Elise Smith
Class of 2022-2023
Co-Founder and Former CEO, Praxis Labs
After starting her career in education, Elise worked at IBM Watson, where she built partnerships across Latin America, South Africa, and Turkey. While pursuing her MBA/MA in Education at Stanford, she co-founded Praxis Labs, an AI workforce development platform focused on building critical human-centered leadership skills, serving clients including Amazon, Google, Merck, and Uber. Elise sold Praxis Labs to Torch in 2026, and she is now advising companies and philanthropies on AI strategy.