Cristina Jones
CEO, Black Girls Code
Cristina Mancini Jones is a powerful storyteller who believes the stories we tell shape our reality. She has spent her career accelerating innovation with impactful storytelling, always placing humanity at the center of business and tech. As the CEO of Black Girls Code (BGC), a national not-for-profit preparing one million girls and gender-expansive youth of color to be the next generation of tech creators, innovators, designers, and decision-makers by 2040, Jones applies her talent for story-driven innovation toward the business imperative to diversify tech. By ensuring Black girls and gender-expansive youth of color believe they belong in the tech industry and have the skills and opportunities to lead, Jones is shifting the narrative to put Black women at the helm of tech’s future.