Reshma Saujani
Pinnacle Conference 2026 Speaker
World Renowned Gender Equality Advocate
Reshma Saujani is a leading movement builder, the founder of Girls Who Code and Moms First, and the host of My So-Called Midlife with Lemonada Media. For more than a decade, Reshma has launched and led bold, culture-shifting movements for gender equality by working to close the gender gap in tech, fighting for paid leave and affordable child care, confronting the penalties women face in midlife, and, most recently, examining the widening divide between men and women in America. Her work has ignited national conversations on bravery, connection, motherhood, and aging.
She is a New York Times bestselling author of several books including PAY UP, Brave, Not Perfect, and the Girls Who Code series. Her 2025 Harvey Mudd commencement speech on gender division and her 2023 Smith College speech on imposter syndrome have been viewed over 20 million times. Her TED talk, “Teach girls bravery, not perfection,” has over 54 million views globally.
In 2024, she launched My So-Called Midlife, a podcast with Lemonada Media that quickly entered Apple’s Top 10 show chart, reached #1 in Health and Fitness, and was named one of the best new podcasts of the year by TIME magazine.
Reshma began her career as an attorney and Democratic organizer. In 2010, she surged onto the political scene as the first Indian American woman to run for U.S. Congress. She lives in New York City with her husband, Nihal, their sons, Shaan and Sai, and their dog Steve.
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