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The Reality, Challenges, and Future Innovation of AI

Soribel Feliz, Congressional AI Policy Advisor

Laura MacCleery, Senior Policy Director, UnidosUS

Laura MacCleery is Senior Director for Policy and Advocacy at UnidosUS, the nation’s largest Latino-led civil rights organization. A graduate of Stanford Law School, Laura has deep expertise in regulatory design guided by public interest principles and has advocated for more than 20 years for changes to benefit civil rights and human lives at scale, include on food labeling and nutrition standards, cars, financial services and products, technology and artificial intelligence, health policy, democracy, and campaign finance reform.

Lili Gangas, Chief Technology Community Office, The Kapor Center

Lili Gangas is the Chief Technology Community Officer at the Kapor Center, an operating foundation at the intersection of technology and racial justice, providing research and thought leadership, operating programs, supporting strategic partnerships and investments to increase diversity across the tech ecosystem--from K-12 education through entrepreneurship and venture capital. She co-leads the Kapor Center’s Equitable Tech Policy Initiative with a focus on inclusive technology policy with special interests in closing digital divide, scaling new tech workforce models, advocating for responsible emerging technology as well as providing foundational support across civic engagement issues and tech enablement of civic organizations.

She's been recognized as Latino Leader’s 100 Most Influential Latinas, ALPFA’s 50 Latinas to Watch, SF Business Times Most Influential Women in Business, SF Business Times 40 Under 40, featured Salesforce Dreamforce and TEDxOakland speaker. Lili's tech fellowships include Omidyar Network's Digital Luminaries and New America CA focused on Tech for Good. She's been part of key working groups including FCC Diversity & Inclusion WG, Aspen Latinos & Society Digital Equity, Aspen Fair Data Future, Rock Health Latine Digital Health Innovators WG.

Lili is also the co-founder of 2x Emmy NorCal award winning LTXConnect.org - a platform elevating rising Latinx/e voices at the intersection of culture, innovation, inclusion, and opportunity, through partnerships, programs, and technology. LTXConnect’s LTXQuest was one of the largest virtual community activations, bringing close to 5K Latinx/e across sectors together for job & startup launch preparation, knowledge sharing, advocacy and systems change.

Chris Rodriguez, HTTP Law & Policy Fellow

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