Tailwinds and Tripwires: Predicting the Next Moves in Health AI
As artificial intelligence rapidly reshapes the healthcare landscape, ROHINI KOSOGLU brings forward a powerful and pragmatic perspective on how AI can be leveraged to improve health outcomes while ensuring trust and responsible implementation remain at the center. With deep expertise at the intersection of healthcare innovation and emerging technologies, Kosoglu explores how AI can unlock new approaches to data-driven decision-making, and more efficient health systems that provide better care. In this keynote, she draws on her experience advising the nation’s highest levels of government and working with leading research institutions to examine the real-world challenges and opportunities AI presents for state agencies, healthcare organizations, and community-based leaders alike. Attendees will leave with a clear-eyed view of what it takes to build AI-driven health initiatives that are innovative, ethical, and impactful.
Navigating the Future of Work in the Age of AI
Artificial intelligence is transforming every aspect of how we work and the choices we make now will define the future of our economy, workforce, and society. In this forward-looking and deeply informed talk, ROHINI KOSOGLU draws on her experience as a senior advisor in the White House and an expert in economic and innovation policy to explore how leaders can prepare for a workforce shaped by automation, machine learning, and emerging technologies.
Kosoglu offers a clear-eyed look at the policy, ethical, and practical implications of AI, from job displacement and skills training to workplace equity and innovation. With a focus on inclusion, resilience, and strategic leadership, she outlines what organizations, educators, and policymakers must do to ensure the future of work works for everyone. Perfect for business leaders, HR strategists, government audiences, and technology forums, this talk empowers audiences to lead through change with vision and impact.
Investing in the Future: Innovation, Governance & Leadership in a Rapidly Changing Economy
In this timely and thought-provoking conversation, ROHINI KOSOGLU shares her experience as a top leader in public and private sector finance, venture capital, and innovation to explore the most pressing investment and leadership challenges facing the public finance sector today.
Drawing on credentials spanning Silicon Valley boardrooms, the White House, and national research institutions, Kosoglu will unpack how investment theses are evolving to capture the upside of rapid technological and economic shifts. The discussion will delve into the growing tension between innovation and regulation, the critical importance of effective leadership in evaluating risk and opportunity, and how fund managers are navigating a complex new era of private and alternative investments. This session offers essential insight for decision-makers shaping the future of finance, technology, and public-sector impact.
Breaking Barriers: Women Leading the Future of Finance and Business
In this powerful and timely talk, ROHINI KOSOGLU explores how women are reshaping the future of finance and business and what it takes to lead in spaces where they’ve historically been underrepresented. Drawing from her experience as a senior advisor in the White House and a national expert on economic policy and innovation, Kosoglu offers an insider’s view into how leadership, policy, and culture intersect to create opportunities for women at every level of the economy.
With a compelling blend of personal stories and practical strategies, she addresses the systemic challenges women face in climbing the corporate and financial ladder, while highlighting the game-changing impact of inclusive leadership. Ideal for corporate audiences, women's leadership summits, and business schools, this talk is a call to action for organizations and individuals ready to break barriers and build a more opportune future.
Moderating & Hosting
With a passion for advocacy and a talent for fostering collaboration, ROHINI KOSOGLU excels as a moderator and host. Kosoglu’s ability to navigate complex topics with poise and grace creates an inclusive atmosphere where meaningful dialogue can flourish.
Women Making History: Rohini Kosoglu champions a diverse future
Nationally-recognized policy expert ROHINI KOSOGLU has been at the forefront of driving transformative change and shaping critical policy discourse in the areas of technology, social, and economic policy. Kamala Harris told CNN, “Rohini Kosoglu is a brilliant and trusted leader who has been at my side for years from the US Senate to the campaign trail to the White House… She is an exceptional public servant and I am enormously grateful for her service.”
Kosoglu is a leading national expert on domestic policy and veteran of the White House, Congress, and presidential campaigns. She also has the distinction of being the first South Asian American woman to hold the roles of both Domestic Policy Advisor to the Vice President and Chief of Staff in the United States Senate. Kosoglu’s impact on the U.S. policy landscape has strengthened democracy and created economic mobility for millions of American workers and families. In discussion, Kosoglu combines her White House insider knowledge with her forward-thinking values to chart a path forward to a better future.
