Visionary Leader

Quanda Francis is a tech entrepreneur and AI Solutions Architect who founded the AI Technology Exposure Academy and Court Culture Basketball Leadership Academy at NYU's Tandon School of Engineering-BAF, serving as the inaugural site. She is currently the President of Sykes Capital Management ; developed three cutting-edge AI technologies: AI Homework Hero, Fiscal Friend and AI Word Wiz and is the host of The Geo-Political View Podcast. She also owns several rapidly growing news platforms and made significant strides in politics, having been a former Candidate for U.S. Congress-NY10, New York State Comptroller, and Mayor of New York City.  She  established her own political party and became the first African American woman to run for Mayor of New York City as the nominee of a political party she established in 2021.   In 2022, Quanda was elected to serve on the county committee representing New York’s 52nd Assembly District (Brooklyn Heights).