Tess Posner | |
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Known for | Artificial Intelligence AI Ethics Diversity in Technology |
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Alma mater | Columbia University (M.A.) Saint John's College (B.A.) |
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Institutions | AI4ALL |
Tess Posner is an American social entrepreneur and musician known for her work in artificial intelligence advocacy and ethics,focusing on increasing equity and inclusion in technology. [1]
Posner has headed multiple initiatives to promote diversity in technology before being hired as the CEO of the non-profit organization AI4ALL,a position from which she stepped down in 2021 to concentrate on her music career. [2] [3] [4] Her work has earned recognition including her selection as one of the 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics in 2020. [5]
Posner grew up near Boston,Massachusetts. In high school,she traveled to El Salvador to build houses with Habitat for Humanity following an earthquake. Posner holds a Bachelor's degree in Philosophy and Mathematics from Saint John's College and a Master's degree from Columbia University in Social Enterprise Administration. [6]
Early in her career,Posner built and ran Samsa School,a non-profit organization providing low-income people worldwide with tools and education to find work in the digital economy. Then,she became the managing director of TechHire at Opportunity@Work,a White House initiative that sought to increase diversity in the technology industry. [7] In 2016,Posner was selected as a fellow at the Institute for the Future. [8]
Posner then joined non-profit organization AI4ALL as their CEO and executive director. [9] [10] AI4ALL provides AI education and mentorship particularly towards historically underrepresented talent. [2] [11] [4] In the years she served as CEO,AI4ALL saw over 15,000 young people participate in the organization's AI education and mentorship programs. [12] Posner has spoken at SXSW,Grace Hopper Celebration,Nvidia GPU Technology Conference,and further conferences about artificial intelligence and technology diversity and outreach. [13] [14] [15]
She is listed as a coauthor in Vint Cerf and David Nordfors's 2018 book The People Centered Economy:The New Ecosystem for Work. [16]
In an online statement published in October 2021,Posner announced that she would step out of the role as CEO of AI4ALL into an advisory role to pursue her music career full-time. [3] Emily Reid took over her role at the start of 2022 as interim CEO. [17]
Posner is also an alt-pop music artist. She released her first EP in 2018 and released new singles in 2020. [18] [19]
They hired Tess Posner, who had led initiatives aimed at getting more diversity into the digital economy, to be the CEO.
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