Cohort Year 2024-2025

Ruchika Joshi

Ruchika Joshi is a Fellow at CDT’s AI Governance Lab, where she develops technically rigorous solutions for government and industry leaders to ensure AI systems are safe and ethical. Prior to CDT, Ruchika has worked with the UK Parliament’s Science,Technology,…

Alexandra Mateescu

Alexandra Mateescu is a researcher with Data & Society’s Labor Futures program, where she has worked for the last decade on producing in-depth qualitative research, curating accessible public resources and convening workshops, and contributing to efforts to strengthen worker rights…

Megan E. Rivera

Megan E. Rivera is a fellow for policy and advocacy at the Washington Center for Equitable Growth. Prior to joining Equitable Growth, she was a senior policy analyst at the Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality, where she led policy…

Júlia Martins Rodrigues

Júlia Martins Rodrigues, Ph.D., is a governor-appointed commissioner at the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade, serving the Employee Ownership Office. She is a researcher and professor at the International Centre for Cooperative Management at Saint Mary’s University,…

Deb Donig

Deb Donig is a Lecturer UC Berkeley’s School of Information in the MA in Data Science Program and an Assistant Professor of English Literature at Cal Poly. She is the co-founder of the Cal Poly Ethical Technology Initiative and the…

Michaela Henley

Michaela is a results-driven, service-minded professional who has committed her life to serving people and working towards social equity by way of programs for 14+ years. Michaela is the Program Director at #BlackTechFutures Research Institute [#BTF], conducting research on the…

Caroline Sinders

Caroline Sinders is an award winning critical designer, researcher, and artist. They’re the founder of human rights and design lab, Convocation Research + Design. For the past few years, they have been examining the intersections of artificial intelligence, intersectional justice,…