Meet our staff
For over 75 years, FAS has fostered the voices of world-class experts and early-career researchers alike from a variety of scientific, academic, and professional backgrounds.
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Staff Fellow
Jodie McVane
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AI Safety Policy Entrepreneurship Fellow
Joe O’Brien
Dual-use AI monitoring and reporting,
Incident preparedness and response,
Independent oversight and evaluation policy
Incident preparedness and response,
Independent oversight and evaluation policy
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Staff Fellow
John Cotton Dean
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Staff Fellow
John Reichard
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Director, Global Risk
Jon Wolfsthal
Nuclear Weapons,
Global Security,
Geopolitics,
Proliferation,
Global Governance
Emerging Technology
Global Security,
Geopolitics,
Proliferation,
Global Governance
Emerging Technology
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Associate Director, Communications
Jonathan Wilson
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Staff Fellow
Joshua Porterfield
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Partnerships Manager, Fiscal Sponsorship Program
Kaltrina Jacimi
Digital Rights & Privacy,
Security Sector Reform (SSR),
Democratic Resilience,
Program & Grants Management
Security Sector Reform (SSR),
Democratic Resilience,
Program & Grants Management
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Manager, Emerging Technology & Competitiveness
Karinna Gerhardt
disinformation,
online ecosystems,
tech equity
online ecosystems,
tech equity
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Director, MetroLab
Kate Garman Burns
State and Local Policy,
Data Governance and AI,
Transportation,
Emerging Technology in Communities
Data Governance and AI,
Transportation,
Emerging Technology in Communities
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Manager, Communications
Kate Kohn
Data Visualization,
Data Analysis,
Social video,
Poasting
Data Analysis,
Social video,
Poasting
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AI Safety Policy Entrepreneurship Fellow
Kateryna Halstead
Open-Source AI,
National Security,
OSINT,
U.S.-China Competition
National Security,
OSINT,
U.S.-China Competition
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