​Join the Work Like A Girl community at the Axon Boston Office for a deep dive on AI - types, uses, prompts, pitfalls, and practical tips.

​Whether you’re in marketing, finance, design, consulting or entrepreneurship, understanding how to use AI is essential for finding and thriving in the job you have now…and the job you want in the future. 

​AI Like a Girl is a high-impact networking event featuring a 45-minute panel and Q&A with women who are using AI to drive results in a range of fields. This is not about buzzwords or theory—this is practical knowledge for real-world impact.

​This event will feature: 

​🌟 A candid conversation moderated by Erika Ayers Badan, CEO of Food52, with female experts demystifying AI—what tools they’re using, how they’re using them, and how you can start now.
​💡 Actionable insights you can apply to your work, whether you’re building a business, climbing the ladder, or just curious where to begin.
👩🏻‍💼 A community of like-minded women who are serious about learning, sharing, and growing together.

​Ticket includes admission + a networking happy hour with drinks & snacks!

​🎤 FEATURED SPEAKERS

​​Erika Ayers Badan, CEO of Schoolhouse and Food52 and Founder of Work Like a Girl

​Kara Peterson, Descrybe.ai Co-Founder, Building AI Boston Co-Host

​Rizel Scarlett, Tech Lead of Open Source Developer Relations at Block

​Karen Kelly, Co-Founder & CEO, Launch by Lunch

​Isabella Giannini, Senior Director, Culture and Employee Communications, Axon

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​​Erika Ayers Badan, CEO of Schoolhouse and Food52 and Founder of Work Like a Girl
Erika calls herself a “token CEO”—while in reality she’s anything but:  after traditional marketing jobs at Microsoft and AOL, she took a rough-and-tumble sports and betting brand and turned it into a $550 million juggernaut with more than 5 billion monthly video views and 225 million followers.

Kara Peterson Descrybe.ai Co-Founder, Building AI Boston Co-Host
Kara is the co-founder of Descrybe.ai, a Boston-based legal tech startup transforming how legal professionals research, analyze, and understand the law. Founded with her husband and co-founder, Richard DiBona, in 2023, Descrybe.ai leverages cutting-edge AI to deliver intuitive, affordable, and high-performance legal research tools—empowering attorneys, students, and organizations to work smarter and faster.

​Kara leads Descrybe.ai’s marketing and business development strategy, helping the platform achieve national recognition, including a 2024 Anthem Award for Best Use of AI, a Webby Award nomination, and two American Legal Technology Awards for Startup of the Year and AI Innovation. She also co-founded and co-hosts Building AI Boston, a leading show featuring influential voices and top innovators shaping the future of AI and technology.

​A seasoned marketing executive, Kara previously held leadership roles at Harvard, Boston University, and Suffolk University Law School. She is an active advocate and leader in the legal tech, AI, and women-in-business communities, and is a frequent speaker at conferences and on podcasts. Kara was named a 2024 “Woman of Legal Tech” by the American Bar Association and serves as a judge for both the Webby and Anthem Awards.

​Rizel Scarlett, Tech Lead of Open Source Developer Relations at Block
With a diverse background spanning GitHub, startups, and non-profit organizations, Rizel has cultivated a passion for utilizing emerging technologies to champion equity within the tech industry. She moonlights as an Advisor at G{Code} House, an organization aimed at teaching women of color and non-binary people of color to code. Rizel believes in leveraging vulnerability, honesty, and kindness as means to educate early-career developers.

​Karen Kelly, Co-Founder & CEO, Launch by Lunch
Karen Kelly is a 3x founder, TEDx speaker, and nationally recognized catalyst for innovation at the intersection of technology, community, and underdog enablement. As a non-technical founder, she’s felt the pain of trying to turn her idea into a product by outsourcing the code - losing control over timelines, budget, and vision. That experience sparked her latest venture: Launch by Lunch, a community-based accelerator program that helps non-technical founders build real, revenue-generating products using AI and no-code tools. Karen’s on a mission to democratize access to tech for underestimated builders - especially women - and empower them to launch with confidence, clarity, and speed.

​Isabella Giannini, Senior Director, Culture and Employee Communications, Axon
Isabella  is a Culture & Marketing leader with nearly a decade of experience driving high‑impact customer and employee programs. She leads global culture and internal communications at Axon, a public‑safety technology company, sits on the board of the Boston Police Foundation, and previously co‑chaired Women at Axon, the company’s flagship employee resource group.

​Grounded in deep customer insight and a commitment to purpose, Isabella founded Axon Aid, the company’s corporate‑responsibility program that deploys disaster‑response support and provides free mental‑health resources to first responders. Her initiatives consistently strengthen engagement, brand loyalty, and wellbeing across the public‑safety community.

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