Reshma began her career as an attorney and activist. In 2010, she surged onto the political scene as the first Indian American woman to run for U.S. Congress. During the race, Reshma visited local schools and saw the gender gap in computing classes firsthand, which led her to start Girls Who Code. Reshma is also the author of Brave, Not Perfect–a movement rooted in her experience, TedTalk, book, and podcast encouraging women to live their bravest, fullest lives.
“Girls Who Code is more than an international non-profit. We are a movement. ”
Reshma Saujani, Founder of Girls Who Code
Dr. Tarika Barrett began her career as a community organizer and educator. She spent her career in education working for students who are left behind or systemically barred from access to opportunities. She joined Girls Who Code in 2016 leading the expansion of our Summer Immersion Programs, Clubs Programs and our International expansion.
Board of Directors
Bharat Anand
Henry R. Byers Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School
Tarika Barrett
CEO, Girls Who Code
Vince Campisi
SVP, Enterprise Services & Chief Digital Officer, RTX
Jeanette Gamble
Managing Director, Data & Analytics Tech Infrastructure & Web Services, Morgan Stanley
Hari Gopalkrishnan
Chief Information Officer, Head of Consumer, Business & Wealth Management Technology, Bank of America
Greg Gunn
co-founder of Lingo Ventures
J. Thomas Jones
Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, Women’s World Banking
Carol Juel
EVP & Chief Technology and Operating Officer, Synchrony
Karen Pavlin
Chief Equity and Inclusion Officer at ServiceNow
Javier Polit
Executive Vice President, CIO at Costco
Kavitha Prabhakar
National Managing Principal, Technology Consulting, Core Business Operations, Deloitte Consulting LLP
Reshma Saujani
Founder, Girls Who Code
Leyla Seka
Co-Founder, Black Venture Institute
Gregory Simpson
former Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and AI leader at Synchrony Financial
Pawan Verma
EVP, Global Chief Data and Information Officer, Cencora.
Executive Leadership Team
Tarika Barrett
CEO, Girls Who Code
Feargus Leggett
Chief Financial Officer
Daniel Voloch
Chief Program Officer
Laura Meli
Chief Development Officer
Jana Chandler-Ligon
Senior Vice President, People & Culture
Sam Santaella
Senior Manager, Special Projects
Jennifer Orellana
Executive Assistant
Ryan Clarke
Vice President, Research & Strategy
Jackie Blizzard
Vice President, Education
Sophia Sunwoo
Vice President, Marketing & Communications
Programs
Gabby Becker
Senior Manager, Program Operations
Ava Bronstein
Project Manager, Curriculum & Instruction
Michaela Burger
Manager, Community Partnerships & Outreach
Angelica Cabato
Senior Associate, Program Implementation
Manjot Chhabra
Manager, Partner Support and Training
Julio Chávez
Senior Manager, Events
Missy Cooper
Curriculum Developer
Michaela DeGuzman
Senior Curriculum Developer
Marta Diaz-Marcano
Workforce Programs Manager, Content and Instructional Design
Rola Emanuel
Manager, Mentoring Corps
Luzelena Escamilla
Manager, Partner Operations
Meaghan Flaherty
Outreach Operations Specialist
Gaby Frias
Curriculum Developer
Rachel Friedman
Director, Workforce Programs
Ashley Goetz
Instructional Design Manager, SPP + Clubs
Anyssa Gonzalez
Manager Of Instruction, SPP
Julia Hakim
Manager, Program Operations
Izzy Hasaballa
Community Manager, College & Career Programs
Emily Heist Moss
Senior Director, College and Career Programs
Becky Houran
Senior Manager, Program Implementation
Jessica Jahnke
Instructional Design Manager, SIP
Anna Katz
Manager, Outreach Communications and Events
Sana Khader
Senior Associate, Workforce Programs
Pamela Lee
Senior Manager, Program Strategy and Delivery
Janill Marquez
Senior Manager, College Loops
Joe Ochterski
Manager, Curriculum Development
Erin Page
Director, Program Operations
Gina Pol
Director, Community Partnerships & Outreach
Katie Robinson
Manager, Workforce Programs
Barbara Smith
Manager, Program Operations
Liza Stark
Director, Curriculum
Christine Thompson
Director, Instruction and Summer Programs
Valerie Tomici
Sr. Manager, Community Partnerships and Outreach
Claudia Vazquez Hampton
Manager, Community Partnerships and Outreach
Kibret Yebetit
Sr. Manager, Community Partnerships & Outreach
Chrissy Ziccarelli
Senior Director, School and Community Programs
Development
Claudia Castaneda
Senior Associate, Partner Engagement
Lexi Curtice
Director, Partner Engagement & Major Gifts
Ashley Naliwajko
Manager, Partner Engagement
Emily Ong
Director, Partner Development
Tenzin Pema
Associate, Development Operations
Alex Perrette
Senior Manager, Partner Engagement
Anna Roberts
Senior Manager, Partner Engagement
Rachel Strong
Manager, Partner Development
Krystal Zamora
Senior Manager, Development Operations
Marketing & Communications
Jerica Deck
Senior Associate, Social Media
Jenelle Hopkins
Director, Marketing
Lauryn Langford
Senior Associate, Marketing & Communications
Poonam Mantha
Sr. Manager, Communications & Public Relations
Ruby Western
Designer
Finance, Systems, and Research
Janet Berry
Senior Salesforce Administrator
Ugo Egbe
Salesforce Administrator
Sarah Goldberg
Associate Counsel
Irwin Horowitz
Solutions Architect
Jessica Hunsinger
Senior Director, Technology
Lily Kohn
Senior Manager, Research & Evaluation
Nora May
Senior Data Analyst
MichaelAnn Pineda
Salesforce Administrator
Nicole Talisay
Manager, Product
Heather Wigell
Manager, Data & Analytics
People & Culture
Jasmel Delgado
Director, People Operations
Nayrelis Ferreras
Associate, People Operations
Ruel Minott
Manager, Seasonal Recruitment
Rishi Mutalik
Senior Associate, People Operations
Shelsea Ramirez
Manager, People Operations
Deb Waldman
Senior Director, People & Culture – Talent Acquisition
