Pawan Deshpande (Advisor) is an investor and former product leader, entrepreneur and machine learning researcher. Pawan runs Curata Ventures, an early-stage investment fund, and previously founded and led product at multiple AI startups. Pawan is founding member of the Hindu American Foundation (HAF) and is currently on the National Leadership Council, and previously the board of directors. His interest in applying Hindu philosophical principles, particularly Satya (truth) and Ahimsa (non-violence) to AI governance and technology policy. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Paul Scherz (Advisor) is the Our Lady of Guadalupe Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame and a Program Chair for the Notre Dame-IBM Tech Ethics Lab. His work examines the intersection of theology, science, medicine, and technology. He began his career in science, receiving a PhD in genetics from Harvard. After a postdoctoral fellowship at UCSF, he turned to moral theology, receiving his MTS and a PhD from the University of Notre Dame. Before returning to Notre Dame, he taught at the Catholic University of America and the University of Virginia.
He has written widely on AI, including the books The Ethics of Precision Medicine and Tomorrow’s Troubles: Risk, Anxiety, and Prudence in an Age of Algorithmic Governance. He is a member of the AI Research Group sponsored by the Dicastery for Culture and Education, for which he co-edited Encountering Artificial Intelligence: Ethical and Anthropological Investigations and the soon-to-be released Reclaiming Human Agency in an Age of AI.
Dr. Corey Schlosser-Hall (Advisor) serves as Deputy Executive for the Interim Unifying Agency of the PC(USA). Prior to that he served as the Executive Presbyter (EP) for Presbytery of the Northwest Coast. Corey grew up in the Dakotas and graduated from the University of Oregon . . . Go Ducks! He earned a Ph.D. in Organizational Communication from the University of Minnesota and is an ICF credentialed leadership coach. Corey and his spouse, Adrienne, are parents of two daughters–Maya Ruth (25) and Hannah Rose (21) and a fabulous new son-in-law, Aidan! Corey likes to do anything with his wife and kids, engage in CrossFit, and listen to good music.
