Deirdre Quarnstrom

Deirdre Quarnstrom leads Microsoft’s AI-enhanced learning portfolio and Education product and engineering team. She is a founding partner and advisor at Reaction, a social impact VC fund. Previously, Deirdre started the program at Mojang Studios at to bring the video game Minecraft to mainstream education which now reaches millions of students and educators around the world each month. She led product and engineering for Minecraft Education, Minecraft China, and Mojang Studios’ accessibility and social impact programs. Before joining Mojang Studios, Deirdre was Chief of Staff for Microsoft’s