AI Center for Government launches AI Advisory Council

The Partnership for Public Service AI Center for Government® is proud to announce the AI Center for Government Advisory Council, a group of visionary cross-sector leaders who advise the AI Center and contribute to its success.

The AI Center’s work to empower public sector leaders with the tools, knowledge and networks they need to wisely use and regulate artificial intelligence is grounded in the Partnership’s collective initiative to build a more effective, responsive and accountable government. We believe we do this work better when we do it together; our AI Council helps inform our programs and hold us accountable for exemplary products.

Council membership

The council members for the term of 2026-2028 are:

  • Alexis Bonnell, head of AI Adoption & Deployment, OpenAI for Government
  • Brian Whittaker, Bloomberg Public Innovation Fellow, Johns Hopkins University; founder, Humans of Public Service
  • Dartanion Swift-Williams, chief data officer, City of Baltimore, Md.
  • I-Sah Hsieh, deputy secretary for AI & Policy, North Carolina Department of Information Technology
  • Jennifer Anastasoff, founder & executive director, Tech Talent Project
  • Jonathan Porat, chief technology officer, Code for America
  • Krista Kinnard, AI expert, NASA
  • Lee J. Tiedrich, former senior advisor, International AI Safety Reports & NIST; CEO, Tiedrich Global Strategies; faculty, Duke University and University of Maryland
  • Michael Boyce, former director, AI Corps, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
  • Nick Hart, president & CEO, Data Foundation
  • Remco Zwetsloot, co-founder and executive director, Horizon Institute for Public Service
  • Santiago Garces, adjunct lecturer, Harvard Kennedy School
  • Shanika Hope, director, Google.org
  • Wole Moses, chief AI officer, Microsoft Federal Civilian

The AI Center is incredibly proud to work alongside these distinguished experts, and we are grateful for their insights and support!

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The AI Center is made possible by its generous founding supporters, Google.org and Microsoft.