Workshop: Practical AI for Small Businesses and Community Organizations

Discover how artificial intelligence can help small businesses and community organizations in San Francisco thrive. This workshop emphasizes practical tools, equity-driven approaches, and accessible applications for real-world impact. Space limited. Reservations required: sign-up at Eventbrite.

Small Business Panel

Luis Quiroz was born in Zihuatanejo, Mexico, and grew up in the U.S., learning the value of hard work from his parents—his mother a Tupperware salesperson and his father a jeweler. After earning a Business Marketing degree from San Francisco State University, he started his own business, Trending Socials, a social media marketing agency helping small business owners build strong online presences. He partners with the City of San Francisco and local artists in The Mission to promote small businesses through “shop local” campaigns. Luis emphasizes goal setting, accountability, and the broader meaning of success beyond money.

Delphine Jacquin is a Customer Experience and Product leader with over 15 years of experience in management consulting and cross-industry projects worldwide. She co-founded CX&P Consulting to help clients improve operational performance and deliver tangible business outcomes. Delphine believes in continuous improvement, designing strategies that empower teams to own and operate their initiatives independently. Her focus is on creating best-in-class experiences that drive both customer satisfaction and organizational growth.

Nonprofit Panel

Adamaka Ajaelo is the Founding Executive Director of Self-eSTEM, an Oakland nonprofit empowering girls and women of color to thrive in STEM fields. Drawing on her own experiences navigating barriers in math and technology, she has built programs that cultivate diverse, resilient leaders. Ajaelo also serves as Director of Workforce Planning & Analytics at Visa and has held leadership roles at Facebook, Kaiser Permanente, Cisco, Workday, and Adobe. An angel investor with Pipeline Angels, she blends corporate insight with community advocacy. She holds a B.A. in Mathematics from Occidental College and an MBA in Finance and Leadership-Management from Holy Names University.

Darian Rodriguez Heyman is a social entrepreneur and founder of Helping People Help. He began his career as Executive Director of the Craigslist Foundation, launching the Bay Area’s Nonprofit Boot Camp. A best-selling author, he wrote Nonprofit Fundraising 101 and edited Nonprofit Management 101. His latest book, AI for Nonprofits (2025), shares practical strategies from 57 experts on using AI to enhance nonprofit operations. He also founded AI4NP.org and leads the Learning Labs conference series, training thousands of nonprofit leaders nationwide.

Justin Steele is a strategic advisor and fractional Chief Impact Officer who helps mission-driven organizations align purpose with sustainable funding. He started at Bain & Company and Bridgespan Group, later serving in executive roles at Year Up. Justin co-founded Kindora, a Public Benefit Corporation democratizing access to fundraising tools for nonprofits, inspired by his own nonprofit experience. He also led $700 million in philanthropic grantmaking at Google.org and serves as a trustee of The San Francisco Foundation. Justin holds an engineering degree from UVA and both an MBA and MPA from Harvard, and he lives in Oakland with his wife and four daughters.