Who we are
We are a collaborative of powerhouse leaders who equip leaders, businesses, philanthropists, organizations, and their teams to confidently use AI and transform their impact.
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AI for C Suite Executives and Organizational Transformation
Latanya Mapp is a distinguished global development leader and author with close to three decades of comprehensive experience driving sustainable social impact across emerging markets. As the most recent President and CEO of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, she launched a distinguished AI Council and helped donors create thoughtful, effective philanthropy through services for families, foundations and other philanthropic initiatives Throughout her career, Mapp has worked across multiple sectors including government, multinational, nonprofit, and academic organizations such as the Global Fund for Women, USAID, and the United Nations on sustainable programs and portfolios across Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. Her expertise includes negotiating strategic private sector multi-million-dollar alliances totaling more than $55 million, overseeing development of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Compact between the United States and Mali, and achieving impactful results for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria and the Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). She has provided leadership in regional programming towards the implementation of the Paris Declarations on Aid Effectiveness and the Accra Agenda for Action. Author of "The Everyday Feminist: The Key to Sustainable Social Impact-Driving Movements We Need Now More than Ever.”
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AI Ethics and Global Compliance
Natalie is an eminent global development leader with over 25 years of experience in international development, legal compliance, and policy reform. Over the course of a distinguished career in the U.S. Senior Foreign Service—including prominent roles at USAID, the U.S. State Department, and the U.S. Military—she has advised senior leadership, led high-impact international initiatives, and negotiated complex, high-stakes agreements across more than 20 countries. With deep expertise in law, sustainable development, cross-cultural leadership, conflict resolution, and ethical governance, Natalie has directed major programs in health, education, and economic development. She has overseen multi-million-dollar budgets, built and led diverse global teams, and navigated complex compliance and regulatory frameworks in some of the world’s most challenging contexts. Leading AI Ethics and Global Compliance, Natalie brings a unique blend of international policy acumen, ethical leadership, and strategic vision to the rapidly evolving world of artificial intelligence. She empowers governments, businesses, and institutions to harness AI responsibly—ensuring alignment with democratic values, human rights, and inclusive development goals. Passionate about driving systemic, lasting change, Natalie is committed to equipping leaders and organizations with the tools to innovate ethically, build institutional capacity, and ensure that digital progress is inclusive, responsible, and human-centered.
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AI for Africa and Social Impact
Abigail Kajumba is a seasoned executive with over 20 years of experience leading high-impact organizations and partnerships across Africa and internationally. Her career has focused on strengthening institutions, cultivating ethical leadership, and designing large-scale initiatives that drive social and economic transformation. Passionate about human development, women’s leadership, and the responsible use of technology, Abigail combines a deep commitment to equity with a pragmatic understanding of systems change.
Abigail brings a strong focus on the responsible use of artificial intelligence alongside her broader work in leadership, governance, and social innovation. She views AI as a powerful tool for Africa’s development when aligned with ethical leadership, inclusion, and accountability. Abigail regularly represents organizations at high-level global forums and is in demand as a speaker on AI for social impact, ethical leadership, and inclusive development.
Abigail currently serves as Executive Director of Emerging Public Leaders (EPL), a pan-African organization nurturing a new generation of over 720 ethical and capable public servants. Before joining EPL, she led an Africa-based global NGO focused on preventing violence against women and children throughout the Global South. Her earlier career spanned government policy, advocacy, and community development in the United Kingdom, before returning to Uganda to lead national, regional, and global programs across more than 25 African countries.
A social entrepreneur at heart, Abigail co-founded TriTrees, a superfruit tree-planting initiative that promotes food security, livelihoods, and climate resilience. She also serves on governance boards and has co-founded several local enterprises. Abigail lives in Uganda with her family.
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AI for Global Grassroots Innovation
Jensine is designing digital infrastructure so the next wave of AI and technology liberates rather than silences the voices that can solve our greatest challenges. With 20+ years of experience as an award-winning digital impact entrepreneur, international journalist, and gender justice advocate, she founded World Pulse—a social impact network connecting grassroots women leaders from 200+ countries who've collectively improved 25.1 million lives. Her bold ambition is to ensure that digital technology and AI unleash the untapped collective power of women and underrepresented voices everywhere. From motorboat journeys through Nigeria's deltas meeting women's groups, to UN panels in Geneva, to tech advising in Silicon Valley, Jensine bridges grassroots voices with global decision-makers. She has built the first and longest-running global feminist social network, raised $20M+ for digital strategies impacting women globally, and partnered with 80+ institutions including Intel, Google, UN Women, Wikimedia, and helped launch Equinix's $50M Foundation for digital inclusion. Her recognitions include the UN Media Social Impact Award, UNESCO Prize, Rockefeller Top 100 Innovator, and Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Award. She is a frequent speaker on global digital women's movements, having appeared on NPR, BBC, and at venues ranging from the Social Innovation Summit to the UN.
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AI for Changemakers and Status Quo Breakers
Joanna is an independent grants management and AI capacity building consultant with over 15 years of experience working in the social sector. She founded Hilo Consulting in 2020, securing over $3.5 million in funding for grassroots organizations. Beginning in 2023, Joanna pioneered work at the intersection of AI and social impact, bringing a practitioner's lens to responsible AI adoption in the philanthropic sector. Her work focuses on translating complex AI capabilities into actionable, values-embedded strategies that enable changemakers to scale their impact. From 2024 to 2025, she was featured on the Fundraising.AI podcast, co-authored an article for the Center for Effective Philanthropy on philanthropy's role in responsible AI adoption, and presented at philanthropy and nonprofit conferences about AI in Atlanta, Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul. Most recently, she launched an AI for Social Impact Newsletter to equip mission-driven leaders with the tools to create new pathways to impact.
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Ethical AI, Global Governance and Biosecurity
Sabeeha “Sabs” Quereshi is a global systems strategist and crisis-governance leader whose work integrates artificial intelligence, ethics, and dignity-centered design to strengthen institutions navigating twenty-first-century risks. Her career spans government, multilateral institutions, and humanitarian response, where she focuses on crisis systems strategy, public-sector innovation, and institutional reform across complex global environments.
Sabs brings a strong focus on the ethical governance of emerging technologies alongside her broader work in global health security, humanitarian systems, and geopolitical risk. She works at the intersection of artificial intelligence, public trust, and institutional accountability, exploring how AI can responsibly support crisis prediction, social listening, and decision-making during global emergencies.
She currently serves as Vice President at Pax Sapiens. Previously, Sabs served as Regional Lead for Health Emergencies at the World Health Organization for Eastern and Southern Africa, overseeing International Health Regulations preparedness, outbreak response, humanitarian operations, AI-enabled social listening, gender-based protection, and risk analytics across more than 20 countries
A former Presidential Appointee at the U.S. Department of Defense (Health Affairs), she advised on biosecurity posture, global readiness, and military health system reform. She also served as Senior Advisor to California’s first Surgeon General during COVID-19, leading vaccine access and equity initiatives while advancing data innovation and cross-system coordination.
Sabs has worked on the frontlines of disaster response from South Sudan to Syria, leading reforms that combine technical rigor with trust-building through faith-based and community networks. A TEDx speaker, she has presented at the Council on Foreign Relations on artificial intelligence, the humanitarian future, and ethical governance. Her work focuses on using AI to help predict, prevent, and ethically navigate complex global threats—from pandemics to geopolitical instability.