Two-time Emmy® Award winner Deborah Norville is anchor of INSIDE EDITION, the nation’s number one daily newsmagazine. Deborah, the longest serving anchor on American television, was inducted into the Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame in 2016. She is the former co-host of NBC’s “Today” and anchor of NBC “News at Sunrise.” Deborah is on the board of the Broadcasters Foundation of America. She is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Women Corporate Directors, and the New York Women’s Forum and is a past board member of the Girl Scout Council of Greater New York and the Rita Hayworth (Alzheimer’s) Steering Committee. Deborah graduated summa cum laude from the University of Georgia where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

ML Krakauer is Chair of the Board of Cadence Design Systems. She has served on numerous corporate boards, including Xilinx, DXC Technology, Mercury Systems and Proterra. ML had a long and successful career as an operating executive, concluding as Dell’s chief information officer. Previously, she held numerous executive positions at EMC Corporation, including CIO and EVP, Global Business Services, EVP, Global Human Resources, and COO, Technology Services & Solutions and Managed Services Businesses. ML also held executive roles at Hewlett-Packard, Compaq Computer, and Digital Equipment. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Princeton University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Dr. John L. Hennessy is Chair of the Board of Alphabet, Inc. and served on the Board of Directors for Cisco Systems. He is the Director of Knight-Hennessy Scholars, the largest fully endowed graduate-level scholarship program in the world. John has been heralded for the impact he had as the tenth President of Stanford University, a position he held for 16 years. A computer scientist at heart, John co-founded MIPS Computer Systems and Atheros Communications. He is an elected member or Fellow of the National Academy of Engineering, the Royal Academy of Engineering, the National Academy of Science, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society and has received widespread recognition as an engineer and leader. John earned his Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Villanova University and his Master’s and Doctoral degrees in Computer Science from the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Dr. Chelsea Finn is an Assistant Professor in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at Stanford University, the William George and Ida Mary Hoover Faculty Fellow, and a co-founder of Physical Intelligence (Pi). Her research interests lie in the capability of robots and other agents to develop broadly intelligent behavior through learning and interaction. To this end, her work has pioneered end-to-end deep learning methods for vision-based robotic manipulation, meta-learning algorithms for few-shot learning, and approaches for scaling robot learning to broad datasets. Chelsea’s research has been recognized with awards such as the Sloan Fellowship, the IEEE RAS Early Academic Career Award, and the ACM doctoral dissertation award and has been covered by various media outlets, including The New York Times, Wired, and Bloomberg. Before joining Stanford, she received her Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT and her PhD in Computer Science from UC Berkeley.

Dr. Tsu-Jae King Liu is the Dean of the College of Engineering at UC Berkeley, and recently received the IEEE Founders Medal. Early in her career, she joined the faculty of the UC Berkeley, where she has held various administrative leadership positions. Dr. Liu has authored or co-authored over 550 publications and holds over 90 patents. She is an IEEE Fellow and an elected member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering. She earned her B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.

Dr. Asu Ozdaglar leads the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department and is the Deputy Dean of Academics for the Schwarzman College of Computing at MIT. Her research focuses on technical and societal aspects of large-scale data-driven systems. Asu’s expertise includes optimization, machine learning, economics, and networks. In recent years, she has investigated data ownership and markets, the spread of misinformation on social media, economic and financial contagion, and social learning. In addition, she has an active research program on large-scale optimization, especially in the context of machine learning. Asu received her PhD Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT and her Bachelor’s from the Middle East Technical University in Turkey.

Dr. Jennifer Widom is the Frederick Emmons Terman Dean of the School of Engineering and the Fletcher Jones Professor in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at Stanford University. She served as Computer Science Department Chair from 2009-2014 and School of Engineering Senior Associate Dean from 2014-2016. She was a Research Staff Member at the IBM Almaden Research Center before joining the Stanford faculty. Her research interests span many aspects of nontraditional data management. She is an ACM Fellow and a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the American Academy of Arts & Sciences; she received a Guggenheim Fellowship, the ACM SIGMOD Edgar F. Codd Innovations Award, the ACM-W Athena Lecturer Award, and the EPFL-WISH Foundation Erna Hamburger Prize. Jennifer received her Bachelor's degree from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music and her Computer Science Ph.D. from Cornell University.

