Coinciding with Women’s History Month, the Mercury team put women at the center of our conversations during the month of March. From participating in the Simmons Leadership Conference to sponsoring our own panel discussion on International Women’s Day, our women leaders took charge, embracing their authentic selves and sharing personal stories of challenges and triumphs.

April 13, 2021

A year has passed since more than half of Mercury employees transitioned to a work-from-home environment due to the COVID-19 pandemic. From the outset, Mercury took a people-centric approach to its COVID-19 emergency response, swiftly implementing several mitigation measures to help protect the health, safety and livelihoods of its employees. Mercury’s fellow chief technologist Karen Haigh, PhD, coauthored a study with Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH, and professor of medicine at the University of California at San Francisco that takes a closer look at Mercury’s COVID-19 response. Read about what Mercury did right to ensure we remained open and productive through the pandemic.

April 12, 2021

Despite the rapid growth in STEM occupations around the world in recent decades, women still make up less than half of the global STEM workforce. Mercury is committed to helping close this gender gap by supporting women in STEM both internally and externally through a variety of programs, including the sponsorship of a predominantly female Brigham Young University (BYU) Capstone team. Watch and listen as BYU’s Allyson Gibson joins Mercury’s Sabrina Pina and Chris Opoczynski to discuss this subject and how we can all work together to advance the roles of women in STEM.

March 24, 2021

For 42 years, the Simmons Leadership Conference has engaged, impacted and inspired over 100,000 leaders from around the globe as the preeminent women’s leadership forum. Inspired by this theme, two of Mercury’s female leaders, CMO, Stephanie Georges, and SVP Dr. Amela Wilson, share their personal insights and experiences as they work to cultivate hope, build confidence and raise optimism for other women in business.

March 18, 2021