Prior to founding MarginCall.ai, I was a Project Lead at Alphabet’s moonshot factory (GoogleX) where I led a confidential early-stage exploration to find a breakthrough technology business for Alphabet. With over 10 years of experience across communications, design, and business, I have a unique ability to look around corners and develop creative and unexpected solutions to problems, driving positive change, learning, and growth. I am passionate about applying my diverse skills and experiences to create new and needed products and services that can have a positive impact on the world. I have a strong background in storytelling, entrepreneurship, and data analytics, which I have used to create the first iteration of new products and usher in breakthroughs for both for- and non-profit organizations. I hold an MBA from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, an MA from American University, and a BA from Wellesley College. I am also a speaker, a board member, and a recipient of multiple awards and honors, including being named a 40 Under 40 by Impact Design Hub and a First Mover Fellow by the Aspen Institute.

Housing and Community Development

Where you live affects everything about you. Your address impacts how long you will live, how healthy you are, whether your children will graduate from high school or attend college, whether you will be arrested or convicted of a crime, your credit score, your homeownership status, how much money you will make in your lifetime, and so much more! In the United States, Place is tied to Opportunity. My job is to ensure that every neighborhood, every community has the amenities and resources it needs to foster healthy and successful children, families and people. As Executive Vice President of the National Fair Housing Alliance, I work to enforce and advance our nation's fair housing laws, reduce illegal housing discrimination and expand equal housing opportunities. I do this because when we make every Neighborhood a Place of Opportunity, our communities win, our cities win, our nation wins. We all win! NFHA is the voice of Fair Housing. We are the nation's only non-profit, national civil rights trade association working to ensure that everyone has equal housing opportunities. We achieve our mission through leadership, education, community development, outreach, membership services, public policy, advocacy, and enforcement.

Dr. Michael Akinwumi is the Chief AI Officer at the National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA), where he leads efforts to ensure safe, secure, and trustworthy AI principles and practices in the housing sector. He focuses on AI governance, risk management, and innovation, working with both private and public sectors to research, test and promote responsible AI systems that align with fair housing and lending goals. As an Eagleton Civic Science Fellow, Dr. Akinwumi is creating governance frameworks using large language models to help state legislators evaluate AI-related bill provisions. With a PhD in Applied Mathematics, his prior work spans various sectors including fintech, insurance and retail banking. Dr. Akinwumi is guided by the philosophy that a life lived for others is truly worthwhile.