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Kate Heddleston is a software engineer who mostly works primarily on Python projects. She has been a mentor for Hackbright Academy and PyLadies. She blogs and gives talks about how our engineering environments are killing diversity (see [https://kateheddleston.com/talk/ea142cd2-f026-4615-ab90-2170f06c739b her talk] and [https://kateheddleston.com/blog/how-our-engineering-environments-are-killing-diversity-introduction her blog series]), on [https://kateheddleston.com/talk/ef464595-b113-4c1b-9c5b-cc1f3681055c technical onboarding, training, and mentoring], and on the [https://kateheddleston.com/blog/a-modern-day-take-on-the-ethics-of-being-a-programmer ethics of being a programmer], among other topics. Here is her [https://kateheddleston.com/ website].

Tech and social justice activist. Engineer. Read more at [http://www.techrepublic.com/article/aliya-rahman-former-code-for-progress-director-tech-and-social-justice-activist-martial-artist/ Tech Republic Aliya Rahman] and on ([https://twitter.com/AliyaRahman Twitter]) is a tech and social justice activist, and an engineer. From her [http://codeforprogress.org/app/program_director/ Code for Progress bio]:

[http://www.carlstahmer.com/ Carl Stahmer] ([https://twiter.com/cstahmer Twitter]) is a Polymath extraordinaire; , doing digital humanities before it was cool; and 20 years of experience in information architecture design and programming for the World Wide Web; . He is Director of Digital Scholarship at the University Library, University of California, Davis; , Technical Lead for the English Short Title Catalogue; , and Associate Director of the English Broadside Ballad Archive. Currently He is currently helping to lead the IMLS-funded BIBFLOW project at UC Davis. Read more on [http://www.carlstahmer.com/ his website] or [https://twitter.com/cstahmer Twitter].

Cecily Walker is the Assistant Manager for Community Digital Initiatives & eLearning at Vancouver Public Library. In addition to her work on user experience and open data, she is an experienced speaker (keynoting DLF Forum this year) and has hosted a Twitter chat for first-generation library professionals (#L1S). Learn more at [http://cecily.info/ her website], and on [https://twitter.com/skeskali Twitter], [https://github.com/skeskali GitHub], and [http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/about/editorial-board/cecily-walker/ In the Library with the Lead Pipe] (, where she is a member of the editorial board).

Founder, The founder of [http://www.transhack.org/ Trans*H4CK ]--the only tech event of its kind that brings visibility to trans* tech innovators and entrepreneurs--Kortney Ryan Ziegler is an award winning artist, writer, and blogger based in Oakland, California. Dr. Ziegler is also the first person to hold the Ph.D. of African American Studies from Northwestern University. Dr. Ziegler is the founder of [http://www.transhack.org/ Trans*H4CK]--the only tech event of its kind that brings visibility to trans* tech innovators and entrepreneurs. He is also , the director of the multiple award winning documentary, [http://www.stillblackfilm.org/ STILL BLACK: a portrait of black transmen], and runs the GLAAD Media Award nominated blog, [http://blackademic.com/ blac (k) ademic], and in . In 2013, Dr. Ziegler was named one of the Top 40 Under 40 LGBT activists by The Advocate Magazine and one of the most influential African Americans by TheRoot100. Dr. Ziegler , and in 2014 he gave the closing keynote at the 2014 Annual LITA Forum in Albuquerque, New Mexico.