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The push for corporate board diversity is growing. How do Pacific NW tech companies stack up?

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Former drugstore.com CEO and board chair Dawn Lepore doesn’t need to be convinced that it’s important to have diversity on company boards of directors. To get a sense of where Pacific Northwest companies are starting from, GeekWire researched the board composition of 30 publicly traded technology and biotech corporations in Washington.

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Bill Gates’ TerraPower wins $8.5M in federal funding for conversion of used nuclear fuel

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ARPA-E is doing just that by supporting companies and universities that are working on next-generation technologies to modernize advanced reactors and strengthen the nation’s clean energy enterprise.”. TerraPower’s grant is the largest of the 11 announced today for ARPA-E’s ONWARDS program.

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Accelerating Aerospace Organizational Innovation, Speed, and Resilience with Digital Technologies

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Billion by 2028, growing at a CAGR of 9.10% from 2021 to 2028. Companies are working with aerospace technologies to accelerate innovation and provide new differentiation. What of the Aerospace companies themselves? It seems natural that Aerospace companies will be planning a large role in the 2023 Innovation awards.

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Interlune comes out of stealth with its plan to harvest helium-3 and more on the moon

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(Lai and Schmitt photos by Alan Boyle for GeekWire; Meyerson photo via ISPCS and YouTube) ‘This is a big vision’ The first outlines of Interlune’s business plan came to light last October , but today Meyerson delved more deeply into the company’s vision for bringing valuable lunar resources back to Earth.

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The Black Boardroom Initiative launches with support from Seattle tech to boost board diversity

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Its goal is to increase the number of Black leaders on public boards to one in eight by 2028 — a ratio that matches the fraction of America’s Black population. Companies with openings on their boards are encouraged to share them with The Black Boardroom Initiative. Right now, Black board members are approximately one in 24.

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Boeing pays tribute to its ‘Queen of the Skies’ following the rollout of the last 747

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The last Boeing 747 leaves the company’s Everett factory floor. Nearly 55 years after Boeing started production of its jumbo 747 jet, the last model of the iconic airplane left the company’s factory in Everett, Wash., Boeing Photo / Paul Weatherman). closing a chapter in aviation history.

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Axiom raises $130M for its space station — and adds Blue Origin alum to its board

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The longtime president of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture, Rob Meyerson , will be joining the board of directors for another pioneering space company in connection with a $130 million funding round. (Axiom Space Illustration). Meyerson, who left Blue Origin in 2018 , is an operating partner at C5 Capital.