Co-Founder
Jessica Posner Odede is an internationally recognised social entrepreneur and thought-leader.
Taking the helm as CEO in 2019, Jessica guides Girl Effect, an international non-profit, in building media that young girls and adolescent women want, trust and need. From chat-bots to chat-shows and TV dramas to tech, Girl Effect’s content reaches millions of girls in Africa and Asia, inspiring them to make choices and changes in their lives. Igniting their confidence to act differently at a time that can define their future.
In 2009 Jessica co-founded Shining Hope for Communities (SHOFCO). In August 2018, SHOFCO received the Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize – the world’s largest annual humanitarian award presented to non-profit organizations judged to have made extraordinary contributions toward alleviating human suffering.
Jessica is a New York Times best selling author and has been featured in The New York Times, Vogue Magazine, on CNN, and by TED. She was awarded the prestigious David Rockefeller Bridging Leadership Award in May 2016.