Reshma Saujani

Reshma Saujani has never waited for permission to challenge the systems holding women back. She has built the movements to change them.

In 2012, while running for Congress, Saujani saw the gender gap in computer science classrooms and founded Girls Who Code to help close it. Over nine years as CEO, she grew the organization into one of the country’s most recognized nonprofits, helping hundreds of thousands of girls see themselves as part of the future of technology. She later turned her attention to another barrier to women’s economic participation: the unpaid and underpaid labor of caregiving. As founder and CEO of Moms First, she has championed paid leave and affordable child care, advocating for the policies that allow mothers to remain in the workforce and build economic security.

From expanding girls’ access to technology to challenging the systems that undervalue mothers’ work, Reshma has helped reshape the conversation around what women deserve and what becomes possible when society invests in their potential.

Her message is clear: women’s economic power depends on more than individual determination. It requires changing the systems, policies, and cultural expectations that shape their opportunities.