Allison Scott is CEO of the Kapor Foundation. Under Scott’s leadership, the foundation publishes research on disparities in the technology pipeline, deploys strategic grants to nonprofit organizations and initiatives, supports policy advocacy, and invests in tech entrepreneurs and venture funds aiming to utilize technology to close equity gaps across sectors.
Scott has been a principal investigator on multiple national grants to expand access to computer science education, implement frameworks for culturally responsive-sustaining computing, and build a field of scholarship on women of color in computing. In her previous role as chief research officer, Scott authored research on inequity in CS education, disparities in the tech sector, the landscape of women of color in computing, and effective interventions for increasing participation of marginalized groups in computing disciplines. Scott has been a member of the FCC Advisory Committee on Diversity and Digital Empowerment; the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine’s Committee for Transforming Trajectories for Women of Color in Tech; and the Catalyze Tech Working Group, and on the boards of the Federation of American Scientists, CSforALL, and Mission Bit.
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