Join us on the second Wednesday of each month via Zoom at 6 PM to discuss starting and leading businesses with other women. As female entrepreneurs, we share concerns and tips as we celebrate each other’s successes and help overcome our challenges.

Our guest this month is Laura Boccanfuso, CEO of VanRobotics. Her entrepreneurial company is changing the way students learn. To make personalized tutoring widely accessible, her team of developed a socially engaging robot and a library of pedagogically sound, standards-aligned math, reading and SEL lessons for classroom use.

About Laura Boccanfuso:

Laura Boccanfuso is the Founder and CEO of Van Robotics, a social robotics company dedicated to supporting educators and students with personalized learning tools using AI. Laura has been recognized by companies like McKinsey & Company, TIME Best Inventions, SuperCharger Ventures, and Siemens Digital Industries Software. She also received the 2022 SC Women in Business Award and was named Top 10 Most Influential Women in Technology by Analytics Insight. Laura is changing the way we use technology in learning with ABii, the smart robot tutor for the K-5 classroom, and Van Robotics’ new high school robotics program, Classroom to Career.