Quick Facts
Biography
Cheryl Contee is an American blogger, writer, and businessperson. She co-founded Jack and Jill Politics, named one of the top 10 black blogs in 2008, where she wrote under the pseudonym "Jill Tubman". She is the co-founder of Fission Strategy and Attentive.ly. She is the author of the 2019 book, "Mechanical Bull", which details her history as a non-traditional startup founder. She received her B.A. from Yale University and has an International Executive M.B.A. from Georgetown University.
Entrepreneurship
In 2008, Contee co-founded Fission Strategy, a women- and minority-owned tech company. Fission is an Internet strategy and web development firm that specializes in nonprofits and foundations.
Contee is also the co-founder of Attentive.ly, a rising tech startup specializing in influencer marketing technology, and co-founder of #YesWeCode, which represents the movement to help over 100,000 low opportunity youth to become high quality coders.
Recognition
Contee was included in the first "The Root 100" list of established and emerging African-American leaders. Huffington Post listed her as one of the "Top 27 Female Founders in Tech to Follow on Twitter" in 2011, as did Black Enterprise. Fast Company named her one of their "2010 Most Influential Women in Tech". Contee was also named in "The Influencers 50" in Campaigns and Elections magazine.
Media appearances
Contee's work has been published by media including the Washington Post, The New York Times, San Francisco Magazine, BBC, MSNBC and CNN, HuffPost Live, and Social Venture Network.
She is also on several boards and advisory committees, including Netroots Nation, BlogHer, Blogging While Brown, Applied Research Center, and CommonGoods.Net.
