Elizabeth (Liz) Ngonzi is a global, human-centered AI strategist focused on how artificial intelligence can strengthen human judgment, leadership, and accountability. She equips professionals and institutions to harness AI ethically to amplify engagement, accelerate innovation, and drive measurable change.
She serves on the Board of Directors of the American Society for Artificial Intelligence (ASFAI), where she is the Founding Chair of the Ethics & Responsible AI Committee and the Originator, Editor-in-Chief, and Lead Architect of AI for Humanity, an AI-powered platform and living anthology that explores how human judgment and AI can work together to shape governance, workforce transformation, and innovation. Her work includes engaging in global conversations on AI, leadership, and workforce transitions at forums such as the Reykjavík Global Forum, and informing dialogues held alongside global convenings including the World Economic Forum in Davos.
Professor Ngonzi has taught at New York University since 2009, beginning with the integration of digital storytelling into programs at the Heyman Center for Philanthropy and Fundraising. Promoted to Adjunct Assistant Professor in 2020, she received the NYU SPS Teaching Excellence Award in 2021 and has been a pioneer in integrating generative AI into professional curricula since 2023.
Her AI for Impact course series - AI for Impact: Boost Your Marketability and Organizational Growth and AI for Impact: Advanced Lab - Building and Applying Custom AI Agents - incorporates her 1+1+AI=10™ methodology and SHINE™ Storytelling Framework, alongside custom AI project-coaching tools. These frameworks have enabled students across nonprofit, corporate, government, and international development sectors to design AI-augmented communications, strategies, and campaigns that are both valuesâ¿¿aligned and results-driven.
Since founding The International Social Impact Institute® (The ISII) in 2020, Professor Ngonzi has supported AI-enabled leadership, strategy, and storytelling initiatives through executive education, convenings, and cross-sector partnerships—reaching more than 40,000 people across six continents and, since 2023, empowering over 10,000 professionals with AI knowledge grounded in her 1+1+AI=10™ methodology.
Her collaborations include organizations such as Candid, Compliance Week, EdWeek, the Mensa Foundation, NASDAQ, the National Institute for Social Sciences, the Obama Foundation, S&P Global, Tetra Tech, and USAID, among others. Invitations as a Conversationalist and panelist at the Reykjavík Global Forum further reflect her role as a trusted thought leader at the intersection of ethical AI, education, and digital transformation; her work also informs discussions held alongside global convenings such as the World Economic Forum in Davos.
Educated at the United Nations International School, Syracuse University’s School of Information Studies (BS), and Cornell University (MMH), Professor Ngonzi remains actively engaged with her alma mater through the Cornell Tech Product Studio, the Cornell University Council, and the President’s Council of Cornell Women
Through her teaching, speaking, and advisory work, she prepares emerging and established leaders to harness AI and emerging technologies responsibly, while emphasizing the importance of human judgment, ethical integrity, and global accountability.
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