Dr. Judith Spitz is the Founder and CEO of Break Through Tech, a national initiative on a mission to change the path to power and influence in an AI-enabled world. Break Through Tech’s AI program is the largest of its kind in the country; focused on preparing underrepresented undergraduate students for jobs in the AI industry. From 2005-2016, she was a Chief Information Officer at Verizon. Forbes named her to their 2021 50 over 50 Women of Impact list. Judith has been recognized by numerous publications and organizations as a woman of influence in technology. Her passion is driving programs that address the urgent need for more women, including women of color, in the tech industry. She received her Bachelor’s degree from Boston University, a Master’s degree from Washington University in St. Louis and a PhD in Speech and Hearing Sciences from The Graduate Center, City University of New York.

Dr. Sarah H. Cen is a Postdoctoral Scholar at Stanford and an incoming Assistant Professor at CMU. Dr. Cen recently finished her PhD at MIT in EECS, where she was a proud Thriving Star of AI and advised by Prof. Aleksander Mądry and Prof. Devavrat Shah. At Stanford, she works with Prof. Daniel Ho and Prof. Percy Liang in a joint position between the Department of Computer Science and the Law School. Dr. Cen's research is focused on the intersection of machine learning and AI accountability, exploring how computer science, law, and policy come together to ensure that AI is developed and deployed responsibly. Dr. Cen received a Master’s degree in Engineering Science (Robotics) from Oxford and a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Princeton.

Niki Karanikola is a passionate and accomplished machine learning engineer at Veolia North America. A Computer Science graduate from Bennington College, she has valuable experience from her time as an undergraduate researcher at Data + Feminism MIT Lab and as a distinguished scholar of Break Through Tech AI at MIT '22. Committed to diversity, inclusivity, and responsible AI development, Niki is dedicated to driving positive social change through technology.

Chelsea Clinton is an advocate, storyteller, investor, mentor, teacher, and most importantly, mom to her three kids. As vice chair of the Clinton Foundation, Chelsea works alongside the Foundation’s leadership and partners to improve global health and wellness, increase opportunity for girls and women, create economic opportunity and growth, and inspire emerging leaders across the United States and around the world. A longtime public health advocate, Chelsea also serves as vice chair of the Clinton Health Access Initiative and uses her platform to increase awareness around issues such as vaccine hesitancy, childhood obesity, and health equity. In addition to her Foundation work, Chelsea is the co-founder of Metrodora Ventures, she teaches at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health and has written several books for young adults and readers including the #1 New York Times bestselling She Persisted. Chelsea holds a Bachelor of Arts from Stanford, a Master of Public Health from Columbia’s Mailman School of Public Health, and both a Master of Philosophy and a Doctorate in international relations from Oxford University.

Reshma Saujani is a leading activist, the founder of Girls Who Code, and the founder and CEO of Moms First (formerly Marshall Plan for Moms). She has spent more than a decade building movements to fight for women and girls’ economic empowerment, working to close the gender gap in the tech sector, and most recently fighting for the structural changes moms need and deserve including affordable child care, paid leave, and equal pay. She is a New York Times Bestselling author of several books including PAY UP: The Future of Women and Work (And Why It’s Different Than You Think), Brave, Not Perfect, and the Girls Who Code book series. As a leading voice on women’s empowerment, her 2023 Smith College Commencement speech on imposter syndrome has more than 18 million views, and her influential TED talk, “Teach girls bravery, not perfection,” has more than 54 million views globally. Reshma began her career as an attorney and Democratic organizer. In 2010, she surged onto the political scene as the first Indian American woman to run for U.S. Congress. Reshma received a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and graduate degrees from the Harvard Kennedy School and Yale Law School.

