Aspen is a place for leaders to lift their sights above the possessions which possess them. To confront their own nature as human beings, to regain control over their own humanity by becoming more self-aware, more self-correcting, and hence more self-fulfilling.
B is a technology and facilitation expert who is passionate about creating social change by empowering everyone to participate in technological and social governance. B is the Director of Emerging Technologies at theAspen Institute.
Previously, they advisedSenator Ron Wyden on issues of privacy, internet governance, andalgorithmic accountability through theCongressional Innovation Fellowship. Prior to Congress, B was a Research Program Lead at thePartnership on AI, a non-profit multi-stakeholder initiative to address the most important and difficult decisions on the future of artificial intelligence. B led research in areas such as fairness, transparency, AI’s impact on labor.
B has also served as Senior Engagement Lead forIBM Watson, where they led strategic conversations with world leaders about AI andpatented a spooky authentication technique. They were also recognized as an IBM LGBT+ ‘Out Role Model’ for championing diversity and inclusion in and beyond IBM. B earlier served as Director of both Product Development and Community atExploding Kittens, a record-breaking crowdfunded card game startup. B also co-led Phenomenon Media 501c3, and arts and education nonprofit, developing an educational tool for teaching code without the need for computers.
B received a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the University of Texas at Dallas and was selected as anMIT-Harvard Assembly Fellow for the 2019 Ethics and Governance in Artificial Intelligence Initiative cohort.
