AfroTech Conference 2026
Damien Hooper-Campbell
Former Chief Impact Officer, StockX
Track Legacy Speaker, GovTech&Civic
Biography
Damien Hooper-Campbell has led impact at the intersection of people, culture, business, and community for 20+ years. He built functions as StockX's first Chief Impact Officer, the first Chief Diversity Officer at both Zoom and eBay, Uber's first Global Head of Diversity & Inclusion, and as a Diversity Strategist at Google. Earlier, he was a VP in Goldman Sachs' Pine Street Leadership Group. He serves on the boards of Mammoth, Inc. and GLAAD, and is a graduate of Morehouse and Harvard Business School.
Sessions
AI for All: Turning Innovation into Opportunity at Scale
Wed, Nov 4, 11:40 AM – 12:10 PM CT
Track GovTech&Civic
Inclusion, accessibility, and equity must be designed into AI systems from the start. In this session, Brian Tippens, SVP and Chief Social Impact Officer at Cisco, shares how organizations move beyond policy commitments to build AI that expands economic mobility at scale. Drawing on Fortune 100 and community impact experience, Tippens delivers a direct case for what responsible AI looks like in practice.
