Ora Tanner currently serves as co-founder and chief instructional scientist for the American AI Forum, a nonprofit social enterprise working to center equity and accessibility in AI education.

Previously, Ora served as the assistant director of the Office of Undergraduate Research at the University of South Florida (USF), where she obtained an M.S. in physics and is finishing a Ph.D. in instructional technology and educational measurement. She was an inaugural Aspen tech policy fellow and is currently an election integrity fellow with the Alliance of Democracies Foundation.