AI policy, strategy, ethics and risk

Who is it that needs to know and how can we get the information to them?

United States

Fellow at Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Big technology and founder advising:

Privacy and AI policy, law, and ethics strategic leadership and product counseling for big tech companies.

Partner at law firm serving AI, robotics, and other tech start-ups in Boston/Cambridge, NYC, Silicon Valley and globally. Led firm’s Data Protection and Cybersecurity; Global Business and Human Rights; AI Policy; and SF Bay Area practices. U.S. counsel for international start-ups. Cambridge, MA and Oakland, CA.

Press:

Interviewed on U.S. AI Policy by Politico Europe

Writing:

AI Governance Multi-stakeholder Convening, The Oxford Handbook of AI Governance. Oxford University Press

Wrote public comments on U.S. White House draft memo on AI

Wrote public comments on U.S. HUD proposed rule on algorithms

Washington should take action on AI or stay out of the way. Harvard Kennedy School

Spend part of the $2 trillion infrastructure plan on robots. WIRED

Speaking:

An ethical approach to AI and governance. AI policy chat. Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, MA

Canada

Government advising:

Co-founded nine agency AI Joint Governance Initiative BC, coordinated with the Canada, G7 and D9 AI initiatives

Advised senior leadership on AI and governance at city departments and province level agencies across British Columbia, Canada.

Advised Canadian province level government agency’s CEO, board of directors and technical and legal staff on AI policy, strategy and risk for creating the agency’s 10 year vision

Advised Canadian consulate on AI and human rights for Canada’s AI policy development

Advised Canada Treasury Department on development of responsible AI tools

Speaking:

Infrastructure, AI, strategy and risk. City of Vancouver Engineering, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

AI and human rights roundtable speaker. Canadian consulate, NYC, NY, USA.