DATE: August 6, 2025
TIME: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Eastern / 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Pacific
PRICE: Free to all attendees
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About the Webinar
Data is never neutral—and neither is data governance.
In this session, speaker Cyndi Cain Fitzgerald will explore how feminist principles can be applied to the design, stewardship and ethical use of data systems. Drawing from Data Feminism, by Catherine D’Ignazio and Lauren Klein, and grounded examples from university practice, this presentation offers a practical framework for making institutional data work more inclusive, ethical, and impactful. Attendees will learn how to integrate values like transparency, pluralism, and contextual awareness into data governance processes while recognizing and elevating the, often invisible, labor of faculty, staff, and students.
Whether you’re managing faculty workload data, shaping policy through institutional research, or stewarding academic systems and infrastructure, this session will help you rethink what meaningful, equity-centered data leadership looks like. While the examples draw from higher education, the principles and practices explored are relevant to any industry seeking to make data work more inclusive, transparent, and accountable.
About the Speaker
Cyndi Cain Fitzgerald
University Manager, Business Intelligence Analytics, Antioch University
Cyndi is a strategy and equity-focused data evangelist with expertise in data governance, organizational effectiveness, and feminist leadership. She serves on the Data Governance Steering Committee at Antioch University, where she chairs cross-functional initiatives to align data strategy with academic and equity goals. With a professional background spanning IT, nonprofit development, and higher education administration, she brings a systems-thinking lens to complex challenges. Currently pursuing a master’s degree in Social Science with a specialization in Strategic Data Leadership for Equity and Impact, her research and practice center women’s leadership in data governance. A first-generation college graduate, she is passionate about transforming institutional data culture to value people as much as performance.