Leadership
Board of Directors
AIandYou is grateful to have a visionary Board of Directors. Each member's singular perspective provides us with invaluable insight into how we can make the world a better place through AI.
A. Shuanise Washington is the President and CEO of the National Association for Multi-Ethnicity in Communications (NAMIC). Prior to her current position, Washington was the President and CEO of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Incorporated (CBCF). She was also the Founder and Principal of Washington Solutions, LLC, which provided strategic counsel to businesses, governments, and nonprofit organizations. In addition to her professional experience, Washington holds leadership positions in a number of national and local community organizations. She has received numerous awards and has been featured in national and local publications.
Nicole is an attorney in Seattle specializing in real estate development. Nicole provides insight and guidance regarding how to interpret local regulations and State statutes. Nicole also puts her legal skills to work in her community and provides pro bono legal services through the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project where she works with asylum seekers throughout the asylum process. A graduate of UC Berkeley (with honors) and Seattle University of Law School (with honors).
Alicia C. Aguirre is an elected member of the City Council in the City of Redwood City where she has served as both Vice Mayor and Mayor. She is the first Latina Mayor in the history of Redwood City. She also served as a Trustee and the President of the Redwood City Elementary School Board prior to joining the City Council. Alicia is a professor at Cañada College, STEM leader and Coordinator of the ESL Dept. She holds an M.A. from Eastern Michigan University. She was a Fulbright Exchange Professor in Argentina.
Eva Longoria is an award-winning actor, producer, director, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and “Desperate Housewives” alumna. She founded the Eva Longoria Foundation in 2012 to help Latinas build better futures for themselves and their families through education and entrepreneurship.
Leadership
Susan Gonzales, CEO, brings over 20 years of experience in technology, community outreach, and policy to AIandYou. She was recently appointed to the National AI Advisory Committee advising President Biden and the Administration on the National AI Initiative. Susan co-authored "A Blueprint for Equity and Inclusion in AI", released by the World Economic Forum in 2022.
Susan spent most of her career in policy, communications, and community engagement roles for Fortune 500 companies. Prior to launching AIandYou, Susan created and directed community engagement for Meta (Facebook), where she managed a strategic network of global diverse advocacy organizations and educated influencers about tech policy. She has spent most of her career focused on engaging communities around policy issues.
Susan created AIandYou to educate marginalized communities about artificial intelligence and Web3 technologies to level the playing field for those often left behind. Susan brings a unique perspective from Washington, D.C. policy and Silicon Valley to this work. She is known as the voice for marginalized communities in tech.
Susan currently serves as Advisor to The World Economic Forum Global AI Alliance for AI Governance. She also serves as a Board member to Equal AI, The Sheryl Sandberg and Dave Goldberg Foundation, and the Eva Longoria Foundation.
Advisory
AIandYou is proud to be supported by a wide and impressive range of advisors, each serving in individual capacities. Leaders in their fields, our advisors are a consummate group of experts dedicated to improving the world through AI.
Brandeis Marshall, PhD, is a computer science scholar and educator who contributes to the data engineering, data science, and data/computer science education fields. Her interests intersect the racial, gendered and socioeconomic impact of data in technology. She is currently Professor of Computer Science at Spelman College and faculty associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. She is also the founder of DataedX, an edtech company focused on enhancing the workforce’s data competencies and supporting career development.
Joaquin is a Director of Engineering in AI at Facebook. He built the AML (Applied Machine Learning) team, driving product impact at scale through applied research in machine learning, language understanding, computer vision, computational photography, augmented reality, and other AI disciplines. AML also built the unified AI platform that powers all production applications of AI across the family of Facebook products. Joaquin is now focused on new AI challenges, including the ethics of AI.
Hal is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Maryland. In addition to his academic position, Hal is a Senior Principal Researcher at Microsoft, and served as Program Co-Chair at the International Conference in Machine Learning (ICML) in 2020.
Katherine is a Research Scientist at Google and an Assistant Professor of Statistical Science at Duke University. She also serves as Diversity Co-Chair at NeurlPS and as a Senior Advisory Board Member for Women in Machine Learning (WiML).
