ChangeInsight Data Equity Summit

Data, Trust, and the Nonprofit Sector — How AI Is Changing Programs, Funding, and Community Trust

A moderated panel on how AI is outpacing nonprofit policy, budgets, and governance — and what responsible use requires when real people and communities are behind the data.

Moderator: Thy Nguyen
Panelists: Theo Lim, Head of Finance, Synopsis; Gina Chen, Founder & Managing Attorney, One Ally; Julian Diaz, Impact Associate, Julian Grace Foundation; Scott McLellan, Executive Director, Julian Grace Foundation

Asking Shapes What We See — Cultural Humility, Disaggregation, and Better Community Data

A facilitated conversation on how culture, identity, relationships, and representation shape the information organizations receive — and what organizations can do differently. A survey question may look neutral on paper; the experience of answering it often is not.

Speaker: Liza Merrill, Executive Director, Asian Pacific Community in Action
Facilitator: David Li

Built in Chicago — Lessons on Trust, Community Data, and What Works in Practice

Longtime Chicago ChangeInSight partners close the day by sharing what they’ve learned about participation, relationships, cultural context, and the work required to gather meaningful community information. Before asking what AI can do with information, this session returns to a more fundamental question: what makes information worth trusting in the first place?

Moderator: David Li