Heather Kotula, MBA (she/her/hers)

President and CEO
Access Innovations, Inc.
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

Heather Kotula is President and CEO at Access Innovations, Inc. Heather is active in taxonomy works, including taxonomies for medical databases and the original AOL taxonomy. She set up and ran the Missoula, Montana office for Access Innovations for work on AOL Search. She is active on the professional side of the industry, having served many positions including President of the SLA Taxonomy Community. She is known for her creative presentations and publications at professional societies. She presented at several SLA conferences for the Community, as well as presenting at Taxonomy Boot Camp. She is President-elect of SLA in 2025.

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Presentation(s):

• Bias in Taxonomy Design and Application: Sources, Solutions, and Implications for AI Tools and Algorithms (TM09)

  Monday, June 9, 2025
  11:00 AM – 11:30 AM ET