As the Executive Director of the Create Communities group Jess heads up the events team at the Data Science Festival, Data Idols, and is Co-Founder of Founders500 . She runs over 100 events per year for their growing, diverse community of 50K. She has worked for over a decade in the event and community building sector, helping to build start-up’s, offer creative direction and has built communities through events all over the world.
She is passionate about getting more girls and women into STEM and creating the most diverse tech community in London. As a human rights activist and ally, she has worked on campaigns across the UK. Her specialism is women’s rights, medical advocacy and gender equality.
Having grown up in Hong Kong, Canada and the UK, she is driven to bring people together to share in cultural diversity. Through events she aims to openly share knowledge and help individuals and companies learn, grow and thrive together.