Jessica Thomas is Founder and CEO of Jessica Thomas Global, advising corporations and boards on global operational resiliency, responsible AI innovation, governance, and stakeholder engagement. She brings executive experience across sustainability, ESG, ethics and compliance, and operational risk, including building and scaling Activision Blizzard’s global ESG function from the ground up with board-level oversight. As Director of ESG, she led Scope 1–3 carbon accounting, near-term and net-zero target development, ESG and climate reporting across SEC, SASB, TCFD, and CDP frameworks, and initiatives to address operational emissions. Previously, as Director of Sustainability at Microsoft, she directed cross-company sustainability and climate programs across hardware, software, and marketing divisions.

Thomas currently serves as a Board Member of the UCLA Anderson Center for Global Management and Board Connections at Anderson, and as a Board Advisor to Loyola Marymount University’s Institute for Business Ethics & Sustainability. Her advisory work also includes Pique Action, Sustained Futures, NACD Pacific Southwest, Emerging Directors Advisory Board, and Sustainability Women of the World. She holds a Certified Responsible AI Practitioner credential and has designed and deployed autonomous AI systems for operational intelligence and executive reporting. Earlier in her career, she spent nearly a decade in production leadership at Blizzard Entertainment, with credits spanning Overwatch, Avatar, and The Avengers. Her experience combines technology fluency, AI oversight, sustainability governance, operational risk, and executive-level stakeholder management.