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Beth Simone Noveck is a professor at Northeastern University, where she directs the Burnes Center for Social Change and its partner project, The Governance Lab (The GovLab).  Her newest book Democracy Rebooted: How AI Can Save Democracy will appear with Yale University Press. New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy appointed her as the state’s first Chief AI Strategist in 2024. Previously, she served as the NJ Chief Innovation Officer, founded the White House Open Government Initiative under President Obama, worked for 10 Downing Street, and served on Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Digital Council. She leads InnovateUS, which trains public servants in AI, digital, and innovation skills and the AI for Impact Coop Program, where students build AI for social good. She blogs at RebootDemocracy.ai

For more about her publications and activities, read Beth’s full bio.

  • Jill Abramson

    Distinguished Professor of Practice and Senior Fellow
  • Chike Aguh

    Senior Fellow
  • Raiyah Ahmid

    Communications Assistant
  • Temi Akinyoade

    AI For Impact Co-Op
  • Jake Ashkenase

    AI For Impact Co-Op
  • Kristin Barrali

    Director of Major Gifts
  • John Basl

    Affiliated Faculty Fellow
  • John Battelle

    John Battelle

    Senior Fellow and Professor of Practice
  • Róbert Bjarnason

    Senior Fellow
  • Sofía Bosch Gómez

    Assistant Professor and Fellow
  • Etta Brooks

    InnovateMA Co-Op
  • Dana Bullister

    Post Graduate Research Assistant
  • Stephanie Cain

    Interim Lead for InnovateUS
  • Dinorah Cantú-Pedraza

    Senior Fellow
  • Angelique Casem

    Media & Communications Co-op
  • Kate Cummings

    Research Fellow
  • Fred DeJohn

    Chief Financial Officer
  • Anirudh Dinesh

    Research Fellow
  • Fahad Dogar

    Senior Fellow
  • Cristin Dorgelo

    Visiting Fellow
  • David Fields

    Professor of Practice and Senior Fellow
  • Laura Forlano

    Professor and Senior Fellow
  • Dane Gambrell

    Research Fellow
  • Santiago “Santi” Garces

    AI for Impact Technical Lead and Senior Fellow
  • Caleb Gayle

    Professor and Senior Fellow
  • Rui Ge

    AI For Impact Co-Op
  • Suvir Ghai

    AI For Impact Co-Op
  • Erhardt Graeff

    Senior Fellow and Visiting Faculty
  • Diane Grant

    InnovateMA Co-Op
  • Serena Green

    AI For Impact Co-Op
  • Vanessa Guan

    InnovateMA Co-Op
  • Virginia Hamilton

    Senior Fellow
  • Henri Hammond-Paul

    Fellow
  • Seth Harris

    Distinguished Professor of Practice and Senior Fellow
  • Hannah Hetzer

    Research Fellow
  • Mindy Huang

    Tech Mentor
  • Raveena Ingale

    Web Development Co-op
  • Namitha J C

    Web development Co-Op
  • Dan Jackson

    Senior Fellow and Director of NuLawLab
  • Steven Kadish

    Senior Fellow
  • Rachel Kahn

    InnovateMA Co-Op
  • Dhruv Kamalesh Kumar

    InnovateMA Co-Op
  • Jonathan Kaufman

    Burnes Center Affiliated Faculty and Professor and Director in the School of Journalism
  • Jay Kemp

    Artificial Intelligence and Social Impact Fellow
  • Ayush Khanvilkar

    Web Development Intern
  • Neil Kleiman

    Professor and Senior Fellow
  • Sarah Klute

    AI For Impact Co-Op
  • Leadora Kyin

    AI For Impact Co-Op
  • Olivia Leon

    Communications Intern
  • Claudia Levi

    AI For Impact Co-Op
  • Alister Martin

    Senior Fellow and Professor of Practice
  • Anita McGahan

    Senior Research Scientist
  • Bonnie McGilpin

    Director of Communications
  • Deepikasai Mettu

    AI For Impact Co-Op
  • Jonathan Metzl

    Professor and Senior Fellow
  • Zeno Minotti

    Worker Power and Labor Communications Specialist
  • Bela Omoeva

    Solutions Journalism Reporter
  • Cory Ondrejka

    Senior Fellow
  • Costas Panagopoulos

    Burnes Center Affiliated Faculty and Distinguished Professor of Political Science; Department Chair
  • Khushi Patel

    AI For Impact Co-Op
  • Dan Piltch

    Project Manager
  • Prasoon Raj

    AI For Impact Co-Op
  • Jules Rochielle Sievert

    Post Graduate Research Assistant
  • Ben Ruxin

    Research Fellow
  • Matt Ryan

    Senior Fellow
  • Pari Sabety

    Tech Mentor
  • Sai Panindra Santosh Kumar Majji

    InnovateMA Co-Op
  • Rishabh Saxena

    AI For Impact Co-Op
  • Stephan Schmidt

    Digital Producer
  • Alayna Schwarzer

    InnovateMA Co-Op
  • Rudra Sett

    InnovateMA Co-Op
  • Jessica Silverman

    Communications Assistant
  • Asia Simms

    Communications Intern
  • Ria Singh

    InnovateMA Co-Op
  • Shreya Thalvayapati

    AI For Impact Co-Op
  • Briana Torres

    InnovateMA Co-Op
  • Blake Valenta

    Senior Fellow
  • Jasmehar Vohra

    InnovateMA Co-Op
  • Amanda Welsh

    Burnes Center Affiliated Faculty and Professor of Practice
  • Kane Xu

    InnovateMA Co-Op

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