Meet the Team

Senior Lecturer Harvard Business School, Board Member, Advisor to Emerging Tech Companies

Director of Student Diversity & Inclusion Initiatives at Boston University Questrom School of Business

Karina is a facilitator specializing in leading training workshops that help promote heightened self-awareness, engagement and learning in the workplace with a diversity and inclusion lens. Originally from San Antonio via Mexico City, Karina Becerra is a Boston University graduate and current MBA candidate at Babson College, F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business. She has used her 10+ years in client management/marketing to drive success within cross-functional teams.

Rebecca is a consultant specializing in negotiation and diversity, equity, and inclusion training. Her passion is advancing women in the workplace, both through individual skill development and organizational change to create more equitable workplaces. Rebecca is a Tufts University graduate and current MBA candidate at the NYU Stern School of Business. She has 5 years of experience in technology startups, supporting growth-stage companies in scaling operations.

Chris founded True Change Associates in 2015 after 20 years of working with academic institutions, corporations, and nonprofit organizations focusing on diversity and inclusion, social justice, leadership development, and team building. TCA’s mission is to work in community with others in helping people and organizations move through personal growth to creating lasting institutional and systemic change around equity and inclusion.

Cristina Hancock is a Talent Management professional bringing more than five years of experience in the non-profit sector developing people at all organizational levels and roles. Currently working as Talent Manager at GreenLight Fund, Cristina partners with staff of diverse backgrounds to enhance and support individual and organization-wide professional development. Leveraging her studies and lived experience, Cristina has a deep passion for and knowledge of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) best practices and is committed to bringing a DEI lens to all aspects of her work. Cristina uses her content knowledge and her emotional intelligence to help support both the organizational growth of a company and the professional growth of its people.

Cristina holds a BA in Sociology from Boston College. In her free time, you can find Cristina daydreaming about her next travel adventure, spending time with her nephew, and finding a creative outlet through poetry.

SGO Co-CEO Felicia Jadczak is a recognized speaker, strategist, and voice in the field of diversity and inclusion. She has deep, extensive and personal experience with leadership, innovation, women in the workforce, multiracial concerns, and disability. She has worked in the technology industry for over ten years before moving on to the startup and consulting life. She holds an MBA and a Masters in Information Systems from the Questrom School of Business at Boston University and is also the recipient of Georgetown University’s Certificate in Strategic Diversity and Inclusion Management.

Simone is a facilitator with a background in education. With over 7 years of experience in the classroom and in restorative justice programs, she is passionate about working with communities and institutions to create inclusive and diverse work experiences that celebrate and uphold multicultural practices, intersectionality and equality. Originally from Philadelphia, PA, she is a proud Eagles fan, and holds a Masters in Education (Human Development and Psychology) from Harvard’s Graduate School of Education.

Regis Shields has deep and extensive experience in the fields of education, law, consulting and diversity and inclusion. Currently she is a consultant specializing in equity audits and designing and facilitating diversity, equity and inclusion trainings. She is a nationally recognized expert on equity issues in education and has presented and published extensively.  Regis holds an MPA from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, a JD from New York University and is a recipient of Georgetown University’s Certificate in Strategic Diversity and Inclusion Management.

I am the founder of The Uncomfortable Conversation, a campaign to bring sexual violence out of the closet and lift survivors to their full potential. I advise and consult with leaders and organizations on truth-telling, resource development, and social impact. I graduated from Brown University, and have an MBA from Boston College.

Originally from San Antonio via Mexico City, I am a Boston University graduate and current MBA candidate at Babson College, F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business. I have used her 10+ years in project/account management to drive success in cross-functional teams. A proud geek, I love fostering innovation, diversity and women inclusion in technology. In my free time, you can find me cooking at home with my husband, enjoying a cocktail with friends, or acting as an Instagram stage mom to my newly svelte 15 lb. cat, Santiago.

I am an Emmy Award-winning Senior Digital Producer at WGBH Educational Foundation. I lead the development of digital games and experiences for children’s educational properties including PBS KIDS’s Design Squad and Plum Landing.

I am a former craft beer journalist, current flavored seltzer enthusiast, and digital marketing professional. I focus my after-hours energy on building up the city’s creative community via Boston Content, and telling everyone I meet about how awesome SGO+ is. I have been featured on Jay Acunzo’s “Unthinkable” podcast, and my writing has appeared on Social Media Today, iMedia Connection, and LinkedIn Pulse. You can find my musings on Twitter @attackofthetext.

I am a mental health advocate, gamer nerd, singer, kitchen witch, and cat mom. If you want to talk about music, puzzles, psychology, ethical tech (what’s that?), writing, or just really good cheese, then I’m your lady.

