Astra welcomed 20 new STEAMers to our Astra STEAM Family this Fall in November, 2016 at our fourth Astra STEAM Summit. With our growing Astra STEAM family, Astra is proud to have served over 76 STEAMers plus their parents through our comprehensive program. Astra believes the young women today are the future visionaries, leaders, and CEOs of tomorrow!

1. FALL 2016
NOVEMBER
The 4th Astra S.T.E.A.M. Summit
Astra Women’s Business Alliance

2. TABLE OF CONTENTS
Letter From Astra
Astra S.T.E.A.M. Overview
Fall 2016 Astra S.T.E.A.M. Summit
Our Next Step
Special Thanks

3. Welcome to the 4th Astra STEAM Summit here at the Microsoft
Headquarters in Redmond, Washington. We are excited about presenting to
you our group young talented girls together with women business owners,
corporation and agency leaders to provide education and mentoring on
business development in the STEAM industries.
We thank Fernando Hernandez, Director of Global Supplier Diversity and
Sustainability and Astra Board Chair, who has been a major factor in the
growth of our Astra S.T.E.A.M. program by providing valuable resources and
cash awards for the winning teams. Through the joint visions of Fernando
and Diane McClelland, Astra President-Co Founder, this program continues
to grow with goals to inspire and empower young women to develop
innovative ideas for new businesses in STEAM fields as future supply chain
solutions for both small and large businesses globally. We thank our founding
sponsors, Microsoft, CB Technologies, Inc., Diversity in STEAM Magazine
and AKRAYA and new sponsors, AMPCUS, Inc., Bishop-Wisecarver Group,
Hunter-Hawk Inc. and Pacific Gas & Electric Company for their support.
Words cannot express how excited we are to bring you another Astra
S.T.E.A.M. Summit that empowers more young women to pursue their
dreams in S.T.E.A.M. fields and entrepreneurship. We welcome the parents
and guardians of our young entrepreneurs and we thank them for supporting
their daughters to follow their dreams. Based on research, STEAM-related
jobs will grow 17% by 2018 with less than 40% of graduates receive a
STEAM degree. Moreover, only 10% of STEAM college degrees are awarded
to women; Currently, US women make up only 20% of the STEAM
workforce. These are the reasons why programs and organizations like Astra
S.T.E.A.M. Program are here to inspire, empower, and support young women
in STEAM fields and entrepreneurship. Through our endless efforts, we’d like
to see more women in STEAM workforce, change the gender roles, and break
the glass ceilings.
Thank you to Willamette University Atkinson Graduate School of
Management and Jason Tokarski of Mountain West Investment of Salem,
Oregon whose donations support the paid internships of three MBA students
who have served as Project Leads for the Astra S.T.E.A.M. program. We want
you to help us thank Ina Song, who is our current 2016 Program Lead. She
has been an incredible S.T.E.A.M. leader who has created our social media
presence and works so closely with our STEAMERs both as Alums and new
recruits. She has been our first project lead to manage two Astra S.T.E.A.M.
summits in one year. Our goal is to expand this program through ourSTEAM
in a Box™ and take this nationally and globally.
We welcome James T Evans, University of Washington, Lynn Reddrick,
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and Fernando Hernandez, Microsoft
who will be Judges for the Pitch Perfectly Panel and hear all the
presentations.
We are grateful for our speakers, Kate Edwards, International Game
Developers Association; Megan Gaiser, Contagious Creativity, Holly Moore
and Mary Steves, Growing Leaders, and our Astra WBEs. Pamela Kan,
Bishop-Wisecarver Group, Marti Hoffer, Lumenomics, Rachel Pereira.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Madhavi Gosalia, Microsoft, Joel Gillespie,
Microsoft, Neil Barnett, Microsoft, Judy Bongi, Microsoft, Ally Wilson,
Microsoft, and Rebecca O’Connor, Microsoft.
Astra Women’s Business Alliance believes in the power of togetherness.
Together we grow, together we lead, and together we inspire and empower
more women to realize the values and creative mindshare they can bring to
the STEAM fields. We encourage women to reach for the stars.
“If you want to go quickly, go alone;
If you want to go far, go together.”
- African Proverb
Diane McClelland
President
Astra Women’s Business Alliance
Suzanne Lackman
Vice President
Astra Women’s Business Alliance
Ina Song
Program Lead
Astra Women’s Business Alliance

4. ASTRA S.T.E.A.M.
OVERVIEW
Astra S.T.E.A.M. Program started in 2014 by Diane
McClelland and Suzanne Lackman, the Co-founders of Astra
Women’s Business Alliance, with a mission to equip young
women with the confidence, skills, and the network to
successfully pursue S.T.E.A.M. education and careers. Astra
S.T.E.A.M. Program believes that the young women today are
the future leaders, visionaries, and CEOs of tomorrow. The
Astra S.T.E.A.M. Program takes a holistic, pathways approach
to S.T.E.A.M. Education. Following a pathways approach,
encourages a shift in focus from numbers of people in
S.T.E.A.M. jobs and people with S.T.E.A.M. degrees to
focusing on equipping individuals, specifically girls, with the
skills needed to thrive and grow in the workforce.
“Astra S.T.E.A.M. Program believes
the young women today are the
future leaders, visionaries, and
CEOs of tomorrow.”
The main event for Astra S.T.E.A.M. Program is its annual
Astra S.T.E.A.M. Summit. So far, Astra S.T.E.A.M. Program has
organized four successful Astra S.T.E.A.M. Summits and
served a total of 75 STEAMers plus their parents. These
STEAMers are from all over the U.S. including the following
eight states: California, Oregon, Washington, Minnesota,
Wisconsin, Virginia, Montana, and Connecticut.

