Mary L. Gray is Senior Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research and Faculty Associate at Harvard University’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society. She maintains a faculty position in the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering with affiliations in Anthropology and Gender Studies at Indiana University.

Mary, an anthropologist and media scholar by training, focuses on how people’s everyday uses of technologies transform labor, identity, and human rights. She sits on several boards, including Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research and the California Governor’s Council of Economic Advisors, in addition to chairing the Microsoft Research Ethics Review Program—the only federally registered institutional review board of its kind in the tech industry. In 2020, Mary was named a MacArthur Fellow for her contributions to anthropology and the study of technology, digital economies, and society.

For the Health Leadership Forum on October 24, 2025 at Salem Academy & College, the agenda is as follows:

• 8:30 to 9:00 am – Check-in
• 9:00 to 9:10 am – Welcome, Gary Daynes, PhD, Salem Academy and College Interim President
• 9:10 to 9:40 am – The Katherine Graham Howard A’1913, C’1917 Keynote Address: “How to Counter the Next Digital Divide: Community-Driven AI Innovation for Health Justice and Equity”
  – Mary L. Gray, PhD, Senior Principal Researcher, Microsoft
• 9:45 to 10:00 am – Break
• 10:00 to 10:40 am – Session A: Hive Learning and Village Mentoring – Judy Wawira Gichoya, MD, Co-Director, Healthcare AI Innovation and Translational Informatics (HITI) Lab, Emory School of Medicine – Shirley Recital Hall
  Session B: “Quieting the Mind Amidst Uncertainty” – Tanya Prewitt-White, PhD, CEO & Founder, Dr. Tanya Raquel – Drama Workshop
• 10:40 to 10:55 am – Break
• 10:55 to 11:35 am – Session C: Ethical AI in Healthcare: Empowering Women Leaders to Shape a Just Future – Sherry Wang, PhD, ethical healthcare AI Researcher – Drama Workshop
  Session D: Create Your Joy Prescription: 5 Powerful Questions to Avoid Burnout and Flourish in Your Work & Life –  Cynthia Libert, MD, Founder & Medical Director, Caring for the Body,Center for Functional Medicine – Shirley Recital Hall
• 11:35 to 11:45 am – Break
• 11:45 am to 12:25 pm – Leadership Roundtable: All 5 speakers. Moderator: Brandy Nelson, EdD, C’97, Vice chair, Board of Trustees
• 12:30 to 1:30 pm – Luncheon in the Refectory Dining Hall

2.5 Contact Hours from Northwest AHEC

Nurses: This educational activity (2.5 contact hours) can be applied toward your continuing competence plan for maintaining your current licensure with the North Carolina Board of Nursing.

Northwest AHEC is recognized by the North Carolina Psychology Board as an approved provider of (Category A) Continuing Education for North Carolina Licensed Psychologists. This program will provide 2.5 contact hours of (Category A) continuing education for North Carolina psychologists. No partial credit will be given.