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The Responsible AI Institute

The Responsible AI Institute (RAI Institute) is a global and member-driven non-profit dedicated to enabling successful responsible AI efforts in organizations. The RAI Institute’s conformity assessments and certifications for AI systems support practitioners as they navigate the complex landscape of creating, selling or buying AI products. Through our global network of responsible AI experts, the RAI Institute offers valuable insights to practitioners, policymakers, and regulators to enable technologies that improve the social and economic well-being of society.

Leadership and Team

Var Shankar

Var Shankar

Executive Director

Alyssa Lefaivre Škopac

Alyssa Lefaivre Škopac

Global Head of Partnerships and Growth

Benjamin Faveri

Benjamin Faveri

Research and Policy Analyst

Amanda Lawson

Amanda Lawson

AI Policy Manager

Nicole McCaffrey

Nicole McCaffrey

Head of Marketing & Engagement

Patrick McAndrew

Patrick McAndrew

Member Engagement & Community Manager

Sabrina Shih

Sabrina Shih

AI Policy Analyst

Anna Blue

Anna Blue

Fellow

Manon Revel

Manon Revel

Fellow

Lucy He

Lucy He

Fellow

Nazeer Kamdar

Nazeer Kamdar

Fellow

Coran Darling

Coran Darling

Fellow

Board Members

Ashley Casovan

Ashley Casovan

Managing Director, AI Governance Centre, IAPP

Dr. Joydeep Ghosh

Dr. Joydeep Ghosh

Professor, Cockrell School of Engineering, University of Texas at Austin

Matt Sanchez

Matt Sanchez

Global Chief Data & AI Officer, Tecnotree

Michael E. Stewart

Michael E. Stewart

Founder, Chairman, & CEO, Lucid.AI

Manoj Saxena

Manoj Saxena

Executive Chairman, CognitiveScale

Alka Patel

Alka Patel

VP, Government & External Affairs, COMCAST

Advisors

Cameron Davies

Chief Data Officer, Yum! Brands

Rajeev Ronanki

SVP, Elevance Health & President, Carelon Digital Platforms

Mark Rolston

Founder & Chief Creative, argodesign

Cathy Cobey

Global Trusted AI Leader, EY

Dr. Bhatt Vadlamani

VP & Chief Technology Advisor to COO, Jackson Financial

Doreen Lorenzo

Assistant Dean, School of Design and Creative Technology, University of Texas at Austin

Suraj Madnani

VP & Chief Product Owner, Risk Management and Product Development, American Express

Expert Advisors

Umang Bhatt

Research Associate, The Alan Turing Institute

John Tang

Managing Director of Cerberus Technology Solutions

Steven Kelts

Lecturer on Ethics of AI at Princeton University

Aurelie Jacquet

Chair of Standards Committee, International Standards on AI

Myrna Macgregor

Principal Data Strategist and Lead for Responsible AI & Robotics, Ocado Technology

Deborah Leff

Board Member, Recruiter.com

Sue Williams

Managing Director, Hexagon Consultants

Mohan Reddy

Co-Founder & CTO, SkyHive

Vilmos Lorincz

Managing Director, Data and Digital Products, Commercial Bank, Lloyds Banking Group

Alex Woodruff

Global Accounts, Fiddler AI

Jeffrey Roy

Professor, Dalhousie University School of Public Administration

Graeme Auld

Professor, School of Public Policy and Administration, Carleton University

Veronica Rotemberg

Dermatologist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Aruna Kolluru

Chief Technologist, AI, Dell Technologies

Brandie Nonnecke

Founding Director, CITRIS Policy Lab, UC Berkeley

Julia Stoyanovich

Associate Professor, NYU Tandon School of Engineering, New York University

Matissa Hollister

Assistant Professor of Organizational Behaviour, McGill University

Barbara Cosgrove

VP, Chief Privacy Officer, Workday

Craig Shank

Senior Leader & Strategist: Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Tech Ethics

Karen Silverman

CEO & Founder, The Cantellus Group

Nandita Sampath

AI Policy Analyst, Consumer Reports

Brent Mittelstadt

Director of Resarch, Associate Professor, and Senior Research Fellow, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford

Tim Vincent

Retired IBM Fellow & CTO of Data and Analytics, IBM

Kasia Chmielinski

Co-Founder, Data Nutrition Project

RAII Community

The responsible AI ecosystem is made up of all types of organizations, from private sector companies, regulators, standards organizations, academic institutions, civil society, individual experts, and many more. Over the years RAII has embedded itself in this community, convened it and advised it, in addition to creating strong partnerships with key actors.

Members

Academia and Government

Ecosystem Collaborators

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Filler text is text that shares some characteristics of a real written text, but is random or otherwise generated. It may be used to display a sample of fonts, generate text for testing. 

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Filler text is text that shares some characteristics of a real written text, but is random or otherwise generated. It may be used to display a sample of fonts, generate text for testing. 

Case Study

Filler text is text that shares some characteristics of a real written text, but is random or otherwise generated. It may be used to display a sample of fonts, generate text for testing. 

Case Study

Filler text is text that shares some characteristics of a real written text, but is random or otherwise generated. It may be used to display a sample of fonts, generate text for testing. 

Case Studies

Contact us to find out how organizations and suppliers are taking advantage of their memberships.

Meet our Team

Our leaders, staff, board members and advisors all share a profound care for and understanding of responsible AI. They know that responsible AI matters and that it has serious implications for businesses, governments and society.

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