Reshma
Saujani

Before she founded Girls Who Code in 2010, Reshma was the first Indian-American woman to run for U.S. Congress. As she was meeting people in her community and visiting schools, she quickly noticed a stark gender gap in tech and computer science classes, leading her to dedicate more than a decade to fight for women and girls to have a space in predominantly male fields. Lauded as the Most Innovative Non-Profit by Fast Company, Girls Who Code has taught nearly half a million girls through in-person classes, becoming one of the largest non-profits in the country.

Since the start of the pandemic, Reshma has set her sights on advocating for America’s moms, who were disproportionately affected during lockdowns and whose labor value was wrongly overlooked. With the launch of the Marshall Plan for Moms, Reshma has created a national movement and opened up important dialogue about the way society treats moms both in and out of the home.

As a movement builder and changemaker, Reshma has applied her thought leadership, bravery, and creative vision to build some of the largest women and girls’ organizations in the world. She believes in the power of technology, and that the industry can only become stronger with more female representation.