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= Tess Posner = Tess Posner is an American social entrepreneur and musician best known for her work in artificial intelligence advocacy and ethics, focusing on increasing equity and inclusion in technology.

From 2017 to 2021, she served as the CEO of AI4ALL, a non-profit organization co-founded by Fei-Fei Li that headed AI outreach initiatives for historically excluded talent. Posner is an outspoken advocate for reducing bias in artificial intelligence and the need for diversity in technology.

Posner was selected as one of the 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics in 2020. For her work she has been featured in Vint Cerf and David Norfors's book The People Centered Economy: The New Ecosystem for Work and Fortune, USA Today, Forbes and The Atlantic.

Early Years and Education
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 St. John’s College and a Master’s degree from Columbia University in Social Enterprise Administration.

Social Entrepreneurship
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. In 2016, Posner was selected as a fellow at the Institute for the Future.

In 2017, Posner joined non-profit organization AI4ALL as their CEO and Executive Director. AI4ALL provides AI education and mentorship particularly towards historically underrepresented talent. In the years she served as CEO, AI4ALL saw over 15,000 young people participate in the organization's AI education and mentorship programs. Posner has spoken at SXSW, Grace Hopper Celebration, Nvidia GPU Technology Conference, and further conferences about artificial intelligence and technology diversity and outreach.

In an online statement published in October 2021, Posner announced that she will be stepping out of the role as CEO of AI4ALL into an advisory role to pursue her music career full-time.

Music
Posner is also an alt-pop music artist. She grew up playing piano and started singing in coffee shops as a teenager. She released her first EP in 2018 and released new singles in 2020.

Selected Awards and Recognition

 * 2019 - VentureBeat Women in AI Award: Responsibility and Ethics Winner
 * 2019 - Alconics Awards AI Innovator of the Year Finalist
 * 2020 - 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics Hall of Fame Honoree