TARIKA BARRETT

CEO
GIRLS WHO CODE

Dr. Tarika Barrett is the CEO of Girls Who Code, an international non-profit organization working to close the gender gap in technology that has served 580,000 students to date. Tarika started her career as an educator and has spent two decades building educational pathways for young people at organizations like iMentor, the New York City Department of Education, New Visions for Public Schools, and New York University's Center for Research on Teaching and Learning. A graduate of Brooklyn College, Tarika has an M.A. in Deaf Education from Columbia Teachers College and a Ph.D. in Teaching and Learning from New York University. Tarika has served on the boards of CSforALL, Eskolta, McGraw Hill, and AT&T's Accelerator Advisory Board. In March of 2024, Tarika was appointed Co-Chair of New York Governor Hochul’s Emerging Technology Advisory Board. She also serves as a Homeland Security Advisory Council member, Chair of the New York University Steinhardt Dean's Alumni Advisory Board, and a member of The New Visions for Public Schools Board of Directors. Tarika is the recipient of numerous awards including the New York University Steinhardt School's Dorothy Height Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award, the New York City Bar Association Huntington Bank's Her Hero Lifetime Achievement Award, and was named one of Crain's 50 Most Powerful Women in New York in 2021.