Full Name
Jenni Olson
Job Title
Senior Director, Social Media Safety
Company
GLAAD
Speaker Bio
Jenni Olson (she/her/TBD) is Senior Director of the Social Media Safety program at national LGBTQ media advocacy organization, GLAAD. A prominent voice in the field of social media platform accountability, Jenni leads GLAAD’s work to hold tech companies accountable and to secure safe online spaces for LGBTQ people. GLAAD’s annual Social Media Safety Index (SMSI) report evaluates the major social media platforms on LGBTQ safety, privacy, and expression. Olson has worked in LGBTQ media and tech for decades and is best known as co-founder of PlanetOut.com, the first major LGBTQ community website, created by a small team of tech pioneers in 1996.
X (formerly Twitter) Handle
@JenniOlsonSF
Jenni Olson