Intuit Appoints Tekedra McGee Mawakana ’93 to Board of Directors
Tekedra Mawakana, who earned her bachelor’s degree from Trinity Washington University in 1993, has been appointed to the Intuits board of directors. Mawakana is the COO of Waymo LLC, a subsidiary of Alphabet, Inc., where she is a recognized business leader and expert on public policy related to commerce and advanced applications of artificial intelligence and machine learning.
Trinity Provost Carlota Ocampo Discusses the Effects of the Pandemic and Racial Injustice on College Students with GBH Education News
Carlota Ocampo, provost at Trinity Washington University in D.C., tells GBH that colleges can’t just enroll these students — they should provide mental health supports to help them succeed. “We must recognize that American society is constructed in such a way that people of color have experiences that are different and that may be traumatizing,” she said. “That is not a problem of the person of color. That’s a problem of society.”