AI Innovators Network ~ Northern Virginia .: DC, VA, MD :.

• Tasha (TC) Cooper, Esq., AIGP, ICF-PCC, AI Innovation & Governance Strategist | Attorney | ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC) | Board Member | Former Chief Privacy Officer and SAOP | Founder, UpwardAction® Advisory
• Debra Mitchell , Leadership Coach & Change Advisor | I help leaders and organizations navigate growth, workforce change, and transformation, without losing their people
• Sarah Smith, Do you know where your bottleneck is? | Focus over Friction | Ops Architect for founders, startups, SMBs, and VC-backed companies
• Laura Gramling, Empowering Leaders to Elevate Teams & Unleash Collective Intelligence | Driving Innovation, Alignment & Impact in an AI-Driven Era | Building All-Voices-Heard Cultures

Location:
AWS Skills Center, 1550-G Crystal Dr, Arlington, VA 22202
Drinks and Networking After:
Tacombi, 1550 Crystal Dr, Arlington, VA 22202

Additional info:
Tasha (TC) Cooper, Esq., is an attorney, AI governance strategist, and Professional Certified Coach who equips leaders to make sound decisions about AI. As Founder and President of UpwardAction® Advisory, an AI readiness and governance consultancy, she partners with organizations to build the governance, leadership, and workforce capabilities needed to adopt AI and emerging technologies.
TC brings more than 25 years at the intersection of law, governance, emerging technology, and organizational risk. Long before AI governance became a headline issue, she was addressing how AI systems intersected with the handling and protection of personal information, including over 16 years of federal government service culminating in a role as Chief Privacy Officer. She created the Human Intelligence Value Mapping™ framework and the UFO Framework™, which equip organizations to strengthen human judgment, govern AI-enabled decision-making, and build trust in the age of intelligent systems.
An AI Governance Professional (AIGP) and Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM) through the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), TC speaks to bar associations, government agencies, and organizations navigating AI adoption, translating complex AI topics into practical strategies leaders can implement.

Debra Mitchell is the founder of Debra Mitchell & Company. She helps leaders and their teams get on the same page, so that what leadership means, what managers pass down, and what people actually experience all line up.
For more than 20 years, Deb has led change inside Fortune 500 companies, federal agencies, and nonprofits. New technology. Restructuring. The next set of leaders coming up.
Through all of it, she keeps the focus on the people doing the work. She helps teams build the clarity, trust, and communication that make change stick, so it takes hold instead of fading once the rollout is over.

Sarah Smith is a transformation and operations leader who helps founders and organizations scale with intention without sacrificing culture, execution speed, or the systems that make great teams great. As the founder of Iconoclast Innovations and a former Fortune 500 enterprise transformation consultant, she brings 13 years of experience in organizational design, operating model development, agile delivery leadership, change management, and AI enablement to enterprises and growth-stage companies navigating critical inflection
points.

Sarah partners with C-suite executives, boards, founders, and VC-backed leadership teams to translate strategy into scalable execution. Her EVOLVE framework guides her work, pinpointing the greatest areas of opportunity for her clients, allowing culture, value, and execution to scale together. By making the invisible systems that drive organizational success explicit and transferable, Sarah helps leaders operationalize what works so that results don't depend on heroics, and cultural integrity doesn't erode under the weight of growth.

Moderator
Laura Gramling is President of EnSpark Consulting and a strategic advisor helping organizations navigate complex change in an AI-enabled world. With 20+ years leading business transformations across higher education, technology, pharma, and other industries, she specializes in turning strategic challenges into sustainable success through her signature Positive Impact AI Framework. Her approach centers on building All-Voices-Heard cultures—workplaces where inclusive leadership, collective intelligence, and smart AI integration drive measurable results.
Laura's expertise spans strategic planning, change management, and multi-stakeholder facilitation, translating complex research and emerging technologies into practical, people-centered strategies that boost engagement and performance. She holds an MS in Organization Development and a BA in Political Science, both from American University, and speaks frequently on organizational change & AI, workplace culture and leadership development.

Description: Join us at AI Innovators Network for our upcoming meetup in the Mosaic, which is dedicated to exploring the latest trends in Artificial Intelligence.
Whether you're an AI enthusiast, a professional, or someone curious about the intersection of technology and AI, this event is perfect for networking, learning, and sharing insights.
Connect with like-minded individuals from DC, Northern Virginia, and Maryland as we dive deep into the opportunities and challenges of integrating AI. Don't miss this opportunity to be part of the conversation driving innovation and progress in Artificial Intelligence.