AfroTech Conference 2026

Brian Tippens

Senior Vice President and Chief Social Impact & Sustainability Officer, Cisco

Track Future of Impact, GovTech&Civic

Biography

Brian Tippens is Senior Vice President and Chief Social Impact & Sustainability Officer at Cisco. In this role, Brian leads the company’s integrated social impact and sustainability work, overseeing crisis response, accessibility, employee community impact, environmental sustainability, inclusion and the Cisco Foundation, to advance Cisco’s purpose to Power an Inclusive Future for All. He helps drive long-term value for Cisco, its stakeholders, and communities around the world by connecting social impact, resilience and sustainability across the business.

Sessions

  1. 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.

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