Ethical AI Mentors in the 2023 Responsible Tech Mentorship Program

Aug 1

This year we’re joined by 115 volunteer mentors and 375 mentees from nearly 35 countries. Mentors work at startups, non-profits, in government, at large companies, and even run their own organizations. Many of our mentors are returning for a second time, and some have been with us since the very first cohort in 2021.

August 1 marks the second month of our current program. During first meetings, mentors led their mentees in introductory sessions where they set goals for the program. In August, mentors will talk to their groups about their own trajectories and what it looks like to be a responsible tech practitioner.

Mentorship pods have been divided into subgroups by speciality, and below you’ll find a list of all the mentors in the Ethical AI group—our largest subgroup this year.

Ethical AI is crucial because it ensures that artificial intelligence technologies are developed and deployed ethically and with consideration for their impact on society. By prioritizing responsibility, AI developers and stakeholders can mitigate potential biases, discrimination, and harmful consequences that AI systems may inadvertently propagate. Responsible AI fosters transparency and accountability, allowing users to understand how AI algorithms make decisions and ensuring they are held accountable for their actions. It also promotes inclusivity, as responsible AI takes into account diverse perspectives and ensures fair representation across various demographics. Embracing responsible AI practices helps build trust between users, businesses, and AI systems, paving the way for a more sustainable and beneficial integration of AI in our daily lives.

Read about the mentors leading this charge in 2023 for All Tech Is Human (listed in alphabetical order):

Noble is a seasoned professional whose career focuses on the critical intersection of data ethics, AI safety, and emergent technology. He is passionate about empowering enterprises to implement responsible artificial intelligence solutions across bias mitigation, explainability, privacy-preserving data governance, and trustworthy AI, all while prioritizing continuous learning automation to streamline data science.

Noble is excited to participate in the Responsible Tech Mentorship Program, where he aims to guide and support aspiring technologists in developing their skills and knowledge in responsible technology practices. With a keen interest in human-centered design, Noble brings his expertise in developing mobile, web, and wearable spatial computing applications to mentor individuals in creating innovative, ethically conscious, and user-friendly solutions.

As a Certified AI Product Manager, Google Certified Design Sprint Master, and former Google Developers Expert for Product Strategy, Noble is well-equipped to address the challenges and complexities of AI systems while ensuring the responsible development of projects. He enjoys farming, running obstacle course races, creating art, mentoring underrepresented and aspiring technology founders, and speaking at technology events when he's not focused on mentoring and guiding others. Noble is enthusiastic about contributing to the Responsible Tech Mentorship Program's mission and looks forward to making a lasting impact through his mentorship and guidance.

Evelina most recently served as a researcher and team leader at the Center for AI and Digital Policy where she conducted extensive research, analysis, and produced reports on AI policy proposals and practices worldwide. Her findings were published in the CAIDP Democratic Values Index. Recognizing the significance of the impending technological revolution, Evelina firmly believes in the power of collaboration among private, government, and civic organizations to build responsible and ethical products that benefit people across the globe. Evelina previously made her impact in university philanthropy where she coached teams, fostered communities, and played a pivotal role in developing and implementing economic development programs for students and alumni. Evelina completed her MA in Public Policy from the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago with emphasis on tech policy. With her diverse background and expertise, she is thrilled to contribute as a mentor at All Tech is Human and to connect with professionals at the intersection of AI, policy, and social impact.

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Mert Cuhadaroglu graduated Austrian St. Georg’s College in Istanbul, studied Business Administration in Vienna University of Economics and graduated from Marmara University BA in Istanbul. He has 25+ years of experience in developing business solutions using analytical skills across different domains. He began his career in audit; after working more than 10 years in that domain he became pricing manager in retail banking department in one of the biggest banks in Turkey. In the last 10 years he has been working as a business coach, mentor and consultant with a special focus in learning and development. He is also writer of 6 self help books about motivation and leadership. He is located in Istanbul/Turkiye.

