 Donna Milgram, Founder, National Institute for Women in Trades, Technology, and SciencePublished: January, 2006  Donna Milgram, Founder of National Institute for Women in the Trades In 1994, Donna Milgram made her mark when she founded the National Institute for Women in Trades, Technology, and Science (IWITTS), the only national organization working solely to provide the tools to integrate women into male-dominated careers via training, publications, products, and technical assistance. Milgram is creating real potential for change by dedicating her career to help women find careers, and works with employers via education and job-training systems so they may offer more female-friendly recruitment and retention practices. Milgram testified before Congress as an expert witness on the "Sexual Harassment of Women in Nontraditional Occupations" and on the "School-To-Work Opportunities Act" about the absence of young women from many U.S. Department of Labor School-to-Work demonstration sites. Milgram regularly conducts workshops and consults around the country and has authored numerous publications in her field, including the teacher-training video, School-To-Work: Preparing Young Women for High-Skill, High-Wage Careers. For more information visit http://www.IWITTS.com. Biggest challenge We have to continually be creative about bringing in dollars to meet our mission. We work on a big-picture level while almost all funding in our area is for direct services. For example, we teach schools how to make curriculum changes to appeal to female students learning styles rather than provide a support group so they can survive the course. Achievement most proud of In 1990 I drafted the Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations Act as a Congressional Fellow on Women and Public Policy for Congresswoman Connie Morella of Maryland. The purpose of the bill was to provide funding to employers to assist them in making their workplace female-friendly for women in traditionally male jobs. I successfully lobbied to get the legislation passed in a year's time, resulting in over $10 million dollars in funding. Women you most admire This would have to be my mentor, Dr. Muriel Gray, who passed away this year. After Muriel was denied entry into U. of Maryland as a student because she was African-American, she returned as a tenured professor. She earned her PhD while working fulltime as a flight attendant. Muriel modeled responsibility: she helped take care of her grandmother for many years on the weekends. | ||
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