Joshua New is the Director of Policy for SeedAI, responsible for SeedAI’s public policy thought leadership. Previously, Joshua led the public policy portfolio for generative AI and AI safety, open innovation, and other technology and science policy issues at IBM. At IBM, Joshua helped launch the AI Alliance, an international community focused on developing AI collaboratively, transparently, and with a focus on safety, ethics, and the greater good, and served as co-chair of the AI Alliance’s policy working group. Prior to IBM, Joshua was a Senior Policy Analyst at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation’s (ITIF) Center for Data Innovation, where he focused on AI, emerging data-driven technologies, and open innovation.

Anna Rulloda is leading Operations at SeedAI. Previously, Anna worked on Trust & Safety technology at Twitter as the connective tissue between engineering and public policy. Before that, she co-wrote a California Assembly Bill, developed software for Digital Democracy, and served as a data scientist on World Bank and Union of Concerned Scientists research initiatives.

Stuart Styron is a Senior Policy Fellow at SeedAI. Previously, he served as Senior Technology Policy Counsel to Rep. Anna G. Eshoo. Stuart’s portfolio included all technology and telecommunications issues, specifically AI. He administered the Congressional AI Caucus and led efforts to democratize AI and ensure consumers were aware when interacting with AI-generated content online. Prior to Rep. Eshoo, Stuart was Senior Legislative Assistant to Rep. Val B. Demings, serving as her lead staffer on all Judiciary-related issues.

Adefoluke Shemsu is a Policy Fellow at SeedAI. He is an ex-public servant and previous industry technology and data strategist with experience working for and advising Pre-Seed to Series B software and platform technology startups, often operating at the intersection of technical and business solutions driving AI and fintech product strategy and analysis. While working at these companies, he studied Data Analytics, Climate Change, and Global Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, obtained a graduate certificate in Applied Data Science at MIT, and pursued a personal learning roadmap that focused on machine learning, responsible AI, and other concepts underpinning the effective alignment of technology, process, and people. Ade attends the Graduate School of Political Management at George Washington University, where he studies Political Management and Legislative Affairs.

Marina Meyjes is a Policy Fellow at SeedAI. She previously worked at the Atlantic Council’s GeoTech Center, where she contributed to research and initiatives at the intersection of geopolitics and artificial intelligence, bringing an unorthodox lens shaped by her research background in feminist technoscience to the field. Marina is also the co-founder of AFTER, a grassroots collective and think tank dedicated to advancing bold and imaginative alternatives to the status quo’s response to today’s urgent and interconnected global crises. At AFTER, she leads the technology and global social justice project. She holds an MPhil from the University of Cambridge and a B.A. from UCLA.

Charlie Yates is an Executive Assistant at SeedAI. She has worked as a consultant for startups, community organizations, brands, and musicians, specializing in administrative support, event production and project management. She graduated with a B.A. from Bard College at Simon’s Rock in Politics, Ethics, Aesthetics and Music.

Mateo Ruiz-Leal is a Policy Intern at SeedAI. He is a student at Carnegie Mellon University. He began his academic journey studying Electrical and Computer Engineering, where he built a strong foundation in programming and technical problem-solving, before transitioning to Ethics, History, and Public Policy to explore the societal impacts of technology. At CMU, Mateo has conducted research on political leadership, worked in business engagement to analyze alumni integration strategies, and interned in the congressional office of Rep. Susie Lee, supporting legislative research, policy memos, and constituent engagement.

Miguel Buitrago is a Policy Intern at SeedAI. He is majoring in linguistics and philosophy with a minor in computer science at MIT. In his time in college, he has done research developing software for new methodologies in philosophical logic and served as co-chair of MIT’s Undergraduate Association Public Affairs Committee, advocating for policy changes that benefit students to university administrators and government at local, state, and federal levels.

Rachel currently works for the Glen Echo Group and advises us on organizational development and AI policy. She was previously Head of Global Engagement at Meta’s Oversight Board. Before that, she served in the US Department of Commerce as an internet policy specialist and on Capitol Hill for a Congressman on the Judiciary Committee. Rachel recently completed a Fulbright program where she published a dissertation on multistakeholder solutions to addressing challenges raised by generative AI.

