Reshma Saujani.

Reshma Saujani is the Founder of Girls Who Code, the nonprofit organization that has taught computing skills to over 580,000 girls across all 50 U.S.

states and several countries, and the Founder and CEO of Moms First, a national advocacy organization fighting for policies that support mothers in the workforce. Saujani founded Girls Who Code in 2012 after running for U.S. Congress in 2010 and visiting schools where she witnessed firsthand the massive gender gap in computer science education. Girls Who Code became one of the most successful STEM education nonprofits in history, creating clubs, summer immersion programs, and a college alumni network. Her TED Talk on teaching girls bravery rather than perfection has been viewed over five million times. Saujani is the bestselling author of Brave, Not Perfect and Pay Up. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she pivoted to founding Moms First after witnessing millions of mothers forced out of the workforce. Her serial social entrepreneurship-building two nationally significant organizations addressing different but related gender equity challenges-demonstrates how advocacy and institution-building can create lasting systemic change.