WEPAN - Women in Engineering ProActive Network

WEPAN is the leading champion for leveraging research and best practices to propel the inclusion of women in engineering. Across North America, WEPAN’s network connects over 900 leaders who proactively pursue strategies and implement solutions to increase participation, retention and success of women in engineering from engineering college through executive leadership. WEPAN is a non-profit that mobilizes research in gender, diversity and inclusion and promotes practical, targeted initiatives to achieve sustainable, systems-level improvement in the engineering higher education-to-workplace system. WEPAN is driven by the conviction that engineering must fully embrace diversity and inclusion to meet the demands of today’s innovation and performance-driven business culture. Creating academic and workplace cultures for students, employees, and faculty that promote inclusion and diversity in engineering higher education is critical. Everyone can contribute to building cultures that value diversity by working together with WEPAN’s committed network of well-informed leaders and advocates. WEPAN is fueled by leaders, advocates and supporters from nearly 200 universities, colleges, community colleges, government agencies, Fortune 500 companies, small businesses and non-profit organizations working for sustainable, systemic impact. Over 900 individual leaders make up the WEPAN network, and campus-based members guide the college and career preparation of 60% of women engineering students.