Accomplished Executive Helping Strategic Advancement in Serving Women Entrepreneurs and Their Investors and Advisors
New York, NY and Bay Area, CA – February 23, 2026– Digitalundivided (“DU”), the leading nonprofit leveraging data and research, skill-based programs, and network connections to create pathways for women entrepreneurs, today announced the appointment of Modupé Rouse as Board Chair. Rouse brings extensive expertise in organizational transformation, strategic operations, and stakeholder engagement, along with a proven track record of driving results at Fortune 100 companies.
“I am deeply honored and excited to serve as Chair of Digitalundivided at this moment. This is a time when bold leadership, innovation, and real access matter more than ever,” said Rouse.
“Digitalundivided’s commitment to advancing founders/entrepreneurs and investors aligns so closely with my own purpose and values, and I am energized to help strengthen the organization’s impact, elevate the voices of the communities we serve, and build pathways for sustainable growth and opportunity, ” continued Rouse.
As Board Chair, Rouse will work closely with Digitalundivided’s CEO Leah Williams and the Board to support Digitalundivided's mission of expanding the entrepreneurial ecosystem where founders thrive, investors maximize social impact and financial returns, and communities receive economic impact.
"We are thrilled to welcome Modupé as Board Chair. She brings expertise to this inflection point as Digitalundivided is leveraging its years of reshaping the entrepreneurial landscape with successful women founders,” said Leah Williams, CEO of Digitalundivided.
Launched out of groundbreaking research in 2012 on institutional investment in women of color founders, communities feel the impact of Digitalundivided’s work. Alumni of Digitalundivided’s programs and network have generated over $55 million in revenues and infused over $85 million of economic impact into their communities.
“With the election of Rouse as Chair, the Digitalundivided’s Board set its vision of building for the future,” says Digitalundivided Board Treasurer Alexis Rathborne, Managing Director, Trident.
Rathborne continues, "Rouse’s excellence in driving business strategy and stakeholder engagement at some of the world's most prominent technology companies is coming at the right time for Digitalundivided.”
Williams added, “DU has innovated to meet the moment in the same way we coach members of the network. Today, we are a premier professional association of entrepreneurs (overwhelmingly women), investors, advisors, and supporters of an economy where all entrepreneurs may be able to be successful.”
Digitalundivided is dedicated to building strategic partnerships across investors, advisors, and ready-for-scale and growth women entrepreneurs so its network members find the resources and capital they need to succeed.