Nnena has also spoken on issues regarding tech policy (panelist at the Tech Policy Summit), diversity in the Valley (Spoke on NPR and other media outlets). As an Affiliated Scholar, Nnena has been the primary liaison between the Startup Legal Garage and the Valley; she has managed the speaker programming series; and, built the Startup Legal Garage’s panel for the 2013 South by Southwest Conference. In addition, Nnena is the CEO and co-founder of Black Founders Startup Ventures. She helped found Black Founders because she wants to see minorities and women thrive–not simply survive in Silicon Valley. For her work with Black Founders she was named one of Forbes 2012 Women Changing the World: VC/Entrepreneur category.