RIANA SHAH

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UNITED STATES, 28

Project: Ethix Al
Focus Area: Algorithmic Justice/De-Biasing

Riana is the cofounder of EthixAI – an organization that combats algorithmic bias to fight systemic racism and sexism in tech.

While Riana was an undergraduate at Swarthmore College, she founded Independent Thought & Social Action (ITSA) International – an education reform venture to redesign schools and teach students 21st century critical thinking and social innovation skills. ITSA projects have worked across 19 cities in 11 countries, impacting more than 100,000 people. Following her work in education reform, Riana spent several years in technology, venture capital and innovation strategy, working with public and private institutions.

Riana's work has been featured in the Huffington Post, Women of Influence and Google's Generation In Project. She has spoken at the United Nations, the U.S. State Department and the International Forum on Child Welfare. Riana currently hosts Venture Vignettes, a podcast that features trailblazers in entrepreneurship and investment.

She is a concurrent business and public administration Master's student at MIT and Harvard. Riana is a Zuckerman Fellow at the Center for Public Leadership and is part of the From Harvard Square to the Oval Office Program, which prepares promising female candidates to run for office. At MIT, Riana was a Legatum Fellow for Entrepreneurship. Riana is also the winner of the 2020 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans.

More: www.rianabshah.com

“Looking at attitudinal shifts is the most important thing we need to do, because the person of color bringing up race in these rooms is already the person that may not have as much power”