Jessie Arora

Leadership Coach

2021 - Current

I’m energized by helping women balance the endless demands on their time and energy, to become more comfortable with themselves and their choices. As a mom of three, and former entrepreneur and tech employee, I intimately understand the challenges of modern motherhood. While moms may have one of the most fulfilling jobs, it can often be thankless, unrelenting and isolating. (And amidst all that it can be difficult to maintain a strong sense of self.) As your coach, I’ll create a comfortable space for you to set goals aligned with your values, while holding you accountable so you can live up to your potential. My clients find my approach most valuable during key life transitions, such as motherhood or changing careers, which can impact finances, relationships, and general wellbeing. Learn more about me, read testimonials from my clients and sign up for a free 30-min Discovery Session at jarora.me.

Founding Board Member

2022

Elevating and connecting women in AgTech - https://www.farmstoincubators.com/

Workshop Facilitator

2023 - 2024

Program Director

2020 - 2021

Executive Director

2018 - 2020

- Leadership: Manage our team, board and organizational operations to deliver on our mission to create a more representative tech community - Partnerships: Build relationships with top tech companies (Facebook, Google, Airbnb) and nonprofits (NCWIT, AnitaB.org) to raise money and awareness for our programs - Fundraising: Designed and executed fundraising strategy that raised $300k for 2018-19 - Community: Guide multi-channel social media strategy to grow and connect our global community (125k members) - Programs: Lead our Journalism Fellowship (editorial process) and design new programs

Director Of Operations

2016 - 2017

- Managed small team of web developers & designers to relaunch website and social media channels, to optimize annual trip sales, strengthen conversion rates, and shape product roadmap - Created 5 year strategic plan to increase earned income to get nonprofit closer to financial sustainability

Director of Strategic Partnerships

2016 - 2017

Wogrammer seeks to break down stereotypes and inspire women to pursue careers in engineering by showcasing real women, telling their stories, and celebrating their accomplishments. In partnership with leading tech and investment firms, such as Facebook and Sequoia Capital, wogrammer is breaking stereotypes, one story at a time.

Founder and CEO

2014 - 2016

Embark Labs is an education program that introduces elementary and middle school students to design and computational thinking in a hands-on, collaborative way. We offer a complete cross curricular STEM course, aligned to Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) standards. Our curriculum is 100% project based learning activities and challenges designed to promote deep understanding through inquiry and discovery. The first two units of our ExploreCS course are available for free at embarklabs.com/exploreCS. Over the past year we have worked with 500+ students through programs at Google, Cisco and the Computer History Museum. We ran multiple weeks of summer programs (June-Aug 2015) and have partnered with several K8 schools/districts to offer our programs during/after the school day. In partnership with Digital Promise, we have created the first microcredentials to recognize educators who are integrating computational thinking and computer science in their classrooms.

Education Consultant

2012 - 2013

Worked directly with President of The Tech to design early vision and raise funds for Design Challenge Learning Institute (DCLI) to support better integration of tech tools in K12 schools. Launched Beta Jam Program (http://www.thetech.org/partnership-programs-tech/beta-jam) to help edtech startups test their products and get user feedback from museum community

Contributing Advisor

2012 - 2012

Ed 333B: Envisioning the Future of Learning http://educ333b.pbworks.com/w/page/50802750/FrontPage