My career has largely revolved around my lifelong interests in law, technology, and video games. In my spare time, I’m an amateur and experimental baker, I like watching Netflix, and I am involved in local communities for augmented reality game Pokémon GO.

I am the Co-Founder of WorkWell, a job search and interview skills bootcamp for women. I have coached 500+ people into high paying jobs they are excited about, and I know that believing in and enjoying your work leads to a better life. While delivering the essentials of career advice, all of my coaching incorporates perspective shifting so that you are empowered to create the life you truly want.

I am Co-Founder and Executive Director of Moms as Mentors, a non-profit dedicated to helping develop the next generation of influential female leaders, with an emphasis on helping moms foster girls’ confidence in STEM, entrepreneurship and politics. I also serve as the Director of Programs at VentureLab, a non-profit organization that is helping today’s youth to become tomorrow’s innovators and changemakers through experiential entrepreneurship education.

I am a full-stack web developer at CoUrbanize. I’m an avid knitter, a thirsty craft beer enthusiast, and a massive board game nerd. When I play RPGs, my alignment is Chaotic Good and there’s a 90% chance I’ll go rogue. Aside from work and SGO+ events, you can find me yelling about things on Twitter, and teaching games at PAX East as an Enforcer. This is not my chicken.

I am a recruiting and D&I professional currently working at Say.com. Utilizing my passion for building diverse and inclusive teams, I work with organizations to create inclusive recruiting processes and team cultures. I have also worked in D&I in an academic capacity through my research in Scandinavia where I focused on the effect of local policies and minority groups in homogenous societies.

I’m a software application engineer at Workday. In my spare time I enjoy making art, playing video games, and trying new recipes. I’m currently on a quest to visit all of the Disney theme parks in the world.

Also the cupcake was delicious.

I am a visual communicator, driven by improving the human experience. I love to create engaging digital experiences that connect with customers and satisfy business objectives within an agile inspired process. As a Product Designer for ThirdChannel in Cambridge, I enjoy working collaboratively with my team building interactive solutions grounded by solid qualitative and quantitative research, user-centered design principles and industry best practices. I am a Canadian, an artist, world traveller, and a mad cookie baker…… I geek out about throwing parties with epic cheese board spreads and living it up in East Boston.

I am in technical support for Wix.com. I am excited to continue to grow and learn and be challenged in my work environment, to be able to thrive and showcase my skills and passions. 

I was born and raised in the Bay Area and will probably never leave! I love all things “BAY” – the Warriors, SF Giants, the food scene, the diversity and most of all my family! I geek out about sports, cooking, delicious eats, music and fixing things. I have been a Realtor and Residential Property Manager in San Francisco and the East Bay for 15 years.

I am a skilled professional in strategic communications and public relations across a variety of fields, including e-commerce, tech, financial services, fashion, and lifestyle. My specialties include social media, high-level analytics, organic search campaigns/Search Engine Optimization (SEO), publicity/media outreach, blogging, sponsorships, partnerships with influencers, and hosting special events. I’m currently a contributing writer for Fundera, where cover a range of topics that include marketing, strategy, operations, funding, technology, and corporate credit.

I am a benefits professional with 19 years in the field. I love to read, travel, and geeking out on TED talks.

I am the Vice President at M+R and I have worked with organizations such as Feeding America, the American Cancer Society, PBS, American Red Cross, and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center to create and run online fundraising and advocacy campaigns. Prior to joining M+R in 2010, I headed the Online Communications team at the United Nations Foundation. I began my career in online advocacy and fundraising at Women Thrive Worldwide, a non-profit that influences U.S. policy to help women in developing countries lift themselves out of poverty.

I am a writer who loves connecting people, mentorship, kickboxing, and singing. I’m also a Canadian identical triplet who lives in Oakland, California, with my Chihuahua, Bella.

With over 15 years in product management, I have helped launch and create breakout products in industries ranging from healthcare to legal services to education for both b-to-b and b-to-c customers.  My expertise is to extract business and product design from the ambiguity and morass of the marketplace through detailed research and contextual inquiry.  Working together with developers and user design teams, I translated requirements into a viable end-user friendly products that  contributed significant value and revenue to the organizations at which I worked, including athenahealth, Wolters Kluwer, and Harvard Business School.

I am a software product manager with experience in both consumer and enterprise products. I credit She+ Geeks Out with helping build my confidence while transitioning into a career in product management — and as a California native, for introducing me to a group of truly inspiring women in Boston. Talk to me about awesome software (and hair) products, travel bucket lists, and all things West Coast/Best Coast at an SGO+ event.