Aalok Mehta is a Senior Advisor at SeedAI. Previously, he was the U.S. policy lead for OpenAI. He also served as a senior professional staff member for the House Appropriations Committee, a senior policy advisor at the Federal Communications Commission, and an economic and technology policy advisor at the National Economic Council and Office of Management and Budget. He covered science and technology for a number of years as a reporter and editor in Washington, D.C. He has a Ph.D., M.A., and M.P.P. from the University of Southern California and a B.A. from Rice University.

Jay comes to SeedAI with a fervor for increasing access to artificial intelligence for all people and draws great inspiration from his Korean heritage. He is passionate about increasing AAPI (Asian American and Pacific Islander) participation at the nexus of technology and policy. Jay supports SeedAI with strategic planning and decision-making. He also builds and maintains critical relationships in the policy sector. He previously served on the board of Korean Americans for Organizing Fund, a political action committee focused on supporting Korean American political candidates. 

Having started his career as an unpaid intern, Jay also works diligently to increase opportunities for students to gain early career experience in AI and policy regardless of their families’ socioeconomic status. He previously served as Chair of the Corporate Leadership Council for College to Congress, a nonprofit focused on helping students afford internships on Capitol Hill. In 2022 Jay joined VMware as Director of Federal Government Relations.

Jack is a co-founder at Anthropic, an AI safety and research company, and was previously the Policy Director of OpenAI, an AI deployment company. Jack is also co-chair of the AI Index at Stanford University, co-chair of the OECD’s working group on the classification and definition of AI systems, and a member of the OECD’s working group on measuring the relationship between AI and Compute. Jack also writes a popular technical newsletter about cutting edge AI research, called Import AI.

Tiffany serves as senior vice president of political and industry affairs for the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)™. Moore’s role includes overseeing CTA’s U.S. jobs, and DEI initiatives. She also leads the association’s advocacy efforts on Capitol Hill on issues including communications, technology policy, patent litigation reform, strategic immigration reform, international trade, and overseeing CTA’s political action committee. Moore joined CTA as vice president of government and political affairs in 2015.

Shane is a non-resident senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI). She works primarily on cybersecurity, technology, innovation policy, and internet governance issues. She is also president of Logan Circle Strategies, where she focuses on information communication technology and cybersecurity policy issues including privacy, data protection, 5G next generation networking, the Internet of Things, internet governance, and digital economic policy. She is currently vice chair of the board of directors of the Internet Education Foundation, which governs outside work for the Congressional.

Kellee Wicker serves as executive director of Hack the Future, a new series of events organized by SeedAI in partnership with the Wilson Center Science and Technology Innovation Program (STIP). Kellee also leads STIP at the Wilson Center, a Congressionally-chartered think tank that provides nonpartisan counsel and insights on global affairs to policymakers through deep research, impartial analysis, and independent scholarship. The STIP team provides research and insight to Congress, global policymakers, and the general public on a number of emerging technologies and scientific advances, with special emphasis on artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, space in the commercial age, and more. Through games, experiential learning, and educational opportunities, STIP also works beyond traditional research to directly provide policymakers and their staff with the foundational knowledge they need to devise smart legislation and regulation that protects individuals and workers while continuing to bolster flourishing technological innovation.

Tyrance Billingsley II is a Tulsa entrepreneur, technologist and community leader. He is the founder and executive director of Black Tech Street, an initiative to rebirth Historic Black Wall Street as a Black Innovation Economy and build mechanisms for black people to embrace technology as a means to build wealth and impact the world. Black Tech Street's industry development focuses are cybersecurity, business intelligence/data analytics and responsible artificial intelligence. Tyrance recently brokered an alliance with Microsoft to support the creation of 1,000 black cyber professionals in Tulsa by the year 2030. He believes that technology, specifically AI, presents the perfect opportunity to rebuild society in a way that is fair and equitable.