Arvind Narayanan is a Professor of Computer Science at Princeton University and Director of the Center for Information Technology Policy. He is the co-author of AI Snake Oil—both the book and its widely read newsletter, followed by over 50,000 researchers, policymakers, journalists, and AI enthusiasts—and previously co-authored the influential textbooks Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies and Fairness in Machine Learning. Narayanan led the Princeton Web Transparency and Accountability Project, producing landmark work on data practices and demonstrating some of the earliest evidence that machine learning systems echo cultural biases. Named to TIME’s inaugural list of the 100 most influential people in AI, he has also received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE).

Jeffrey Oakman works with the Hub’s Executive Director in advancing the Hub’s goals of promoting advanced research in the field, driving regional economic growth and talent development in the tech sector, supporting private- and public-sector entities in AI utilization, and strengthening the AI start-up ecosystem in New Jersey. The NJ AI Hub is a first-of-its-kind public-private partnership between Princeton University, the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA), Microsoft, and CoreWeave, designed to accelerate innovation in artificial intelligence and position New Jersey as a global leader in the field. Its aim is to bring together AI researchers, entrepreneurs, industry, educational institutions, and the public sector to advance world-class research and development; drive transformative AI innovation; empower the workforce for the AI era; and shape the future of responsible AI deployment.

Edward You is the Founder and Principal of EHY Consulting LLC, which focuses on the security, policy, and strategic implications of emerging technologies. He advises industry, academia, and government on the convergence of artificial intelligence, biotechnology, quantum, and other disruptive fields, helping organizations navigate the risks and opportunities shaping the future innovation landscape. He recently retired after more than two decades of service in the FBI, holding leadership roles at the intersection of counterintelligence, biosecurity, and technology protection. Most recently, he served on the FBI’s National Counterintelligence Task Force, advancing a whole-of-government approach to safeguarding emerging and disruptive technologies, and spent 15 years in the Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate. He also completed a Joint Duty Assignment at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence as the National Counterintelligence Officer for Emerging and Disruptive Technologies.

Dr. Nathan C. Walker is an award-winning First Amendment and human rights educator and founder of the AI Ethics Lab at Rutgers University. He has held research appointments at Harvard, Oxford, and Stellenbosch University in South Africa. The Rockefeller Foundation recently awarded him a Bellagio Residency to advance his research on AI ethics and human rights. Dr. Walker has worked with industry as an Expert AI Trainer for OpenAI and Handshake AI, provided ethics training to Adobe employees, and facilitated a working group at Google’s ethics-to-industry summit. He has published five books on law, education, and religion, and presented his research at the UN Human Rights Council, the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the U.S. Senate. He earned his doctorate in First Amendment law and two master’s degrees from Columbia University. An ordained Unitarian Universalist minister, he holds a Master of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary.

Alexander Kriebitz is a political scientist at the Technical University of Munich whose work sits at the intersection of international law, business ethics, and international relations. His current research re-examines scholarship on Business and Human Rights, focusing on how responsibilities for upholding human rights are divided between states and companies. His work has published in the Business and Human Rights Journal, AI and Ethics, and Human Rights Review. He is a key collaborator on the AI & Human Rights project at the AI Ethics Lab at Rutgers University, a comprehensive legal framework that maps which rights AI can threaten or advance, how risks play out across sectors, and who is accountable for protecting them.

Middle States Association (MSA) is a global accrediting organization that launched the RAIL: Responsible AI in Learning endorsement series to provide the only implementation framework of its kind to support schools in wise change. MSA’s AI Team guides school leaders to move beyond tools to human-led, ethical, and mission-aligned systems. Amber Berry ‘08 is the Vice President of AI & Strategy and co-founder of RAIL. She brings 15 years of school experience as a former teacher and principal with deep expertise in school transformation, adult learning, and ethical AI adoption at scale. Amber is an alumna of Princeton, holds a Master’s from Middlebury, and a Master’s of Education from Columbia, and a Mini-MBA from SectionAI. Morgan Mifflin is an AI Project Manager at MSA. She supports Evolution Lab initiatives that guide schools through their AI transformation journeys. Morgan holds a Master of Arts in International Security with a specialization in cybersecurity and AI ethics.

Michelle Ma is an Organizer at the Network on Emerging Threats, a DC-based policy network connecting professionals focused on AI and biosecurity existential risk. She is an incoming Horizon Fellow and was previously a Research Manager at UChicago's Existential Risk Laboratory, researching federal regulatory precedents for emerging technologies. Michelle writes about AI progress and governance on Substack, has written for Works in Progress, and was an AI Blogging Fellow at Asterisk Magazine. She holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of Chicago.