Dr. Jackie F. Steele is a trilingual political scientist, author, international speaker and former associate professor at the University of Tokyo. She has published 3 books and over 30 academic articles on law, policy and intersectional equity. She is a long-time collaborator of the Canadian Embassy in Tokyo and has advised for UN conferences on gender equality, diversity, LGBTQ inclusion, and diversity in disaster/crisis risk governance.

As founder and CEO of enjoi Japan K.K. and enjoi Innovation Inc (Canada), Dr. Steele guides leaders on Diversity and Equity for Innovation (DEI) as an evidence-based business strategy. She was selected by APAC Entrepreneur as one of the Most Inspiring Japanese Entrepreneurs 2021 and was featured in the Japan Times Series on Sustainability 2023. She served 4 years as governor of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Japan and is a director of the Pride Business Alliance Japan advocating for supplier diversity in Japan. Dr. Steele served as Senior DEI Business Partner for Amazon Japan G.K. from 2022-2023.

To support the next generation of intersectional diversity leaders, in her volunteer life, Jackie serves as Representative Director & President of FEW Japan, a queer-positive women's empowerment community. She is also the Strategic Advisor of WomEnpowered International hosted at GRaSPP (UTokyo) and is an activator angel investor with Coralus (formerly SheEO).