Our Team
Our team consists of two senior practitioners that specialize in training and hands-on workshops, governance, strategy, special projects, and implementation. Our operations analyst provides project and strategic support.
This structure ensures our partners receive guidance and solutions that are right-sized, mission-aligned, and technically sound.
Jacob Bielecki
Training, Governance, and Strategy Lead
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Jacob Bielecki is the founder and principal of beneAI LLC. He brings over 15 years of experience in capacity building, strategy, and change management within and alongside nonprofits, public agencies, and foundations.
Jacob's career has been defined by a commitment to translating complex institutional challenges into actionable strategies, work that now extends to helping mission-driven organizations navigate the opportunities and responsibilities of AI adoption.
He leads beneAI's AI readiness assessments, strategy development, governance framework design, and training programs.
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Jacob's professional background spans previous strategic planning and capacity building engagements with local, state, and national/federal-level public and private organizations, networks, and cohorts.
His experience includes managing programs and service arrangements requiring strict data and technology compliance, with hands-on experience navigating and translating federal and state-level statutes and regulations into organizational imperatives and strategies - a practitioner's grounding that informs every dimension of his AI work.
His core competencies include:
AI readiness assessments, strategy development, and governance framework design
AI literacy training and change management tailored to mission-driven contexts
Demonstrated proficiency with tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, and a range of generative, analytical, and automation platforms
Design of interactive web-based AI readiness instruments and capacity building curricula.
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Master of Science, City Design & Social Science, London School of Economics
Bachelor of Arts, Social Psychology, Bennington College
Program on Negotiation, Harvard Law School
Scenario Planning, Institute for the Future
Undoing Racism, People's Institute for Survival and Beyond
Trainings and certifications from Google, Anthropic, and the UPenn Wharton School
Trent Rossiter
Data, IT, and AI Systems Specialist
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Trent brings two decades of experience in enterprise data architecture, IT systems management, and AI integration.
As founder and principal of Logic Data Solutions, he advises public and private sector clients on data platform architecture, security configuration, and AI enablement.
With beneAI, Trent ensures that AI adoption is technically sound from the ground up, assessing technology environments, guiding responsible tool selection, and delivering implementation recommendations that are realistic and secure.
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Trent's hands-on work with AI tooling includes designing and deploying custom RAG chatbots, autonomous LangGraph-based AI agents with tool orchestration and MCP integration, and fine-tuned computer vision models.
Prior to founding Logic Data Solutions, he spent over 12 years at Ball Aerospace, where he led the full lifecycle of an enterprise data virtualization program, growing the platform from a three-person proof of concept to an organization-wide system supporting over 30 users across financial forecasting, project management, and operations.
His core competencies include:
Enterprise IT data and security architecture (RBAC/FGAC, SSL, AD integration, cluster configuration)
AI systems integration, including RAG, autonomous agents, MCP, and computer vision solutions
Technology vendor evaluation, risk assessment, and governance framework design
Data platform architecture across cloud (Azure, AWS) and on-premises environments.
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MBA, University of Denver Daniels College of Business
Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Engineering, University of South Carolina
Certificate in Data Science, Cornell University
Agustina Recalde Duarte
Jr. AI Analyst
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Agustina Recalde is a Business Administration student at the University of Colorado Boulder with a growing focus on the practical application of technology, artificial intelligence, and analytics.
Her work has been centered on helping organizations improve systems, scale communities, and translate ideas into efficient, actionable solutions.
At beneAI, she supports mission-driven organizations exploring how AI can be applied thoughtfully and effectively.
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Agustina brings a blend of business analytics and people-centered problem solving to her work. Her experience includes supporting growth initiatives, coordinating projects across international communities, and using data analytics tools to help inform decisions and improve processes. Having worked in multicultural environments, she values communication, adaptability, and understanding different perspectives.
She is especially interested in how emerging technologies like AI can be used thoughtfully to help mission-driven organizations work more effectively while keeping people at the center of the solution.
Core competencies include:
AI research and practical application for business workflows
Data analysis and visualization (SQL, Tableau, Alteryx)
Process improvement and operational coordination
Stakeholder communication and partnership development
Business strategy and systems thinking
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Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, University of Colorado Boulder (‘27)
Double emphasis in Management Information Systems and Business Analytics
Training in systems analysis, business strategy, and analytics
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