Foundation Board: Ovetta Sampson

Ovetta Sampson

Named one of the Top 15 People in Enterprise Artificial Intelligence by Business Insider in 2023, Ovetta Sampson is a tech industry leader who has worked with multiple technologies to help solve some of the biggest problems facing multiple industries. Leading engineers, designers, and researchers at top companies such as Google, Microsoft, IDEO, and Capital One, Ovetta has been designing and developing machine learning, artificial intelligence, and enterprise software solutions for more than a decade. In 2025, she left her last job as Director AI and Compute Enablement at Google to found Right AI, a consultancy that helps organizations and businesses minimize the human engagement risks of building and using AI.

Ovetta graduated from Truman in 1994 with a Bachelor of Arts in communication and went on to earn a Master of Computer Science with an emphasis in Human Computer Interaction from DePaul University in 2016. She currently resides in Chicago, Il.