Exclusive: DNC Appoints First Woman Chief Technology Officer
Source: Refinery29
The Democratic National Committee has appointed Nellwyn Thomas as its new Chief Technology Officer and Kat Atwater as its deputy CTO, Refinery29 can exclusively report. Thomas is the first woman in history to serve in this role.
According to the organization, for the first time ever, all three of the people in senior leadership positions on the tech team are women, as is 52% of the entire tech team. These hires come on the heels of the DNC appointing three women of color to top leadership positions, including Waikinya Clanton, senior advisor to Chair Tom Perez; Rachana Desai Martin, chief operating officer; and Reyna Walters-Morgan, director of voter protection and civic engagement. Currently, says the DNC, more than half of the senior leadership team is made up of women and many of them come from marginalized communities.
Thomas has worked both in political campaigns and the tech industry, including at Facebook and Etsy. She served as the deputy analytics chief for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign in 2016.
"I'm honored to bring my decade-plus of experience in the tech industry and on political campaigns to the DNC," Thomas tells Refinery29. "We're heading into the most important election of our lifetime, and the DNC's tech team can make a critical difference in laying the infrastructure necessary to vote Trump out of office and elect Democrats up and down the ballot."
Read more: https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/04/230377/democratic-national-committee-new-hires-chief-technology-officer-nellwyn-thomas
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