Speakers
Meet the CHI+AI speakers and panelists!

Karen Freeman-Wilson

John Palfrey

Andrea Sáenz

Juan Salgado
AI Compliance, Governance, and Risk Advisor, Techne AI
President & CEO, Public Narrative
AI Workforce & Security Specialist, Microsoft
Executive Director, DPLA
Commissioner, Chicago Public Library
Deputy Director, ALA Public Policy and Advocacy & PLA
Head of Planning, City of Chicago DTI
CEO & Co-Founder, Rheaply
Executive Director, i.c. stars Chicago
Sr. Manager, Common Sense Education
President, Clayco & CPLF Board Chair
Manager of Digital Learning Design & Instructional GenAI, CPS
Branch Manager, Chicago Public Library
VP of Sales, TranslateLive
President & CEO, Chicago Urban League
President & CEO, Chicago Public Library Foundation
Board President, Chicago Public Schools
Founder & Chief Data Advisor, For Good Advisory
CEO, Urban Gateways
Commissioner & CTO, City of Chicago DTI
Senior Cloud Solution Architect, Microsoft
Head of Generative AI & Machine Learning, City Colleges of Chicago
Program Director, Creative Workforce
President, MacArthur Foundation
Director of Partnerships, AI Safety Awareness Project
Program Manager, DPLA
Manager of Enterprise Generative AI, CPS
Musician & Teacher
President, Chicago Community Trust
Associate Vice Chancellor, City Colleges of Chicago
Chancellor, City Colleges of Chicago
Data Scientist & Technologist, Google
Data Analytics Lead, City of Chicago DTI
Director of Library Technology, CPL
Director of Digital Learning & Libraries, CPS
Attorney and Partner at Loevy + Loevy Law Firm
CEO & Founder, SCL CPTL
Chief Revenue Officer, TranslateLive
Client Advocate, Public Sector, Google
Principal Data Scientist of Autonomous Vehicles, Nvidia
Tableau/Salesforce
DemystifyAI Chicago
Tech Ready Nation
