AI that serves your mission, built around the values your organization already holds.
J.B. Herrera is the founder and CEO of Synergi AI, a Sacramento firm that designs values-driven AI for small and mid-sized organizations. Trained in philosophy and psychology at Santa Clara University and shaped by Jesuit thought, he helps leaders adopt AI on their own terms. They set the bright lines and guardrails. The black box becomes a glass box.
He serves on the Small Business Majority California State Council and is the author of Collaborative Capitalism.
Every talk can be framed to fit your audience, from board retreats to annual conferences.
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Put AI to work inside the bright lines and guardrails your team defines, so it stays transparent, accountable and unmistakably yours.
Audiences often ask what comes next. J.B. offers three ways to keep going, each one built around the values your organization already holds.
A guided system that turns your mission into a working plan. AI agents help at every step, inside the bright lines and guardrails you set.
Best for: leadership teams and boards ready to act on strategy.
A peer group of leaders who meet regularly to solve real problems together. Open to nonprofit leaders and to the members and donors in your network.
Best for: executive directors and the businesses that support you.
AI skills training inside the Mastermind, or designed for one organization: workshops for staff, boards and volunteers, plus focused consulting.
Best for: teams that want hands-on skills they can use the next day.
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