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Ms. Hoffman is an accomplished leader and expert in the fields of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Blockchain, with a distinguished career spanning industry and government. Prior to her current role, she served as the Chief Technology Leader of Legal Strategy and Operations at Dell Technologies and spent a decade at IBM in Digital Transformation and Strategy, including as Co-Leader of the Global Watson AI Legal Practice. Her expertise in AI and Blockchain has earned her invitations to speak at prestigious events such as the Blockchain for Impact held at the UN in 2018 and the UN Data Forum in 2020 and 2021. Ms. Hoffman was also appointed as Chair of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC) Distributed Ledger Technology and Market Infrastructure Subcommittee for the 2018 – 2021 term. She has testified in front of the CFTC on multiple occasions, including "Blockchain Privacy & Confidentiality" and "The Current State of Blockchain Adoption." In June 2019, Congress submitted to the Congressional Record the paper she co-authored “Diversity in Blockchain’s Initial Review of Facebook’s Project Libra.” Ms. Hoffman has one published patent for "Detecting Clusters and Relationships in Large Data Sets" (20180096047) and one pending patent for "Method and System for Pattern-based Home Network Configuration" (END820160894). Additionally, she is the co-author of the book eDiscovery Plain & Simple (ISBN-13:97814394079) and the co-founder of Women in eDiscovery (founded in 2007) and Diversity in Blockchain (founded in 2017). She is a Harvard graduate who holds a Certificate of Leader Development in National Security and Strategy from the U.S. Army War College. Her extensive experience and impressive accomplishments make her a highly respected figure in the world of Responsible AI and Blockchain. As her give back to her local community in Orlando, Florida, Ms. Hoffman co-founded and serves on the Board of Directors of the Community Hope Center of Osceola County which has helped over 45,000 homeless individuals since its inception. The Community Hope Center has received multiple awards and most recently, was presented with the Bob Allen Award from the Walt Disney Company and the Good Neighbor Award from Bank of America for the fight against homelessness. The Community Hope Center was an inspiration and was featured in the Oscar-Nominated Movie, The Florida Project.