2025 DIGITAL INCLUSION SUMMIT

PROGRAM for Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025

• Welcome

• Keynote Presentation: Patrick Messac, Director, #OaklandUndivided

• Panel: The Evolving Role of AI in Government, Nonprofits, and Workforce Development

  • Jane Gong, Director, San Francisco Department of Emerging Technologies

  • Lisa Countryman-Quiroz, CEO, JVS - Bay Area

  • Jim Fruchterman, Founder/CEO, Tech Matters and author of the newly released Technology for Good: How Nonprofit Leaders Are Using Software and Data to Solve Our Most Pressing Social Problems (Sept. 2025).

  • Facilitator: Jill Finlayson, Managing Director, CITRIS Innovation Hub at UC Berkeley

• Lightning Round Presentations

• Talk: Digital Equity Today: What’s Happening in CA? Scott Adams, Deputy Director of Broadband and Digital Literacy, CA Dept. of Technology

• Panel: Keeping Our $$$ and Our Data Safe: Cybersecurity for Nonprofits and CBOs

  • Shannon Pierson, Senior Fellow of Public-Interest Cybersecurity, UC Berkeley's Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity

  • Dan Hernandez, CEO/President, PCS Technology

  • Nathan Sinclair, Chief Information Security Officer, City and County of San Francisco and Office of Cybersecurity

  • Madeleine Bair, Founding Director, El Tímpano

• Lunch

• Panel: Funding & Funders: Filling the Gap

  • Janet Y. Spears, President and Chief Executive Officer, Metta Fund

  • Cammy Blackstone, Director of External Affairs, AT&T

  • Shiyama Clunie, Senior Public Affairs Director, Kaiser Permanente

    Kat Zigmont, Senior Vice President to Enhance Revenue Diversification, California Emerging Technology Fund

  • Facilitator: Preston Rhea, Principal, HR&A Advisors

• Lightning Round Presentations

• Breakout Sessions - Select one:

  • Workshop: AI for Grant Writing & Reporting, Darian Rodgriguez Heyman, Founder/CEO, Helping People Help and author of the newly released AI for Nonprofits: Putting Artificial Intelligence to Work for Your Cause (July 2025).

  • Panel: Digital Health & Community-based Initiatives

    • Anjana Sharma, Family Physician and Associate Professor, UCSF ACCTiVATE

    • Rebecca E Flournoy, Director, Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy

    • Elizabeth Rodriguez, Senior Director of Operations, Sourcewise

    • Jesus Saucedo, MD, Advisor, Trust.Care

    • Facilitator: Andrew Broderick, Co-Director, SF Tech Council

  • Discussion: Digital Upskilling & AI in Workforce Development

    • Jenny Rubio, Digital Equity Program Manager, Five Keys Charter Schools

    • Samia Zuber, Executive Director, Hack The Hood

    • Wells Brown, Director of Workforce Development and Training, Goodwill

    • Facilitator: Ken Nim, City Build Director, Office of Economic and Workforce Development, SF City and County

• Closing Panel: Expanding Internet Access & Device Distribution

  • Ulises Zatarain, Executive Director, Tech Exchange

  • Alex Youn, Director of Public Policy and Government Affairs, Comcast

  • Jessica Scadron, Vice President of Strategic Partnerships & Communications, Everyone On

  • Facilitator: Josh Butler, CBAN