Maria Colacurcio is the CEO of Syndio Solutions, a venture-backed SaaS startup that helps companies achieve workplace equity. Maria is passionate about helping companies drive their business using insights to unlock greater value from their workforce. Prior to Syndio, she co-founded Smartsheet.com, which went public in 2018. Having started her career working on congressional campaigns, Maria has a long history of mission-driven work. She currently serves on the alliance of experts of Fair Pay Workplace and has been named one of the 100 most exceptional entrepreneurs by Goldman Sachs Builders + Innovators Summit for two consecutive years. Maria has a Bachelor’s degree in History and Political Science from Whitworth University.

Sarah Hinkfuss is a Partner at Bain Capital Ventures where she works with growth-stage founders in application software and fintech.  Before joining BCV, Sarah was a Vice President on the Tech Opportunities team at Bain Capital, and worked as an Associate in KKR’s Growth Equity group in San Francisco. Prior to that she was a Senior Vice President at Applied Predictive Technologies, an enterprise SaaS company acquired by Mastercard in 2015. Sarah received an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business, where she was an Arjay Miller Scholar and Siebel Scholar. She graduated with a Bachelor’s in Economics and Environmental Science and Public Policy from Harvard College, where she was a Hoopes Prize recipient and Weatherhead Research Fellow. 

Sara Ittelson joined Accel in 2022 and focuses on early-stage consumer, enterprise, and AI companies. At Accel, she serves on the boards of AssemblyAI, Cinder, Minoan, Syrup and others. Before joining Accel, Sara spent several years as Head of Strategic Partnerships at Faire, supporting its growth from $535M to its recent mark of $12.4B. She also worked in Global Business Development at Uber, in the ride-share business, and then at Uber Eats. Sara began her career in education policy. She received her MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and her Bachelor’s from Northwestern University.

Fern Mandelbaum is a Managing Director at Emerson Collective, where she leads early-stage investing. She is also a professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where she created and teaches “Entrepreneurship from Diverse Perspectives,” “POWer–Building the Entrepreneurial Mindset,” and “Equity by Design – Building Diverse and Inclusive Organizations.” Fern also teaches PhDs and Postdocs the entrepreneurial mindset in the Emerson Consequential Scholars Program, which she started. Fern was the co-founder of Vista Venture Partners, an early-stage venture firm, founding team member of Monitor Ventures, an early-stage venture fund, and co-founder of Skyline Products, a toy invention firm that was acquired by IDEO. Fern has also worked at Bain, HP, Metcal and the Kyoto Shinkin Bank. Fern studied economics at Brown University, and received her MBA from Stanford. Fern is always happy to talk about any of her consequential founders or companies, including Midi Health, Guild Education, BetterUp, Syndio, CoActive, Conduit, Upside, Praxis Labs, PlanetFWD, Twelve, Anthro and Switch Bio.