Since three years he is heading the human resource and operational activities of Ethos AI Training&Consultancy Gmbh which is located in Germany. He is also advisory board member of the firm PonsAtlas, a start up specializing in Atlassian Products and tech consulting. Mert has completed many trainings in AI Ethics and AI Audit field and is a member of working groups in different organizations.

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Pamela De La Rosa

Catharina Doria

Molly FitzMorris

Molly is a sociolinguist who works in responsible AI. She’s most passionate about NLP fairness, but works on all aspects of responsible AI. Molly currently works at Google, on the Responsible Innovation team, where she strives to help Google employees – and the world – build AI products that are safe, fair, and trustworthy. Before joining Google, she worked as a Linguist at Meta (fka Facebook) where she designed a fairness framework for their virtual assistant and served on the Facebook Reality Labs Inclusive Product Council. Molly has a Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of Washington, where she studied language variation (dialects, multilingualism, language attitudes, etc) and the Seattle dialect of Ladino. She has master’s degrees in Linguistics and Hispanic Studies from the University of Washington, and a bachelor’s degree in Latin American Studies from NYU. Molly is thrilled to be serving as a mentor for All Tech Is Human, because she has seen firsthand that the inclusion of people with diverse personal and professional backgrounds is crucial to building tech that works well for everyone.

Triveni Ghandi

Founder and CEO of Kairoi, the AI Ethics & Research Governance consultancy. Ismael's passion lies in fostering responsible innovation environments and healthy work cultures through better AI literacy, meaningful public engagement, adherence to industry standards, and robust governance mechanisms.

Since establishing the Alan Turing Institute's formal research ethics committee, guidelines and processes ("the TREx") in 2021, he has co-designed and delivered data ethics workshops with the Jean Golding Institute, developed content for NASA's course on open science practices, and completed a master's in Philosophy of the Social Sciences at the London School of Economics.

He is a fellow of the RSA (the Royal Society for Arts, Manufactures and Commerce), where he convenes the Fellow-led AI Interest Group; and a member of the Participant Panel and Ethics Advisory Committee at Genomics England. Prior to All Tech Is Human, he has mentored at Bloomberg, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, and Mozilla.

I am an up-and-coming mentor with a passion for the responsible tech movement. My journey began by researching AI fairness, transparency, and ethics at the University of California, Santa Cruz. While at UCSC, I helped found the Center for Applied Values and Ethics in Advancing Technologies (CAVEAT) specifically designed to assist college students in finding opportunities within the responsible tech sector. Currently, I am actively tackling the pressing issues surrounding personal data rights, aiming to establish individuals in the data economy. I helped co-write All Tech is Human's report on AI and Human Rights as well as their report on Tech and Democracy and look forward to providing mentorship.

Dr. Chakradhar Iyyunni’s expertise is in risk management and decision-making, mentoring professionals and facilitating start-ups, group work and team building, project management and engineering R&D. He is a fellow, European School of Governance, an Associate with the East Side Institute, NYC and a former faculty at the Larsen & Toubro Institute of Project Management. He has deep interest in human systems behavior in construction project performance.

Dr. Iyyunni’s multi-domain experience spans Oil, Gas, Transportation, Civil Infrastructure, Energy and Utilities including renewable, nuclear and conventional power plants, automotive, aerospace, pharmaceutical, life sciences, biomedical engineering and Devices, and Marine/Ship Structures.

Dr. Iyyunni received his Bachelor's of Technology in Mechanical Engineering degree from Indian Institute of Technology - Benaras Hindu University, Varanasi, M.S. in Engineering Science and Mechanics from Virginia Tech, and Ph.D. in Applied Mechanics from the University of Houston.

He is active with the Africa Voices Dialogue-an educator's network and Catalyst 2030,a fast-growing global movement of people and organisations committed to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS) by 2030.

Lety Kemp

Supriya is an Ethics consultant, Brand strategist and Human-centered designer. Deeply interested in the intersection of design, technology, business and society, she tries to identify pain-points and challenges of people, in order to develop human-centric solutions.

