Jahna Berry
Founder of Jahna Berry, LLC. - Media Executive and Leadership Coach; COO, Center for Investigative Reporting
Jahna Berry has a decade of experience in management and has held senior level roles at major media companies with millions of online readers, including WIRED. As the Center for Investigative Reporting’s COO she has overseen several core departments, including revenue operations, human resources and public relations, and leads major strategic initiatives at the award-winning investigative news organization, which produces Mother Jones and the Reveal radio show. For the past five years, Jahna has coached rising BIPOC and LGBTQ+ leaders who aspire to more senior level leadership roles. Jahna is an award-winning journalist and has written about leadership for Mother Jones and OpenNews and was a featured speaker at events for the National Association of Gay and Lesbian Journalists, WIRED, University of Missouri’s School of Journalism, and the National News Product Alliance. Jahna was named one of the Most Influential Women in Business by the San Francisco Business Times. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her wife.