Jessica Faye Carter
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Jessica F. Carter | |
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| Citizenship | American |
| Alma mater | Spelman College Duke University Princeton Theological Seminary |
| Occupations | Lawyer, IT entrepreneur, author |
| Employer(s) | Nette Media, founder and CEO |
| Known for | Cultural diversity, gender studies and social media |
Jessica Faye Carter is an American lawyer, author, minister, and businesswoman. She is the founder and chief executive officer of Nette Media, a company specializing in social media technologies for women.[1] She also ministers to the congregation of Bethany Covenant Church in Berlin, Connecticut, since 2013, and is the founder of Hear Wisdom Ministries.[2] Carter is a nationally recognized expert on cultural and gender diversity in the workplace[3] and advises corporations, organizations and educational institutions.
Carter earned a Juris Doctor from the Duke University School of Law and Master of Business Administration from The Fuqua School of Business, a Master of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary and a Bachelor of Arts from Spelman College. At Duke Law, she was also editor-in-chief of the Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy.
Writer
Her first book, Double Outsiders, was published in 2007 by JIST Works[4] and was recognized by an Axiom Business Book Award the following year.[5][6]
She blogs on Mashable, contributed to True/Slant[7] and was a columnist for Examiner.com. She has frequently appeared as a conference speaker.[8][9][10] She has underlined the advent of globalization as making social media into a valuable tool for women to break through barriers and influence change.[11]
