Jennifer Okaima Piette (née Ehidiamen) is a published author, award-winning journalist, and communications professional passionate about improving how information is shared, and stories are told in the global development sector. She enjoys identifying clients’ needs and designing roadmaps and narratives for implementing strategic communications, messaging campaigns, and advocacy programs.

Her experience includes managing communications and external affairs engagement strategy for different workstreams, including the Sustainable Mobility for All, a global coalition of more than 50 public and private sector organizations – multilateral development banks, civil society associations, corporations, and United Nations agencies – serving as a premier advocacy platform for international cooperation on sustainable transport and mobility. Jennifer also served on the Leadership Circle of the WBG Women’s Network, facilitating collaboration with various Employee Resource Groups and initiating activities to promote career advancement and inclusive workplace culture for staff.  

Previously, Jennifer worked as a journalist. She covered development stories in Nigeria, Ethiopia, France, and the United States. She also worked as a consultant for UNAIDS, developing and implementing an online and offline engagement strategy alongside the youth program staff in Geneva, Switzerland. The project was instrumental in engaging more than 5,000 young people worldwide to successfully crowdsource the first-ever strategy document to redefine how the UN works with young people. Jennifer also has experience in corporate communications. She worked as an associate consultant at Africa Practice, a global strategic advisory firm operating at the nexus of industry and government. 

In 2009, as an early adapter of social media for development communication,  Jennifer served as the Communications and School Partnership Director for One World Youth Project, a nonprofit based in Washington, D.C. In that role, she worked with the OWYP team and partners across 26 countries to launch an active media liaison (be your own journalist) and social media strategy to tell stories and boost project impact and donor visibility. She also served as the pioneer online editor for Ventures Africa, where she developed and implemented a robust online editorial strategy for the media company.