a public policy executive
+ social scientist
a public policy executive
+ social scientist
I'm building a more fair, equitable, and tech-just world.
I focus my expertise and my mission on racial equity and innovation, emphasizing fairness and inclusion in telecommunications, financial services and technology. I build high-visibility initiatives on behalf of underserved communities to advance responsible technology design and deployment that delivers impactful results. I have a proven record of developing effective programs, motivating teams to action, and influencing public policy. I'm a skilled communicator and relationship-builder with internal stakeholders as well as corporate, non-profit, and government entities. I'm also a motivational leader of teams in advancing and integrating DEI strategies.
Dr. Dominique Harrison, founding principal of Equity Innovation Ventures, is a recognized expert at the intersection of racial equity and innovation in telecommunications, financial services, and technology.
Before consulting, Dr. Harrison was Director of the Racial Equity Design and Data Initiative (REDDI) at Citibank where she advanced responsible innovation, financial inclusion & racial equity across Citi’s products and services on behalf of unserved and underserved communities to drive innovation, customer experience, and growth. Prior to Citi, Dr. Harrison was the Director of Technology Policy at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, where she built, scaled, and led the Center's Technology Policy Program focused on the impact of platform accountability, broadband access & adoption, and privacy & algorithmic fairness. She is the author of Affordability & Availability: Expanding Broadband in the Black Rural South, a report that details the potential for broadband to increase economic, educational, and healthcare opportunities in the Black Rural South.
Dr. Harrison also served as Project Director of the Aspen Digital Program at the Aspen Institute, where she conceived, developed, and led projects at the intersection of equity, technology, and public policy. While at the Institute, Dr. Harrison created the Diversity and Technology Action (D.A.T.A.) Initiative, a multi-pronged effort to rebuild the tech ecosystem to address the challenges of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Her leadership led to a cross-industry partnership that published the Action to Catalyze Tech: A Paradigm Shift for DEI report. Dr. Harrison also worked at the United Nations Development Program Washington, D.C. office and Internews. Her previous academic appointments include faculty and instructor positions at Howard University, the University of Texas at Austin, and Trinity Washington University.
Dr. Harrison serves as a member of the Program Committee of the Research Conference on Communications, Information, and Internet Policy (TPRC), the Rock Health Summit Innovation Council, the Center for Democracy & Technology, and as a community panelist for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA's) Transform to Open Science (TOPS) and Year of Open Science initiatives. She also served as a member of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC's) Communications Equity and Diversity Council (CEDC) and chaired the Digital Empowerment and Inclusion (DEI) Working Group.
Dr. Harrison earned a B.S. in Advertising from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, an M.A. in Media Studies from the University of Texas at Austin, and a Ph.D. in Technology, Policy, and Society from Howard University. Her scholarship focuses on race, multistakeholder governance, and tech policy and is featured on NPR, CSPAN, NBC News, Roll Call, and The Hechinger Report. Dr. Harrison is the proud child of Jamaican immigrants and can be found globetrotting with her husband at a moment's notice.
Moderated a panel that explored how AI technologies and policies must uphold civil rights by mitigating harms in election interference, the criminal legal system, and life opportunities (housing, jobs, education, etc.).
An op-ed co-authored with Michael Akinwumi, Chief Responsible AI Officer at the National Fair Housing Alliance. We delve into two major challenges that arise in an age of rapidly advancing AI: skepticism toward developers' ability to create safe, secure, and trustworthy systems, and the tension between ethical development and private investment in innovation.
Served as a participant in the bipartisan AI Insight Forum, hosted by Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD), Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY), and Sen. Todd Young (R-IN), on the high-impact uses of AI. It aims to explore the highest impact areas, including important topics like AI in the financial sector and health industry, and
Served as a participant in the bipartisan AI Insight Forum, hosted by Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD), Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY), and Sen. Todd Young (R-IN), on the high-impact uses of AI. It aims to explore the highest impact areas, including important topics like AI in the financial sector and health industry, and how AI developers and deployers can best mitigate potential harms.
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Moderated a fireside chat with Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel.
Served as a moderator for the Congressional Black Caucus 52nd Annual Legislative Conference Technology Equity Session.
Served as a panelist for the 2023 National Fair Housing Alliance National Conference, The Fair Housing Act at 55: Advancing a Blueprint for Equity.
Served as a moderator for Session III: Consumer Credit: A Case Study in Model Transparency and Algorithmic Bias hosted by the U.S. Department of Commerce and National Institute of Standards and Technology, FinRegLab, and the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI).
Building Racial Equity into Innovation Ecosystems
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