Meet the womenbuilding ourcommunity

As Liverpool Chapter Lead, Neha is creating a welcoming local community where women can meet, learn and explore AI together in a relaxed and informal environment.

Her background spans data, AI and business strategy. At Comcast, she designed data pipelines, supported the migration of more than 50 workflows to AWS, and helped transform complex data into insights that informed business decisions. She enjoys making AI and technology easier to understand, helping women build confidence and discover practical ways to use AI in their everyday work and lives.

Neha holds an MSc in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Liverpool Management School, graduating with Distinction, alongside AI certifications from Databricks, Google and Microsoft. She believes AI should be accessible to everyone and is looking forward to growing The AI Social community across the Liverpool City Region.

As Swindon Chapter Lead, Tejiri hopes to bring together women from across Swindon’s professional, student, business and wider community networks. Tejiri is an AI Programme Manager with experience delivering transformation programmes across public sector and commercial organisations. Her work focuses on responsible AI adoption, helping organisations apply AI in practical, scalable ways that deliver real value. Her experience includes managing an AI-assisted healthcare triage pilot, leading a Microsoft 365 Copilot implementation, and delivering workshops that help people use AI confidently and responsibly.

Tejiri holds a Master’s degree in Information Systems and Business Analysis from Aston University. She is currently studying for an MSc in Artificial Intelligence. She believes successful AI adoption is not only about technology, but also about creating the confidence, knowledge and opportunities for people to participate. Through welcoming meet ups, beginner friendly sessions, hands on workshops and collaborative events, Tejiri aims to make AI practical and accessible, helping more women build confidence, exchange ideas and learn together.

Dr Yosr Sbais is an Assistant Professor of Management control at the Higher Institute of Sciences and Technology of the Environment, University of Carthage, Tunisia. She is also a project manager and researcher working across responsible innovation, sustainability, entrepreneurship and community engagement.

With more than 20 years’ experience in higher education, Yosr has contributed to international and European projects focused on sustainability, green entrepreneurship, innovation, employability and the development of sustainable ecosystems. Through initiatives including SmartGreen Ecos, she helps connect entrepreneurs, institutions and stakeholders around green transition and sustainable business models.

Yosr is also Community Engagement Lead at CHIFAA, supporting participatory and human-centred approaches to AI for women affected by breast and cervical cancer across North Africa. As The AI Social’s Tunisia Chapter Lead, she is passionate about bringing women researchers, entrepreneurs, students and professionals together to explore how AI can support more ethical, inclusive and human centred innovation.

As North West London Chapter Lead, Lena is creating a space where women can explore AI with confidence, away from the jargon and hype that so often gets in the way. She is the founder of Rise IQ, an AI governance and ethics advisory consultancy, and co-founder of a responsible AI literacy initiative in collaboration with King's College London Responsible AI. Lena's path into AI began after more than two decades in London's financial derivatives markets, an experience that shaped her 'verify, don't trust the surface' approach to risk, now applied to how organisations, schools and families navigate AI.

She advises boards and regulated industries on AI governance, contributes to UK AI policy through APPG AI and the House of Lords, delivers "Parenting in the Age of AI" workshops for schools and organisations, and hosts the podcast Hardwired: The Human Algorithm. As a parent of a tween and teenager, Lena is especially passionate about helping women feel confident asking the questions that matter, whether that's for their careers, their businesses or their families and is looking forward to building a warm, welcoming community across North West London.

As South London Chapter Lead, Melissa is creating an open, empowering and deeply inclusive community where women can meet, learn and explore AI together, whatever their background or level of experience.

Melissa is a Senior Events and Marketing Lead specialising in AI developer programmes. She leads flagship digital initiatives for Google DeepMind and Kaggle, helping to grow global developer communities and deliver large-scale learning experiences, including Google's 5 Days of AI, which has reached more than 1.5 million participants. With more than seven years' experience across Google, YouTube and the tech start-up landscape, her work brings together technical community building, go-to-market strategy and AI adoption. She is passionate about making complex technical ecosystems feel accessible, creating spaces where developers, creators and learners can thrive.

As a first-generation Black immigrant living in London, Melissa brings a lived perspective that shapes how she views technological progress. She is committed to ensuring the rapid pace of AI does not leave communities, particularly older generations, behind. Through relaxed social meetups, practical conversations and shared learning, Melissa is looking forward to helping women across London ask bold questions, bridge the generational technology divide and build lasting confidence in this new era.

As Brighton & Hove Chapter Lead, Sarah is creating a space where women can explore how AI is changing work, business and everyday life, without needing to be technical or buy into the hype.

Sarah is a narrative architect, trained journalist and communications leader with almost two decades of experience helping organisations become better understood. She is the founder of SJK Labs, a strategic advisory practice working with founders and leadership teams to shape how their organisations are understood, trusted and chosen by people and AI systems.

Her career has included leading communications at FTSE 250 company PageGroup and Moove - the Uber-backed and Waymo-partnered mobility company - alongside advising businesses across technology, fintech, SaaS and other emerging sectors.

Through SJK Labs, Sarah researches how AI systems retrieve, interpret and represent organisations, and developed Narrative Architecture as a way of aligning what a business says, what it does and what humans and machines ultimately understand. She is the author of 'The B2B Legibility Report' and also hosts PRception, where she speaks with researchers, founders and technologists about trust, influence and decision making in the AI era.

Sarah is particularly interested in helping women of all ages develop confidence around AI. Through relaxed meetups, practical workshops and conversations with guest speakers, she hopes to bring together Brighton & Hove’s founders, creatives, professionals, researchers and community builders to learn from one another and help shape how AI is understood and used locally.