Monica Lopez is the co-founder and CEO of Cognitive Insights for Artificial Intelligence focusing on artificial intelligence (AI) risk management, governance, and compliance across various industries. A serial entrepreneur, Monica previously co-founded and led as CEO of La Petite Noiseuse Productions. There she worked on ethical and human-centered projects and policy initiatives across the AI lifecycle as derived from her artistic work as a photographer and writer, director and producer of theater and films, and research in the neuroscience of creativity. She is a sought-after speaker and writer, presenting and publishing her work in the USA and abroad. Speaking engagements include the National Academy of Sciences, StarTalk, IS&T Electronic Imaging Symposium, IEEE Women in Engineering, AutoSens, BioTalk, Executive Women's Forum, and Sundance Film Festival, among others. Accolades include being named one of 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics 2023; receiving a research fellowship from Arizona State University Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law's Center for Law, Science and Innovation to propose solutions for AI in healthcare; being named Baltimore's Top 10 BioHealth Startup CEOs, The Business of Biotech; a Millennial Leader of the BioHealth Capital Region; and a Particularly Imaginative Polymath, Imagination Institute, University of Pennsylvania. In addition to her private sector work, Monica is faculty at Johns Hopkins University (JHU) in the Whiting School of Engineering and School of Advanced International Studies where she teaches emerging technologies and AI ethics, design, business, and global policy and governance. Monica holds B.A.s in Psychology and French, an M.A. and a Ph.D. in Cognitive Science, and a Graduate Certificate in International Studies, all from JHU; a Certificate of Art in Photography from the Maryland Institute College of Art; an AI Policy Certificate from the Center for AI & Digital Policy; and a Certificate from the Independent Director Initiative, University of California Berkeley, School of Law. Monica is a longtime Salzburg Global Seminar fellow.