Cindy Yates

Women in Technology (WIT) is a non-profit organization with over 18,000 members worldwide, including more than 1,000 members in the local area. The non-profit company is based in Alexandria, VA. The organization provides leadership development, technology education, networking, and mentoring opportunities for women at all levels of their careers and for girls interested in STEM. WIT aims to make the state with the highest percentage of women in the STEM workforce by partnering with the community to provide opportunities that champion women throughout their education and career. The company was founded by Gavriella Schuster, Deborah Gore Cassidy.

Schoolwires, Inc. builds and hosts k-12 school websites. Its solutions include centricity2-website and community management system, mobile application and responsive design, outreach-family notification suite, nimbus-social and collaborative learning, synergy-file sharing system, assist-service request system, and greenleaf-virtual exchange program. The firm also offers design, implementation, hosting, training, and 24/7 support. The company was founded by Edward S. Marflak in 2000 and is headquartered in State College, PA.

Cengage Learning, Inc. provides educational technology solutions. It offers personalized services and course driven digital solutions for the higher education and K-12, professional, and library markets. The firm's brands include Brooks, Cole, Course Technology, Delmar, Gale, Heinle, South Western, and Wadsworth. The company is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Pearson Education, Inc. publishes educational and professional books. Its brands include Prentice Hall, Longman, Scott Foresman, Addison Wesley, Allyn & Bacon, Benjamin Cummings, PASeries, ELLis, Celebration Press, PEMSolutions, SuccessMaker, Waterford, and Family Education Network. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Upper Saddle River, NJ.

eInstruction Corp. provides online education and training services. It offers educators and administrators a family of software, student response systems, interactive whiteboards, wireless interactive tablets, and enterprise-based administrator tools. The company was founded by Darrell L. Ward in 1980 and is headquartered in Scottsdale, AZ.