5. FALL 2016 ASTRA S.T.E.A.M. SUMMIT
NOVEMBER 2-3, 2016 | MICROSOFT CAMPUS | REDMOND, WASHINGTON
Founded in 2003 by Dr. Tim Elmore, Growing Leaders
is a global nonprofit that encourages and equips young
adults to take on real-life opportunities and challenges
in the classroom, in their careers, and in the
community.
Growing Leaders partners with organizations to teach
practical life and leadership skills using real stories,
intriguing images, and engaging experiences that are
relatable and memorable.
This fall, Astra partnered with Growing Leaders for our
Fall 2016 Astra STEAM Summit. We welcomed Holly
Moore, Vice President at Growing Leaders, and Mary
Steves, Program Coordinator at Growing Leaders, for
interactive presentations to both our STEAMers and
parents on Habitude and Artificial Maturity.

6. - WOMEN ENTREPRENEUR PANEL - - WOMEN IN S.T.E.A.M. PANEL -
“It is important to have an attitude of loving
to learn if you are going to run a company.”
-Pamela Kan, President, Bishop-Wisecarver Group
Access and exposure to role models is important because visualizing or
seeing people who achieve positive can raise one’s self-efficacy, the
belief that he or she too can achieve those outcomes. Astra invites
successful women entrepreneurs to teach STEAMers important
entrepreneurial traits through their own experience. This Fall, we
welcomed Pamela Kan, president of Bishop-Wisecarver Group, and
Marti Hoffer, CEO of Lumenomics.
Early interest in S.T.E.A.M. is positively related to students’ desire to
major in S.T.E.A.M. fields in college. Each summit, Astra brings a panel
of representatives from major corporations to speak to STEAMers about
different career possibilities within STEAM industries.
This year we welcomed Kate Edwards, Executive Director of
International Game Developers Association; Madhavi Gosalia, Senior
Category Manager at Microsoft; Annie Forrester, Director of Business
Development of Ampcus, Inc; Rachel Pereira, Technology Architect at
Hewlett Packard Enterprise.

7. - FIRESIDE CHAT WITH MEGAN GAISER -
As Principal of Contagious Creativity, Gaiser guides
technology and entertainment companies to create
meaning and money. She serves as a senior creative
leader, advisor and director for inspired computing
experience across films, games & VR/AR. She
recently designed the Quantum Creativity
Leadership Summit for senior executives in
Technology and Gaming to gather with
multidisciplinary experts to showcase the efficacy of
creative leadership to genuinely welcome diverse
people and perspectives. She also serves as the
Creative Leadership & Diversity Evangelist for
several gaming non-profits.
As one of the first female CEO’s in the gaming
industry, Gaiser spent the last 15 years experiencing
the game industry as both an insider, and an
outsider. This unique vantage point enabled her to
not only sidestep the outdated habits of the game
industry, but to create and capture the girl market
that had been left behind. Dubbed by the NYT as
‘The UnBarbie’ of computer games, Gaiser grew
Her Interactive to $8.5M in revenues, sold 9M units
and won 29 Parent’s Choice Gold Medal awards by
co-creating the highly successful Nancy Drew game
franchise. In partnership with her team, she was
responsible for co-creating intelligent games for
girls and women.
For over a decade, the company enjoyed an inclusive
culture resulting in inspired employees, customers,
award-winning products, yearly revenue growth and
little competition for a long time. Gaiser gained a
reputation for identifying and engaging unproven
markets, inspiring collaboration and a commitment
to the highest artistic and aesthetic qualities.
Awards include: “Game Industry’s 100 Most
Influential Women” Next Generation; “Top 10 Most
Influential Women of the Decade” Gaming Angels
and “2011 Indie Cade Trailblazer Lifetime
Achievement Award.”

8. - PITCH PERFECTLY JUDGE PANEL -
Hands-on learning approach improves retention of information and critical thinking skills and increase persistence of students in S.T.E.A.M.
majors, with our new venture competition, STEAMers gain first-hand knowledge on how to start a business and develop an app. Twenty
STEAMers are divided into four teams of five, and these teams are assigned with the task to come up with a pitch for their new innovative
business and app idea. Astra invited James T Evans from University of Washington, Lynn Reddrick from Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
and Fernando Hernandez from Microsoft as Judges for the Pitch Perfectly Competition. These judges participate in Q&A after each pitch, rank
STEAMer teams base on their ideas and performance, and provide candid feedbacks for all STEAMer teams.

