Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI)
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Haifa Badi Uz Zaman
Program Manager for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI)
BioHaifa Badi Uz Zaman is the inaugural Program Manager for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI). Prior to Stanford, Haifa was a Campus Director with Citizen Schools in San Jose, CA where she managed STEM education programs at low-income public schools. She holds an EdM in International Education Policy from Harvard University as the Aga Khan Foundation’s International Scholar at the Graduate School of Education. Haifa also holds a BA in Mass Communication with minors in International Studies and Governmental Studies from the American University of Sharjah. She has worked as a Communications Associate for the Aga Khan Academies in Kenya and written for news publications in Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates.
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Celia Clark-Worley
Events Manager, Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI)
BioCelia Clark is the Events Manager at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI). In this role, Celia oversees HAI’s events including large-scale conferences, workshops, and seminars.
Prior to joining HAI, Celia was the Event Planner for the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR).
Before moving to California to join Stanford, Celia spent eight years working in the sports industry, where she focused on marketing and operations.
Celia earned her B.A. in Psychology from Agnes Scott College and M.S. in Recreation, Sports, and Tourism from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign -
Tina Huang
Policy Program Manager, Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI)
BioTina Huang is the policy program manager at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence. In this role, Tina oversees numerous programs designed to equip policymakers in the U.S. and abroad with the knowledge and skills necessary to make informed decisions on various emerging technologies.
Prior to her role at Stanford HAI, Tina served as the AI policy fellow for Rep. Jerry McNerney (CA-09), co-chair of the Congressional AI Caucus, where she provided research support for the congressman’s AI legislative agenda.
Tina was also a research analyst at Georgetown’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology where she focused on AI talent, specifically analyzing the competitiveness of U.S. immigration policies for attracting and retaining international talent compared to those in U.S. economic competitor nations. She also conducted research on U.S. military investments in AI and the calibration of trust in human-machine teams engaged in warfare environments.
Tina is an advisor to Girl Security, a non-profit preparing girls, women, and gender minorities for national security careers. She previously served as Girl Security’s curriculum program director where she created modules on various national security topics for middle to high school girls.
Tina earned her B.A. in international studies from Emory University and M.A. in security studies from the Georgetown Walsh School of Foreign Service. -
Marisa Medina MacAskill
Program Manager - Finance & Research Administration | Faculty & Academic Affairs, Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI)
BioMarisa MacAskill joined the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI) in January 2020. She currently serves as the Program Manager for Finance & Research Administration and Faculty & Academic Affairs after, most recently, filling the role as the inaugural HAI Education Program Manager. Marisa started her career at Stanford in 2017 as the Fellowships and Student Programs Manager for the Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI) where she delivered academic programming, managed admissions, and supported research and learning opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows. Prior to Stanford, Marisa was the Assistant Director for Administration and Programming at the McKinnon Center for Global Affairs at Occidental College where she worked on strategic initiatives, international programming, and student/faculty grants. Marisa also served as a seasonal reader for Oxy’s Admissions Office and as a strategic planning analyst for the Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands.
Marisa holds an MA in International Relations from the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver and a BA in Spanish Language and Literature from the University of California, Berkeley. -
Nestor Maslej
Research Associate, Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI)
BioNestor Maslej is a Research Associate at Stanford’s Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI). In this position, he uses a combination of quantitative and qualitative methodologies to conduct research for the AI Index and Global AI Vibrancy Tool. Nestor also leads research projects that study AI in the context of technical advancement, ethical concerns and policymaking. In developing tools that track the advancement of AI, Nestor hopes to make the AI space more accessible to both policymakers and citizens. His work is also oriented towards building knowledge about AI in a way that facilitates more productive dialogues surrounding its future and can lead to its development in ethically responsible ways.
Prior to joining HAI, Nestor worked in Toronto as an analyst in several startups. He graduated from the University of Oxford in 2021 with an MPhil in Comparative Government, where he used machine learning methodologies to study the Canadian Indian Residential schooling system and Harvard College in 2017 with an A.B. in Social Studies. -
Holly Elizabeth McCall
Policy Program Coordinator, Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI)
BioHolly McCall is the Policy Coordinator at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI). She works with policy programs centered around emerging technology, and provides operational support for the policy research manager. The policy team seeks to connect AI technology research and policy communities.
