Tess Posner

Board Member; Musician
Pronouns: She/her

Tess Posner is an award-winning social entrepreneur, artist and musician focused on inclusion, equity and empowerment. Tess served as founding CEO of AI4ALL from 2017 through 2021 and grew it to over 20 AI education partner sites and to become an award-winning and internationally recognized organization. Tess currently serves as a Board member and strategic advisor to AI4ALL. Prior to AI4ALL, she was Managing Director of TechHire at Opportunity@Work, a national initiative launched out of the White House to increase diversity in the tech economy. Prior to Opportunity@Work, Tess built and led Samaschool, an educational initiative to build technical skills and confidence for the future of work that she scaled across the US and internationally.

Tess is also a music artist with a mission to bring healing, empowerment, and social change through her music. Her song “Supernova” is an anthem to survivors of sexual assault, and “Black Cloud” off her newest album speaks to people going through depression and trauma. Tess has collaborated with multi-platinum, award winning producer and songwriter Rob Wells on her new EP released in 2023 and her past projects have clocked millions of streams on Spotify. Her single “New Angels” garnered a spot as a semi-finalist in the International Songwriting Competition.

Tess’s social impact work has earned recognition including her selection as the winner of the VentureBeat Women in AI Award and one of the 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics in 2020. Tess has been featured by the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, CNBC, Entrepreneur, Fortune, USA Today, the Atlantic, Business Insider, TechCrunch, and Fast Company and funded by top national foundations and influencers including Melinda Gates, Jensen Huang, Google.org, Microsoft, Capital One Foundation, JPMorgan Chase Foundation, Autodesk, and the Robin Hood Foundation. She is the co-author of “The People Centered Economy: The New Ecosystem For Work” and holds a master’s degree from Columbia University and a bachelor’s in liberal arts from St. John’s College.