Jamika D. Burge, PhD, is Co-Founder and Board President of blackcomputeHER.org, INC., a non-profit (501(c)3) an organization dedicated to supporting computational thinking, design thinking, and workforce development for Black women and girls in computing+tech. blackcomputeHER.org, INC has raised and invested over $1 million in funded to supporting Black women in computing+tech, and has partnered with prominent and influential organizations for maximum impact. Dr. Burge is an authority in research and programming that investigates the intersectionality of Black women and girls in computing, and she is also a tech founder (and principal) of Design & Technology Concepts, LLC, a tech consultancy that provides computer science education & research and inclusive design. Jamika is also an executive leader in industry, serving as Head of Enterprise Design Research at Capital One, where she leads a team of researchers and strategists who uncover human insights for a range of customer experiences, including for Eno, Capital One’s conversational AI. She is also the Founder of Capital One’s Intersectional Symposium, which centers intersectionality as fundamental to exploring the dimensions of how our lived experiences matter in the products and experiences we create for each other and customers.
