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Julie (Juliana) Novic, PhD, AIGP, is an AI transformation strategist with a responsible AI practice dating to 2018. She holds a doctorate in Anthropology from Arizona State University and the IAPP AI Governance Professional certification. Her work combines ethnographic research methods and experience building AI/ML solutions with hands-on AI strategy and governance to surface the organizational barriers that technical assessments miss. She has built AI governance frameworks formally adopted by regulated-industry clients. She co-leads Cleveland AI & Data, a 4,000-member AI community connecting business leaders and practitioners across Northeast Ohio. Her approach treats organizational readiness and people as seriously as technology, because that's where AI transformation succeeds or fails