Supriya features in the list of '100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics' 2022 by Women in AI Ethics™ (WAIE), and was a finalist in the 2021 ‘Women in Voice’ awards in the ‘DEI in Voice’ category.

Supriya designs and delivers learning programs, and also speaks on the topic of ethical design at various forums. Her work focuses on raising awareness about potential ethical issues and negative impacts that arise from technology systems, design processes and business practices- and the ways in which these issues and impacts can be mitigated through ‘Ethics by Design’.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/supriya-kulkarni
Website: supriyakulkarni.com

Branislava Lovre

Branislava is a Media Expert, Journalist, and AI Ethicist who applies her extensive knowledge and experience across various media outlets and digital landscapes.

Proficient in leading projects from conception to completion, she specializes in the intersection of media, and technology, with a primary focus on the ethical implications of AI in journalism and media.

Branislava passionately explores technology's potential to innovate media, emphasizing the ethical integration of AI into newsrooms and the future of journalism.

She has successfully launched and managed projects such as 'Freedom and AI', supported by the OSCE's Representative on Freedom of the Media. This initiative emphasizes the intersection of AI, freedom of expression, and human rights.

As a co-founder of AImpactful, Branislava hosts insightful dialogues with industry experts, presenting an all-encompassing view of AI's impact on media, ethics, and everyday life.

A trainer and consultant, she develops and implements training programs focusing on AI and freedom of expression, media literacy, and independent online journalism initiatives.

In 2023, Branislava was honored as one of the '100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics'.

Majiuzu Daniel Moses

Dr Lollie Mancey is Programme Director and entrepreneurial specialist in UCD's Innovation Academy. She is also Director of three businesses making her a serial entrepreneur. With a PhD in Organisational Learning and an academic background in Anthropology she brings a unique perspective to innovation and entrepreneurship. She is the winner of the UCD 2022 Excellence in Teaching Awards as well as the inaugural Trinity University Dermot McAleese Teaching Award. She was also Dublin Story slam champion 2018 in competitive storytelling. Since then she has gone on to host a monthly Radio Show on Dublin South FM and a successful podcast ‘An Entrepreneur Like you’ (Spotify et al).

She is a vibrant keynote speaker who advocates for progressive education, equality and diversity in business, and has a wealth of experience in the entrepreneurial sector. Her work on resilience and adaptability has now led her into working with artificial intelligence and ethics, as she explores how we will navigate the changing cultural and technological landscape.

As Principal Data Strategist and Lead for Responsible AI & Robotics at Ocado Technology, Myrna is responsible for identifying how to use data and machine learning to keep Ocado at the cutting edge of eCommerce, supply chain, logistics and robotics. As lead for responsible AI and Robotics, she also ensures that Ocado develops these technologies in a fair, transparent and trustworthy way.

Previously Myrna led responsible ML at the BBC, where she designed the first comprehensive standard for responsible ML in media, the BBC’s Machine Learning Engine Principles.

Myrna is a former British diplomat. She has worked on international economic and climate negotiations and served in Belgium, Kosovo, Germany and Israel.

As global lead for digital ethics at Avanade, Chris McClean drives the company’s internal responsible tech and responsible AI efforts, and he leads the company’s digital ethics advisory practice. Prior to Avanade, Chris was a research director and industry analyst at Forrester Research, leading the company’s analysis and advisory for risk management, compliance, corporate values, and ethics. He’s been a featured keynote speaker and subject matter expert for podcasts, live TV, and print media. Chris earned his Masters in Business Ethics and Compliance in 2010, and he’s currently a PhD student studying applied ethics with a focus on risk and trust relationships.

Mayra Ruiz-McPherson, MA, MFA

I am an Artificial Intelligence (AI) ethicist, strategist, and humanist. Currently, a lecturer at The University of Sydney, researcher, mentor at All Tech is Human and contributor to IEEE teams and AAIAC.

I have completed a Master's in IT, major in Business Information Systems and Data Analytics at the University of Technology Sydney. I also hold a ForHumanity Certified Auditor accreditation in AI, algorithmic and autonomous systems.

