Welcome and Kick Off & Keynote Presentation by Reshma Saujani

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According to this year’s THRIVE Live keynote speaker: Too many women are running themselves ragged. We invest so much time and energy in doing everything in our lives perfectly. All this perfectionism isn’t making us any happier, and it’s not helping us get ahead. We’re tired, we’re stuck, and we’re so afraid of failure that we don’t take any risks. It’s time to change that.

Join Reshma Saujani, a leading activist for women, founder of Girls Who Code, and founder and CEO of Moms First (formerly Marshall Plan for Moms), on her mission to inspire women to leave socially ingrained perfectionism behind and rewire themselves for braver, bolder lives. Her book, Brave, Not Perfect, is about understanding how we got here so we can navigate our way out—identifying our toxic thought processes and then using tactical strategies to rewire ourselves for braver, bolder, better lives.

Don’t miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to hear from one of the most influential advocates for women making a difference today.

Reshma Saujani

Founder and CEO

Girls Who Code

Saujani is the founder and CEO of Girls Who Code, the international nonprofit organization working to close the gender gap in technology and change the image of what a computer programmer looks like and does. The organization has already reached 185,000 girls in all 50 states, Canada, and the U.K. Saujani is the author of three books, including the international bestseller Brave, Not Perfect, released in February 2019; Women Who Don’t Wait in Line; and the New York Times bestseller Girls Who Code: Learn to Code and Change the World. Saujania’s TED talk, “Teach Girls,Bravery, Not Perfection,” has more than four million views and has sparked a worldwide conversation about how girls are being raised. In 2010, Saujani surged onto the political scene as the first Indian-American woman to run for U.S. Congress. She has also served as deputy public advocate for New York City and ran a campaign for public advocate in 2013 on a platform of creating opportunity for all. She lives in New York City with her husband Nihal, their son Shaan, and their bulldog Stanley.