Jennifer Cloer

Jennifer Cloer is the founder and CEO of Story Changes Culture and has been recognized for her storytelling acumen by BusinessInsider, who ranked her among the best PR people in tech and by CIO.com, which identified her as one of the most influential women in open source. She was recently recognized with a Gold Stevie award for empowering women in business. Jennifer was on the founding team at the Linux Foundation, the industry’s leading technology consortium, where she focused on establishing the organization as a predominant thought leader on open source development and governance. Prior to the Linux Foundation, Jennfier worked at the Director and VP levels at agencies focused on VC-funded startups and developer communities. She is also the creator and executive producer of the Chasing Grace Project, a three-episode docuseries exclusively dedicated to elevating women’s voices and advancing a constructive narrative about inclusivity in the tech industry. She is a Women’s Media Center SheSource expert and co-host of the Hyped Podcast: How Public Relations Influences Everything. Jennifer is based in Portland.