Elizabeth Cooper

San Francisco Girls’ School is a new all-girls independent high school with an outstanding STEM program. Its curriculum is built on extensive research showing that girls from single-sex high schools have superior academic achievement, greater participation in STEM, better social-emotional outcomes, stronger leadership skills and career results than their coed counterparts. Beyond the city, San Francisco Girls’ School has a broader mission of serving as an incubator for cutting-edge STEM coursework, designed specifically for girls, through its Center of Excellence for Girls’ STEM Education, and delivering it on-line for free to a national consortium of public girls’ schools. The Center of Excellence will combine data analysis from this pioneering public-private initiative with current research to refine best practices and develop a foundational pedagogy for teaching girls STEM. San Francisco Girls’ School aims to reverse the declining number of girls nationwide pursuing university STEM degrees and, later, STEM careers.

San Francisco Girls’ School is a new all-girls independent high school with an outstanding STEM program. Its curriculum is built on extensive research showing that girls from single-sex high schools have superior academic achievement, greater participation in STEM, better social-emotional outcomes, stronger leadership skills and career results than their coed counterparts. Beyond the city, San Francisco Girls’ School has a broader mission of serving as an incubator for cutting-edge STEM coursework, designed specifically for girls, through its Center of Excellence for Girls’ STEM Education, and delivering it on-line for free to a national consortium of public girls’ schools. The Center of Excellence will combine data analysis from this pioneering public-private initiative with current research to refine best practices and develop a foundational pedagogy for teaching girls STEM. San Francisco Girls’ School aims to reverse the declining number of girls nationwide pursuing university STEM degrees and, later, STEM careers.

Plum Alley is a venture firm raising funds and syndicates of member investors to invest in early stage frontier technology private companies with a mission to impact humanity at scale for the better. Sweet spots include owned IP and patented technology, medical breakthroughs, Series A, STEM-credentialed and gender-diverse founding teams. Our influential member investors pay annual fees to access Plum Alleys curated syndicate investments and exclusive learning experiences around innovation and investing. We are based in New York City, but support members and syndicate company investments across the country and globe. As of December 2025, Plum Alley Ventures has deployed more than $100 million in 36 companies with at least one woman in a STEM role in the founding team.