Sharon Kennedy Vickers is an award winning technology professional with 25 years of experience envisioning and leading equitable implementation of transformative digital solutions. Sharon is the CEO of Software for Good, an agency that builds technology that enables companies, nonprofits, and government agencies to solve some of the world’s toughest problems by understanding the human needs of the people and communities it will touch.

Prior to this role, Sharon was appointed by Mayor Melvin Carter to serve residents in the City ofSaint Paul and the national civic technology community, as Chief Information Officer (CIO). As CIO, she was responsible for ensuring the city used data and technology to create a more welcoming, just, and inclusive Saint Paul.

She is a champion for tech equity and is intentionally focused on creating an inclusive digital economy. Sharon is co-founder of Techquity, Co-Organizer of Code Switch, a civic hackathon.

Sharon is also a fourth-generation farmer. She and her eleven siblings own and operate HK Farm, an 1100 acre homestead in the state of Georgia. They grow and make healing hemp products and raise beef cattle; and inspire, educate and empower people to love and respect the land and animals. Sharon holds a Bachelor of Arts in African American Studies and Political Science from the University of Georgia, and Bachelor of Science in Computer Science for Clayton State University.