Sherika Ekpo, who serves as Global Diversity and Inclusion Lead for Google AI, is known for her forward-thinking, exceptional integrity, and unwavering passion for empowering others. Here she educates leaders on practicing inclusive leadership while designing and executing inclusion initiatives that have resulted in increased representation, targeted interventions, and more equitable work cultures. 

As the Automation and AI Lead Architect for Audit Technology at KPMG, Marisa Ferrara-Boston is focused on AI-enabled document investigation where specialists are required to review many financial and legal documents to determine risk across a portfolio. Under Marisa’s leadership, KPMG is using IBM WatsonDiscovery as the backbone to a question-answering pipeline. 

Susann Keohane serves as a Global Researcher Leader for the Aging Initiative for IBM. Her current research focuses on AI for Health and Aging and IoT Sensor Systems for Eldercare. Her passion for innovation drives her curiosity about future accessible technology to help bridge the digital divide while improving the aging population’s quality of life.