Dr. Joy Buolamwini is a computer scientist and poet of code who uses art and research to illuminate the social implications of artificial intelligence. She founded the Algorithmic Justice League to create a world with more equitable and accountable technology. Her MIT thesis methodology uncovered racial and gender bias in AI services and as a result, numerous companies stepped back from selling facial recognition technology to law enforcement. Dr. Joy’s journey is depicted in the critically acclaimed documentary Coded Bias and national best seller Unmasking AI, which sheds light on the risks AI poses to civil rights and democracy. Dr. Joy has written op-eds on the impact of AI for publications like TIME Magazine and the New York Times. A Rhodes Scholar and Fulbright Fellow, Dr. Joy has been named to notable lists including Forbes 30 under 30, Bloomberg50, Time Next 100, The World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders, and Fortune Magazine named her "the conscience of the AI revolution." She is the first Black researcher to grace the cover of Fast Company, in the 2020 “Most Creative People” issue. In addition to advising elected officials during US congressional hearings, she serves on the Global Tech Panel to advise world leaders and executives on reducing AI harms. Dr. Joy holds graduate degrees from Oxford University and MIT; and a B.S. in Computer Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Tina Jones is the global head of Human Resources at Cadence, leader of the company’s social impact efforts, including the Giving Foundation, and executive sponsor of Women@Cadence. She is fiercely proud of the company’s culture and the recognition it has received, notably as a Top 10 company on both Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For list and World's Best Workplaces list. [In addition, Cadence has been featured as a Most Loved Company by Newsweek, an America’s Best Employer by Forbes, and a Company That Cares by PEOPLE.] Tina has been instrumental in the company’s phenomenal growth, now operating in 25 countries with over 13,000 employees, and its business success, making it one of the top 10 best performing companies in the NASDAQ 100 and S&P 500 over the last decade. Tina also serves on the Board of Directors of tech unicorn Visier, and as Chair of their Compensation Committee. She received her Bachelor’s degree from Stanford University and her Graduate degree from UCLA Law School, after which she clerked on the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals and then worked at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher before joining Cadence.

Robin L. Washington is a member of the Board of Directors of Alphabet, Honeywell International, and Salesforce. She currently serves as chair of the leadership development, inclusion, and compensation committee for Alphabet and Lead Independent Director for Salesforce. Robin is also an advisor at General Catalyst, focused on creating meaningful outcomes for the venture firm’s healthcare portfolio companies and communities they serve. Robin is a member of The Council on Foreign Relations and the Executive Leadership Council and is a co-founder of Black Women on Boards. Robin is a member of the University of Michigan’s President’s Council & Ross Business School Advisory Board; a trustee of the Financial Accounting Foundation; and a member of the Board of Directors of UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland and the Mastercard Foundation. Robin served in numerous financial leadership roles throughout her career, including as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Gilead Sciences, Inc. Robin is a certified public accountant and holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Michigan and an MBA from Pepperdine University.

Paula Goldman is Salesforce’s first-ever EVP, Chief Ethical and Humane Use Officer. In her role, she leads Salesforce in creating a framework to build and deploy ethical technology that optimizes social benefit. Prior to Salesforce, Paula served as Vice President, Global Lead, Tech and Society Solutions Lab, at Omidyar Network, a social impact investment firm established by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar. Paula has extensive entrepreneurial experience managing frontier market businesses, ranging from managing an affordable private school in rural India to a micro-enterprise syndicate in post-war Bosnia. Additionally, Paula is currently serving as a member of the National AI Advisory Commitee (NAIAC) on the Safety, Trust and Rights working group. Paula earned a PhD from Harvard University and holds a Master in Public Affairs from Princeton and a Bachelor’s degree from UC Berkeley.

Miriam Vogel has extensive experience establishing best practices for legal and regulatory compliance and responsible AI governance practices within Fortune 100 companies. She is the President and CEO of EqualAI, a nonprofit created to reduce bias and other harms in AI and promote responsible AI governance. She also serves as Chair of the National AI Advisory Committee, mandated by Congress to advise the President and White House on AI policy. Miriam has served in many leadership positions across the U.S. government, most recently, as Associate Deputy Attorney General at the Department of Justice, advising the Attorney General and the Deputy Attorney General. Under the direction of Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates, Miriam led the creation and development of the Implicit Bias Training for Federal Law Enforcement. She served in the White House in two Administrations, including as the Acting Director of Justice and Regulatory Affairs. She led the President's Equal Pay Task Force to promote equality in the workplace. She also advised White House leadership on initiatives ranging from women, LGBT, economic, regulatory and food safety policy to criminal justice matters. Miriam has a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan and Graduate degree from Georgetown University Law Center.

