As America changes, the tech industry has been slow to keep up. Over half of children born today are people of color, and 1 in 4 have an immigrant parent. Yet Silicon Valley and the U.S. tech economy do not look like our diverse population. That results in a lot of missed opportunities for all of us.
Code the Dream recognizes that people from immigrant backgrounds and communities of color have great ideas and will play a huge part in our 21st century economy. Already immigrants are more than twice as likely to start their own business, and those businesses create over 25% of new jobs.
Can you imagine if more people with that drive knew how to code? Together we can make it happen.
Meet the Team

Ramiro Rodriguez

Ramiro Rodriguez

Daisy Magnus-Aryitey

Daisy Magnus-Aryitey

Dan Rearick

Dan Rearick

Lori Fernald Khamala

Lori Fernald Khamala

Pam Bash

Pam Bash

Lucy Martinez

Lucy Martinez

Tom Rau

Tom Rau

Alex Rodriguez

Alex Rodriguez

Cruz Nuñez

Cruz Nuñez

Andrea Hernandez Guzman

Andrea Hernandez Guzman

Justin Laidlaw

Justin Laidlaw

Mary Alice Moore

Mary Alice Moore

Chuck Anderson

Chuck Anderson

Elsabeth Kidane

Elsabeth Kidane

Narayan Rai

Narayan Rai

Rachel Frenkel

Rachel Frenkel

Reid Russom

Reid Russom

Denilson “Dee” Villeda Velasquez

Denilson “Dee” Villeda Velasquez

Omer Yariv

Omer Yariv

Ricky Leung

Ricky Leung

Alton Michaux

Alton Michaux

Nicole Villalpando

Nicole Villalpando

Frank Stepanski

Frank Stepanski

Kate Borgen

Kate Borgen
Board of Directors
Alex Boakye | Vice President, Solutions Development, SAS.
Aris Buinevicius | Chair | Formerly Co-Founder / CTO, ChannelAdvisor.
Ana Maria Echeverri | Treasurer | Expert Labs Technical Training Program Director, IBM.
David Laboy | Diversity, Equity & Employee Relations, Volvo Group
Daisy Magnus-Aryitey | Co-Executive Director, Code the Dream.
Carlos Pignataro | CTO, Customer Experience, Cisco.
Manuel Ramos Gonzalez | Software Engineer, IBM.
Dan Rearick | Co-Executive Director, Code the Dream.
Susan Rohol | SVP and Chief Privacy Officer, WarnerMedia.
Jennifer Zachary | General Counsel, Merck.