Name: Lisa Dyer
Current city: San Francisco, CA
Current job: Director of Policy, Partnership on AI
Past job: Director, Office of Intellectual Property Enforcement, U.S. Department of State
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Name: Jamira Burley
Current city: New York, NY
Current job: Head of Youth Engagement and Skills, Global Business Coalition for Education
Past job: National Deputy Millennial Vote Director: Hillary For America
Name: Arvin Patel
Current city: San Jose, CA
Current job: EVP and Chief Intellectual Property Officer, Rovi Corporation, a TiVo Company
Past job: Chief Intellectual Property Officer, Technicolor
Name: June Williams
Current city: Oakland, CA
Current job: Policy Advisor, Trust & Safety at Google
Past job: San Francisco District Director for U.S. Senator Kamala Harris
Name: Kay Firth-Butterfield
Current city: San Francisco, CA
Current job: Chief Head of AI at World Economic Forum
Past job: Chief AI Ethics Officer at World Economic Forum
Name: Suzan DelBene
Current city: Medina, WA
Current job: U.S. Congresswoman to Washington’s first district
Past job: VP of drugstore.com, CEO of Nimble Technology, VP of Mobile Communications at Microsoft, Strategic Advisor at Global Partnerships, Director - Washington State Department of Revenue
Name: Kristin Smith
Current city: Washington, DC
Current job: Senior Vice President, Communications at the Association of American Railroads
Name: Julie Kearney
Current city: Mountain View, CA
Current job: Vice President of Communications Regulatory Affairs and Policy at Twilio Inc.
Past job: Global Head of Communications Regulation and Policy, Loon (an Alphabet company); VP of Regulatory Affairs, CTA; Director of Policy and Legislation, NPR
Name: Jessica Szmajda
Current city: Washington, DC
Current job: CTO, Axios
Past job: CTO, Optoro
Name: Susan Gonzales
City: San Francisco, CA
Current job: Founder & CEO, AIandYou.org
Past job: Facebook’s Director of Community Engagement
Name: Michael Sellitto
Current city: San Francisco, CA
Current job: Head of Geopolitics and Security at Anthropic
Past job: Founding Director, Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence ; Director for Cybersecurity Policy, National Security Council
Name: Michael Madsen
Current city: Washington, DC
Current job: Director, Strategic Engagement and Operations, Defense Innovation Unit
Past job: Executive Director, Congressional Advisory Panel on Streamlining Defense Acquisition
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Name: Jennifer Pahlka
Current city: Oakland, CA and San Francisco, CA
Current job: Founder, Code for America
Past job: U.S. Deputy Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
Name: Chris Massey
Current city: Washington, DC
Current job: Head of Global Government Relations & Public Affairs, Chime
Past job: SVP of Government Relations & Public Affairs at hims & hers; Head of Global Government Relations & Policy at Square
Name: Kate Black
Current city: Washington
Current job: Acting Chief Policy Advisor for Acting FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel
Past job: Chief of Staff, EMILY's List
Name: Michael Steel
Current city: Washington, DC
Current job: Partner, Hamilton Place Strategies
Past job: Spokesman to former Speaker John Boehner & former VP candidate Paul Ryan. Senior campaign advisor to FL Gov. Jeb Bush
Name: Congressman Jerry McNerney
Current city: Stockton, VA
Current job: United States Congressman & Co-Chair of the House AI Caucus
Past job: Wind Energy Engineer
Name: Reshma Saujani
Current city: New York, NY
Current job: Founder and CEO of Girls Who Code
Past job: Deputy in the Office of New York City Public Advocate
Name: AJ Shankar
Current city: Berkeley, CA
Current job: CEO of Everlaw
Past job: Co-founder/CTO, Engineer, Grad Student
Name: Ginny Badanes
Current city: Washington, DC
Current job: Director of Strategic Projects, Cybersecurity and Democracy at Microsoft
Past job: VP at CMDI