Katya Echazarreta moved to the United States from Mexico at the age of eight. In 2022, she made history as the first Mexican-born woman in space, chosen by Space for Humanity to participate in a mission studying the "Overview Effect." She has worked on five NASA missions to date. Katya began her academic journey at San Diego City College, where she joined the Society of Women Engineers and later transferred to UCLA, earning a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering. Currently, she is pursuing a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. Katya's achievements have been recognized with three honorary doctorates for her humanitarian contributions to society and technology and by Heads of State. Passionate about diversity and inclusion, Katya is dedicated to inspiring women, Latinx individuals, and beyond to pursue careers in STEM, paving the way for the next generation of innovators and leaders.

Aicha Evans is the CEO of Zoox, a subsidiary of Amazon, which is developing autonomous vehicles that provide mobility as a service. Prior to Zoox, Aicha served in many roles at Intel, including Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, driving the company's transformation from a PC-centric to a data-centric company, and as the leader of the company’s wireless efforts, overseeing a global team of 7,000 engineers. Aicha is a member of the Supervisory Board of SAP and holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering from The George Washington University.

Beth Vanderslice is a partner at Trewstar Corporate Board Services, a search firm specializing in corporate board placements. She served on the board of Xilinx, Inc. for over 20 years and joined the board of AMD subsequent to its acquisition. Beth also serves on the boards of AESC Group Ltd. (an EV battery technology company) and Universe Holdings (a global provider of energy and carbon management technology solutions and services). She is an Aspen Institute Henry Crown Fellow and was a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization and the World Presidents’ Organization. Beth holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Boston College, where she is now on the board of trustees.

As the Founder and Chief Troublemaker at The Troublemaker Lab, where she is at the forefront of a pioneering fund that bridges iconic creatives, cutting-edge technologists, and impactful innovators. AJ is a dynamic leader, sought-after keynote speaker, and executive coach, renowned for her ability to drive cultural transformation and leadership development. In addition to her role as a CXO in Residence at A.Team, a leading AI tech company harnessing the power of cloud-based teams, AJ advises startups and coaches executives on building global teams and human-centered design in the evolving work landscape. Previously, she led Global Talent and Human Experience Design at X, the Moonshot Factory (formerly Google X), where she shaped corporate culture and talent strategies with profound impact. AJ is also an award-winning author, co-writing "Courage Takes Flight" with her daughter to inspire literacy and possibilities, and recently published “A Kids Book About Teams,” available on Barnes & Noble and Amazon. AJ received her Bachelor’s degree from San Jose State University.

Dr. Alexis Bjorlin is vice president and general manager for DGX Cloud at NVIDIA. Prior to NVIDIA, Alexis was vice president for Infrastructure at Meta, where her team was responsible for Infrastructure hardware/software co-designed systems, including AI Systems, compute and storage platforms, and custom Silicon. Prior to Meta, she served as senior vice president and general manager of the Broadcom Optical Systems Division and previously as Corporate Vice President of the Data Center Group and General Manager of the Connectivity Group at Intel, where she oversaw three business units: Ethernet/Networking, High-Performance Computing fabrics, and Silicon Photonics. Before Intel, she spent eight years as President of Source Photonics, serving on the board of directors. Alexis is a Board Member of the Global Semiconductor Alliance. She earned a B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. in Materials Science from the University of California at Santa Barbara.

Ece Kamar is the VP of Research and the Managing Director of the AI Frontiers Lab at Microsoft Research. She leads research and development towards pushing the frontiers of AI capabilities. Ece has a decade of experience studying the impact of AI on society and developing AI systems that are reliable, unbiased and trustworthy. She has been instrumental in building the Responsible AI efforts inside Microsoft. She serves as Technical Advisor for Microsoft’s Internal Committee on AI, Engineering and Ethics. Ece is an Affiliate Faculty in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington. She is currently serving on the National Academies' Computer Science and Telecommunications Board (CSTB). She has been on the organizing committees of top AI and HCI conferences and received multiple best paper awards for her work. Ece received her B.Sc. in Computer Engineering from Sabanci University in Istanbul and earned her Ph.D. in AI from Harvard University.

