Pronouns: She/Her
Cindy Joung is Head of Product Inclusion at Yahoo, where she combines a decade of experience as a product manager in entertainment and media with her mission to increase equity and representation across all dimensions of diversity.
After graduating from Northwestern University, she began her career in the entertainment industry, weaving from film publicity to entertainment law before landing at Whalerock Industries (f/k/a BermanBraun), where she transitioned to digital media in 2008 to launch an entertainment vertical on MSN. In 2015, she joined Aol through an acquisition and worked as a PM across several brands within the company prior to creating the Product Inclusion team in order to create inclusive and representative products for all.
Cindy is passionate about building communities and championing diversity, inclusion, and belonging. She is the founder of and Global Advisor to Yahoo’s Asian employee resource group and a venture Director at Gold House, a non-profit collective focused on accelerating inclusive unity, representation, and success of Asian/Pacific Islanders (API).
Read more about Cindy’s axe-con talk: “Stronger Together: Accessibility and Product Inclusion at Yahoo“