PowerToFly is a diversity recruiting and retention platform that connects underrepresented talent to roles in highly visible sectors.[1] Its founders, Milena Berry and Katharine Zaleski, were among Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business in 2015.[2] More than 1,000 companies have posted job listings on PowerToFly including Hearst, BuzzFeed and The Washington Post.[3]

Leadership

Katharine Zaleski was the sixth employee at The Huffington Post[4] and Senior News Editor, former Executive Director of Digital at The Washington Post,[5] and founding Managing Editor at NowThis News.[6] Milena Berry is the former chief technology officer of Avaaz.org.[7] They launched PowerToFly in August 2014.[8] Katharine Zaleski’s essay, “I’m sorry to all the mothers I worked with” was Fortune’s most popular story of 2015[9] and sparked a massive debate about how women are treated at work. The story was shared widely around the world across social[10] as well as more traditional media outlets.[11]

Advisors include Licy Do Canto (Managing Director for the Washington, DC Office at APCO Worldwide), Dionna Smith (Global Head of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Thumbtack), LaFawn Davis (Vice President of Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging at Indeed), and Vijay Ravindran (CEO at Floreo).[12]

Angel investors include Jonah Peretti (Founder and CEO at BuzzFeed) and Shaiza Rizavi (Money Manager, Gilder Gagnon Howe & Co).[13]

The company has about 100 employees based around the world.[14]

References

  1. ↑ della Cava, Marco. "Breastfeed the baby, solve a server crisis? Enter, PowerToFly". USA Today. USA Today. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  2. ↑ Lawson, Sarah. "Meet The New Members Of The Most Creative People In Business Community". Fast Company. Fast Company. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  3. ↑ Mason, Anthony. "Website fights trend of "disappearing" women from workforce". CBS News. CBS. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "Katharine Zaleski LinkedIn Profile". LinkedIn. LinkedIn.
  5. ↑ Calderone, Michael. "WaPo hires Zaleski from HuffPo". Politico. Politico. Retrieved 14 October 2009.
  6. ↑ "Katharine Zaleski Executive Profile". Bloomberg Business. Bloomberg. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  7. ↑ Gupta, Shalene. "Could these 2 women help solve Silicon Valley's diversity problem?". Fortune. Fortune. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  8. ↑ Prinster, Rebecca. "Fixing Tech's Gender Problem Requires Rethinking Business as Usual". INSIGHT Into Diversity. INSIGHT Into Diversity.
  9. ↑ Addaddy, Michal. "These Were Fortune's Most Popular Stories of 2015". Fortune. Fortune. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  10. ↑ Marinova, Polina. "How Twitter reacted to the female exec's apology to working mothers". Fortune. Fortune. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  11. ↑ Hall, Tamron. "Tamron discusses female exec's essay: We should feel for working moms". Today. NBC. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  12. ↑ "About". PowerToFly. Retrieved 2021-10-05.
  13. ↑ "About". PowerToFly. Retrieved 2021-10-05.
  14. ↑ Dyton, Joe. "5 companies trying to close the tech gender gap". Monster. Monster. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
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