TUESDAY APRIL 8, 2014 INTERNET ASSOCIATION GALA

About the Gala

The Internet Association will host its first annual charity gala on Tuesday, About The Internet Association April 8, 2014 from 6:30 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.

The event will bring together The Internet Association, the unified voice the most recognizable names in the of the Internet economy, represents the Internet community with lawmakers, interests of the leading Internet compa- administration officials and civic nies including Airbnb, , AOL, eBay, leaders to benefit STEM education for Expedia, , Gilt, , IAC, young women and girls. LinkedIn, Lyft, Monster Worldwide, , Practice Fusion, Rackspace, reddit, Sales- All proceeds from the event will be force.com, SurveyMonkey, TripAdvisor, directed to Girls who Code, an Twitter, Uber Technologies, Inc., Yelp, organization empowering young Yahoo!, and Zynga. The Internet Associa- women to pursue technology and tion is dedicated to advancing public engineering careers. Girls who Code policy solutions to strengthen and protect seeks to achieve gender parity in Internet freedom, foster innovation and computing fields to ensure the economic growth, and empower users. economic prosperity of women, www.internetassociation.org. families and communities across the globe through exposing more girls to computer science at a young age. About Girls Who Code

Attendees will also celebrate the work of two very special honorees, Senator Launched in Spring 2012, Girls Who Code is Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Representative a national nonprofit organization working Darrell Issa (R-CA), recipients of The to close the gender gap in the technology Internet Association’s Congressional and engineering sectors. With support Internet Freedom Award, the associa- from Twitter, Google, GE, , and AT&T, tion’s highest award for public service. Girls Who Code programs work to educate, inspire, and equip high school girls with Guests are invited for cocktails, followed the skills and resources to pursue com- by dinner and awards presentation with puting careers. Together with leading special guests Alexis Maybank, founder educators, engineers, and entrepreneurs, and strategic advisor of Gilt and Susan Girls Who Code has developed a new Lyne, CEO of AOL Brand Group. model for computer science education, pairing intensive instruction in robotics, web design, and mobile development with high-touch mentorship led by the industry’s top female developers and entrepreneurs. Girls Who Code offices are located in NYC’s Flatiron District.

http://www.internetassociation.org/gala