our vision

WE’RE CREATING a world where Black women represent 7% of corporate leadership.

Black women are 7% of the U.S. population, but are still severely underrepresented in LEADERSHIP ROLES.

Our MISSION

TOGETHER, WE CAN CHANGE THE WAY CORPORATE LEADERSHIP LOOKS AND BEHAVES.

Black women are severely underrepresented in corporate leadership. Black women are 7% of the U.S. population, and yet…

  • Black women hold less than 2% of corporate VP roles.

  • Black women hold only 1% of C-Suite roles.

  • Black women hold less than 3% of board seats at Fortune 500 companies.

  • Only two Fortune 500 CEOs are Black women.

Our mission is to change how corporate leadership looks and behaves—to make corporate leadership more inclusive, and to make corporate leaders more courageous.

Our Team is COMMITTED.

We have years of experience activating communities, leading growth at startups, building conferences for city governments, developing training programs in higher education, and implementing programs with multimillion-dollar budgets. We go hard for Black women, and we want to see more of us in the C-Suite.

  • Krystal Scott

    Founder & CEO

  • Tiffany Mercer-Robbins

    Marketing

  • Christina Merriweather

    Learning & Development

  • Gozi Ogbonna

    Membership

  • Gaetane Michelle Lewis

    Content

  • Jazmin Goodwin

    Community

MINO EXISTS TO CREATE CHANGE.

Krystal Scott, MINO Founder & CEO

“Even before the pandemic, anywhere from 30-50% of Black women were planning to quit their corporate jobs within two years due to burnout, lack of promotion, toxic experiences at work, and hopelessness.

In 2017, I became one of those women. I was a director of state policy at an influential organization. I was in my early thirties and on track to becoming a vice president. And then a racially-charged incident I experienced on the job totally upended my career.

What happened to me happened in a room full of people. I tried to meet eyes with someone who could help me navigate the situation, and that’s when I realized there were no other Black women in that room. I was the only one.

When I left that room, things didn’t get much better. I didn’t have a Black woman mentor who understood what I was going through. I didn’t have a sponsor who could advocate on my behalf. And I didn’t have anyone coaching me through my career, helping me learn how to advocate for myself in the aftermath.

I was unprepared, unequipped, and unsupported for what I experienced, so I quit. I bowed out of my career, and I was off the senior leadership track—not because I wasn’t ambitious or good at what I did, but because I didn’t have the supports in place to persevere.

What happened to me is not unique—too many of us share similar experiences. Ultimately I started Mino to help Black women feel more prepared, equipped, and supported so we can persevere in spite of these experiences, to develop courageous leaders who reject the toxic norms that perpetuate these experiences, and most importantly, to create inclusive corporate cultures so these experiences become the exception and no longer the rule.”