Marie Roker-Jones is a social impact startup founder with over ten years of experience in leading inclusion and belonging strategies. She’s had an eclectic work history thanks to her husband’s multiple military deployments. The common thread throughout Marie’s career is working toward social good. She’s helped tech companies and startups with their diversity hiring goals through Veteran and military spouse initiatives, and has experience creating re-entry programs for underrepresented communities.

Currently, Marie is the Co-Founder and co-CEO of Essteem, a company that’s building a space of belonging in tech. She is also a senior editor for The Good Men Project, where she nurtures underrepresented writers and contributors to amplify their voices in the areas of racial and social injustice. She’s also the co-founder of OweYaa, a social impac ...