Lucy Sanders is the Founder and Executive in Residence of the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT), a national organization focused on broadening participation in computing. With over 20 years of experience in R&D and executive roles at AT&T Bell Labs, Lucent Bell Labs, and Avaya Labs, she holds six patents in communications technology and received the prestigious Bell Labs Fellow Award. Lucy was inducted into the Women in Technology International Hall of Fame and the U.S. News STEM Leadership Hall of Fame. She also received the 2016 Bob Newman Lifetime Achievement Award from the Colorado Technology Association and the Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Colorado Boulder.