Jannie Fernandez is a workforce development and talent strategy leader with 18+ years of experience expanding opportunity for emerging talent in technology and STEM fields. She specializes in building and running high-stakes partnerships between mission-driven organizations and global tech companies, translating ambitious equity goals into concrete programs that recruit, train, and advance talent at scale.

Her work spans the full arc of program leadership: designing strategy, managing corporate partnerships and contract relationships end-to-end, facilitating trainings, and serving as the trusted point of contact who keeps complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives running smoothly from launch through evaluation. She’s equally comfortable setting long-term vision and managing the operational details that determine whether a program actually delivers for the people it’s meant to serve.