Holly transferred to HAI, from Stanford School of Engineering, Office of the Dean, and has worked in a variety of settings in the non-profit and philanthropy world. She holds an M.A. in International Relations from Florida State University and a B.A. in Business Administration at Andrews University. -
Megan J. Palmer
Adjunct Professor, Executive Director of Bio Policy & Leadership Initiatives, Bioengineering
BioDr. Megan J. Palmer is the Executive Director of Bio Policy & Leadership Initiatives at Stanford University. In this role, Dr. Palmer leads integrated research, teaching and engagement programs to explore how biological science and engineering is shaping our societies, and to guide innovation to serve public interests. Based in the Department of Bioengineering, where she is also an Adjunct Professor, she works closely both with groups across the university and with stakeholders in academia, government, industry and civil society around the world.
In addition to fostering broader efforts, Dr. Palmer leads a focus area in biosecurity in partnership with the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI) at Stanford. Projects in this area examine how security is conceived and managed as biotechnology becomes increasingly accessible. Her current projects include assessing strategies for governing dual use research, analyzing the diffusion of safety and security norms and practices, and understanding the security implications of alternative technology design decisions.
Dr. Palmer has created and led many programs aimed at developing and promoting best practices and policies for the responsible development of bioengineering. She currently co-chairs the World Economic Forum Global Future Council on Synthetic Biology and in a member of the Council of the Engineering Biology Research Consortium (EBRC). For the last ten years she has led programs in safety, security and social responsibility for the international Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition, which in 2019 involved over 6000 students in 353 teams from 48 countries. She also founded and serves as Executive Director of the Synthetic Biology Leadership Excellence Accelerator Program (LEAP), an international fellowship program in biotechnology leadership. She advises and works with many other organizations on their strategies for the responsible development of bioengineering, including serving on the board of directors of Revive & Restore, a nonprofit organization advancing biotechnologies for conservation.
Previously, Megan was a Senior Research Scholar and William J. Perry Fellow in International Security at the Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC), part of FSI, where she is now an affiliated researcher. She also spent five years as Deputy Director of Policy and Practices for the multi-university NSF Synthetic Biology Engineering Research Center (Synberc). She has previously held positions as a project scientist at the California Center for Quantitative Bioscience at the University of California Berkeley (where she was an affiliate of Lawrence Berkeley National Labs), and a postdoctoral scholar in the Bioengineering Department at Stanford University. Dr. Palmer received her Ph.D. in Biological Engineering from M.I.T. and a B.Sc.E. in Engineering Chemistry from Queen’s University, Canada. -
Kaci Danae Peel
Events Planner 1, Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI)
Current Role at StanfordEvent Planner, Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI (HAI)
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Christian Pinedo
Education Program Coordinator, Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI)
BioChristian Pinedo joined Stanford as an Education Program Coordinator with the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI (HAI) in 2021. He works to support one of HAI's core missions: making AI education equitable. Coordinating with faculty and expert practitioners, Christian assists in the creation of multidisciplinary programs for both high-impact decision makers and emerging leaders. He collaborates with the diverse communities surrounding Artificial Intelligence to pursue cutting-edge research, create useful and responsible AI, and respond thoughtfully to the societal and ethical implications of global AI. He believes that the quality of any intellectual endeavor is improved when participants reflect diversity in the broadest sense, including gender, ethnic and socioeconomic background, but also intellectual, cultural and political perspectives.
Prior to joining Stanford, Christian was an Education Program Manager at the TGR Foundation: A Tiger Woods Charity and worked on providing integrated STEM programs to students in underserved communities.
Christian holds a Bachelors in Cognitive Science from the University of California, San Diego. -
John Robichaux
Director of Education, Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI)
BioJohn Robichaux is the inaugural Director of Education at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI).
John is an award-winning executive and educator, with 25+ years expertise in advising, building, and growing high-impact organizations within the public, corporate, and philanthropic sectors. Prior to his current role, John served in senior leadership positions at Harvard, Stanford, and Columbia Universities, as well as consultant, advisor, or board member for 200+ organizations worldwide in the areas of strategic and executive leadership, organizational and policy design, change leadership, and social impact. John also founded and co-directed a large international NGO and nonprofit.
Academically, John is a Harvard-educated, award-winning scholar of human rights, democracy, and critical issues in international relations. He has taught at Harvard and Stanford in the areas of International Relations, Political Science, Religious Studies, Ethics, and Anthropology before making the move to university administration full-time. John's research, teaching, and policy work has touched on some of the most prominent issues facing global leaders: the impacts of emerging technologies, sustainability leadership and resource conflicts, ethics of war and conflict, minority rights, immigration, religion in the post-9/11 era, health care, democracy, and global leadership (as viewed by government, industry, and civil society organizations). He has conducted research or taught in eight countries on four continents.
