Justina Nixon Saintil, transforming altruism into reality

As IBM Vice President and head of the company's Corporate Social Responsibility efforts, Justina Nixon-Saintil drives global social responsibility strategy and initiatives that enable IBM’s technology and talent to address and impact, at scale, the most demanding societal and community challenges in both growth and established markets. The CSR programs Justina manages enable IBM and its employees to transform their altruism into reality. Some of these initiatives, such as IBM Service Corps, rely on skilled employee volunteerism to foster community success and well-being; they demonstrate the power of technology when combined with humanity. Other initiatives she leads, such as P-TECH, Open P-TECH and SkillsBuild, leverage multi sector partnerships to help create more inclusive and innovative schools and workforce. Justina also spearheads corporate practices that underpin the company's tradition of uncompromising ethics and transparency in its operations and environmental footprint. As lead on IBM's Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) commitments, Justina communicates these ideals through the company's annual Corporate Responsibility reporting, as well as articulating the company's "Good Tech" narrative to all stakeholders, including investors. In her previous role as director of CSR at Verizon, Justina created and led programs to make education more inclusive. She brokered partnerships with community organizations to help bring innovative resources and experiences to under-resourced students in hundreds of schools across the country. Justina was also Verizon's liaison to President Obama's White House Office of Science and Technology, U.S. Department of the Interior and U.S. Department of Education. Earlier in her career, Justina was an engineer for the U.S. Department of Energy. Justina, who is an Aspen Institute First Mover Fellow, earned her Master of Business Administration from New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business and her bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the State University of New York at Buffalo.