About
Hack for Social Impact

Ghalia is a technical product manager who has been volunteering with nonprofits of all sizes for the last 15 years

Cher is deeply committed to fostering the intersection of social justice and the technology. From social work at the New Orleans Public Defenders and organizing in criminal justice, to now working in tech and bridging technology for traditionally underserved areas and users, she channels her experiences too encouraging more people to leverage their skills and insights for impactful missions.

Moira builds automation and design flows for next-gen chips at Lightmatter, and loves bringing tech to life to solve real-world problems

Ami started a climate tech community and runs hackathons in SF

Asako is a community ambassador at Daytona, where she organizes events, builds partnerships, and drives growth in the developer community.

Marzieh Nabi is the co-founder and CEO of PaxAI (LLM + logic/symbolic AI). She holds a PhD in Distributed Space Systems and an M.Sc. in Mathematics and is a former ML/AI research scientist at Xerox PARC. After completing business training at Stanford, she transitioned into Director of Business Strategy at PARC (commercializing AI technologies) and Senior Technical Product Manager at Automation Anywhere, eBay, and Amazon. She also initiated the System 2 Legal Reasoning project at Stanford's CodeX, applying advanced AI reasoning to legal informatics. Her work spans big data, AI, and product innovation.

James is cofounder at MilestoneX where he works on student progress tracking and reporting

John is a co-founder at MilestoneX where he works on monitoring and evaluation software and grant writing software for non-profit organizations and special education providers.

Jane Bove is a cloud service specialist at Washington Technology Solutions (WaTech) and former Microsoft product manager focused on the M365 Admin Center. She pivoted to the public sector to amplify technology's social impact, with a focus on cloud, digital equity, and responsible AI. Jane holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering (Carnegie Mellon), an MBA (UCLA Anderson), and an MPA (University of Washington). Outside work, she's an avid outdoors enthusiast and dreams of kayaking with whales.

Sahithya Yadati is a Principal Product Manager at Microsoft, where she leads AI-powered experiences for Microsoft 365, including Copilot and agentic support solutions that have driven significant impact at scale. She brings a diverse background across Microsoft, Amazon, and early-stage startups. Sahithya is also passionate about mentoring and developing high-performing teams, with several of her mentees growing into leadership roles. She holds an MBA from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business and a Bachelor's degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University. Outside of work, she is a mom of two young kids. She is also trained in Bharatanatyam, one of India's classical dance forms—though these days, she mostly dances to the tunes of her kids.

Misaki Miyamoto is a global Product Manager with experience across the United States, Japan, and Australia, currently leading AI- and machine learning–driven product initiatives at Microsoft. She drives the transformation of support experiences through platforms like Alchemy and Assistance, leveraging RAG and Copilot to deliver impact at scale—including over $150M in annual cost savings. She is passionate about bridging technology and business, building scalable solutions that turn innovation into real-world impact. For this session, she joins as an organizer and mentor, helping connect nonprofits and the tech community to create meaningful impact.

Qintian (QT) works to expand the access to opportunities and perspectives that allow all to thrive. As an AI product leader, she specializes in agent evaluation and human-AI interaction. As an innovation coach, she speaks internationally on agentic AI and digital transformation. Outside of work, she is active in community orchestras and women-in-tech mentorship.