Team
ARI is run by an experienced team dedicated to AI policy advocacy in the public interest.
Leadership
Co-Founder & President
Former President, University of Tulsa; Former Congressman, Under Secretary of the Army, Acting Under Secretary of Defense
Co-Founder & Executive Director
Former CEO & President of DynamiCare Health, a digital health startup with awards from NIH & FDA
Our Team
Senior Policy Analyst
Former Foreign Affairs Officer at the U.S. Department of State, former AI Consultant and CBRN red-teamer for frontier AI labs
VP of Policy
Non-resident Senior Fellow Global Governance Institute; Lecturer at Texas A&M University.
Senior Vice President of Government Affairs
Former Chief of Staff to Senator Amy Klobuchar; Former Chief Counsel to Senator Joe Manchin; Fellow, Belfer Center for Science & International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School
Digital Director
Former Head of Marketing & Public Affairs at Legislogiq; Former Senior Marketing Manager at Accountable Tech; Former Senior Digital Manager at Groundwork Collaborative
Scheduler
Former Outreach Assistant and Campaign and Partnerships Assistant at the Heritage Foundation, Former Special Assistant to the Vice President of Student Affairs at James Madison University
Director, Policy Futures Lab
Former Director at Oslo for AI; Former Advisor at Helpful Places; Former Director, National Security Innovation Network (U.S. DoD)
Policy Analyst
Former Policy Assistant with the House Select Committee on the CCP; Former Policy Analyst with the NYC Business Integrity Commission; Former Export Control Analyst with Steptoe & Johnson LLP
Coalitions Director
Former Coalitions Director at Chamber of Progress; Former Senior Associate at Dewey Square Group; Former Policy Analyst at the Florida House of Representatives
External Relations
Former Research Manager at MATS; Former Deputy Director of the Global Catastrophic Risk Institute; Former Director of Academic Affairs at the Consulate General of Israel; Board Member of Magnify Mentoring
Policy Analyst
Former Research Fellow at Convergence Analysis; Former Senior Consultant at Valize; Former Strategy Consultant at Boston Consulting Group
Senior Policy Analyst
Former bioethicist at Google (via Advanced Clinical); Former researcher in NYU’s digital governance initiative
Policy Director
Former Senior Advisor at the Bureau of Industry and Security; Former Engineering Manager and Head of Data Science in the biotech startup space
Associate Director of People Operations
Former Director of Search at Work Renewed; Former Associate at Odgers Berndtson; Former Associate at Sandler Search
Manager of Government Affairs
Former Professional Staff Member on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Former consultant for Senate campaigns.
VP of Government Affairs
Founder of Futureland Ventures; Former Associate Director at U.S. Department of Transportation; Former Technology Policy Counsel to Sen. John Barrasso and House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Policy Research Manager
Former Senior Program Officer at the National Endowment for Democracy. Former Resource Manager at MDRC and Technical Project Analyst at the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality (UN Women).
Vice President of Communications
Former Senior Communications Director at Chamber of Progress; Former Communications Director to Rep. Kendra Horn and to Rep. Terri Sewell; Former Communications and Policy Aide to Rep. John Delaney
Policy Analyst
Former Science, Technology & Policy Fellow at the Department of Energy; Former AI Research Assistant at the Georgetown University Center for Security Studies; Former Boren Fellow in Warsaw, Poland; Former Graduate Intern at the U.S. Department of State
Chief of Staff
Former Director of Operations to Administrator Samantha Power at USAID; Former Director of Operations to Senator Amy Klobuchar; Former Scheduler to Congressman Steve Israel
Senior Policy Director
Former Director of the CITRIS Policy Lab at UC Berkeley; Former Faculty Director at the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology; Former Assoc. Research Professor at the Goldman School of Public Policy.
Operations Manager
Former Finance Manager with Governance Studies and Global Economy and Development programs at Brookings; Former Grants Manager with Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance
Director of Government Affairs
Former Political and Legislative Representative at the National Air Traffic Controllers Association; Former Assistant Director of Policy Research at the University of Texas at Austin
Vice President of Operations
Former Director of Public Sector Strategy at Tanium; Former Cyber Policy Advisor at Department of the Treasury; Former Consultant at Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
VP of Policy Design & Delivery
Former Professor of Practice, U.S. Air Force Academy; Former Defense & Security Expert at BCG; Former Managing Director, National Security Innovation Network (U.S. DoD); Former Senior Defense Official (Department of the Army & Office of the Secretary of Defense)
Associate Director of Policy Strategy
Former Emerging Technology Analyst at Gates Ventures
Communications Manager
Former Communications Co-Chair for WorldPride DC 2025; Former Press Secretary and Spokesperson at the U.S. Department of the Interior; Former Senior Communications lead on national political and federal policy teams.
Development Assistant
Former Researcher at MATS Research; Former Researcher at the Center for AI Safety; Former Researcher at the Berkeley AI Research Lab's Responsible AI Initiative; Former Member of Technical Staff at Andon Labs
Senior Policy Director
Fellow at NYU Stern, Senior AI Advisor FinRegLab, Former Senior Associate Director for Business and Technology at the Bipartisan Policy Center
Policy Analyst
Former Graduate Consultant and Data Analytics Intern at Department of State; Former Program Management Intern at UNDRR.
Associate Director of Government Affairs
Former Policy Advisor to Rep. Diana DeGette; former Legislative Assistant to Rep. Julia Brownley; former Legislative Fellow to Rep. Matt Cartwright.
Legislative and Policy Analyst
Former Impact Strategist at Charity Navigator; Former Research Manager at ImpactMatters
Board of Advisors
Schlumberger Centennial Chair of Computer Science at the University of Texas at Austin
Former General Counsel of the National Security Agency and Assistant Secretary for Policy at the Department of Homeland Security
Director, Stanford Digital Economy Lab; Jerry Yang and Akiko Yamazaki Professor and Senior Fellow, Stanford HAI; Ralph Landau Senior Fellow, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research
Professor of Government and Policy and Professor of Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University; Canadian Institute for Advanced Research AI Chair; former Senior Policy Advisor, Open AI
Professor of Computer Science, Smith-Zadeh Chair in Engineering, Director of the Center for Human-Compatible AI, and Director of the Kavli Center for Ethics, Science, and the Public, University of California, Berkeley
Former U.S. Congressman and Chairman of House Appropriations Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch
Our Advisors help to inform our work, but they have no official authority in our decision-making process, and their presence does not imply ARI’s agreement with all of their opinions or supported policies. The ARI leadership team takes responsibility for ARI’s policy positions.