Shani Dowell is the Founder and CEO of Possip, an AI and tech-based, human-centered company in Nashville. Possip is an engagement platform that gives organizational and civic leaders quick, actionable insights from their large and diverse communities. Possip was founded in 2017 based on Shani’s decades-long experience in education. More than 1,500 schools across 39 states rely on Possip to help them hear from more than a million stakeholders – and Possip has recently begun growing in health and human services, higher education, and nonprofits. Shani began her career as a consultant at Bain & Co. She has also worked for Houston Independent School District, The Bridgespan Group, The Posse Foundation, and Teach For America. Shani earned her BA at Howard University in Washington, DC, and her MBA at Stanford University. She has been a winner of the Google For Start-Ups Women Accelerator and Google Black Founder Fund. She has been a 2-time winner of Nashville Business Journal’s Most Admired CEOs Award and a Marketplace Mover winner for the Nashville Entrepreneur Center NEXT Awards. Shani is recognized as the first Black woman in the state of TN to raise more than $1 million in venture funding. Shani lives in Nashville with her husband, two school-aged kids, and one big shaggy dog.