Karen Clark Cole

Girls are professional soccer players!

Girls are professional soccer players!

Start training girls! As of 2013, Seattle has a professional Women's soccer team. The Seattle Reign FC is part of the eight-team National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) that receives support from the United States Soccer Federation, the Canadian Soccer Association and...

Pursue curiosity

Pursue curiosity

:: By Kate Lynne Logan.  Our Girls Can Do singer and song writer, Kate Lynne Logan wrote a wonderful blog post on her Tumblr page, An Americana Girl. Here's a snapshot…we are so excited to have her... I’ll play the opening hour in the foyer, and then a couple of songs...

Singer Kate Lynne Logan playing at GCD!

Singer Kate Lynne Logan playing at GCD!

We are super excited to announce that Seattle musician, Kate Lynne Logan, will be playing during the first "welcome" hour at Benaroya Hall for our Girls Can Do event on May 17th --  so make sure to arrive right at 12 noon!!! Kate Lynne Logan - The Story:...

Ever want to hang out with a polar bear?

Ever want to hang out with a polar bear?

By Karen Clark Cole :: Do you like the idea of hanging out with polar bears? Kristin Laidre does! Can you believe there is a job where you get to hang out with Arctic marine mammals? When Kristin sent me her bio picture for this event, she asked “Should I change my...

Would you walk in Space or the South Pole?

Would you walk in Space or the South Pole?

By Karen Clark Cole ::  Would you walk in Space or at the South Pole? If you are Christy Hansen, you would choose both! As a NASA engineer, Christy has not only trained astronauts how to walk in space, but also taught them how to assemble and repair hardware on the...

Event posters!

Event posters!

We have two beautiful and super-creative poster designs by visual designer, Todd Bennings. The poster was inspired by our amazing video, which was designed and produced by motion graphics artist, Rose Pietrovito, of dzinenmotion. Download (save) the 8x10 poster and...

Why Ingrid Backstrom is my hero

Why Ingrid Backstrom is my hero

By Karen Clark Cole :: Ingrid Backstrom is one of the most genuine people I know. With her easy-going smile, she seems like one of my ski buddies. We see her on the chair, we drink beer at the same ski bar, she high-fives my daughter and asks how her jumps are going....

Meet Operation IceBridge Project Manager Christy Hansen

Meet Operation IceBridge Project Manager Christy Hansen

By Mark Buesing from PolarTREC Journal 2013 :: My sister wrote and asked ‘Where are all the women scientists?’ And she’s right to ask. The simple fact is that there aren’t enough. Below is my interview with Operation IceBridge project manager Christy Hansen. She is...

How this big idea got started

How this big idea got started

By Karen Clark Cole :: Like many things that go big, it started small. It was going to be a one time event for 200 women and girls at my office for our speaker series, and then it got out of hand... PART ONE For many years now, I have been looking for news and...