Dr. Revi Sterling

Dr. Revi Sterling has worked to advance digital inclusion in both domestic and international contexts for over 20 years. Most recently, she was the technical director for the Women in the Digital Economy Fund (WiDEF). She previously developed and ran the USAID WomenConnect Challenge, Women and the Web program, and the larger USAID Global Broadband and Innovations portfolio. Before D.C., Revi founded and directed the first ICT for Development graduate program in the United States at the ATLAS Institute at the University of Colorado, where she had joint appointments in Telecom Engineering, Computer Science, and Women’s and Gender Studies. She also worked in the ICT4D/Emerging Markets team at Microsoft Research, focusing on advancing women’s technology use. Her research areas include human computer interaction, social norms, and rural connectivity. She serves on leading gender and technology boards, has testified before the U.S. Congress about the gender digital divide, and has received such awards as the Anita Borg Institute’s Social Impact Award and Engineering4Change’s Women Technologist of the Year.