Within higher education leadership, John is widely recognized as the only active administrator to have held leadership positions at three "Ivy Plus" universities in six key areas of university teaching, research, and administration. In 2017, NAASS recognized John's innovation and impact on higher education leadership, describing "The Robichaux Method" as "15 ideas that changed everything" in these fields. John has also successfully led numerous university-wide initiatives and helped launch dozens of degree programs, research centers, and new schools and campuses. He has taught in the area of Leadership, and helped shape leadership programs at Harvard, Stanford, and Columbia.
Some example partners John has worked with (public list): The United Nations, The White House, US State Department, US Congress, European Parliament, European Commission, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Apple, IBM, Facebook, Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo, Nike, LinkedIn, Kaiser Permanente, Dignity Health, the NFL, Johnson & Johnson, Salesforce, PBS, NPR, NASA, National Geographic, The Brookings Institution, Hoover Institution, UNICEF, NYPD, the Miami Dolphins, NASCAR, Brooks Brothers, GoPro, United Way, YMCA, Harvard University, Stanford University, Columbia University, M.I.T., UC-Berkeley, Hong Kong University, University College London, Singapore University of Technology & Design, The University of California, California State University, European University Institute, Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCUs), New York City Public Schools, San Francisco Public Schools, Washington, DC Public Schools, Miami-Dade Public Schools, Office of the State Superintendent of Education (Washington, DC), Boys and Girls Club of America, Harlem Children’s Zone, American Friends Service Committee, US Conference of Bishops, Lutheran Refugee Services, National Conference for Community & Justice, Rotary International, the KIPP Foundation, the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, and the Malone Foundation, among others.
John and his family have more than 90 years of combined service to Stanford. A native Louisiana Cajun, today he lives on Stanford's campus in Silicon Valley with his wife and daughter. -
Ahmad Rushdi
Industry Research Initiatives Manager, Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI)
BioAhmad A. Rushdi joined Stanford as a Research Initiatives Manager at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI (HAI) in 2021. He works with the diverse machine learning, deep learning, and artificial intelligence communities across Stanford and the corporate world, in order to envision, build, and maintain new bridges around cutting-edge research that would create useful and trusted systems for a variety of AI applications.
Dr. Rushdi's research interests include statistical signal processing and uncertainty quantification methods applied to machine learning models trained on time-series and real/synthetic image datasets. His publications span system design, communications, genomics, meshing, and national security applications.
Prior to joining Stanford, Ahmad was a research scientist at the Center for Computing Research of Sandia National Laboratories, an R&D manager of data science at Northrop Grumman Corporation, a research fellow at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of UC Davis and the Computational Visualization Center under Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences at UT Austin, and an R&D engineer at Cisco Systems.
Ahmad holds a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of California, Davis, and MSc/BSc degrees in Electrical Engineering from Cairo University. -
Russell Wald
Director of Policy, Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI)
BioRussell Wald is the Director of Policy for Stanford’s Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI). In this role he is responsible for leading the team that advances Stanford HAI’s engagement with governments and civil society organizations to see a world benefit from the human-centered uses of artificial intelligence.
From 2016 - 2020, Wald led government relations on behalf of Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, where his portfolio focused on national security, cyber, and technology policy. In addition to his work at Hoover, Wald was head of outreach for the Stanford Cyber Policy Program, which was later elevated to become the Stanford’s Cyber Policy Center.
Before joining the Hoover Institution’s Washington office, Wald was the Program Manager for National Security Affairs at the Hoover Institution’s Stanford headquarters, where he spearheaded numerous programs including the Stanford Congressional Cyber Boot Camp and the Project on the Strategic Dimensions of Offensive Cyber Operations. In 2015, he led the official program at Stanford University hosting then Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter titled, “Rewiring of the Pentagon: Charting a New Path on Innovation and Cybersecurity.” He also played a supporting role with the White House Summit on Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection at Stanford University where President Barack Obama signed the executive order on “Promoting Private Sector Cybersecurity Information Sharing.” Wald also served as special assistant to Hoover Fellows Amy Zegart and Ashton Carter at Stanford's Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC)
Prior to his work at Stanford, he held numerous roles with the Los Angeles World Affairs Council. He is a Term Member with the Council on Foreign Relations, Visiting Fellow with the National Security Institute at George Mason University, and a Partner with the Truman National Security Project. Wald is a graduate of UCLA.
