Our vision is to increase the retention of women in the academic pipeline and to create women geoscientist leaders by building a supportive geoscience community for women in the northeastern U.S. This can serve as a model for other regions and other science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields. We plan to create this community through shared experiences that will empower women with the skills needed to thrive in academia and educating department chairs about ways to effectively create a welcome, supportive and productive environment.