After ten years as an entrepreneur, I spend my days as a consultant at CartyMac Consulting, focusing my energies on early-stage and growth-oriented businesses. Previous career highlights include my time as a faculty member at St. Mary’s College of California and performing at Super Bowl 50 as a member of the Pep Squad. I geek out about volleyball (broke two fingers last year, but that won’t keep me down), travel (two more continents to go-I’ll probably skip Antarctica though), personality types (any other female ENTJs out there?), and tap dance. I’ve met amazing women through this community and I am excited to spread the SGO+ love!

I’m a friendly neighborhood HR Analyst with over 10 years of experience in higher education. When not working magic with spreadsheets and data and all things related to HR, I am at the mall, strolling the streets of San Francisco with a frappuccino in hand, playing video games, constructing that next cosplay, or watching Star Wars & Marvel & animated movies for the millionth time.

I am an experienced head of product and technology with a demonstrated history of delivering great enterprise products. I’m currently the Chief Technology Officer of Thrive Global. We are growing in San Francisco and are hiringfront-end, back-end, full stack, iOS, Android and wordpress engineers to build new behavior-changing products that end the sleep and burnout epidemic and create healthier relationships with technology.

As a Mental Health specialist my mission is to destigmatize mental health taboos in high stress career fields. I have always been particularly drawn to supporting people through uncovering unconscious biases that limit their ability to truly live the lives they’ve always wanted. Through years of working with individuals facing significant life challenges, I have come to find that when anticipating obstacles, many of us feel hopeless, helpless, stressed, and at times, overwhelmed by a lack of direction. My work involves reframing negative thought patterns that contribute to these stressful symptoms. Visit my website at Ridgleconsultants.com to learn more information about our services.

I am a Strategic Content Director at O’Reilly Media in its Boston office. I have worked at the company for 10 years in various roles, including as an editor, open government evangelist, and most recently Director of Acquisitions. I originally hail from Maine, brew my own beer, and geek out over European noir fiction and cooking.

My interests include dogs, Beyoncé, and playing with dogs while listening to Beyoncé. I’ve been in the Boston tech scene since 2010, currently leading Yesware’s People Operations. Before entering the real world, I graduated from the University of Richmond with degrees in Leadership Studies and Sociology and a concentration in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. That was where I first started getting involved in diversity and inclusion efforts, and I’m thrilled to continue that mission through this partnership with SGO+.

I have a cat named Gizmo, my favorite DC super hero is Batman and Marvel is Captain Marvel. I bring Liberty Mutual to companies throughout Boston, is your company next?

I have the capacity to geek out about anything. I love learning new things from new people and obsessively researching any topic that piques my curiosity. I discovered the SGO+ community in 2018 and can’t stop talking about how great this community is. I currently work at Zillow Group as a Senior Director of Product Development, overseeing the design and development of Dotloop’s real estate transaction management product. I graduated from the University of California, Berkeley and currently reside in the San Francisco Bay Area.

As an Account Manager at Respondent, I work with clients to effectively and efficiently drive their research agendas. I use my background in sales and product management to better serve my clients to deliver results and lasting impact.  If you see me at a She+ Geeks Out event, say hi! Meeting and chatting with new people is one of my favorite hobbies, along with sipping tea, concocting healthy potions, and searching for treasures at yard sales and antique shops.

Russian-born, Brooklyn-made, Boston-redesigned. I am a geek who loves tech, innovation, and social enterprise. I love serving as everything from Chair of Acumen+Boston to Speaker Trainer at TedxSomerville to co-founding City Awake. In my day jobs I’m doing everything from optimizing operations to project managing at two startups. I excel in building movements that galvanize people. I graduated magna cum laude from Hobart and William Smith Colleges with a double major in Political Science and Critical Social Studies. After graduating, I bought a one-way ticket to Bangkok for a solo five-month trip to Southeast Asia. At home in Cambridge, I am a foodie who enjoys live music and yoga.

I am a Product Designer born and raised in New York City. Currently, I work as a Senior Product Designer at WW (Weight Watchers). I started my career as an Art Director after graduating from Parsons School of Design. In 2016, I made the switch to User Experience Design and I am thoroughly enjoying bringing data-driven, user-centered solutions to complex problems. I love to give back to the tech community here in NYC and I am honored to be a She+ Geeks Out Ambassador. I am also a Founding Member of Tech Ladies. In my spare time, you’ll find me hanging out with my loaf of a corgi, Pam and my new cat, Duncan, geeking out at NYC Comic Con with my husband, taking a cooking class, or enjoying a new movie.