Nita Singh Kaushal is the Founder and Principal of NSK Leadership LLC, a firm specializing in leadership development for tech, product, and business teams seeking to enhance performance and drive meaningful impact. She is also the Founder of Miss CEO, which has empowered over 150,000 students worldwide through world-class leadership training, mentorship, and career exploration opportunities.
Additionally, Nita teaches popular leadership and negotiation courses at Stanford School of Engineering and Stanford Continuing Studies, where she leads the development of the business course lineup each quarter.
A sought-after presenter, educator, and coach, Nita is frequently invited to speak at F500 companies, universities, and premier organizations. She has been a featured speaker at TEDX, Stanford Women’s Leadership Conference, UNM Annual Mentoring Conference, Broadcom's Design_Code_Build, USC OWN IT, and UIUC weSTEM. Nita's work inspiring young women has been profiled by many prominent publications including Stanford Magazine, Yahoo! Entertainment, Clayman Institute for Gender Research, and Women of Silicon Valley.
Nita has held senior product management, engineering, and operations roles at Yahoo! and Intel. She has served on the Stanford Women’s Community Center Advisory Board, as well as led Yahoo! Women in Tech, a 500+ member organization committed to attracting, developing and retaining more women in technical and executive positions. Nita graduated from Stanford University with a degree in Electrical Engineering.