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Brind-Woody has been the keynote speaker at numerous global forums: European
Commission on LGBT Rights in Brussels (2008), International conference on LGBT Human Rights in Copenhagen (2009), Europride Business Forums in Zurich and Warsaw (2009, 2010), Company Pride Platform (2010), L-Women at Work
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Amsterdam (2011), Out & Equal Executive Forum in San Francisco (2012), Prague Pride Business Forum, and the Slovakia Business Forum. She has been a keynote speaker for Out & Equal Workplace Advocates, WorkPlace Pride, and the Danish Trade Council. She was a panellist for
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Brind-Woody was also the
Assistant Women's Athletics Director at the University of Texas at Austin. She earned an MBA from the University of Texas where she was awarded the Kozmetsky prize. Brind-Woody gained a JD degree from Georgia State University where she graduated magna cum laude.
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I was about 12 when I knew I was different, but I didn’t have a word for it. The local library in my small factory town in
Southern Virginia didn’t have much in the way of resources on the topic, but I knew I was different, and looking back, I could tell that absolutely I was
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Those of us who were lesbians and working in college athletics were very circumspect. We wanted opportunities for all women in athletics, and we made the assessment that being out wasn’t worth jeopardizing opportunities for other women.
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Brind-Woody joined IBM in 1996. She leads the IBM Global
Intellectual Property Licensing division. Brind-Woody leads a source code licensing team, IBM's Divestiture Practice, the IP Partnership program, and IP Management Solutions.
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After completing her masters, Brind-Woody worked as assistant basketball coach for the women's team at the
University of Tennessee-Knoxville. Following this, she served as Assistant Women's Athletics Director.
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Virginia, Birth Records, 1912-2015, Delayed Birth Records, 1721-1911
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