Brandeis Marshall builds AI leadership platforms across data, governance and professional influence

Dr. Brandeis Marshall is expanding three connected ventures aimed at helping organizations govern AI, helping people preserve human judgment in AI-heavy environments, and helping experienced Black women in data grow their influence. Her Black Women in Data Summit returns to Atlanta on Sept. 18-20, 2026, as the effort moves from community-building to professional infrastructure.

Why it matters: - Dr. Brandeis Marshall is building a framework for leadership in the AI era that reaches organizations, individual workers and experienced data professionals. - The work addresses a growing gap as AI adoption speeds up faster than many companies can govern, explain or operationalize it. - Black Women in Data is also creating a more visible professional lane for Black women with deep expertise who want greater strategic influence.

What happened: - Dr. Brandeis Marshall was recognized by Influential Women and highlighted for her work across DataedX Group, UnAI-able and Black Women in Data. - DataedX Group focuses on AI governance, data strategy, responsible technology orchestration and organizational clarity. - UnAI-able is a growing idea and platform centered on human agency, judgment and accountability in an AI-saturated world. - Black Women in Data, founded in 2020, is evolving into a professional organization and events channel. - The 5th Black Women in Data Summit will be held Sept. 18-20, 2026, in Atlanta, Georgia.

The details: - Dr. Marshall is a computer scientist, author, former professor and department chair, executive advisor and entrepreneur. - Her background includes work as a faculty associate at Harvard University’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, a Stanford Digital Civil Society Lab Practitioner Fellow and a Partner Research Fellow with Siegel Family Endowment. - Dr. Marshall said, “I’ve learned that you don’t have to stay in places that don’t recognize what you bring.” - DataedX Group helps organizations assess what data and technology they have, how they use them, where the gaps are and what needs to change. - DataedX Group’s work includes data governance, data strategy, data modeling, analytics, data ethics and enterprise AI adoption. - UnAI-able grew out of Dr. Marshall’s writing about generative AI on Medium. - UnAI-able argues that human judgment, curiosity, context, critical thinking, creativity, discernment, intention and accountability become more important as machine-generated outputs get more convincing. - Black Women in Data is aimed at experienced Black women who want to increase leadership influence, build or grow consulting practices, navigate executive complexity and turn experience into strategic impact. - The 2026 summit theme is “Building With You.” - The summit is positioned as a high-value thinking environment for accomplished professionals focused on leadership, consulting, entrepreneurship and the future of data. - Ticket options are available through Sept. 13, 2026, and include Leader, Connector and Weekender experiences. - Marshall is the author of Data Conscience: Algorithmic Siege on Our Humanity, a co-editor of Mitigating Bias in Machine Learning and a contributing author to The Black Agenda. - Marshall’s work has also examined premature assumptions about AI personhood and the need for social frameworks that protect people affected by AI systems. - Relevant links include her Influential Women profile, DataedX Group, Black Women in Data and Dr. Marshall’s website.

Between the lines: - Marshall’s portfolio is not built around one product or one audience. It is built around a shared thesis that technology should increase human capability, not reduce human responsibility. - The strategy blends consulting, thought leadership and convening power. - That combination gives Marshall multiple ways to shape how organizations and professionals think about AI governance, judgment and influence. - The Black Women in Data Summit also signals a shift from community formation to institutional depth, which can matter as leadership networks become more valuable in a crowded AI market.

What’s next: - Black Women in Data’s next major milestone is the Sept. 18-20 summit in Atlanta. - DataedX Group and UnAI-able are likely to remain the two main vehicles for Marshall’s work on organizational governance and individual agency. - The broader test will be whether Marshall’s ecosystem can translate AI and data expertise into lasting influence for leaders and organizations.