Shaïna Silva is an award-winning Entrepreneur, Innovation Architect, and Digital Transformation Strategist renown for her unwavering dedication to driving innovation and fostering economic opportunities in underserved communities.

A fierce advocate for women leading the New Economy, Shaïna founded the #SHE_BUILDS Global Initiative,  an international platform that exists to accelerate social, economic, and environmental progress in underserved communities, by equipping women entrepreneurs, innovators, and change-makers with the tools to scale their impact. Today, the platform has a network that reaches over 20 cities across 4 continents and leverages technology to connect and invest in promising women builders.

In addition to entrepreneurial and humanitarian endeavors Shaïna’s also blossoms in the corporate workforce, where she currently works on Market Strategy at META, leading a team of experts to define and operationalize scalable platform solutions for the Caribbean Region. Before joining META, Shaina served as the Director of Industry Accelerators at RocketSpace in San Francisco, where she designed and managed corporate innovation programs for fortune 500 companies seeking to remain relevant in the advent of technological disruptions. Prior to that, Shaina spent several years living in West Africa, working alongside Governments and Private sector to build innovation ecosystems that support small business growth, job creation and economic mobility across the continent.

Shaina is a graduate of Babson College and alumni of Silicon Valley’s Draper University and Singularity University. She was selected as an Innovation Talent for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and continues to drive impact in emerging markets as a board member of  IMISI3D,  Fotokonbit,  Shuttlers, and Banj. In recognition of her work, service, and accomplishments, she’s been awarded the Institute of Caribbean Studies’ “30 under 30, Emerging Leaders Award”, the 100 Most Influential People of African Descent under 40 award, Babson College’s ‘Nan-Langowitz Women Who Make a Difference Award,’ and is a proud recipient of ‘The Shelby Cullom Davis Entrepreneurship Prize.’