Agenda

Emily is committed to driving innovations that ensure everyone can be healthy and thrive. A social entrepreneur, speaker, and published author with more than 20 years of experience in strategy development, partnerships, communications, and tech for good, Emily is changing how change is made to tackle society’s most pressing challenges.

An outspoken advocate for developing responsible AI applications for the social sector, Emily created AI PRIORI(TM)—a B2B and B2C SaaS platform that helps changemakers review their documents at scale and generate insights to translate their ideas into impact. Prior to launching AI PRIORI, Emily served as the Executive Director of The BUILD Health Challenge® and Managing Director of Partnerships at the de Beaumont Foundation. In these roles she raised a $10 million fund to support the advancement of health equity in more than 55 communities across the US. These community-led and cross-sector partnerships resulted in more than 100 new legislative policies, organizational policies, and funding opportunities.

Honors include being chosen as a 2020 Center for Community Investment Field Catalyst Fellow and a 2018 Terrance Keenan Institute Fellow. Emily formerly served on the Grantmakers in Health Board and co-chair of the Asian American and Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy, DC Chapter. She earned her MBA from New York University’s Stern School of Business and her BS from Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service.

Dr. Taj Carson is the founder and CEO of Inciter. Since 2003, Inciter has made complicated and labor-intensive data challenges more manageable for nonprofits and public agencies. Dr. Carson has over 20 years of experience working with nonprofits to help them better understand their data and reporting challenges and identify the best solution given their resources. She has a Master’s degree in Information Visualization from the Maryland Institute College of Art (2015), a certificate in technology entrepreneurship from the University of Maryland-Baltimore County (2010), and a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Delaware (2000).

Sixto Cancel is the Founder and CEO of Think of Us. Think of Us (TOU) is a Research + Design Lab driving systematic change in child welfare. Through focused projects and sweeping initiatives, TOU drives structural change in child welfare policy and practice.

Sixto was named as Forbes Top 30 Under 30 Social Entrepreneurs and is on the 2021 Forbes Under30 Lister Board. Sixto has been recognized by the White House as a “White House Champion of Change”, a “Millennial Maker” by BET, and named “Top 24 Changemakers in Government under 24” by the Campaign for a Presidential Youth Council and Sparkaction. Sixto has served as a Young Fellow at Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative since 2010 where he has played a key role in the initiative’s work of extending foster care permanency for older youth.

Sixto is a Clinton Global Initiative University Alum, a FastForward Alum, an
Ashoka Fellow, a Board Member of Adventr – an interactive SMART video tech company – and most recently on the Advisory Board for Box, Inc. Sixto and the team at Think of Us are working to ensure that every person has the conditions they need to heal, develop and thrive.

Idris Brewster is an artist, creative technologist, and educator that disrupts traditional narratives through immersive experiences, all the while empowering others to do the same. Idris is the Chief Creative Officer at Movers and Shakers NYC, which has created Kinfolk, an augmented reality archive with the aim of unearthing narratives from history for classrooms across the country. Idris is also a member of the Forbes 30 under 30 class of 2021, the creator of quantum summer, an immersive audio-visual WebVR experience that premiered at Sundance New Frontiers 2021, and the star of the award-winning documentary, American Promise.

As a Tech Impact data team member, I work with nonprofits to assess data needs, implement software solutions, and enhance their use of data. I’m passionate about training organizations in new tools! When I’m not at work you can find me running and biking around Philadelphia.

Héc Maldonado-Reis (they/them/elle) is the Director of Research Development and Analytics at Tech Impact’s Data Innovation Lab, where they leverage data and technology for social impact. They are an engineer turned data scientist experienced in governing & translating analytics into actionable insights. Experienced in data collaborations across the non-profit and government sectors, they lead the design and implementation of technology solutions that advance social good. Héc holds a BS and MPH from Rutgers University, an AM in Population Health Sciences from Harvard University and currently is a member of the Executive Program in Social Impact Strategy at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Social Policy & Practice. They are a board member of several state and national non-profit organization boards, connecting and learning from communities on how to best support them through data-centric and impact-driven efforts.

Junell Felsburg is an experienced IT leader and the current Sr. Director of Cybersecurity and Infrastructure at The Columbus Foundation, where she is responsible for governance, compliance, risk management, and developing solutions with an impact. With a passion for technology, education, inclusion, and personnel development, she believes that emotionally intelligent leadership and interpersonal development are key to the success of technical and operational teams. Junell has a proven track record of success, having grown teams, built programs, passed compliance audits, reduced costs, and developed products that saved money and improved performance. She is also committed to her own growth, pursuing an MBA, multiple certifications, and volunteering on advisory boards.

Marnie Webb is the Chief Community Impact Officer for TechSoup and leads Caravan Studios, a division of TechSoup. In her role, she works with communities around the world to describe desired impact and to develop technology solutions that help them move towards that impact. Her work is influenced by human centered design principles, as well as methodologies from social work and international development, such as Participatory Action Research. She has been working with civil society, governments, academia, and corporations for more than 30 years to put together teams and solutions that can accomplish big goals, with and for communities.

Matthew Bonn is on a mission to help non-profit leaders decode the process of digital transformation. Matthew has spent the last 10 years in leadership positions with international nonprofits leading digital transformation initiatives. He helped a previous non-profit save over $80,000 in expenses by bringing the organization through a digital transformation. Most of his previous employers have been remote, cloud-based, and in dozens of countries. In working through our own digital transformation, we found some solutions I think may help other non-profits. Currently, Matthew is working for the Zuri Group as a consultant in the non-profit technology sector.