Kathy Pham is vice president of artificial intelligence at Workday. She is the first Workday AI ambassador and hosts the AI Horizons video series. In addition to her role at Workday, Kathy is a senior advisor at Mozilla, having co-founded the Mozilla Builders Incubator and Mozilla Responsible Computing. She’s on the faculty at Harvard University, where she teaches the Product Management and Society course and co-founded the Ethical Tech Working Group. Previously, Kathy served as the inaugural executive director of the National AI Advisory Committee, was deputy chief technologist at the Federal Trade Commission, and was a founding engineering and product member of the U.S. Digital Service at the White House, where she helped build critical digital services in government across three presidential administrations. Kathy has been recognized as a guest of Michelle Obama at the State of the Union and her work has been featured in publications from Fast Company to Wired. In addition, Kathy spent over a decade building large scale systems in industry and healthcare at Google, IBM, and Harris Healthcare. Kathy completed her undergraduate and graduate degrees at Georgia Institute of Technology and Supelec in France.

Michael C. Bush is CEO of Great Place To Work, the global research and analytics firm that produces the annual Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For list, the World’s Best Workplaces list, the 100 Best Workplaces for Women list, and dozens of other distinguished workplace rankings around the world. Driven by a love of business and an unwavering commitment to fair and equitable treatment, Michael joined Great Place To Work as CEO in 2015, bringing 30 years of experience leading and growing organizations. This includes serving as CEO of Tetra Tech Communications, which grew from $40 million to $300 million in revenue. Michael is a former member of President Obama’s White House Business Council and a founding board member of the private equity firm Fund Good Jobs, which invests in small inner-city businesses. Michael was a member of the Board of Directors at Workday, Inc. until September 2021, when Great Place To Work was acquired by UKG, Inc. Michael Bush received his M.S. in Management from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business in 1994.

Dr. Anirudh Devgan is President and CEO of Cadence and is a member of the Board of Directors. One of the first decisions Anirudh made as CEO was to establish the Cadence Giving Foundation, and he has been a champion of the Foundation’s focus on creating education and career opportunities in STEM for those who are currently under-represented. Under his leadership, Cadence has significantly grown its computational software and hardware portfolio, expanded into adjacent and new markets, and achieved several years of record revenue growth. Dr. Devgan is widely recognized as one of the leading authorities in electronic design automation (EDA) and successfully pioneered the application of massively parallel and distributed architectures to create several industry firsts and most impactful products. Dr. Devgan is an IEEE Fellow, member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), has written numerous research papers, and holds 27 US patents. He has won several awards, including the prestigious Phil Kaufman Award for his extensive contributions to EDA as well as the IBM Corporate Award and IEEE McCalla Award. Dr. Devgan serves on the boards of the Global Semiconductor Alliance, where Cadence is a sponsor of the Women’s Leadership Initiative, and the Electronic System Design Alliance. Prior to Cadence, Anirudh was an executive at Magma Design Automation and held management and technical roles at IBM. He received a Bachelor of Technology degree in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, and MS and PhD degrees in electrical and computer engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.

Brandi Chastain is a two-time FIFA World Cup champion, two-time Olympic gold medalist and inductee to the National Soccer Hall of Fame. The photo of her peeling off her jersey after scoring the winning goal for Team USA in the 1999 World Cup penalty shootout against China is one of the most iconic moments, and photos, in sports. Brandi is now a co-founder of Bay FC, the first National Women’s Soccer League team in the Bay Area. Brandi grew up in San Jose, attended Archbishop Mitty High School, UC Berkeley and later, Santa Clara University. Despite enduring multiple knee injuries and surgeries, Brandi had a remarkable college career and was recognized as an All American and as the nation’s top female collegiate player. After a successful professional soccer career, Brandi became a coach and a commentator and analyst for ABC, NBC, and ESPN. She founded the Bay Area Women’s Sports Initiative, teaching leadership skills to underserved girls by connecting them with female collegiate athletes. She received a Bachelor’s degree from Santa Clara University.