Bio

Anita Lynch is a corporate board director and advisor for technology and data driven companies. Her expertise includes digital strategy, digital transformation, launching and scaling new businesses. A technophile at heart with an intuitive sense of systems and processes, she has an innate ability to bridge technology and business with diverse perspectives. Ms. Lynch most recently served as Chief Data Officer, and is among the first African American women to serve in the c-suite in this role for a US public company. Recognition and speaking engagements include: the San Francisco Business Times “Top 100 Most Influential Women in Business”; one of the “Top 8 Female Analytics Experts” in Forbes. In 2022, she received the Culture Shift Award for Technology, Innovation and Social Impact in Silicon Valley. Ms. Lynch holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, a BS in Economics from Northwestern University, and two patents for her work on trading system algorithms at the Chicago Board of Trade. A native of Chicago, Ms. Lynch now resides in Oakland, CA.