ChIPs Network

Barrier breakers. Champions of women. Outspoken advocates for equality. Leaders in business and law. Public servants with legacies of pushing for progress. These are the ChIPs Hall of Fame inductees.

ChIPs established the Hall of Fame in 2013 to honor today’s leaders and inspire the next generation. Hall of Fame honorees are individuals who have made significant contributions to the law, technology and policy and who have shown a demonstrated commitment to the advancement of women.

Gina Raimondo, smiling and wearing a light teal blazer with a silver necklace, stands in front of an American flag background.

Gina Raimondo

Secretary of Commerce

Kathi Vidal, smiling and wearing a dark teal blazer with long wavy blonde hair, standing in a professional indoor setting.

Kathi Vidal

Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property, Director of the USPTO

Learn more about Secretary Raimondo and Under Secretary Vidal’s work to build an innovation ecosystem for all. 

Juanita Brooks

2023

Mary B. Cranston

2022

Nina Totenberg

2021

Ursula Burns

2020

Jamie Gorelick

2019

U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono

2018

Hon. Michelle K. Lee

2017

Megan Smith

2016

Professor Jane C. Ginsburg

2015

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

2015

Rachel Krevans

2014

Lynn I. Levine

2013

Pauline Newman

2013