Pleased to make your acquaintance,

Jenelle Coy is a first-generation American and an award-winning multidisciplinary entrepreneur with a demonstrated work history in marketing and advertising. She holds a B.A. from Howard University and is currently pursuing a Master of Science (M.S.) in Financial Management from Harvard University. Jenelle is honored to have been awarded the following: 

• 2018 Forbes 30 Under 30 Honoree in Marketing & Advertising
• 2018 Entrepreneur Magazine’s 360 Most Innovative Small Businesses in America
• 2018 Washington Business Journal Minority Business Leaders Award
• 2017 Washington Women in PR Emerging Leader Honoree

Jenelle Coy is the Founder & Managing Partner of Coy +, an award-winning multidisciplinary creative & digital strategy firm, she is the Co-Founder of Culture Shock Media Lab, a venture-backed company geared towards promoting diversity in marketing and. Lastly, she is the Co-Founder of Kinder, a venture-backed application that serves to connect women of all backgrounds and breakdown racial & socio economic barriers between mothers, Coy successfully exited Kinder as of October 2018. 

Coy is a runner, a photographer, a womanist, a published writer, a world traveler and a life-long learner with a deep, impactful personal philosophy surrounding curiosity, exploration, time and womanhood. Jenelle is a life-long practicing Roman Catholic and a life-long philanthropist currently serving as a benefactor to the following organizations: St. Anthony's Table, The Army Emergency Relief Fund and Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

Jenelle's work in creative direction is heavily impacted by her personal travels and cross-cultural immersive experiences.