Speaking · Facilitation · Convenings

Speaking. Convening.Building What Comes Next.

Human-Centered AI • Leadership • Workforce Transformation • Education • Economic Mobility

LaShea Conner-Gaten, Ed.M. brings enterprise transformation experience, emerging-technology expertise, education, and community leadership into conversations designed to move audiences from AI awareness to understanding, application, and action.

Her work spans executive and professional education, universities, regional leadership programs, entrepreneurship ecosystems, global communities, and community-centered convenings.

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She speaks.
She teaches.
She facilitates.
She builds.
She convenes.
And she turns conversations into action.

Featured speaking & facilitation · 2026

Conversations that move rooms from awareness to action.

Speaking

California State University San Marcos | Leadership North County

AI for organizations, workforces & communities

Featured AI Panelist

LaShea joined regional leaders through California State University San Marcos' Leadership North County program for a conversation examining the implications of artificial intelligence for organizations, workforces, and communities.

She also brought elements of her Identity Shift™ work into the conversation — challenging leaders to think beyond AI as automation and consider how emerging technology can amplify human capability.

AI Strategy & Implementation
Workforce Transformation
Responsible AI & Governance
Cybersecurity
Economic Development
Environmental Considerations of Emerging Technology
Leadership Through Technological Change

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Facilitation

Emerging Entrepreneurs Summit | San Diego Black Chamber of Commerce

Demystifying AI

AI Workshop Facilitator

5 of 6

survey respondents reported learning something new or gaining actionable insights

100%

rated relevance to their entrepreneurial goals a 6 or 7 out of 7

An applied business conversation for entrepreneurs, founders, and business leaders — connecting AI with entrepreneurship, organizational systems, growth, operations, marketing, sales, and the future of work.

Participant feedback specifically recognized LaShea's knowledge, audience engagement, practical examples, and ability to make complex technology understandable.

Entrepreneurship
Operations
Marketing & Sales
Growth Systems
Future of Work

Community Partnership

Top 100 Most Powerful Black Women | Top 100 Community Alliance

Raising Digital Creators: Preparing the Next Generation to Build, Code & Lead in the Age of AI

Featured Founder-to-Founder Conversation

CAI Collective Group is a Founding Community Partner of the Top 100 Community Alliance, an international community connected to Top 100 Most Powerful Black Women and Women in Digital Business.

The central question: how do we ensure the next generation of Black children grows up with the skills, confidence, access, and opportunity to build technology — not simply consume it? The conversation connects directly to Aspire U Institute™ — Learn • Code • Play.

AI & Coding Education
Digital Readiness
Representation in Technology
Creation vs. Consumption
Future Careers
Parents & Educators in the AI Era
Young Builders & Innovators

Explore Aspire U Institute™

Enterprise AI education

From AI Awareness to Applied Capability

LaShea has been selected to design and deliver a comprehensive AI learning and implementation experience for a global professional community — combining AI education, executive and professional facilitation, applied AI development, responsible AI, workflow redesign, change management, and workforce adoption.

~120

Professionals

Cohorts

7.5

Continuing Education Hours

Live Learning Sessions

Applied AI Assistant Experiences

Assess Readiness
Build AI Fluency
Identify Use Cases
Design Workflows
Develop Applied AI Solutions
Establish Responsible-AI Guardrails
Support Workforce Adoption

Not simply talking about AI — helping organizations build the capability to use it responsibly and effectively.

Global Industry Convening Highlight for 2026

PCMA Convening Leaders | Miami Beach

LaShea is leading at this convening

LaShea Conner-Gaten, Ed.M. is leading at PCMA Convening Leaders 2026 · Global Business Events & Enterprise AI

PCMA Convening Leaders (CL27) is PCMA's flagship global education and networking experience for the business-events industry, bringing together thousands of professionals, executives, strategists, and industry leaders. LaShea Conner-Gaten, Ed.M. is leading at this convening, bringing CAI Collective Group's enterprise AI learning work to the industry's global stage as part of her expanding national and global industry footprint.

AI Strategy → Professional Education → Applied AI → Workforce Transformation → Industry Convening

Session details and dates are confirmed with PCMA's program team.

Building the room, not just speaking in it · The Village Global™

She doesn't only speak in rooms. She builds them.

The Village Global™ is CAI Collective Group's nonprofit giving arm, connecting community organizations with resources, partnerships, funding opportunities, technology, expertise, and institutional relationships. LaShea's convening philosophy connects people and institutions that might otherwise operate separately — so ideas can become partnerships, funding, programs, technology solutions, and pathways to economic opportunity.

20+

Strategic Partnerships

14+

Chamber & Economic-Development Relationships

~95%

Workshop Satisfaction

~40%

Growth in Partnership Engagement

~35%

Growth in Community Participation

Who she convenes

Entrepreneurs
Nonprofit leaders
Educators
Workforce organizations
Chambers of commerce
Economic-development organizations
Technology leaders
Corporate partners
Government & community stakeholders
Funders & philanthropy

Around issues including

Artificial Intelligence
Workforce Development
Economic Mobility
Entrepreneurship
Education
Grant & Funding Access
Technology Access
Community Innovation

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Speaking & workshop topics

Ten conversations, one throughline.

Human-Centered AI

How organizations can adopt AI while strengthening human capability, agency, and trust.

Across the speaking, learning & convening ecosystem

Speaking
California State University San Marcos
Speaking
Leadership North County
Facilitation
San Diego Black Chamber of Commerce
Founding Partner · Community Partnership
Top 100 Most Powerful Black Women
Community Partnership
University of San Diego (USD)
Leading · Industry Convening
PCMA

Labels reflect the nature of each relationship. Organization names are shown for reference only and do not imply endorsement.

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