Tess Posner

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]

• 2019 – VentureBeat Women in AI Award: Responsibility and Ethics Winner^[20]
• 2019 – Alconics Awards AI Innovator of the Year Finalist^[21]
• 2020 – 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics Hall of Fame Honoree^[5]