Kathleen Kennedy has spent her career at the forefront of technology and innovation. Her current pursuits revolve around AI education, digital transformation, and strategic organizational design in an AI driven world.

In her role as Executive Director of the MIT Center for Collective Intelligence, Kennedy collaborates with a multidisciplinary research team on Supermind Design—a methodology for generating innovative ways to organize people and technology. She applies this expertise at MIT Open Learning, where she leads MIT Horizon, a learning platform that enables organizations to scale their training in AI and other emerging technologies.

She has held several leadership positions including President of Technology Review; President of the MIT Enterprise Forum Global; Director of Special Projects of MIT; cofounder and board member of Hubweek, a civic collaboration with Harvard, MIT, Mass General Hospital, and the Boston Globe.

Kennedy serves on numerous selection committees including the MacArthur Foundation 100&change and the Eisenhower Fellowships. She is an advisor for the Footwear Collective, MIT DeltaV, and MIT DesignX. Her work has earned her significant recognition, including being named to the Folio: 40 list of media industry leaders and one of Boston's Most Influential Women by the Women of the Harvard Club.