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Noelle Russell is a multi-award-winning TEDx speaker, best-selling author, and AI Executive who specializes in transforming businesses through delivering responsible AI Solutions that scale. She is a revenue growth + cost optimization expert, 5x Microsoft AI MVP, and named the #1 Agentic AI Leader in 2025. She has taught over 3.4 million learners in LinkedIn. She has led teams at NPR, Microsoft, IBM, AWS and Amazon Alexa, and is a consistent champion for Data and AI literacy and is the founder of the "I ❤️ AI" Community teaching responsible AI for everyone.
She is the founder of the AI Leadership Institute and empowers business leaders, owners, and their teams to grow and scale with AI. In the last year, she has been named an awardee of the AI and Cyber Leadership Award from DCALive, Trailblazer of the Year by Women in AI, the #1 Thought Leader in Agentic AI and a Top 10 Global Thought Leader in Generative AI by Thinkers360.
