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Sadie St. Lawrence

Founder/CEO Human Machine Collaboration Institute & Founder of Women in Data

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Sadie St. Lawrence is the Founder and CEO of the Human Machine Collaboration Institute (HMCI), an organization leading the forefront of research and education to enhance human and machine collaboration in the age of AI. HMCI partners with top public and private organizations to drive innovation in knowledge work with AI. Prior to founding HMCI, Sadie established Women in Data™, a global non-profit with a presence in 55 countries and a community of over 70,000 data professionals. Women in Data has been recognized as a Top 50 Leading Non-Profit and the #1 community for Women in AI and Tech. With a background spanning piano performance, psychology, and data science, Sadie brings diverse expertise from neuroscience research to over a decade of experience in data science and AI strategy. Her accolades include DataIQ's Top 100 Most Influential People in Data (2024), Dataleum’s 30 Outstanding Women in Data (2023), Top 30 Women in AI (2022), and more. Sadie has also received the Outstanding Service Award from UC Davis (2019) for her contributions to education. In addition to her work, Sadie serves on the White House Council for Equitable Data and AI Training, hosts the award-winning Data Bytes podcast, and has educated over 600,000 people through her data science and AI courses at UC Davis, Coursera, and LinkedIn Learning.