Deirdre Quarnstrom

Deirdre Quarnstrom leads Microsoft’s AI-enhanced learning portfolio and Education product strategy. She started her work in Education bringing the video game Minecraft to mainstream education which now reaches millions of students and educators around the world. Deirdre currently serves as a Director on the board of a non-profit partnership between Mojang and UN-Habitat called the Block by Block Foundation. She is a founding partner and advisor at Reaction, a social impact VC fund. Deirdre, her husband and their two daughters live in Seattle, Washington.