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Ippolito Testified Before Congress to Support Diverse Innovators

Andrea Ippolito ‘06, M.Eng. ’07, testified in front of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Small Business on January, 15, 2020, and shared six policy recommendations to push for additional support and patents for diverse innovators in America. Ippolito founded and leads the W.E. Cornell (Women Entrepreneurs) program, serves as aCornell eLab instructor, and is a lecturer for Cornell Engineering and Johnson MBA students.

Read her testimony (PDF)

View the hearing (YouTube)