking to myself", here's the video!