Rose Afriyie
Co-Founder and Executive Director, mRelief
Rose Afriyie is co-founder and Executive Director of mRelief. The YC-backed nonprofit has built an easy-to-use tool on web and SMS for low-income Americans to find out if they qualify and enroll end-to-end in the SNAP program. mRelief has connected more than 260,000 families to social services. Before mRelief, she worked as a Marketing Associate for Google where she co-produced Oprah Winfrey’s first Google+ Hangout and President Obama’s annual State of the Union Hangout. She interned in the Domestic Policy Council of the White House during the passage of the Affordable Care Act. She holds a Master of Public Policy from the University of Michigan. Rose is a lifetime learner of Ruby code, a founder, writer, BYP100 Chicago Board Chair and a changemaker who lives in Chicago.
