Dena Trujillo

Brainstormer, Change Agent, Connector, Global soul, Parent, Public servant, Social entrepreneur, World traveler

Dena Trujillo is the CEO of Crisis Text Line, a nonprofit providing free, 24/7 confidential text-based mental health support in English and Spanish through text, chat, and WhatsApp. With more than 25 years of leadership experience spanning both the nonprofit and private sectors, Dena brings a proven record of driving innovation and impact. Before joining Crisis Text Line, she spent 17 years with The Omidyar Group, where she managed a $150 million portfolio advancing leadership, education, and economic opportunity. Under Dena's leadership, Crisis Text Line has grown its global reach and harnessed responsible AI technology to enhance service delivery and volunteer engagement. Her work is driven by a deep belief in the power of human connection and a clear purpose that no one should face their darkest moments alone. Text HOME to 74741 for free, 24/7, confidential support with a real caring human.

Leveraging technology to help strangers help strangers, unleash human potential and increase the resilience and strength of our communities

the same skills needed for human connection, are the same that we need for peer crisis support and for pluraslistic societies

Dancing, seeing non-obvious connections and patterns, turning anything into an adventure