Paragon Fellowship

Advisors & Guest Speakers

Strategic Advisors

Ann CleavelandUC Berkeley

Ann Cleaveland

Executive Director, UC Berkeley Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity

Guest Speakers

Olivia Zhu

Olivia Zhu

Assistant Director for AI Policy, The White House

Jake Braun

Jake Braun

Acting Principal Deputy National Cyber Director, The White House

Julia Pan

Julia Pan

Staff, U.S. Senate, Space & Science Subcommittee

Tepring Piquado

Tepring Piquado

Executive Director, National Science Policy Network

Chris Hoofnagle

Chris Hoofnagle

Professor of Law, UC Berkeley

Igor Mikolic-Torreira

Igor Mikolic-Torreira

Director of Analysis, Georgetown CSET

Abhi Nemani

Abhi Nemani

Former CEO, Code For America

Victoria Houed

Victoria Houed

Director of AI Policy, Office of the Undersecretary for Economic Affairs, U.S. Department of Commerce

Chloe Autio

Chloe Autio

Former Director of Public Policy, Intel

Nicole DeCario

Nicole DeCario

Former Director of AI & Society, Allen Institute for AI

Brian Pascal

Brian Pascal

Senior Policy Advisor, Santa Clara County

Gus Hurwitz

Gus Hurwitz

Academic Director, UPenn Center for Technology, Innovation, & Competition

Daniel Schiff

Daniel Schiff

Assistant Professor of Technology Policy, Purdue

Patricia Gruver-Barr

Patricia Gruver-Barr

Director, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Science & Technology Policy Program

Soledad Guilera

Soledad Guilera

Director, AI and Public Policy Program, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Argentina

Obinna Ugwu

Obinna Ugwu

UX Researcher, Meta

Prem Trivedi

Prem Trivedi

Policy Director, Open Technology Institute, New America

Riana Pfefferkorn

Riana Pfefferkorn

Tech Policy Researcher at Stanford