Our Team - Women at the Table

Caitlin Kraft-Buchman

Founder & CEO

A serial coalition builder from New York and permanently based in Geneva. Co-founder of the International Gender Champions (2015), and the < A+ > Alliance for Inclusive Algorithms (2019).

Emma Kallina

AI & Equality Team Lead

PhD student at University of Cambridge (UK), supervised by Thomas Bohné, Stephen Cave, and Alan Blackwell. Student Fellow at the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence and a Research Fellow at the Responsible AI Institute.

Amina Soulimani

A+ Alliance Team Lead

PhD Candidate in Anthropology at the University of Cape Town (South Africa) investigating human-machine interactions in hospitals, and contextualized ethics of care. Doctoral Research Fellow at HUMA — Institute for Humanities in Africa.

Savannah Thais

Machine Learning & Society Lead

Assistant Professor, Computer Science, Hunter College, City University of New York
Postdoc, Princeton Institute for Computational Science and Engineering, Co-founder Machine Learning Working Group at the CMS Experiment at CERN; PhD, Physics, Yale University working on ATLAS Experiment at CERN. Expert in measurement and evaluation of AI models and systems.

Pilar Grant

LAC Team Lead & Strategic Design

Strategic designer from Santiago, Chile. She has a MPA in Innovation, Public Policy and Public Value from the UCL Institute of Innovation and Public Policy. She’s currently a designer at University College London and is based in London, UK.

Matthew Kennedy

AI & Human Rights Benchmark

PhD, history of colonialism, international law, and scientific governance, University of Sydney. Currently developing AI evaluation and red-teaming methodologies,

Taherah Peffer

Intern

4th year undergraduate student in Computer Science and Computer Engineering at the University of Cape Town.

Mitchel Ondili

AI & Equality + Africa Team Lead

BA in Environmental Science from Smith College & MA in International History & Politics from the Graduate Institute. Winner of the Student Leadership Award in 2021 for her work on Decolonizing the Curriculum.

Sofia Kypraiou

AI & Equality and Data Science

Data scientist & Programme Associate. She developed the
< AI & Equality Toolbox > in collaboration with EPFL and the OHCHR in Geneva.

Oriana Kraft

Global Health Lead

Bsc Human Medicine,
ETH Zurich, Founder FemTechnology.org & FemTechGuide.
Co-Author AI & Gender Data Health Gap: Harnessing AI’s Transformative Power to Bridge the Gender Health Data Divide

Mario Gomez

Web Consultant

Mario is our expert in everything web-related.

John Breckenridge

Head of Advisory Board

A+ Alliance | Code For Africa

Jessica Manim

Chief Operating Officer

Jessica has extensive experience across multiple sectors, including print and digital journalism, social media marketing, and tech-for-good project management. She is passionate about leveraging technology and data to strengthen civic engagement and public accountability across Africa.

Justin Arenstein

Chief Strategist and Executive Officer

Justin is an investigative data journalist and civic technology strategist. His work focuses on strengthening investigative reporting, building digital infrastructure for civic watchdogs, and pioneering new technologies to empower citizens and promote information integrity.

Clemence Kyara

Chief Technology Officer

Clemence has over 10 years of experience in system design and software development in the open source sector, spanning research, civic technologies, and fintech. He holds a B.Eng (Hons) in Electronic Engineering from the University of Pretoria (South Africa).

Athandiwe Saba

AI Strategist

Athandiwe is a data and AI strategist who leads Code for Africa’s iLAB. Her focus is on developing AI-driven research frameworks, ethical AI adoption in newsrooms, digital investigations, and the application of AI for public-interest journalism and policy advocacy

Sarah Gowon

Project manager

Sarah has over seven years of experience leading civic technology, government tech, and gender justice initiatives across Africa. She specializes in managing remote, multicultural teams and designing digital solutions that advance digital inclusion and women’s rights.