Katharine Zaleski is the co-founder and president of PowerToFly, the platform connecting women, non-binary and gender nonconforming people with companies that care.[1] She co-founded PowerToFly with Milena Berry[2] in August 2014, after the birth of her first daughter.[3] She was named one of the most creative people in the business community in 2015 by Fast Company.[4] Her essay, "I’m Sorry To All The Moms I Worked With" was Fortune’s most popular story of 2015[5] and sparked debate across social,[6] as well as more traditional media outlets.[7]
Katharine Zaleski | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Businesswoman |
| Known for | Co-founder and president of PowerToFly |
Media presence
editShe is a frequent writer and commentator around how businesses can retain more women, especially in tech. Zaleski has appeared as a commentator on Fox Business,[8] The Today Show,[9] CBS News,[10] CNN,[11] Bloomberg,[12] Business Insider[13] and Forbes.[14] In addition to Fortune, her writing has appeared in The Washington Post,[15] Quartz,[16] The Huffington Post,[17] the front-page of the digital edition of The New York Times[18] and Elle.[19]
Zaleski appeared alongside Valerie Jarrett at the 2015 Women In The World Summit.[20] She has also spoken at Internet Week New York[21] and Lesbians Who Tech Summit[22]
Career
editZaleski worked for CNN after graduating from Dartmouth college in 2003. After college she was hired as one of the first editors of The Huffington Post in 2005, the same month the site launched.[23] She was eventually promoted to Senior News Editor.[24]
In November 2009, she became the Executive Producer and Head of Digital News Products at The Washington Post.[25] She returned to the startup world as founding Managing Editor of NowThis News, a network that makes videos for millennials who get their news on Snapchat, Instagram and Facebook.[26]
References
edit- ^ Leber, Jessica. "These Two Startup Veteran Moms Are Compiling Binders Full Of Experienced Female Coders". Fast Company. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
- ^ Shontell, Alyson. "36 Rockstar Women In NYC Tech Everyone Should Know". Business Insider. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
- ^ della Cava, Marco. "Breastfeed the baby, solve a server crisis? Enter, PowerToFly". USA Today. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
- ^ Lawson, Sarah. "Meet The New Members Of The Most Creative People In Business Community". Fast Company. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
- ^ Addady, Michal. "These Were Fortune's Most Popular Stories of 2015". Fortune. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ^ Marinova, Polina. "How Twitter reacted to the female exec's apology to working mothers". Fortune. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
- ^ Hall, Tamron. "Tamron discusses female exec's essay: We should feel for working moms". Today. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
- ^ "Closing the gender gap in the tech industry". Fox Business. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
- ^ "Female exec: 'Value the mothers around you'". Today. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
- ^ Mason, Anthony. "Website fights trend of "disappearing" women from workforce". CBS News. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
- ^ "Gender inequality in the workplace". CNN. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
- ^ "Turning Women's Empowerment Into Business". Bloomberg Business. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
- ^ "Business Insider". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
- ^ Restauri, Denise. "9 Things An Oldish Millennial Wishes She Knew Before Becoming A Boss". Forbes. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
- ^ Zaleski, Katharine. "5 ways to get more women in tech". The Washington Post. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
- ^ Zaleski, Katharine. "Virtual reality could be a solution to sexism in tech". Quartz. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
- ^ Zaleski, Katharine. "See The Same Advice 18 Mothers From 5 Continents Gave Their Daughters". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
- ^ Zaleski, Katharine (2017-08-15). "Opinion | The Maddeningly Simple Way Tech Companies Can Employ More Women". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
- ^ "How the Co-Founder of a Woman-Run Company Is Handling the #ADayWithoutWomen". ELLE. 2017-03-08. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
- ^ Heydarpour, Roja. "Valerie Jarrett takes up the caregiving crisis in America". New York Times Live. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
- ^ "Internet Week New York Speakers". Internet Week New York.
- ^ "Lesbians Who Tech Summit 2015". Lesbians Who Tech.
- ^ Jaffe, Harry. "Katharine Zaleski Says Goodbye to the "Washington Post"". Washingtonian. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- ^ Calderone, Michael. "WaPo hires Zaleski from HuffPo". Politico. Retrieved 14 October 2009.
- ^ Anderson, C.W. ""Squeezing humanity through a straw": The long-term consequences of using metrics in journalism". Nieman Lab. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
- ^ Fiegerman, Seth. "HuffPo Co-founder Takes on Cable News With New Startup". Mashable. Retrieved 10 September 2012.