For the first two decades of her finance career, Sindy Wilson says she never once worked for a Black female CFO. “Oftentimes, not even a woman,” she says of the executives she’d look up the ladder and see in jobs she’s previously held.

Now, the Lyft vice president and EY and Cox Automotive alum is being named chief financial officer at Kickstarter July 12, where she’ll not only be holding that role herself, but reporting to a CEO, Everette Taylor, who is also Black. The duo will be one of the few pairs of Black CEOs and CFOs at a high-profile brand, a combination that could send powerful messages about diversity.

“It shows it is possible to have a thriving company that is growing with a diverse leadership team,” Wilson told Forbes in an exclusive interview. She says she was drawn to the idea of Kickstarter’s mission of helping fund creators’ projects, as well as to working for a Black CEO for the first time in her career. “Sometimes you have to see it being the case to know that it is possible.”

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