Erin Baudo Felter

Vice President, Social Impact and Sustainability

Erin Baudo Felter is the Vice President of Social Impact and Sustainability at Okta and is responsible for leveraging Okta’s most important assets – its people, products and corporate resources – to create long-term value for people and the planet. Erin leads Okta for Good, the company’s corporate social impact initiative, as well as the cross-functional effort to build and scale the ESG function at Okta. Her leadership includes Okta’s climate strategy; nonprofit business; strategic philanthropy; employee and community engagement; and emerging human rights efforts.

Erin has worked at the intersection of business and social impact for over 15 years and has held various corporate social impact roles at Zynga, Yahoo and Warner Bros. She holds an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management and a BA from the University of Texas at Austin. She is personally passionate about equity, economic opportunity and empowering future leaders and serves on the advisory boards for GenesysWorks Bay Area and Connect Humanity. She lives in Berkeley with her husband and two kids.

Building a more secure world: Okta for Good’s $50 million, five-year commitment

Building a more secure world: Okta for Good’s $50 million, five-year commitment In a challenging year where we have seen rising cybersecurity threats, a growing cyber and tech talent gap, and an acceleration of climate emergencies, Okta for Good, Okta’s social impact and sustainability initiative, has continued to stay focused on the unique ways…

Cybersecurity for the world’s most vulnerable

As part of Okta’s social impact work, we have the privilege of working with some of the world’s largest nonprofit and humanitarian organizations. These groups are the first to jump to action when people around the world need support. Many of us intuitively understand the need for these organizations to focus on the physical safety of those they…

Announcing the 2023 Okta For Good Impact Report

At Okta, we have a bold vision: to free everyone to safely use any technology. And we do mean everyone. That’s the foundation of Okta For Good, our social impact and ESG program, with a mission to build a safely connected world where everyone can belong and thrive. Through our products, our donations, and our employees’ generosity, Okta helps…

Oktane Turns 10: Okta for Good Looks Back and Ahead

As we celebrate the 10th year of Oktane, the company’s largest annual customer event, I’m reminded that Oktane was also the birthplace of Okta for Good. It marked the beginning of Okta’s long-term commitment to social and environmental impact. This early pledge to give back to our communities has become so much more. Let’s take a look. Our origin…

Announcing the Latest Impact Report From Okta For Good

From the moment Okta for Good was founded, its mission became a core part of Okta’s purpose—and that mission has never felt more vital and urgent than it does now. Our world today is facing numerous challenges, from rising economic inequality and racial injustice to climate change and the ongoing global pandemic. These issues don’t occur in…

Building Opportunities in Cyber Security Through Equity, Diversity, and Belonging Initiatives

Fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion in technology is critical to everything we do at Okta. Cyber security is centered around people, and the unique perspective each professional brings to the job gives us an essential view of the landscape that supports innovation and excellence—and enriches our organizational culture. In order for us to…

Okta Tech Pathways Week and the Difference Diversity Makes to Cyber Security

At Okta, we believe providing opportunities in technology to historically excluded groups is crucial to building more equitable businesses and communities. That’s why we’ve committed to inclusive actions that empower young people to succeed in tech and build stronger communities worldwide. We’re highlighting the work that we do throughout Cyber…

COVID-19 has Accelerated the Nonprofit Sector’s Use of Technology; Here’s How We Do Even More

At Okta, our mission is to enable anyone to safely use any technology. Through Okta for Good, we’re focused on extending this mission to nonprofit organizations around the world. We believe that enabling nonprofits with the resources to safely use any technology is essential to achieve and accelerate their impact. However, as we’ve seen over the…

Introducing Okta for Good’s First Impact Report

When Okta took the 1% pledge in 2016, we founded our social impact arm, Okta for Good, with a mission to strengthen the connections between people, technology, and community. The importance of these connections has never been more clear than over the last year — when we experienced a global pandemic, rising inequality, and global calls for racial…

Okta for Good’s Nonprofit Technology Initiative: Announcing $1M+ Grant Round

As we kick off the new year, Okta for Good’s mission to strengthen the connections between people, technology, and community has never been more critical. In the face of issues like the COVID-19 pandemic and pervasive racial injustice, we are entering 2021 with a profound sense of urgency to invest in civil society around the world. Leveraging…