Nicol Turner Lee is an author, speaker, and leading AI expert in governance, ethics, and sectoral guidance. Currently, she also serves as a senior fellow and director of the Center for Technology Innovation at the Brookings Institution, a global think tank headquartered in Washington, D.C. where she also founded the AI Equity Lab, which convenes subject matter experts to develop purposeful and sector-specific solutions for existing and emerging technologies. She is the author of the book, Digitally Invisible: How the Internet is Creating the New Underclass (Brookings Press, 2024), and has appeared throughout various news media, testified before Congress and international global governance bodies, and written extensively on tech and telecom issues.