Rohini Kosoglu on Women in Finance and Business
ROHINI KOSOGLU brings a powerful and unique perspective to the conversation on women’s leadership in finance and business. As a former senior advisor to the White House and a trailblazing policymaker with deep expertise in economic innovation and workforce development, Kosoglu has worked at the highest levels of government, shaping strategies that impact markets and drive inclusive growth. A passionate advocate for opportunity and empowerment, she speaks insightfully about the systemic barriers women face and how to overcome them with bold leadership, policy reform, and organizational change.
Drawing from her journey as one of the few Asian American women to serve in the West Wing, Kosoglu offers audiences compelling stories and actionable insights on leadership, resilience, and driving change in male-dominated industries. Whether addressing C-suite executives or emerging leaders, she inspires audiences to rethink what’s possible for women in finance and business today.
Rohini Kosoglu on the Future of Work in the Age of AI
A national leader at the intersection of technology, policy, and workforce innovation, ROHINI KOSOGLU offers critical insight into how artificial intelligence is reshaping the future of work and what that means for workers, businesses, and society. As a former senior White House advisor who helped shape the Biden Administration’s economic and innovation agenda, Kosoglu has worked directly on preparing the U.S. workforce for a rapidly evolving digital economy.
Her deep experience in navigating technological disruption, labor policy, and opportunity makes her a uniquely qualified voice in today’s AI-driven conversation. Kosoglu speaks with clarity and authority on the opportunities and risks AI presents, and how leaders can adopt thoughtful, inclusive strategies to build a future of work that is both innovative and equitable. With her signature blend of policy expertise and real-world perspective, she equips audiences with the tools to lead through transformation.
Rohini Kosoglu is a leading national policy expert and veteran of the White House, Congress, and presidential campaigns who has been at the forefront of driving transformative change in social, technology, and economic policy over the last two decades. Kosoglu recently served as Deputy Assistant to the President and Domestic Policy Advisor to the Vice President, where she was the first Asian American woman to serve in this position. She is currently a Venture Partner at Fusion Fund, a venture firm that focuses on early-stage technology and health care investments. She also is a Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI) and Director of Innovation Policy at the Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign.
In the White House, Kosoglu led and promoted initiatives on behalf of the President and Vice President to strengthen democracy, advance gender and racial equity, and create economic mobility for millions of American workers and families. Kosoglu also served as a key advisor during the creation and implementation of the American Rescue Plan, including the national response to the COVID-19 crisis, the CHIPS Act, the AI Bill of Rights, the bipartisan infrastructure law and the Cancer Moonshot. On behalf of the Vice President, she helped forge a number of public-private partnerships in the White House, ultimately driving billions of private sector dollars towards national priorities of the President and Vice President and leveraged the strengths of both the government and private-sector. Vice President Harris praised Kosoglu as “a brilliant and trusted leader” who “brought vision, strategic judgement, and a depth of experience as our Administration has addressed some of the most urgent challenges facing our nation.”
Kosoglu served as a Senior Advisor during both the Presidential transition and 2020 U.S. Presidential election on behalf of President Biden and Vice President Harris. In her campaign role, she also helped manage debate preparations for Vice President Harris. During the 2020 election, Kosoglu crafted policy initiatives to design a more inclusive economy for all communities, particularly those that have been historically left behind, and increase opportunities for American families and workers to succeed.
Earlier, Kosoglu made history as the first South Asian American woman to serve as Chief of Staff in the United States Senate under then-U.S. Senator Kamala Harris. She managed hearing preparations for some of the highest-profile Senate hearings over the last decade including investigations around data privacy, cybersecurity, and social media interference during the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as Supreme Court nomination hearings. Additionally, under her organizational leadership, the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies named Harris’ office under Kosoglu's tenure as the most diverse in the U.S. Senate.
Kosoglu’s career in the United States Congress has also included over a decade of leadership positions crafting social, economic, and technology policy initiatives with senior Democratic Senators, including U.S. Senator Michael Bennet of Colorado and U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow of Michigan. Notably, Kosoglu was a key negotiator during the passage of the historic Affordable Care Act. She also was a lead negotiator and drafter during the reform of the Food and Drug Administration which led to landmark designations for approval of innovative drugs and devices, known today as Breakthrough Therapies and Breakthrough Devices, respectively, as well as laws to strengthen patient-centered care in the 21st Century Cures Act.
Kosoglu was a former resident fellow at the Harvard Institute of Politics at the Kennedy School and received her bachelor’s degree with honors from the University of Michigan and a master’s degree from George Washington University. She serves on several nonprofit boards and advises across the public and private sectors.
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