Jessie D’Amato Ford is a 17+ year community, marketing, events, and content professional excelling in building global communities, leading brand and marketing intiatives, and setting trends in the industry.

In 2021, Jessie started The Brackets Club, a nonprofit organization to aid community freelancers in need. As the Founder of this nonprofit, she’s collecting funding from industry leaders and individuals for financial support during tragedy for community freelancers without access to health benefits or insurance.

Jessie works from her home office on the shoreline of Connecticut with her husband and two children. She has the pleasure and chaos of being a busy working mom and writer on top of her career at Topcoder and The Brackets Club.