Angela is a Senior Business Program Manager at Microsoft Corporation, where she has worked for over 15 years. Starting in Learning and Development, she now works in the Device Partner Sales organization, driving strategy and execution of a portfolio of partner programs. In addition, she was elected in 2017 as a Commissioner for the Port of Edmonds in Washington state and holds the seat for District 1.

Deeply grounded in her values, Angela advocates for people, educational opportunities, human rights, and the environment. She feels strongly that each day is a new day – offering countless opportunities to live passionately, confidently, empathetically, and with connection.

Angela has been a Global Give Back Circle mentor since 2011 and has helped recruit dozens of mentors for the program.

A native of California, Dena returned to her sunny homeland in late 2018, after spending nearly a decade abroad in Dublin, Ireland. As a Pre-Sales Portfolio Manager for Microsoft, Enterprise Services Division, she manages a multi-million dollar portfolio of Dynamics 365 Consulting Services opportunities in the US market. With a specialized focus in the Justice and Public Safety vertical, she drives an extensive portfolio of industry leading digital transformation motions in state and local governments where the aim to is to harness the power of Dynamics 365 technology to drive improvements in criminal justice service delivery and outcomes that will benefit society at large.

In addition to her day job, Dena contributes a significant amount of volunteer time on behalf of Microsoft in diversity and inclusion related programs. She currently leads the Women at Microsoft community’s partnership with GGBC and previously served as a global leader in GLEAM, Microsoft’s LGBT+ employee resource group. While living in Ireland, she was named Ireland’s LGBT Role Model of the Year in 2015.

Dena has Bachelor’s Degree in International Business from San Diego State University and a MSc in Management and Organisation Studies from the Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business (University College Dublin). Her master’s thesis on the role of hubris in the Irish banking crash in 2009 was published in the Journal of Business Ethics.

She is also a proud single mother to a bubbly, rambunctious toddler named Noah 😊