Meet Our
Board of Directors
Executive Director & Founder
A self-described nerd girl, Christina used her expertise in education, business experience and passion for women’s issues to launch the organization whose mission is to educate and encourage teen girls in the pursuit of business and political leadership positions. Her programs help teen girls understand the power and importance of their voice and how to use it to affect change within their communities.
Jocelyn Durant
President
Jocelyn has over 20 years of marketing experience, amassing strategic experience in several industries; banking, medical, manufacturing, and legal. Her creative marketing spirit is ignited by developing strategies for growth through rebranding, public relations, digital marketing and communications. As a leader she cultivates diverse teams, fosters varied perspectives and promotes continuing education and training.
Christa Jaganath
Treasurer
Christa Jaganath is a managing director in the audit and assurance group at Crowe. She specializes in audit and attestation services. Christa has more than 13 years of experience providing employee benefit plan audits, technical accounting and reporting based on both International Financial Reporting Standards and U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).
Anh Nguyen
Fundraising Chair
Anh Nguyen is a seasoned digital marketing professional working with B2B and purpose-driven brands, and nonprofits. She finds the ever-changing digital marketing landscape energizing and exciting. Anh has a strong belief in giving back and community service. She is honored to serve with Nerdy Girl Success to help make an impact for young women. She loves travel, dogs, tech tools, social media, foodie adventures, and the Oxford comma.
Charon Johnson
Program Co-Chair
As Executive Director of Strategic Partnerships for Sodexo’s Facilities Management portfolio, Charon builds relationships with her clients ensuring they have access to a network of solutions and resources.
Naana Danquah Jefferson
Program Co-Chair
As the General Counsel for the Well Construction, Naana supports the division’s global strategy, and business objectives by serving as an integral member of the Division HQ management team, overseeing a team of Division Legal Counsels, and engaging with HQ teams and related business lines.
Desarae Aina
Volunteer Co-Chair
In her professional life, Desarae serves as a Real Estate Broker at 3D Signature Realty, where she assists clients in creating legacies through real estate transactions. Additionally, she plays a pivotal role in training and developing real estate agents to help them establish successful careers.
Téa Duplex
Volunteer Co-Chair
As SVP of Operations, Téa specializes in operations and program management. She focuses on streamlining workflows and leading strategic initiatives. Her expertise drives operational excellence and contributes to organizational success.
Julia Wilson
Volunteer Co-Chair
Julia Wilson is a seasoned ad tech veteran who has spent her career managing global strategic publisher, advertiser and platform relationships for some of the largest technology players in the space, AOL, Criteo and currently Automattic. Today, she is the VP of Ad Partnerships for CMS platform WordPress and social media platform Tumblr, overseeing advertising partner strategy and product development for both direct and programmatic businesses.
Brigitte Messer
Marketing Co-Chair
Brigitte is a Treasury Management Officer and she advises business owners on how to manage their day-to-day banking operations, fraud mitigation and best practices. She provides proactive solutions, insights on industry trends, and tailored support based on each client’s business needs and the growth of the business over time. She spends a lot of time building quality relationships by establishing trust and being a reliable partner.
Kerri Soukup
Marketing Co-Chair
Kerri is a creative leader who drives purpose for brands and people. With 25 years of experience in the advertising industry, she nurtures brands and teams. From supporting women to step into their empowerment to inspiring students to dream bigger, she creates programs that not only energize her, but contribute to the greater good of the community.
Ginger Purgatorio
Expansion Co-Chair
Ginger has been with Allstate for 25 years where she has held several
positions in Finance, Ethics & Compliance, Connected Car, and Product. Under Ginger’s leadership, Allstate emerged as an industry leader in telematics. Ginger is championing the shift to product mindset to more effectively meet the needs of the rapidly changing marketplace. Her team is central to the design and build of Allstate’s new products.
Ginger represents Allstate on the Executive Board of The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS
Lauren Tisdale
Expansion Co-Chair
Lauren in the Chief Legal Officer for a privately held commercial finance company. In her role, she responsible for transaction management, risk management, compliance and corporate record keeping. Lauren assists in vetting and closing financing for commercial borrowers. In her career, she has held both legal and business development roles and enjoy all of it!
Tracie Parent
Past President
As Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operations Officer and Vice President, Tracie assists Kahler Slater to drive the strategic plan, expand into new markets and with firm-wide growth. With a background in strategically guiding organizations to achieve revenue growth as well as improved budgeting and forecasting procedures, she directs the financial, operational, risk and technological aspects of the organization.
Members At Large
Jolyn Brand
Kelly Ickes
Anita Jones
Madhvi Kapur
Angela Martin-Fehr
Susan Schoolfield
Beth Tabak
Faith Tabak