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Leif:

Based off that and what you do with your daily missions, what's coming up next for you? Do you have anything that you're working on currently?

Gretchen:

I’ve recently taken over as Vice President of Marketing for our One Commercial Partner organization here in the US, and now I'm trying to bring that same type of collaboration on program initiatives that I brought into startups and education into the partner community. I'm excited to bring my passion for STEM, my work with women and technology and just my work on women's leadership issues into the broader partner ecosystem to make an even broader impact. the future, really from the classroom into the board room.

Leif:

For the folks that are going read this, how can they find out more information about the initiatives you're working on?

Gretchen:

I love it! I think the easiest thing is go to our MakeWhatsNext site and it will give you any and all opportunities to look at initiatives that Microsoft is focused on and really exposes the opportunity ahead for all of us if we empower our girls for the future, really from the classroom into the boardroom.

Leif:

I applaud you for all the missions, and the work that you're doing is absolutely fantastic. I'm very much looking forward to seeing you and hearing you at the summit, and I just want to say thank you for taking the time for this interview, Gretchen.

Gretchen:

I am so honored and privileged to be a part of this discussion, and it's just core to who I am and my values and what I want to bring to the community, so thank you for including me in, and I look forward to meeting with all of you there.

Leif:

Thank you so much.

Gretchen:

Thank you!