Over the past four years, my academic and professional pursuits have brought me from Latin America to Australia, researching ethical frameworks, their implementation and complying with current laws.

I am passionate about advancing responsible AI practices and collaborating with organizations to create a positive impact. By combining my academic knowledge, practical experience, and dedication to ethical AI, I aim to contribute to developing AI systems that benefit humanity while prioritizing ethical considerations.

Sundar Narayanan

I am an Ethics & Compliance professional with over 15 years of experience in advising Corporations on Ethics and Compliance. I have experience of work across countries including UAE, Japan, India, Tanzania, Zambia, and Kenya. I have developed games for ethics awareness and exploring leadership ethics (eg. using a chess variant for dealing with diversity). I passionately pursued research on risks and ethics associated with AI and autonomous systems with a purpose to learn and contribute to this space, moving away from my full-time job. I continue to advise multi-national corporations on specific matters relating to Ethics and Compliance including supporting on training and communication or building games to create engagement with employees. My area of focus is to minimize the downside impacts of risk contributed by AI or autonomous system on humans. Minimizing downside impacts of risk from AI requires building strong Risk Management and Ethical foundations for the organization through Compliance, Controls, and Culture. My work focuses on examining considerations and constraints in building strong Risk Management and Ethical foundations. Considerations refer to aspects that need to be adopted and constraints refers to aspects that need to be addressed. My focus and contributions led me to become a fellow of ForHumanity, a non-profit working towards building criteria for audit of AI systems. Further over the past few months, 5 of my papers/ abstracts have been selected as part of conference proceedings including ASIS&T SIG-SI and SIG-IEP workshop, Annual Conference of SEAC 2021, A Better Tech convention and career fair, BHCC 2021 and SweDS 2021. I have spoken at conferences at Wharton (ASIL Anti-Corruption), Harvard Kennedy School (Public Interest Tech) and NYU (A Better Tech Conference). I am a Podcast Host (have hosted over 50 podcasts with professionals from over 15 countries) and I continue to work with professionals across geographies on Ethics research.

Kingsley Owadara

Paul is an AI platform architect and team lead who specializes in managing healthcare and life science data. He has a passion to solve mental health and neuroscience problems with specific goals to reduce the occurrence of adverse childhood events and neurodegenerative diseases.

He spent 15 years working at Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, Red Ventures, and Slalom Consulting delivering enterprise AI, machine learning, and data solutions to Fortune 500 companies. Along his journey, he helped found dozens of tech startups with a focus on building AI products. Today, he runs Hyperbloom, a consulting collective that specializes in delivering AI solutions to clients across many industries with a mission to bring self-sovereignty to the entrepreneurs in its community.

Lara Groves

Heidi Hysell

Dr. B Malaika Rumala has interdisciplinary expertise and completed her education and training at Columbia University, served as a Fogarty-Fulbright fellow, and Harvard Research Fellow, and previously worked as a senior consultant for the United Nations. Her interdisciplinary interests have been expanded into the intersection of equity, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, responsible technology, and society given the ongoing vulnerabilities in the cyber-infrastructure that impact global and local populations, many of whom do not have the resources or policies in place for protection. Dr. Malaika has experienced the ongoing challenges of severe inequities and the detrimental impacts on individuals and communities, specifically historically marginalized populations, and remains committed to addressing the gaps. She also has global experience applying her interdisciplinary expertise in stable regions as well as regions impacted by war, conflict, and instability, including Iraq where she worked for the United Nations. Dr. Malaika is committed to individuals and communities thriving and not just surviving. She enjoys connecting with and experiencing different cultures around the world.

Monika Viktorova

Monika is a Product Manager focused on nurturing responsible and sustainable products at CEVA Logistics. She was previously a tech strategy and digital ethics consultant at Deloitte. She helped clients across the financial and public sectors envision how AI and analytics could help them drive their innovation agenda and how to future-proof their innovation investments by identifying and managing the risks of technology. Monika is a passionate advocate for DEI and universal basic income and has served on the board of Basic Income Canada Network.

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