Brooke Turner

Program Director, DivInc

Austin

Brooke's life work has impacted thousands of students and young women through her career as a high school teacher, a partnership and marketing manager for academic business at NI (an industry leader in test and automation innovation), robotics mentor, and co-founder of a non-profit supporting STEM programs in the Central Texas region. As co-founder of her startup Kwaddle, Brooke continued her mission to serve students and to support women in the workplace by providing easier access to high-quality, out-of-school enrichment opportunities for kids. Brooke was named winner of the 2018 Woman's Way Business Award for Product Innovation.

Brooke is now the program director for DivInc, a non-profit organization that provides a high impact, 12-week startup accelerator, as well as other community programs to bridge the gap between underrepresented entrepreneurs and the resources they need to build high-growth, profitable companies.