Devi Thomas

Named one of 2022's Top Women in Communications, Devi is a social impact visionary and go-to-market leader who has 20+ years of experience overseeing communications, global campaigns, nonprofit and product marketing using data-driven market insights to help NGOs and nonprofits meet the challenges of operating today.

In her new role, Devi is the global head of Industry Solutions at Microsoft Philanthropies, Tech for Social Impact. She leads the go-to-market and industry solutions strategy for Microsoft Cloud for Nonprofits and all industry solutions. In this function, she will collaborate extensively across global teams to develop and scale how Microsoft TSI uncovers product opportunities in new and existing markets with the goal of better serving the missions of  nonprofits. 

With her background in the nonprofit sector, you will often find Devi at the intersection of technology and purpose. She considers herself an active part of the problem-solving sector, where she collaborates to respond to the most important topics of our time including Inclusion & Belonging, Climate Action, Global Health,and the Future of Work often drawing on her experience as a leader at the United Nations Foundation and as a Corporate Responsibility Director at Cone, Inc. She is a trained journalist who leverages the power of stories to share world-changing ideas.