9. - FALL 2016 ASTRA STEAMER INSIGHTS -
In November 2016, at Astra’s 4th Astra S.T.E.A.M. Summit, we welcomed
twenty STEAMers. All STEAMers are from different and diverse backgrounds.
65% of the 2016 STEAMers are minorities including six South Asians or
Indian Americans, three East Asian Americans, two Latino or Hispanic
American, one Middle Eastern or Arab American, and one Multi Racial.
3
2
1
1
7
6
East Asian Asian American
Latino or Hispanic American
Middle Eastern or Arab
American
Multi-Racial
Non-Hispanic White or Euro-
American
South Asian or Indian
American
50% of the STEAMers are achieving 4.0 GPAs. All twenty STEAMers have
extensive background and knowledge in S.T.E.A.M. subjects and
entrepreneurship. Some of them have attended other S.T.E.A.M. programs,
such as Hackathons and GirlsWhoCode, and many of them are taking
leadership roles with local clubs and societies. The ages of these 19
STEAMers range from 13 to 17 years old. 13 STEAMers are in 8th grade, 3 in
9th grade, 3 in 10th grade, and 1 in 11th grade. When forming the STEAMer
teams, we have made sure to divide the team evenly by analyzing their age
and experience with S.T.E.A.M. subjects and entrepreneurship.
The average GPA of these twenty STEAMers
is 3.93 on a 4.0 system.
These STEAMers were chosen for their extraordinary academic performances
and their active involvement with their community and with extra
curriculums.

10. After our two-day summit, Astra S.T.E.A.M. Program sent out a post-event survey asking for
STEAMers and parents’ feedbacks on their experience with the Fall 2016 Astra S.T.E.A.M. Summit.
We were able to collect twenty responses, eight STEAMers and twelve parents. All summit activities
were rated with averages of above 4.0, on a scale of 1 to 5. The comments we have received were very
positive and appreciative. When being asked to rate the overall experience, 78% said excellent while
the other 22% said very good. At the same time, 100% indicated that they would be promoters for
future Astra S.T.E.A.M. Summit.
“The STEAM Summit experience exceeded all my expectations…Thank you
for the leadership and problem-solving growth opportunity you've provided
to my daughter!”
- Fall 2016 STEAMer Parent
SUMMIT FEEDBACK
“I am so glad that I got a chance to participate in the fall Astra STEAM
Summit! I got to meet new people with whom I could share my ideas and a
platform to express my ideas. Thank you so much!”
- Fall 2016 STEAMer
We have also sent out an Alumni Association sign-up form where STEAMers can indicate what types
of information they would be interested in receiving. Out of twenty STEAMers, seven have signed up
via the form. And 100% of them have expressed their interested in receiving newsletter from Astra
S.T.E.A.M. Program to stay updated. All of them also indicated their strong interest in being a mentor
for future summits, and 100% of them said they would love to be interviewed for Alumni Spotlight.

11. OUR NEXT STEP
Building a community is Astra S.T.E.A.M. Program’s long-term goal. Alumni
Spotlight is our first initiative to involve STEAMer alums by sharing their
stories. So far, Astra S.T.E.A.M. Program has interviewed nine STEAMer
Alums. For our STEAMer Newsletter, we are planning on inviting STEAMer
Alums to be the writers for the upcoming issues. 78% of the STEAMer Alumni
have indicated their interest in writing for Astra S.T.E.A.M. Newsletter. This
process will aid in Astra S.T.E.A.M.’s co-creation strategy.

12. SPECIAL THANKS TO THE MICROSOFT CORPORATION
Astra S.T.E.A.M. Program would like to extend our special thanks to the Microsoft Corporation for its continuing support of the program
since day one! Microsoft is not only the largest founding sponsor of the program, but the corporation has also been very supportive in
providing summit scholarships, locations, resources, speakers, and mentors. Astra S.T.E.A.M. Program was lucky to have included three
Microsoft women as STEAMer mentors during the Fall 2016 Astra STEAM Summit, including: Judy Bongi - Senior Director of
Outsourcing, Rebecca O’Connor - Procurement Engagement Manager, and Ally Wilson - Senior Director - Procurement Engagement MGT.
We’d also like to thank Fernando Hernandez, Director of Global Supplier Diversity and Sustainability and Astra Board Chair, who has been
a major factor in the growth of our Astra S.T.E.A.M. program. We thank Madhavi Gosalia, Senior Category Manager at Microsoft, as one of
the Women in STEAM panelists. We thank Joel Gillespie and Glenda Dengah for helping Astra facilitate the Fall 2016 Astra STEAM
Summit. We also thank Neil Barnett, Director of Corporate External Legal Affairs for the Chief Accessibility Officer, for inspiring parents
about inclusive hiring programs within Microsoft.

13. SPECIAL THANKS TO
AMPCUS INC,
BISHOP-WISECARVER
GROUP,
AND CB TECHNOLOGIES, INC

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TO JOIN OUR JOURNEY WITH THE
ASTRA S.T.E.A.M. PROGRAM!
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